Pink Lady (1979 album)

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Pink Lady
PINK LADY-a.jpg
Studio album by
Pink Lady
ReleasedJune 1, 1979 (1979-06-01) (U.S.)
September 5, 1979 (1979-09-05) (Japan)
Recorded1978
Genre
Length30:49
Label Elektra Records (U.S.)
Victor (Japan)
Producer Michael Lloyd
Pink Lady chronology
Magical Music Tour
(1979)		Pink Lady
(1979)		 We Are Sexy
(1979)
Singles from Pink Lady
  1. "Kiss in the Dark"
    Released: May 1, 1979 (1979-05-01) (U.S.)
    September 5, 1979 (1979-09-05) (Japan)
  2. "Dancing in the Halls of Love"
    Released: August 1979 (1979-08) (U.S.)

Pink Lady (also known in Japan as Pink Lady in the USA (ピンク・レディー・イン・USA, Pinku Redī in Yū Esu Ē)) is the fourth studio album by Japanese idol duo Pink Lady, released through Victor Entertainment on September 5, 1979, and through Elektra Records as their U.S. debut album on June 1, 1979. It was the duo's first and only English-language album, consisting of three original tracks. The lead single "Kiss in the Dark" Peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Top 40 and at No. 19 on Oricon's weekly singles chart. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 30 on Oricon's weekly albums chart and sold over 17,000 copies. [5] [6] It also reached No. 205 on Billboard 's "Bubbling Under Top LPs" chart. [7]

Track listing

All music is arranged by John D'Andrea except "Walk Away Renée" by Erich Bulling.

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Kiss in the Dark" Michael Lloyd  2:54
2."Dancing in the Halls of Love"
  • Billy Alessi
  • Bobby Alessi
 Alessi Brothers 3:22
3."Show Me the Way to Love"Lloyd 3:22
4."Walk Away Renée"
  • Mike Brown
  • Bob Calilli
  • Tony Sansone
 The Left Banke 3:03
5."Strangers When We Kiss"Lloyd 3:28
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Love Me Tonight"
 Tom Jones 3:05
2."I Want to Give You My Everything"Larry Weiss Carl Douglas 2:14
3."Deeply (From the motion picture Happy)"Norman Gimbel Anson Williams 2:15
4."Give Me Your Love"Bob GundryLeslie and Kelly3:18
5."Love Countdown"
  • Detlef Petersen
  • James Hopkins
  • James Harrison
  • Geoffey Peacey
 Luan Peters 3:48

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart [5] [6] 30
US Bubbling Under Top LPs [7] 205

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  7. 1 2 "Billboard Magazine, September 1979" (in Japanese). 22 September 1979. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
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