Engelbert Humperdinck ~ Release me (1967)

In 1967,Humperdinck cut a pop-ballad version of "Release Me," previously a hit for country singer Ray Price and R&B chanteuse Esther Phillips; Humperdinck's cover made the song a standard. Given some exposure by the singer's last-minute addition to a bill at the London Palladium, it rocketed to the top of the British charts and sold over a million copies, ultimately keeping the Beatles' seminal double-sided hit "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" out of the top spot. It also went to number four in America, where the accompanying album made the Top Ten.

tracks

01. Release Me (3:18)

02. Quiet Nights (2:39)

03. Yours Until Tomorrow (2:51)

04. There's A Kind Of Hush (3:00)

05. Ten guitars (2:37)

06. This is my song (3:25)

07. There Goes My Everything (2:53)

08. Take my heart (2:28)

09. My World (Il Mondo) (3:05)

10. Talking Love (3:04)

11. Walk Through This World (2:16)

12. How Near Is Love (2:42)

How near is love