The Return of Rock
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| The Return of Rock | ||||
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly, blues | |||
| Label | Smash | |||
| Producer | Shelby Singleton | |||
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The Return of Rock is the fourth studio album by American musician and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, released on the Smash label in 1965.[1]
The single released from the album was "Baby, Hold Me Close" backed by "I Believe in You".[2][3]
Recording
The album featured "Baby, Hold Me Close", a song composed by Jerry Lee Lewis and Bob Tubert. "Baby, Hold Me Close" was the song released as the A-side 45 single from the album, with "I Believe in You" as the B-side. This was the only single from the album. The single reached no. 129 on the Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 Chart.[citation needed] Jerry Lee Lewis performed the song live on the musical variety TV series Shindig! in 1965.[4]
The album includes three Chuck Berry songs, "Maybellene," "Roll Over Beethoven," and "Johnny B. Goode."
Reception
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| Record Mirror |   [5] |
The album was released on June 4, 1965, and reached 121 on the Billboard 200. The perception that Lewis was out of step with the times was not helped by the album cover, which Bonomo derides: "The Return of Rock is nearly done in before the needle drops by an atrocious cover: decked out in a mummified paisley tux and frilly shirt, smiling wanly, Jerry Lee looks like Liberace's sickly younger brother, while a few teenagers dance in mild bewilderment as if they'd been teleported from the set of Shindig!" Bonomo, however, characterized the self-penned single from the album "Baby, Hold Me Close" as "a cool studio-concocted groove".[6]
