..."Let Me Sing"

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..."Let Me Sing"
Bradley Studios, Nashville
LabelDecca
ProducerOwen Bradley
Brenda Lee chronology
All Alone Am I
(1963) 		..."Let Me Sing"
(1963) 		By Request
(1964)
Singles from ..."Let Me Sing"
  1. "Break It to Me Gently"
    Released: January 1962
  2. "Losing You"
    Released: April 1963
Professional ratings
Review scores
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New Record Mirror
[3]

..."Let Me Sing" is the ninth studio album by American singer Brenda Lee. The album was released December 9, 1963, on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. The album was the second and final album studio album released by Brenda Lee in 1963.

Background and content

..."Let Me Sing" was recorded in five separate recording sessions between August 20, 1961, and May 29, 1963, at the

33+1⁄3 rpm LP record upon its initial release, containing six songs on the "A-side" of the record and six songs on the "B-side" of the record.[4] The album has since been reissued on a compact disc in both Paraguay and Japan.[5]

Release

..."Let Me Sing" released its first single over a year before its initial release. The first single "

R&B chart. It became Lee's last single to chart on the R&B chart during her recording career.[6] The single would also reach #10 on the UK Singles Chart.[7] The album was officially released on December 9, 1963, on Decca Records, later peaking at #39 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[8]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Night and Day" – (Cole Porter) 2:33
  2. "End of the World" – (Sylvia Dee, Arthur Kent) 3:05
  3. "Our Day Will Come" – (Mort Garson, Bob Hilliard) 2:32
  4. "You're the Reason I'm Living" – (Bobby Darin) 2:24
  5. "Break It to Me Gently" – (Diane Lampert, Joe Seneca) 2:35
  6. "Where Are You?" – (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) 2:59
Side two
  1. "When Your Lover Has Gone" – (Einar Aaron Swan) 2:09
  2. "Losing You" – (Pierre Havet, Jean Renard, Carl Sigman) 2:28
  3. "I Wanna Be Around" – (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) 2:07
  4. "Out in the Cold Again" – (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) 3:08
  5. "At Last" – (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) 2:18
  6. "There Goes My Heart" – (Benny Davis, Abner Silver) 2:47

Personnel

Sales chart positions

Album
Chart (1963) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200[9] 39
Singles
Year Song Peak chart positions
US
[6] 		US AC
[6] 		US R&B
[6] 		UK
[7]
1962 "Break It to Me Gently" 4 — — 46
1963 "Losing You" 6 2 13 10
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Release history

Release history and formats for ..."Let Me Sing"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
North America December 9, 1963 Vinyl LP Decca Records [10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Brenda Lee's recording sessions". Praguefrank's Country Music. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b Adams, Greg. "..."Let Me Sing" Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  3. New Record Mirror. No. 135. p. 10. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ^ "..."Let Me Sing" by Brenda Lee". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  5. ^ "..."Let Me Sing"". Brenda Lee.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Billboard chart positions: singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  7. ^ a b c "Brenda Lee UK chart runs". Polyhex. Archived from the original on 2008-12-07.
  8. ^ "..."Let Me Sing" > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  9. ^ "Billboard 200: Week of January 25, 1964". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  10. ^ Lee, Brenda (December 9, 1963). "..."Let Me Sing" (Liner Notes)". Decca Records. DL-74439.
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