Sandie
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Sandie is the first album
or L.P.
by 1960s British singer Sandie Shaw
. Released in February 1965 on the Pye
label, it was her only original album to enter the UK chart (most of Shaw's success was through her singles) and peaked at Number 3. In the few months prior to the album's release, Shaw had scored two major hits with the Bacharach
/David
-penned "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
" and Chris Andrews
's "Girl Don't Come
".
Andrews, who had been signed to Shaw as her main songwriter, contributed four new songs to her debut album. These tracks were later released on an EP
entitled "Talk About Love." The other eight tracks on the Sandie album were reworkings of songs made popular by other artists. Sandie was eventually released on the CD
format on the RPM label in the 1990s as a double package with her second album, Me
, and this package was later released in digitally remastered format by EMI
in September 2005 with bonus French-language versions of two of the Chris Andrews tracks.
The album opens with "Everybody Loves a Lover
", a song originally made popular by Doris Day
(written by Robert Allen and Richard Adler
) that was performed by Shaw the first time she met her mentor and discoverer Adam Faith
. Song number two is Chris Andrews' "Gotta See My Baby Every Day" (also recorded by Adam Faith) followed by "Love Letters
," written by Victor Young
and Edward Heyman
and originally made popular by Ketty Lester
. Another Andrews track, "Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself", is song number four (and also a single by Adam Faith
) before a version of Irving Berlin's
"Always." Side one ends with the third Chris Andrews track on the album, "Don't Be That Way."
Side two begins with "It's In His Kiss
," a fairly recent hit at the time (as was "Love Letters"). It is followed by "Downtown," a recent hit for fellow British vocalist Petula Clark
, penned by Tony Hatch
. Continuing with the covers, next comes "You Won't Forget Me," written by Sharon Sheeley
and Jackie DeShannon
as a hit for DeShannon
and then Will Holt
's "Lemon Tree" (a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary
). The penultimate track is a Motown cover of "Baby I Need Your Loving
," made popular by the Four Tops
and penned by Motown songwriters Brian Holland
, Lamont Dozier
and Eddie Holland. Side two finishes with the final Chris Andrews composition on the album, "Talk about Love."
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
or L.P.
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
by 1960s British singer Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw
Sandie Shaw is an English pop singer, who was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s. In 1967 she was the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest...
. Released in February 1965 on the Pye
Pye Records
Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...
label, it was her only original album to enter the UK chart (most of Shaw's success was through her singles) and peaked at Number 3. In the few months prior to the album's release, Shaw had scored two major hits with the Bacharach
Burt Bacharach
Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
/David
Hal David
Harold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...
-penned "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
" Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David.-First charting versions:...
" and Chris Andrews
Chris Andrews (singer)
Chris Andrews is a singer and successful songwriter whose musical career started in the 1960s.-Career:...
's "Girl Don't Come
Girl Don't Come (song)
"Girl Don't Come" is a song, a Chris Andrews composition, that was a #3 UK hit for Sandie Shaw in 1964-5.-Background:The track was recorded at Pye Recording Studios in Marble Arch in a session whose personnel included guitarists Big Jim Sullivan and Vic Flick."Girl Don't Come", originally...
".
Andrews, who had been signed to Shaw as her main songwriter, contributed four new songs to her debut album. These tracks were later released on an EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
entitled "Talk About Love." The other eight tracks on the Sandie album were reworkings of songs made popular by other artists. Sandie was eventually released on the CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
format on the RPM label in the 1990s as a double package with her second album, Me
Me (Sandie Shaw album)
Me is the second album by 1960s British girl singer Sandie Shaw. It was released by Pye Records in November 1965, just eight months after her debut, but unfortunately did not follow its success - though her singles were still selling well...
, and this package was later released in digitally remastered format by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
in September 2005 with bonus French-language versions of two of the Chris Andrews tracks.
Tracklisting and song information
- Everybody Loves a LoverEverybody Loves a Lover"Everybody Loves a Lover" is a popular song.The writers were both people who were best known for collaborations with other partners. The music was written by Robert Allen and the lyrics by Richard Adler .The recording by Doris Day was released by Columbia Records as catalog...
- Gotta See My Baby Every Day
- Love LettersLove Letters (song)"Love Letters" is a 1945 popular song with music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman. The song appeared, without lyrics, in the movie of the same name, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for 1945....
- Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself
- Always
- Don't Be That Way
- It's In His KissThe Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"The Shoop Shoop Song " is a song written by Rudy Clark. The song was made a hit when recorded by Betty Everett, who hit #1 on the Cashbox magazine R&B charts with it in 1964...
- DowntownDowntown (Petula Clark song)"Downtown" is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark, became an international hit – No. 1 in the US and No. 2 in the UK – at the end of 1964.-Original recording:...
- You Won't Forget Me
- Lemon TreeLemon Tree (Will Holt song)"Lemon Tree" is a folk song written by Will Holt in the 1960s. The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu limão, meu limoeiro, arranged by José Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal...
- Baby I Need Your LovingBaby I Need Your Loving"Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the Billboard Hot...
- Talk About Love
The album opens with "Everybody Loves a Lover
Everybody Loves a Lover
"Everybody Loves a Lover" is a popular song.The writers were both people who were best known for collaborations with other partners. The music was written by Robert Allen and the lyrics by Richard Adler .The recording by Doris Day was released by Columbia Records as catalog...
", a song originally made popular by Doris Day
Doris Day
Doris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
(written by Robert Allen and Richard Adler
Richard Adler
Richard Adler is an American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows.-Biography:Born in New York City, Adler had a musical upbringing, his father being a concert pianist. After serving in the Navy he began his career as a lyricist, teaming up with Jerry Ross in 1950...
) that was performed by Shaw the first time she met her mentor and discoverer Adam Faith
Adam Faith
Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5...
. Song number two is Chris Andrews' "Gotta See My Baby Every Day" (also recorded by Adam Faith) followed by "Love Letters
Love Letters (song)
"Love Letters" is a 1945 popular song with music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman. The song appeared, without lyrics, in the movie of the same name, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for 1945....
," written by Victor Young
Victor Young
Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...
and Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman was an American musician and lyricist, best known for his compositions "Body and Soul", "When I Fall in Love", and "For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed many songs for films.-Biography:...
and originally made popular by Ketty Lester
Ketty Lester
Ketty Lester is an American singer and actress, who is best known for her 1962 hit single, "Love Letters", which reached the Top 5 of the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom.-Life and career:...
. Another Andrews track, "Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself", is song number four (and also a single by Adam Faith
Adam Faith
Terence "Terry" Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith was a Teen idol English singer, actor and later financial journalist. He was one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the Top 5...
) before a version of Irving Berlin's
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
"Always." Side one ends with the third Chris Andrews track on the album, "Don't Be That Way."
Side two begins with "It's In His Kiss
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)
"The Shoop Shoop Song " is a song written by Rudy Clark. The song was made a hit when recorded by Betty Everett, who hit #1 on the Cashbox magazine R&B charts with it in 1964...
," a fairly recent hit at the time (as was "Love Letters"). It is followed by "Downtown," a recent hit for fellow British vocalist Petula Clark
Petula Clark
Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
, penned by Tony Hatch
Tony Hatch
Anthony Peter "Tony" Hatch is an English composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and producer.-Early life and early career:...
. Continuing with the covers, next comes "You Won't Forget Me," written by Sharon Sheeley
Sharon Sheeley
Sharon Sheeley was an American songwriter, born in California, who wrote songs for Glen Campbell, Ricky Nelson, Brenda Lee, and Sheeley's former fiancé, Eddie Cochran.-Life:...
and Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.- Life and early career :...
as a hit for DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon is an American singer-songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock 'n' roll period.- Life and early career :...
and then Will Holt
Will Holt
Will Holt is an American singer, songwriter, librettist and lyricist known first and primarily as a folk performer during the 1950s and 1960s and as an interpreter of the music of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in performances and recordings with Martha Schlamme...
's "Lemon Tree" (a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk-singing trio whose nearly 50-year career began with their rise to become a paradigm for 1960s folk music. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers...
). The penultimate track is a Motown cover of "Baby I Need Your Loving
Baby I Need Your Loving
"Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the Billboard Hot...
," made popular by the Four Tops
Four Tops
The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock, and showtunes...
and penned by Motown songwriters Brian Holland
Brian Holland
Brian Holland is an American songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland. That songwriting and production team that was responsible for much of the Motown sound and numerous hit records by artists such as Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops,...
, Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier
Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
and Eddie Holland. Side two finishes with the final Chris Andrews composition on the album, "Talk about Love."