Killing Me Softly with Her Song (album)
| Killing Me Softly with Her Song (album) | ||||
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| Studio album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | May 25, 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded |
1973 at Larrabee Sound, Los Angeles, California[2] | |||
| Genre |
AM pop Early pop/rock Vocal pop[3] | |||
| Length | 39:49 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jerry Fuller[2] | |||
| Johnny Mathis chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Billboard | [4] |
Killing Me Softly with Her Song is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 25, 1973[1] by Columbia Records and leaned heavily on covers of the latest radio favorites. It made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated June 30, 1973, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 120.[5]
One of the two original songs on the album, "Show and Tell", began a three-week run on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in that year's May 12 issue and peaked at number 36.[6] The other, "Arianne", reached number 24 on that same chart in 1977 during a nine-week stay that began in the July 23 issue.[6]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Killing Me Softly with Her Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) – 5:18
- "Aubrey" (David Gates) – 3:37
- "And I Love You So" (Don McLean) – 3:26
- "Break Up to Make Up" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenneth Gamble) – 3:50
- "Arianne" (Martin Charnin, Christian Roudey) – 3:29
Side 2
- "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (Jim Weatherly) – 4:26
- "Wildflower" (Doug Edwards, David Richardson) – 4:21
- "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:41
- "Sing" (Joe Raposo) – 3:04
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 2:25
- "Show and Tell" (Jerry Fuller) – 3:12
Personnel[2]
- Johnny Mathis - vocals
- Jerry Fuller - producer
- D'Arneill Pershing - arranger
- Barry Rudolph - recording engineer
- Richard Avedon - photographer
- Beverly Parker - design
Notes
- 1 2 (1993) The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records C4K-48932.
- 1 2 3 (1973) Killing Me Softly with Her Song by Johnny Mathis [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KC 32258.
- 1 2 "Killing Me Softly with Her Song - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Billboard's Top Album Picks". Billboard. 1973-06-16. p. 84.
- ↑ Whitburn 2010, p. 504.
- 1 2 Whitburn 2007, p. 179.
References
- O'Neil, Thomas (1999), The Grammys, Perigree Books, ISBN 0-399-52477-0
- Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-160-8
- Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0898201691
- Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-180-2
- Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7
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