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Show and Tell (song)

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B-side
  
"Listen to Me"

Format
  
45 RPM

Genre
  
Soul, pop

Released
  
October 1973

Recorded
  
1973

Length
  
3:28

"Show and Tell" is a popular song written by Jerry Fuller and first recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1972. This original version made it to #36 on the Easy Listening chart.

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Al Wilson version

  • A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week on January 19, 1974; it sold over two million copies and was named a Cash Box Number One Single of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the No. 15 song for 1974. Wilson's version also made No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

    • Other cover versions

  • Peabo Bryson had a No. 1 R&B hit with his version of the song in 1989. Bryson's version did not chart on the Hot 100.
  • American singer/actress Vanessa Williams covered the song for her 2005 studio album Everlasting Love.
  • The song was often played by Paul Schaffer and The CBS Orchestra on the Late Show with David Letterman for the segment "Show & Tell".
  • Wilson's version can be heard on TV show Malcolm in the Middle's episode Forbidden Girlfriend.

    • References

    Show and Tell (song) Wikipedia
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