Sher-oo!
Sher-oo! | ||||
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Studio album by Cilla Black | ||||
Released | 1 April 1968[1] | |||
Recorded | 1967/1968 at EMI Studios, London | |||
Genre | Pop, Merseybeat, soul | |||
Label | Parlophone/EMI | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
Cilla Black chronology | ||||
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Singles from Sher-oo! | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Sher-oo! is Cilla Black's third solo studio album, released on 1 April 1968 by Parlophone Records. The album reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart.[3] The album's Paul McCartney-penned lead single "Step Inside Love" reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was the opening theme tune to the first four series of the BBC TV variety show Cilla. The album was re-issued in the 1970s with different cover art and re-titled Step Inside Love, on the EMI Music For Pleasure (MFP) label.
Re-release
On September 7, 2009, EMI Records released a special edition of the album exclusively to digital download. This re-issue features all of the album's original recordings re-mastered by Abbey Road Studios from original 1/4" stereo master tapes. A digital booklet containing original album artwork, detailed track information and rare photographs will be available from iTunes with purchases of the entire album re-issue.
Track listing
Side One
- "What the World Needs Now is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
- "Suddenly You Love Me" (Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Lorenzo Pilat, Peter Callander)
- "This is the First Time" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
- "Follow the Path of the Stars" (Doug Flett, Guy Fletcher)
- "Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin)
- "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" (Barrett Strong, Roger Penzabene, Cornelius Grant)
Side Two
- "Yo Yo" (Joe South)
- "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" (Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook)
- "Step Inside Love" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "A Man and A Woman (Un Homme et Une Femme)" (Francis Lai, Pierre Barouh, Jerry Keller)
- "I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off You" (Bobby Willis, Clive Westlake)
- "Follow Me" (Paddy Roberts)
Credits
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Cilla Black
- Produced by George Martin
- Arranged and conducted by Mike Vickers
- Album cover photograph by John Kelly
Chart positions
Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart | 7 |
References
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091001204350/http://cillablack.com/music-sheroo.htm CillaBlack.com Discography – Sher-oo!
- EMI Music Official Site
- Cilla Black at IMDb
Further reading
- Black, Cilla (2004). What's it All about?. United Kingdom: Ebury Press. ISBN 0-09-189035-7.
- v
- t
- e
- Cilla (1965)
- Is It Love? (1965)
- Cilla Sings a Rainbow (1966)
- Sher-oo! (1968)
- Surround Yourself with Cilla (1969)
- Sweet Inspiration (1970)
- Images (1971)
- Day by Day with Cilla (1973)
- In My Life (1974)
- It Makes Me Feel Good (1976)
- Modern Priscilla (1978)
- Especially For You (1980)
- Surprisingly Cilla (1985)
- Cilla's World (1990)
- Through The Years (1993)
- Beginnings: Greatest Hits & New Songs (2003)
- Cilla All Mixed Up (2009)
- The Best of Cilla Black (1968)
- The Very Best of Cilla Black (1983)
- The Definitive Collection (A Life in Music) (2009)
- Completely Cilla: 1963–1973 (2012)
- The Very Best of Cilla Black (2013)
- "Love of the Loved"
- "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
- "You're My World"
- "It's for You"
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
- "Alfie"
- "For No-one"
- "Step Inside Love"
- "Surround Yourself with Sorrow"
- "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind"
- "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)"
- Discography
- Cilla (1968 TV series)
- Cilla (2014 TV series)