Love Is All We Have to Give
# Love Is All We Have to Give

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Village Voice | C+ |

Love Is All We Have to Give is the first studio album by Checkmates, Ltd., released in 1969, and their second overall album after the 1967 live album Live! at Caesar's Palace. Love Is All We Have to Give reached No. 178 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.

The album featured four singles: "Black Pearl", which reached No. 8 on the R&B chart and No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Proud Mary", which reached No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Love Is All I Have to Give" which reached No. 65 on the Hot 100, and "I Keep Forgettin'" which did not chart on the pop chart.

## Track listing

* "Proud Mary" (John Fogerty) – 4:30
* "Spanish Harlem" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Phil Spector) – 3:17
* "Black Pearl" (Phil Spector, Toni Wine, Irwin Levine) – 3:25
* "I Keep Forgettin'" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:03
* "Love Is All I Have to Give" (Bobby Stevens, Phil Spector) – 4:13
* The Hair Anthology Suite: "Ain't Got No/I Got Life/Prelude/Theme/Postlude/Let The Sunshine (Overture)/Prelude/Aquarius/Prelude/Theme/Let The Sunshine In/Ain't Got No (Finale)/Prelude/Postlude" (James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot) – 20:00

## Personnel

* Phil Spector - producer
* Perry Botkin Jr. (Tracks 1-5), Dee Barton (Track 1, 2, 4, 6) - arrangements and conductor
* Sonny Charles (Tracks 1-4, 6), Bobby Stevens (Tracks 5-6) - lead vocals
* Harvey Trees - lead guitar
* Bill Van Buskirk - electric bass
* Marvin "Sweet Louie" Smith - drums

## Charts

| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Pop | 178 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1969 | "Black Pearl" | US Pop | 13 |
| 1969 | "Black Pearl" | US R&B | 8 |
| 1969 | "Black Pearl" | AUS | 31 |
| 1969 | "Love Is All I Have to Give" | AUS | 31 |
| 1969 | "Proud Mary" | US Pop | 69 |
| 1969 | "Proud Mary" | UK | 30 |
