Sincerely (Brenda Lee album)

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Sincerely
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Studio album by
Brenda Lee
ReleasedFebruary 12, 1962
RecordedJanuary 8, 1961 – October 29, 1961 [1]
Studio Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Brenda Lee chronology
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Sincerely is the sixth studio album by American singer Brenda Lee. The album was released February 12, 1962 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. It was the first of two studio albums released by Brenda Lee in 1962 and did not contain any singles.

Contents

Background and content

Sincerely was recorded in five separate sessions at the Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States under the direction of Owen Bradley.[ citation needed ] The first session began on January 8, 1961 and the last session took place on October 28, 1961. [1] The album consisted of twelve tracks of material of previously recorded Pop music standards. It includes covers of "Lazy River" and "Fools Rush In".[ citation needed ] It also includes a cover of "Hold Me", which would later become a major Pop hit in 1964 for P.J. Proby. Unlike any of Lee's previous releases for the Decca label, the album did not contain any uptempo numbers that resembled that of Rock and Roll of Rockabilly music. Richie Unterberger of Allmusic found that the album did not "add much versatility" because of this missing element. Unterberger reviewed the album and gave it three out of five stars, calling it, "one of the more forgettable albums from her prime, of value only to big fans and completists. ... The problem was that the record featured almost nothing but these kind of songs, most of them taken at a slow tempo, and none of them rock & rollers (or hit singles, for that matter)." [2]

Release

Sincerely was originally released as an LP record, containing six songs on the record's "A-side" and six songs on the record's "B-side" as well. [3] The album has since be reissued in the United Kingdom on a compact disc. [4] Sincerely was officially released on February 12, 1962 on Decca Records and it peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard albums chart. [5] [ failed verification ]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "You Always Hurt the One You Love" – (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) 2:41
  2. "Lazy River" – (Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael) 2:15
  3. "You've Got Me Crying Again" – (Isham Jones, Charles Newman) 2:36
  4. "It's the Talk of the Town" – (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) 3:10
  5. "Send Me Some Lovin'" – (John Marascalco, Leo Price) 2:50
  6. "How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky)" – (Irving Berlin) 3:04
Side two
  1. "I'll Always Be In Love With You" – (Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam H. Stept) 2:30
  2. "I Miss You So" – (Jimmy Henderson, Sid Robin, Bertha Scott) 2:51
  3. "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" – (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) 2:35
  4. "Only You (And You Alone)" – (Buck Ram, Andie Rand) 2:53
  5. "Hold Me" – (Jack Little, David Oppenheim, Ira Schuster) 2:34
  6. "I'll Be Seeing You" – (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) 2:35

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1962)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Action Albums [5] 29

Release history

Release history and formats for Sincerely, Brenda Lee
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaFebruary 12, 1962Vinyl LPDecca Records [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Brenda Lee's recording sessions". Praguuefrank's Country Music. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Sincerely, Brenda Lee > Review". AllMusic .
  3. ↑ "Sincerely by Brenda Lee". Rate Your Music.
  4. ↑ "Sincerely profile". Brenda Lee.com.
  5. 1 2 "Sincerely > charts". Allmusic.
  6. ↑ Lee, Brenda (February 12, 1962). "Sincerely (liner notes)". Decca Records . DL-74216.
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