My Cherie Amour (album)
1969 studio album by Stevie Wonder
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My Cherie Amour is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released on the Tamla (Motown) label on August 29, 1969. The album yielded a pair of top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: the title track (No. 4) and "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (No. 7). It also features Wonder's interpretations of the 1967 hit "Light My Fire" by The Doors, "Hello, Young Lovers" from The King and I, and "The Shadow of Your Smile" from the 1965 film The Sandpiper. The album reached No. 12 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 34 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart.
ReleasedAugust 29, 1969
Recorded1969 (title track recorded 1967–1968)
StudioHitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan
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| Released | August 29, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 (title track recorded 1967–1968) | |||
| Studio | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan | |||
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| Length | 35:00 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Producer | Henry Cosby | |||
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| Rolling Stone | favorable[2] |
Track listing
- Side one
- "My Cherie Amour" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) – 2:49
- "Hello, Young Lovers" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 3:09
- "At Last" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:44
- "Light My Fire" (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 3:34
- "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:38
- "You and Me" (Beatrice Verdi, Deke Richards) – 2:41
- Side two
- "Pearl" (Richard Morris) – 2:42
- "Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares" (Cosby, Moy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Wonder) – 2:30
- "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) – 3:01
- "Angie Girl" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) – 2:57
- "Give Your Love" (Cosby, Don Hunter, Wonder) – 3:42
- "I've Got You" (Moy, Wonder) – 2:33
Personnel
- Stevie Wonder – harmonica, keyboards, vocals
- James Jamerson – bass
- Benny Benjamin – drums
- Henry Cosby – producer