''Day by Day with Cilla'' is the title of Cilla Black's seventh solo studio album released in 1973 by

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. The album marked the end of a significant era in Black's recording career as it was her last project to be produced by

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, who had worked on all of her recordings since her 1963 debut. It was also Black's final record released on the

label. Music arranger on three of the songs, "Thank Heavens I've Got You", "I've Still Got My Heart Joe", and "I Hate Sunday", was Chris Gunning.

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, later composer of the music for Channel 4's ''

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'', played piano for these songs. Gunning described working on these songs as some of the most enjoyable work he had ever done and singled out "Thank Heavens I've Got You" as his favourite of the tracks he worked on.Completely Cilla, 2012 EMI compilation CD and DVD collection, booklet This album was also Black's first to be produced under the guise of her own production company Cilla Black Limited.

Re-Release

On 7 September 2009, EMI Records released a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. The re-issue featured all of the album's original recordings re-mastered by Abbey Road Studios from original 1/4" stereo master tapes. A

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containing original

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, detailed track information and rare photographs was also made available from iTunes with purchases of the entire album re-issue.

Track listing

Side one # " Without You" (

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, Tom Evans) # "Thank Heavens I've Got You" (

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, Best) # "Help Me Jesus" (

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) # "

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" (

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) # "I Hate Sunday" (Belle Gonzalez) # "

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" (

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, Andrew Lloyd Webber) Side B # " Day by Day" (

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) # "I've Still Got My Heart Joe" ( Roger Cook,

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) # "Sleep Song" (

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) # " Gypsys Tramps and Thieves" (Robert Stone) # "Winterwood" (

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" (John Lennon,

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Credits

Personnel * Lead vocals by Cilla Black * Produced by

* Album cover photograph by Dave Magnus

References

External links

CillaBlack.com Discography – Day by Day with Cilla

EMI Music Official Site
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Re-Release

Track listing

Credits

References

External links

Further reading