Here I Am (Dionne Warwick album)

Here I Am
Studio album by
Dionne Warwick
ReleasedDecember 21, 1965
Recorded1965
StudioBell Sound (New York City)
GenreR&B
LabelScepter
ProducerBurt Bacharach, Hal David
Dionne Warwick chronology
The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick
(1965) 		Here I Am
(1965) 		Dionne Warwick in Paris
(1966)
Singles from Here I Am
  1. "Here I Am"
    Released: August 1965
  2. "Looking with My Eyes"
    Released: September 1965
  3. "Are You There (With Another Girl)"
    Released: December 1965
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Record Mirror[2]

Here I Am is the fifth album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released on December 21, 1965 by Scepter Records. The LP was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. This album, as was usually the case until 1968, was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in New York City.

History

The album's lead single, the title track "Here I Am", was featured in the film What's New Pussycat? Despite this, the single failed to make the Top 40 in the U.S. The follow-up, "Looking With My Eyes", was prominently featured on the dance show "Hullabaloo", but did not make the chart either.

The third single from the album, "Are You There (With Another Girl)" was released in December 1965, and became a hit, making the Top 40.

Several early copies of the album had errors in the album cover, listing tracks such as "It's Love That Really Counts" that were not included on the album itself. Other notable songs featured on the album are the bouncy "Window Wishing", the hauntingly beautiful "If I Ever Make You Cry" and "This Little Light" which featured Warwick herself on the piano.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."In Between the Heartaches"2:50
2."Here I Am"2:50
3."If I Ever Make You Cry"3:07
4."Lookin' with My Eyes"2:55
5."Once in a Lifetime" (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)2:54
6."This Little Light" (Traditional)2:10
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Don't Go Breaking My Heart"2:21
8."Window Wishing"2:31
9."Long Day, Short Night"2:18
10."Are You There (With Another Girl)"2:50
11."How Can I Hurt You"2:42
12."I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)1:45

Charts

Chart (1965) Peak
positions
Billboard Top LPs[3] 45
Billboard Hot R&B LPs[3] 3

Singles

Year Title Peak positions
US
[3] 		US
R&B
 US
A/C
[3]
1965 "Here I Am" 65 — 11
"Looking with My Eyes" 64 38 —
"Are You There (With Another Girl)" 39 35 —

References

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Dionne Warwick: Here I Am > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (26 February 1966). "'Dionne the pianist' on her latest album" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 259. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "US Charts > Dionne Warwick". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-08-11.