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Perhaps Love (1981)

Where the lyrics of Perhaps Love take you, and where it was really made.

An opera tenor's 1981 pop album: its title duet with John Denver became the biggest hit and sold almost four million copies.

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Producer Milton Okun encouraged Domingo, a famous Spanish opera singer, to try recording popular English-language songs
Domingo later credited Okun as the first person who believed he could sing that kind of music
Okun also suggested a collaboration with folksinger John Denver on the album's most successful number, 'Perhaps Love'
Domingo and Okun later made several more recordings together
Perhaps Love remained the tenor's best-selling album of pop music
Domingo said the album increased his fanbase, including new listeners who came to his opera performances

1	He Couldn’t Love You More	3:04
2	Sometime a Day Goes By	2:35
3	Annie’s Song	3:00
4	Time After Time	2:49
5	To Love	3:35
6	Perhaps Love	2:56
7	Now While I Still Remember How	2:25
8	Yesterday	2:45
9	My Treasure	4:20
10	An American Hymn	4:07

Born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. on December 31, 1943, in Roswell, New Mexico; took the name John Denver on the advice of Randy Sparks, founder of the New Christy Minstrels.
Attended Texas Tech University and sang in the folk group "The Alpine Trio" before dropping out in 1963 and moving to Los Angeles.
Joined The Chad Mitchell Trio in 1965, replacing Chad Mitchell; the trio later became "Denver, Boise, and Johnson".

Solo artist; worked closely with producer Milt Okun early on and later with manager Jerry Weintraub.
Collaborated with friends Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, who later formed the Starland Vocal Band.

Left the trio in 1969 for a solo career; first album Rhymes & Reasons on RCA Records.
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" became a number one hit for Peter, Paul and Mary.
Breakthrough with Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971) and "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which reached number 2 on the Billboard charts.
Reached number 1 with "Sunshine on My Shoulders", "Annie's Song", "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "I'm Sorry" in 1974–1975.
Named Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year in 1975.
Starred in the 1977 film Oh, God! with George Burns.
Co-founded The Hunger Project and worked for environmental causes through the Windstar Foundation.
Died in a plane crash off Pacific Grove, California, on October 12, 1997.

Single from the album: 'Perhaps Love' peaked at number 22 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
Same single peaked at number 59 on the Hot 100 chart
Album reached gold record status within half a year of its U.S. release

Track list includes 'Sometimes a Day Goes By' from Woman of the Year and 'An American Hymn' from East of Eden
John Denver plays guitar on 'Annie's Song' and 'Perhaps Love' and sings on 'Perhaps Love'
Conductor Lee Holdridge considered the Domingo and Denver collaboration on 'Perhaps Love' the start of the modern operatic pop phenomenon
Discogs release notes list the pressing as made in Austria