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A Song

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Released
  
1977

Producer
  
George Martin

Genre
  
Pop

Label
  
Elektra (US); Polydor (Europe)

A Song (1977)
  
All You Need Is The Music (1978)

A Song is an in-studio album containing the works of American pop star Neil Sedaka. It was produced by George Martin and released in 1977 on the Elektra label in the US, marking the beginning of Sedaka's association with Elektra, which would run through 1981. Outside of the US, A Song was released on the Polydor label.

Contents

Side One

  1. "A Song"
  2. "You Never Done It Like That"
  3. "The Leaving Game"
  4. "Amarillo"
  5. "Alone at Last"
  6. "Hollywood Lady"

Side Two

  1. "I've Never Really Been in Love Before"
  2. "One-Night Stand"
  3. "Hot and Sultry Nights"
  4. "Sleazy Love"
  5. "Tin Pan Alley"
  6. "A Song" (reprise)

Singles release

Five of the songs from this album made their way onto 45 rpm singles: "Amarillo" with its B-side "The Leaving Game", and "Alone At Last" with its B-side "Sleazy Love". In Australia, "You Never Done It Like That" saw a 45 rpm release as well, with "Sleazy Love" as its B-side. "Amarillo" reached #44 on the US pop charts; "Alone At Last" failed to crack the Hot 100 because it was never released as a single.*

  • (I'm sitting with Neil Sedaka now and he informs me the reason it "failed to crack the Hot 100' is because it was never released as a single.)

    • CD Re-issue from vinyl

    In 2013, a bootleg album was released on CD in selected European Union countries, from vinyl. [1]

    2014 Vinyl Reissue

    In 2014, JDC Records re-released "A Song" on vinyl.

    References

    A Song Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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