Renée Geyer at Her Very Best

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Renée Geyer at Her Very Best
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Compilation album by Renée Geyer
Released October 1977 (1977-10)
Recorded 1973–77
Genre Soul/R&B
Length49:31
Label RCA/Mushroom
Producer
  • Gus McNeil
  • Tweed Harris
  • Renée Geyer Band
  • Ern Rose
  • Frank Wilson
Renée Geyer chronology
Moving Along
(1977)		Renée Geyer at Her Very Best
(1977)		 Winner
(1978)

Renée Geyer at Her Very Best is the first greatest hits album by Australian soul/R&B singer Renée Geyer. [1] The album was released in October 1977 and peaked at number 53 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. [2] According to The Canberra Times ' reporter, "it features all the Geyer favourites." [1] The artist undertook her Geyer Gold tour of Australia as the country's "lady of soul" prior to travelling to Los Angeles for a series of concerts. [1]

Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the 1950s and early 1960s. It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz. Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States, where record labels such as Motown, Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement. Soul also became popular around the world, directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa.

Renée Geyer Australian singer

Renée Rebecca Geyer is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with "It's a Man's Man's World", "Heading in the Right Direction" and "Stares and Whispers" in the 1970s and "Say I Love You" in the 1980s. Geyer has also been an internationally respected and sought-after backing vocalist, whose session credits include work with Sting, Chaka Khan, Toni Childs and Joe Cocker.

Kent Music Report Australian music chart between 1974-1998

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1988. After 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the report under licence for a number of years, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts.

Contents

Track listing

Vinyl/ cassette (VPL1-0145)

Side One

  1. "Stares and Whispers" (John Footman / Frank Wilson / Terri McFadden) – 3.30
  2. "Ready to Deal" (Renée Geyer Band) – 3.30
  3. "Moving Along" (Renée Geyer / Mal Logan / Barry Sullivan / Judy Wieder) – 6:10
  4. "Be There in the Morning" Renée Geyer / Mal Logan / Barry Sullivan) – 3.49
  5. "What Do I Do on Sunday Morning" (Dennis Lambert / Brian Potter) – 3.56
  6. "Heading in the Right Direction" (Mark Punch / Garry Paige) – 3.53

Side Two

  1. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (James Brown) – 3.26
  2. "If Loving You Is Wrong" (Homer Banks / Ray Jackson / Carl Jackson) – 4.16
  3. "Oh! Boy" (Eugene Record) – 2.56
  4. "Theres No Such Thing As Love" (Anthony Newley / Ian Fraser) – 3.43
  5. "I Really Love You" (Renée Geyer Band) - 5.49
  6. "Shakey Ground" (Jeffrey Bowen / Edward Hazel / Al Boyd) - 4.29

Weekly charts

Chart (1977/78)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart [2] 53

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geyer in Concert Tomorrow". The Canberra Times . 52 (14,899). 6 October 1977. p. 14. Retrieved 26 November 2017– via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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