''My Cherie Amour'' is an album by American singer-songwriter

Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, Pop musi ...

released on the Tamla (

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) label on August 29, 1969, his eleventh studio album. The album yielded a couple of Top 10 hits in the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track (#4) and " Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (#7), as well as Wonder's takes on the 1967 hit " Light My Fire" by The Doors, " Hello, Young Lovers" from '' The King and I'' and " The Shadow of Your Smile" from the 1965 film '' The Sandpiper''. It reached #12 in the UK album chart and #34 in the Billboard 200 album charts.

Track listing

;Side one # " My Cherie Amour" ( Henry Cosby,

Sylvia Moy Sylvia Rose Moy (September 15, 1938 – April 15, 2017) was an American songwriter and record producer, formerly associated with the Motown Records group. The first woman at the Detroit-based music label to write and produce for Motown acts, she ...

) – 2:49 # " Hello, Young Lovers" (

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Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most ...

) – 3:09 # " At Last" ( Mack Gordon,

Harry Warren Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song ...

) – 2:44 # " Light My Fire" ( John Densmore, Robby Krieger,

Ray Manzarek Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the Doors, co-founding the band with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison in 1965. Manzarek was induct ...

, Jim Morrison) – 3:34 # " The Shadow of Your Smile" ( Johnny Mandel,

Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United St ...

) – 2:38 # "You and Me" (Beatrice Verdi, Deke Richards) – 2:41 ;Side two # "Pearl" ( Richard Morris) – 2:42 # "Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares" (Cosby, Moy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Wonder) – 2:30 # " Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" ( Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) - 3:01 # "Angie Girl" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) – 2:57 # "Give Your Love" (Cosby, Don Hunter, Wonder) – 3:42 # "I've Got You" (Moy, Wonder) – 2:33

Personnel

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, keyboards, vocals * James Jamerson – bass * Benny Benjamin – drums * Henry Cosby – producer

References

Stevie Wonder albums 1969 albums Tamla Records albums Motown albums Albums produced by Henry Cosby Albums recorded at Hitsville U.S.A. {{1960s-album-stub