Lady (Jack Jones song)

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"Lady"
Single by Jack Jones
from the album Lady
B-side "Afraid To Love"
Released1967
Recorded1966
Genre Easy listening
Length2:42
Label Kapp
Composer(s) Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein
Lyricist(s) Larry Kusik, Charles Singleton
Jack Jones singles chronology
"A Day in the Life of a Fool"
(1966)
"Lady"
(1967)
"I'm Indestructible"
(1967)

"Lady" is a song with lyrics by Larry Kusik and Charles Singleton and music by Bert Kaempfert and Herbert Rehbein. [1]

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Background

"Lady" was recorded by Jack Jones and released as a single in 1967 on Kapp Records #K-800. (B-side: "Afraid To Love").

Chart performance

In March 1967, "Lady" spent four weeks at number one on the US Easy Listening chart, the final of three number ones on the chart for Jones. [2] On the Billboard Hot 100, "Lady" peaked at number 39 and was Jones's final Top 40 hit.

Other versions

Other versions have been recorded by: [3]

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References

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  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 130.
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