"Touch And Go" was a hit for Al Wilson in 1974. The song was written by

Jerry Fuller Jerrell Lee Fuller (November 19, 1938 – July 18, 2024) was an American songwriter, singer, and record producer, best known for writing several hit songs in the 1960s. Fuller toured as a featured singer with The Champs before leaving to serve i ...

. It was the follow-up to his hugely successful hit " Show And Tell".

Background

Early versions

*The song made an early appearance in 1971 album by

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, called '' Chér'' which would be retitled as ''Gypsies Tramps And Thieves''. It was produced by

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and arranged by

Al Capps Allan Alfonzo Capps (April 26, 1939 – June 7, 2018) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, he produced and arranged albums for popular artists such as Cher, A ...

and released on Kapp Records KS 3649 *New Zealand Maori singer

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released it on single in 1972. It was backed with "More Than Just A Woman" and was produced and also arranged by Al Capps and released on the same Kapp label that Cher's album was released on.

Al Wilson recording

In addition to composing the A side,

produced it. Arrangements were handled by H. B. Barnum. The B side "Settle Me Down" was written by John Stevenson and produced by Marc Gordon. For the week ending March 9, 1973 it entered the chart at no. 90. Wilson's previous hit " Show And Tell" was At its 21st week in the chart and had dropped from 26 to 39. For the week ending April 20, 1974, at its 4th week in the Top 50 Easy Listening chart, it had dropped one position from 43 to 44. That week on the Hot 100 chart, it also peaked at no 57 and spent a total of 9 weeks on the chart.Billboard
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Chart performance

References

{{reflist Songs written by Jerry Fuller Al Wilson (singer) songs 1974 singles 1971 songs Song recordings produced by Jerry Fuller