"Lady" is a song with lyrics by
Larry Kusik Larry Kusik (also known as Larry Kusic) is a lyricist. He is perhaps best known for writing the lyrics for the tune " Speak Softly Love", the love theme from the 1972 film ''The Godfather''. He has also written lyrics to many other movie themes, inc ...
and
Charles Singleton and music by
Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the mus ...
and
Herbert Rehbein
Herbert "Herb" Rehbein (15 April 1922 – 28 July 1979) was a German songwriter, composer and arranger of light orchestral music. Together with his friend and collaborator Bert Kaempfert, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall ...
.
Background
"Lady" was recorded by
Jack Jones and released as a single in 1967 on
Kapp Records
Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who set up American Decca Records in 1934). David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca and RCA Victor. Kapp licensed its records to L ...
#K-800. (B-side: "Afraid To Love").
Chart performance
In March 1967, "Lady" spent four weeks at number one on the US
Easy Listening
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chart, the final of three number ones on the chart for Jones. On the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, "Lady" peaked at number 39 and was Jones's final
Top 40
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hit.
Other versions
Other versions have been recorded by:
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James Darren
James William Ercolani (born June 8, 1936) known by his stage name James Darren, is an American television and film actor, television director, and singer. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring and supporting roles in fi ...
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Johnny Mathis
See also
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List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1967 (U.S.)
Adult Contemporary (chart), Adult Contemporary is a record chart, chart published by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1967, 18 songs topped ...
References
1967 songs
Jack Jones (singer) songs
Songs with lyrics by Larry Kusik
Songs written by Charles Singleton (songwriter)
Songs with music by Bert Kaempfert
Songs with music by Herbert Rehbein
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