The Second Time Around

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The Second Time Around
Studio album by Etta James
Released	1961
Recorded	circa 1960-1961
Genre	Blues/Soul
Length	27:14
Label	Chess/MCA
Producer(s)	Leonard Chess & Philip Chess
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Etta James chronology
At Last! (1961)	The Second Time Around (1961)	Etta James: Top Tens (1963)

The Second Time Around is a 1961 album by Etta James, and the second LP release for the blues singer. Released through Chess Records, the album consisted primarily of pop, blues, and jazz standards. The album's slick soul and R&B production would be lessened in later albums. Though overshadowed by James' breakthrough album At Last!, released the same year, the record featured the hits "Fool That I Am" and "Don't Cry, Baby," as well as a number of songs which garnered airplay from Top 40 radio.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Don't Cry, Baby" (Saul Bernie/James Johnson/Stella Unger)–2:22
2. "Fool That I Am" (Floyd Hunt)–2:54
3. "One for My Baby" (Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer)–3:26
4. "In My Diary" (Michael Graham/Mark Silverman)–2:32
5. "Seven Day Fool" (Bill Davis/Berry Gordy/Sonny Woods)–2:58
6. "It's Too Soon to Know" (Deborah Chessler/E.H. Morris)–2:44
7. "Dream" (Mercer)–2:22
8. "I'll Dry My Tears" (Etta James/C. Walker)–2:34
9. "Plum Nuts" (R. Plummer)–2:58
10. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington/Bob Russell)–2:24

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1961	"Fool That I Am"	Black Singles Chart	#14
1961	"Fool That I Am"	Pop Singles Chart	#50
1961	"Dream"	Pop Singles Chart	#55
1961	"Don't Cry, Baby"	Black Singles Chart	#6
1961	"Don't Cry, Baby"	Pop Singles Chart	#39
1961	"Seven Day Fool"	Pop Singles Chart	#95
1961	"It's Too Soon to Know"	Pop Singles Chart	#54