Number one on 13 March 1967, Jonny's 2nd birthday
Release Me
Engelbert Humperdinck
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- Reached number oneweek ending 2 March 1967
- Weeks at number one6
- LabelDecca
- Decade1960s
The song
"Release Me" (sometimes rendered as "Release Me (and Let Me Love Again)") is a country song written by Eddie Miller and Robert Yount in 1949. Four years later it was recorded by Jimmy Heap & the Melody Masters (in 1953), and with even better success by Ray Price (1954), Kitty Wells (1954), and Patti Page (1961). Jimmy Dean recorded a version of the song in 1959. Jivin' Gene Bourgeois & the Jokers recorded the tune in 1960, and that version served as an inspiration for Little Esther Phillips, who reached number one on the R&B chart and number eight on the pop chart with her big-selling cover. The Everly Brothers followed in 1963, along with Lucille Starr including a translation in French (1964), Jerry Wallace (1966), Dean Martin (1967), and Engelbert Humperdinck (1967), whose version reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.
Engelbert Humperdinck
Arnold George Dorsey, known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British singer. He achieved international success in 1967 with his recording of "Release Me".
This decade's look
Pop art and the psychedelic poster: a fat display face, a Swiss grotesque for the reading, and hot magenta, orange and acid green on cream.