''Shelley!'' is the self-titled debut pop album by singer and actress

Shelley Fabares Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (; born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom ''The Donna Reed Show'' (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom ...

released in 1962 on

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. It was available in both

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and

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, catalogue numbers CP-426 and SCP-426. The album was produced and arranged by Stu Phillips and recorded at

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in Hollywood, California. ''Shelley!'' peaked on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart at No. 106 in July 1962. The album includes the hit single, "Johnny Angel", which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in April 1962. ''Shelley!'' features a guest appearance by

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on the track "Very Unlikely". The backup vocals were performed by the girl group

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Reception

''Shelley!'' was released in June 1962. One month after its release the album charted at No. 106 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. The first single from the album was "

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", performed by Fabares on ''

The Donna Reed Show ''The Donna Reed Show'' is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary an ...

'' during the show's fourth season. The song was released shortly before her ''Shelley!'' album and became a #1 US Hot 100 hit for two weeks on the pop chart. "Johnny Angel" sold over a million copies and was awarded a

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. "Johnny Angel" also charted at #41 on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at #1 in Canada. Fabares lip-synched her hit single on ''

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'' during a June 19, 1962 television appearance to promote the album.

Track listing

Side 1 Side 2

Charts

Re-release

''Shelley!'' was released on

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in its entirety for the first time as part of a 2 LPs on 1-CD set released by

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in September 2000. This included the original liner notes from the 1962 album.

References

{{Authority control 1962 debut albums Shelley Fabares albums Colpix Records albums