"Show And Tell" | ||||
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Single by Al Wilson | ||||
from the album Show and Tell | ||||
B-side | "Listen to Me" | |||
Released | August 1973 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
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Length | 3:30 | |||
Label | Rocky Road | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jerry Fuller | |||
Al Wilson singles chronology | ||||
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"Show and Tell" is a popular song written by Jerry Fuller and first recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1972. This original version made it to #36 on the Easy Listening chart. [4]
A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of January 19, 1974. [5] It sold over two million copies and was named a Cash Box #1 Single of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the #15 song for 1974. [6] Wilson's version also made #10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.
For this version of the song, songwriter Jerry Fuller credits bassist Dennis Parker for the bassline. [7] [8] [a]
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Sugary pop ballads like "Show And Tell" were nothing new...And Wilson sounds good on the song, giving a thoroughly professional soul-singer performance.