Call Me (Petula Clark song)
Call Me | |
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EP by | |
Released | November 1965 |
Recorded | 1965, London, UK |
Genre | Pop |
Length | 9:06 |
Language | English |
Label | Pye Records NEP 24237 (UK) Vogue CPV 8343 (France) |
Producer | Tony Hatch |
Side One: "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) - 2:43 "Heart" (Tony Hatch-Petula Clark-George Aber) - 2:37 Side Two: "Everything in the Garden" (Roger Greenaway) - 2:55 "Strangers and Lovers (Tony Hatch) - 2:51 |
"Call Me" | ||||
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Single by Chris Montez | ||||
from the album The More I See You/Call Me | ||||
B-side | "Go Head On" | |||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | 1965 | |||
Genre | Easy listening | |||
Length | 2:33 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tony Hatch | |||
Producer(s) | Herb Alpert | |||
Chris Montez singles chronology | ||||
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"Call Me" is a song composed by Tony Hatch for an original recording for Petula Clark. It was later an easy listening standard via a hit version by Chris Montez.
"Call Me" first appeared as the title cut on a Petula Clark EP released in 1965 by Pye in the UK. "Call Me" and the three other tracks on the EP: "Heart", "Everything in the Garden" and "Strangers and Lovers" were also released on Clark's album I Know a Place (a.k.a. The New Petula Clark Album).[1]
Chris Montez Recording[]
Also in 1965 Chris Montez, who had scored the hit "Let's Dance" in 1962 and subsequently dropped out of the music business, was invited to resume recording by A&M Records' founder Herb Alpert. Alpert was unhappy when Montez began recording for A&M in his previous Chicano rock style and personally suggested Montez shift to easy listening choosing "Call Me" as the song to be Montez's debut single on A&M.[2] Released in November 1965, "Call Me" entered the Easy Listening Top 40 in Billboard that December entering the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966; that March "Call Me" peaked on the Easy Listening chart at #2 and on the Hot 100 at #22.[3]
Montez's version of "Call Me" was released as a single in the UK on the Pye label in January 1966 but failed to chart.
Cover versions[]
- Joanie Sommers for her 1965 album Come Alive! (Columbia CS 9295).
- Nancy Wilson for her 1966 album A Touch of Today (Capitol ST 2495).
- Jackie DeShannon for her 1966 album Are You Ready For This? (Imperial LP 9328).
- Frank Sinatra for his 1966 album Strangers in the Night (Reprise FS 1017).
- Nancy Sinatra for her 1966 album How Does That Grab You? (Reprise RS 6207).
- Brenda Lee for her 1966 album Coming on Strong (Decca DL 74825).
- Leslie Uggams for her 1966 album A Time to Love (Atlantic 8128).
- Brian Hyland for his 1966 album The Joker Went Wild (Philips PHM 200-217).
- Jane Morgan for her 1966 album Jane Morgan in Gold (Epic LN 24190).
- Lulu, who a non-charting UK single release in 1966, but was included on her 1967 album Lulu! (Ace of Clubs ACL7933).
- Sarah Vaughan for her 1966 album The New Scene (Mercury SR 61079).
- Melveen Leed for her 1966 album Sings Today's Hits (Makaha M-2047).
- Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley for their 1966 album A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness (Verve V6-8673).
- Vikki Carr for her 1967 album Intimate Excitement (Liberty LST-7506).
- Bobby Vinton for his 1967 album Sings the Newest Hits (Epic LN 24245).
- Jackie Trent for her 1967 album Stop Me and Buy One (Pye NPL 18201).
- Susan Maughan for her 1967 album Hey Look Me Over (Philips BL 7791).
- The Square Set for their 1967 album Silence is Golden (Continental ZB 8167).
- Rita Reys for her 1967 album Rita A Go-Go (Philips 844 048 PY).
- Sandy Edmonds for her 1967 album The Sound of Sandy (Festival SFL-932233).
- The Foundations for their 1967 album From the Foundations (Pye NSPL 18206).
- Shirley Bassey for her 1968 album 12 of Those Songs (Columbia SCX 6204).
- The Playboy Club Bunnies for their 1968 album Caught Live at the Playboy Club (Decca LK 4951).
- Al Martino for his 1968 album Love is Blue (Capitol ST 2908).
- Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery, on their second duet album, , released in 1969, a year after jazz guitar giant Montgomery's death.
- Steve and Eydie for their 1969 album Real True Lovin (RCA LSP-4107).
- The Supremes and the Four Tops for their 1971 album The Return of the Magnificent Seven (Motown MS-736 DJ).
- Julie Budd for her 1971 album Julie Budd (RCA LSP-4622).
- Mongo Santamaria for their 1966 album "Hey Let's party"
References[]
- ^ "Petula Clark On Vinyl - Pye/Vogue/Warner Bros. Years 1965-1966". Petulaclark.net. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "The Chris Montez Interview". Classicbands.com. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ "Classic AOTW - Chris Montez THE MORE I SEE YOU SP-4115 | A&M Corner Forums". Amcorner.com. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
External links[]
- 1965 songs
- 1965 singles
- 1966 singles
- Petula Clark songs
- Chris Montez songs
- Frank Sinatra songs
- Trini Lopez songs
- Shirley Bassey songs
- Songs written by Tony Hatch
- Pye Records singles
- A&M Records singles
- Song recordings produced by Tony Hatch