Warm (The Lettermen album)

Warm
Studio album by
Released1967
GenreTraditional pop
LabelCapitol
ProducerSteve Douglas
The Lettermen chronology
For Christmas This Year
(1966)
Warm
(1967)
Spring!
(1967)
Singles from Warm
  1. ""Chanson d'Amour""
  2. ""Our Winter Love""

Warm is a 1967 album by The Lettermen.[1] [2] The album cover featured the original line up of first tenor Jim Pike, second tenor Tony Butala, baritone Bob Engemann. Following this album Engemann left the group and was replaced by Gary Pike, Jim's brother.[3] "Chanson d'Amour" was the first single, followed by "Our Winter Love" as the second single - in a new vocal version of the instrumental with lyrics written by Bob Tubert. The album title track "Warm" was the B-side.[4]

Track list

  1. "Our Winter Love", Johnny Cowell, lyrics added by Bob Tubert
  2. "Symphony for Susan", Bill Stegmeyer
  3. "Don't Blame It on Me", Dick Addrisi / Don Addrisi
  4. "Warm", written by Sid Jacobson, Jimmy Krondes (also David Buskin)
  5. "Sleep Walk", vocal version
  6. "She Don't Want Me Now"
  7. "For No One", John Lennon / Paul McCartney
  8. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern
  9. "Here, There and Everywhere", John Lennon / Paul McCartney
  10. "A Place for the Winter"
  11. "Chanson d'Amour", Wayne Shanklin

References

  1. ^ Billboard - Jan 7, 1967 POP SPOTLIGHT WARM The Lettermen. Capitol T 2633 (M); ST 2633 (S) With the spotlight on their new single "Our Winter Love" and the recent "Chanson D'Amour," the trio presents one of their best mood albums. . . . a wintery must for sitting around the fireplace."
  2. ^ Rock N Roll Gold Rush: A Singles Un-Cyclopedia Maury Dean · 2003 p 472 "Totally unrelated to the Late Night with David Lettermen show, L.A.'s Lettermen were the #1 Adult Contemporary group of the 60s."
  3. ^ Becoming the Beach Boys, 1961-1963 James B. Murphy · 2015 p183 "The Lettermen were Tony Butala, Jim Pike, and Bob Engemann."
  4. ^ American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today Jay Warner · 2006 p411 "In late 1967 Bob Engemann retired from the group and was replaced by Jim Pike's brother Gary"