Lady (Jack Jones album)

Lady
Studio album by
Jack Jones
ReleasedMarch 1967
Recorded
  • Late 1966
  • Early 1967
StudioIn New York City
Genres
Length33 minutes 15 seconds
LabelsKapp Records
(KL 1511; KS 3511)[3]
Jack Jones chronology
Jack Jones Sings
(1966)		 Lady
(1967)		 Our Song
(1967)
Singles from Lady
  1. "Lady"
    Released: January 1967
  2. "Brother Where Are You"
    Released: February 1968

Lady is the twenty-first studio album by American pop vocalist Jack Jones, released in March 1967 by Kapp Records. The project included a mixture of original and cover songs. The album reached high positions on the US album charts and received a positive reception.

Background and content

Jack Jones was a popular easy listening and pop singer in the 1960s, recording with Kapp Records and gaining several hits.[4] In early 1967 he scored another Billboard Easy Listening chart topper titled "Lady".[5] An album titled after it followed while the single was still on the charts.[5]

The recordings for Lady were taken from sessions held in the winter of 1966 and 1967 in New York City. The songs were arranged and conducted by Marty Paich and Ralph Carmichael.[6] The album consisted of 12 tracks, evenly split on both sides.[6] The project included songs in an easy listening style like "A Beautiful Friendship", and vocal tracks like a cover of Barbra Streisand's "Free Again" from Je m'appelle Barbra.[7] Other selections included "Nice 'N' Easy", which was a hit for Frank Sinatra earlier in the decade, and a Richard Rodgers standard from 1935 titled "It's Easy to Remember".[8]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStar[4]
BillboardPositive (Billboard Pick)[7]
CashboxPositive (Pop Pick)[2]
Record WorldPositive (Album of the Week)[9]

Lady was originally released in early March 1967 on the Kapp label.[1] It was the twenty-first, the first of the year, studio collection released in Jones' career. The album was distributed as a vinyl LP, containing six songs on side one and six on side two of the record.[6] Decades later, the album was re-released on Geffen Records to digital and streaming sites.[10]

The album received a positive critical reception upon its release. Billboard magazine believed that Jones "is at his very best in this highly potent program of beautiful songs". The publication said that "an easy listening arrangement of 'A Beautiful Friendship' is contrasted by a moving 'Free Again,' adding a perfect balance to the selections," and they praised Jones' "reading" of "If You Go Away" as well.[7] Cashbox reviewed the album the same week and noted that "Currently climbing the Top 100 with his 'Lady' single, Jones here offers an LP of the same name that could do equally well on the charts. In addition to the title track, the set includes 'A Beautiful Friendship,' 'If You Never Come To Me,' 'Theme From ‘The Sand Pebbles’, and 'Brother, Where Are You.' They said to "Keep close tabs on this one."[2]

Record World stated that Jones sings "some mighty pretty songs on this album named after his current click, 'Lady.'" They believed that "The guy has established himself without question and so the crowds will line up".[9] The Times Record described the album as "another plate of endearing quality", adding that "Free Again" and "Once Upon a Time" are "perfectly done for a change-of-pace".[8]

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 25, 1967, peaking at No. 23 during a twenty-five-week run on the chart.[11] It debuted on Cashbox magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue also dated March 18, 1967, peaking at No. 28 during a fourteen-week run on the chart.[12] The album debuted on Record World magazine's 100 Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 25, 1967, peaking at No. 20.[13] Lady stayed on the chart through the spring and summer and dropped out before the fall, with a total twenty-week run on it.[14]

Track listings

Vinyl version

Side one[6][1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lady"
2:42
2."A Beautiful Friendship"
  • Donald Kahn
  • Stanley Styne
2:39
3."Free Again"
3:54
4."If You Never Come to Me"
2:25
5."Nice 'N' Easy"
3:09
6."Brother, Where Are You?"
2:27

Digital version

Lady (download and streaming)[10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lady"
  • Kaempfert
  • Kusik
  • Rehbein
  • Singleton
2:44
2."A Beautiful Friendship"
  • Kahn
  • Styne
2:39
3."Free Again"
  • Colby
  • Jourdan
  • Canfora
  • Baselli
3:57
4."If You Never Come to Me"
  • Gilbert
  • Jobim
  • Oliveria
2:26
5."Nice 'N' Easy"
  • A. Bergman
  • M. Bergman
  • Spence
3:08
6."Brother, Where Are You"
  • Curtis
  • Brown Jr.
2:25
7."Once Upon a Time"
  • Strouse
  • Adams
3:16
8."If You Go Away"Brel4:33
9."Theme from "The Sand Pebbles" (And We Were Lovers)"
  • Bricusse
  • Goldsmith
2:56
10."Girl Talk"
  • Hefti
  • Troup
2:50
11."Afraid to Love"
  • Blane
  • Warren
2:55
12."It's Easy to Remember"Rodgers2:27
Total length:33:15

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Lady.[6]

Charts

Chart performance for Lady
Chart (1967) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LP's[11] 23
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums[12] 28
US Record World 100 Top LP's[13] 20

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
North America and UK March 1967
  • LP
  • Vinyl
 Kapp Records [6]
Worldwide Circa 2020
  • Music download
  • streaming
 Geffen Records [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lady: Jack Jones, credits, info, and more". AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Albert, George (March 11, 1967). "Album Reviews: Pop Picks" (PDF). Cashbox. Vol. XXVIII, no. 34. p. 36. Retrieved March 31, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  3. ↑ Kinslow, Chris (2022). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. p. 1991. ISBN 978-1-68145-973-8. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 766. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  5. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research Inc. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jones, Jack (March 1967). "Lady (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". RCA Victor. LSP-4209.
  7. 1 2 3 "Album reviews (back cover); A Billboard Pick: Lady by Jack Jones" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 10. March 11, 1967. p. 86. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Jack Jones: Lady, review". The Times Record. Troy, New York. March 25, 1967. p. 39. Retrieved April 7, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. 1 2 "Record World Albums of the Week" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 21, no. 1031. March 11, 1967. p. 1. Retrieved March 31, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  10. 1 2 3 "Lady by Jack Jones". Apple Music. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  11. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LP's, 1945–1972. Record Research. p. 76. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  12. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W. (1975). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955–1974. Scarecrow Press. p. 187. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Record World 100 Top LP's chart (Tear-out guide)" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 21, no. 1042. May 27, 1967. p. 26. Retrieved March 31, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  14. ↑ "Record World 100 Top LP's chart (Tear-out guide)" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 22, no. 1052. August 5, 1967. p. 30. Retrieved April 6, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.