Album: If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974)

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• Do I love him more than he loves me? This is the question Olivia Newton-John tortures herself with in this country-flavored pop ballad. The single, written by John Rostill of the British rock-and-roll band The Shadows, was her second Top 10 hit in the US, after "Let Me Be There." Fellow Shadows John Farrar and Bruce Welch produced the album, the first of many helmed by Farrar, who would go on to pen several of Olivia's hits.
• A month before the single was released, Olivia took home the Grammy award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Let Me Be There." Country purists were outraged that an English-born Aussie pop singer could win the prize over contenders like Tammy Wynette and Dottie West. Another insult: "If You Love Me, Let Me Know," a #2 country hit, was nominated for Single of the Year at Nashville's own Country Music Association (CMA) Awards. It lost, but Olivia won Female Vocalist of the Year over Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tanya Tucker. That was the last straw. Some members of the CMA, including George Jones, left in protest to form the Association of Country Entertainers. Olivia, undeterred, continued to notch several hits in country's Top 10 over the next couple years.

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• Chefler from NeMichael William Sammes is the backup singer with the deep bass voice on "If You Love Me, Let Me Know"
• Bob Macdonald from Waltham MaOn OLIVIA’s single "If You Love Me Let Me Know" who is the male backup singer with the deep bass voice on this tune?
• Anonymous from T38I've seen "can't take another minute of a day without you in it" and "a day without you near." Which is it?
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1974 {June 23rd} "If You Love Me, Let Me Know"* by Olivia Newton-John peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, the two records that kept it out of the top spot were "You Won't See Me" by Anne Murray and "Annie's Song" by John Denver...
  "If You Love Me" peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks} on the Billboard's Top 100 chart...
  Between 1971 and 2006 the Cambridge, England native had thirty-five records on the Easy Listening chart, twenty-two made the Top 10 with ten reaching #1, and from September 1974 to September of 1976 she had eight consecutive #1 records on the Easy Listening chart...
  Seven of her thirty-five charted records were duets, two with John Travolta and one each with Andy Gibb, Electric Light Orchestra, Cliff Richard, David Foster, and John Denver...
  Olivia Newton-John celebrates her 73rd birthday in three months on September 26th, 2021...
  * "If You Love Me" was the first of two of her records to peak at #2, her other #2 record was "Xanadu"" for two weeks in October of 1980...
  And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Easy Listening Top 10 on June 23rd, 1974:
  At #3. "Haven't Got Time For The Pain" by Carly Simon
  #4. "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot
  #5. "Annie's Song" by John Denver
  #6. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" by The Stylistics
  #7. "Oh Very Young" by Cat Stevens
  #8. "I Don't Know What He Told You" by Perry Como
  #9. "I Won't Last A Day Without You" by The Carpenters
  #10. "Come Monday" by Jimmy Buffett

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