"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, in ...
and
Charles Singleton and music by
Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert (born ; 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 music for a number of well-kno ...
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 of F ...
.
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
Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. It is related to middle of the road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit s ...
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
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Johnny Mathis
John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer. Starting his 69-year career with singles of standard (music), standard music, Mathis is one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century and became highly popular as ...
See also
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List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1967
References
1967 songs
Jack Jones (singer) songs
Songs with lyrics by Larry Kusik
Songs with music by Bert Kaempfert
Songs with music by Herbert Rehbein
Songs written by Charles Singleton (songwriter)
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