The Prime of My Life

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The Prime of My Life
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 1965 [1]
Recorded1965
Genre Traditional pop, jazz
Label Motown
Producer William "Mickey" Stevenson
Billy Eckstine chronology
The Modern Sound of Mr. B
(1964)
The Prime of My Life
(1965)
My Way
(1965)
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The Prime of My Life is a 1965 studio album by the American singer Billy Eckstine. It was produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson, and was the first of three albums that Eckstine recorded for Motown Records. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Prime of My Life" (Jacques, Ron Miller)
  2. "Maybe Today" (Anderson, Broadnax, Miller, Vandenberg)
  3. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
  4. "As Long as She Needs Me" (Lionel Bart)
  5. "Down to Earth" (Miller, O'Malley, Vandenberg)
  6. "Feeling Good" (Eger, Yellon)
  7. "Had You Been Around" (Jaques, Miller, Vandenberg, Yuffy)
  8. "Love Is Gone" (Hunter, Stevenson)
  9. "Just Loving You" (Allen, Stevenson)
  10. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (Rodgers, Hammerstein)
  11. "Fantasy" (Hunter, Stevenson)
  12. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins)

Personnel

References

  1. "Motown Album Discography, Part 1 (1961–1981)". www.bsnpubs.com. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (February 19, 1966). "Billy Ekstine: The Prime Of My Life" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 258. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  3. Bill Dahl (February 28, 2011). Motown: The Golden Years: More than 100 rare photographs. Krause Publications. pp. 236–. ISBN   1-4402-2783-7.