Eddie Fisher Today!

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Eddie Fisher Today!
Eddie Fisher Today!.jpg
Studio album by
Eddie Fisher
Released1965
Genre Vocal pop [1]
Length33:08
Label Dot Records
Eddie Fisher chronology
Eddie Fisher at the Winter Garden
(1963)		Eddie Fisher Today!
(1965)		When I Was Young
(1965)
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Eddie Fisher Today! was Eddie Fisher's first album for Dot Records, released in 1965.

Contents

Background

Eddie Fisher's recording career was in bad shape by 1965. With his singles barely charting he switched from RCA Victor to his own Ramrod and for Eddie Fisher Today! he switched to Dot Records. [3] After his song "Sunrise, Sunset", (which he advertised more, going on shows like the Ed Sullivan Show to perform it [4] and buying advertisments on newspapers), reached No. 119 on Billboard Hot 100 and Cashbox, [5]

Overview

The album reached No. 52 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, staying on it for 10 weeks. [6] This was his first charting studio album in 10 years. With some sales momentum, Dot Records started rushing Fisher's next album, [7] When I Was Young, which features re-recordings of his RCA Victor hits. Eddie Fisher Today! mainly consists of covers of hit songs from 1964 and 1965, and his own charting song of the year. Billboard put the album in the category "The Greatest Talent On Record". [8]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Sunrise, Sunset" Sheldon Harnick 2:23
2."Who Can I Turn To?" Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley 2:51
3."Red Roses for a Blue Lady" Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett (alias Roy Brodsky)2:25
4."Hello, Dolly!" Jerry Herman 2:33
5."Try to Remember" Tom Jones 2:36
6."Call Me Irresponsible" Sammy Cahn 3:15
7."People"Bob Merill2:34
8."Downtown" Tony Hatch 2:53
9."If I Loved You" Oscar Hammerstein II 2:41
10."Once Upon a Time" Clarence Paul , Barney Ales, Dave Hamilton and William "Mickey" Stevenson 2:56
11."Dear Heart" Henry Mancini, Ray Evans and Jay Livingston 2:31
12."What Now My Love" Carl Sigman 3:27
Total length:33:08

Charts

Chart (1965)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [6] 52
US Cash Box [9] 74

References

  1. ↑ "Eddie Fisher Today! - Eddie Fisher on AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 534. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Larkin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 2004-IA38. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8 . Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  4. ↑ Triangle Publications (2004). TV Guide. Vol. 52. Triangle Publications. Retrieved 2025-07-10. Eddie Fisher's performance of "Sunrise, Sunset" on *The Ed Sullivan Show* is featured in this issue.
  5. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 1965-07-17. p. 16. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  6. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 52. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  7. ↑ Billboard. Vol. 79. 1965-07-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-07-10. Eddie Fisher performs "Sunrise, Sunset" as featured in this issue.
  8. ↑ "Billboard". Billboard. Vol. 72, no. 22. May 30, 1965. p. 30. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  9. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank W. (2007). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1960–1969. Scarecrow Press. p. 120. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
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