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Would You Believe is an album by Billy Nicholls recorded in 1968.

Billy Nicholls was originally hired by Andrew Loog Oldham as a staff writer for Oldham's Immediate Records. Oldham was so entranced by the Beach Boys' 1966 album, Pet Sounds that he enlisted songwriter Billy Nicholls to record a British response, which became this largely forgotten album. The Small Faces' Steve Marriott can be heard very prominently on "Would You Believe?", despite Oldham's attempts to drown them out with heavy orchestration. Oldham wanted this to be the British Pet Sounds but financial difficulties with the label caused it to be shelved (it only achieved an initial promotional run of 100 copies, as Immediate IMCP009) before it ever hit the streets.

Billy Nicholls (born 1949, The White City Estate, Hammersmith, West London) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds influenced album, Would You Believe, originally released on Immediate Records.

Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many artists; his first success came in 1977 when Leo Sayer covered "Can't Stop Loving You (Though I Tried)"; it rose to #7 in the UK Singles Chart. Nicholls wrote several of the tracks for the film, McVicar, starring Roger Daltrey, including "Without Your Love" which was a success in the United States.

An American southern rock group, Outlaws recorded "I Can't Stop Loving You" on their 1980 release, Ghost Riders. More recently, Phil Collins also recorded "Can't Stop Loving You" and it proved to be a success as a U.S. single, appearing on several of his albums, and was performed on his last world tour.

In 2003 Nicholls received an ASCAP award for "Can't Stop Loving You". Keith Urban recorded the same song on his album.

Nicholls set up Southwest Records in 1998 and has released seven albums featuring his own work. He also uncredited backing vocals on The Nice's 1967 debut single "Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack".

He is father of Morgan Nicholls.

01.Would You Believe? (Paul) - 2:41
02.Come Again (Nicholls) - 2:34
03.Life Is Short (Nicholls) - 3:07
04.Feeling Easy (Nicholls) - 3:12
05.Daytime Girl (Nicholls) - 2:14
06.Daytime Girl (Coda) (Nicholls) - 1:36
07.London Social Degree (Nicholls) - 2:20
08.Portobello Road (Nicholls) - 2:05
09.Question Mark (Nicholls) - 2:26
10.Being Happy (Nicholls) - 2:28
11.Girl From New York (Nicholls) - 3:16
12.It Brings Me Down (Nicholls) - 4:39
13.Would You Believe? [Mono Single Version] (Paul) - 2:38
14.Daytime Girl [Mono Single Version] (Nicholls) - 2:14