Killing Me Softly with Her Song (album)
| Killing Me Softly with Her Song | ||||
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| Released | May 25, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | March 1, 1973 March 29, 1973 April 2, 1973 April 25–26, 1973 | |||
| Studio | Larrabee Sound, Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Length | 39:49 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jerry Fuller | |||
| Johnny Mathis chronology | ||||
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| Billboard | positive |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Killing Me Softly with Her Song is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 25, 1973, by Columbia Records and leaned heavily on covers of the latest radio favorites.
The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated June 30, 1973, and remained there for seven weeks, peaking at number 120.
One of the two original songs on the album, "Show and Tell", began a three-week run on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in that year's May 12 issue and peaked at number 36. The other, "Arianne", music and lyrics by Martin Charnin. reached number 24 on that same chart in 1977 during a nine-week stay that began in the July 23 issue.