"Show and Tell" is a popular song written by Jerry Fuller and first recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1972. This original version made it to #36 on the Easy Listening chart. [4]

"Show And Tell"
Single by Al Wilson
from the album Show and Tell
B-side"Listen to Me"
ReleasedAugust 1973[1]
Recorded1973
Genre
Length3:30
LabelRocky Road
Songwriter(s)Jerry Fuller
Al Wilson singles chronology
"Lodi"
(1969)
"Show And Tell"
(1973)
"Touch and Go"
(1974)

Al Wilson version

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A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week on January 19, 1974; it sold over two million copies and was named a Cash Box #1 Single of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the #15 song for 1974.[5] Wilson's version also made #10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Chart history

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Other cover versions

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References

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  1. ^ "Al Wilson - Show And Tell". 45cat.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1999). "Shafts: Macho Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 98. ISBN 031214704X.
  3. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (May 3, 2019). "The Number Ones: Al Wilson's "Show And Tell"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 19, 2023. Sugary pop ballads like "Show And Tell" were nothing new...And Wilson sounds good on the song, giving a thoroughly professional soul-singer performance.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 161.
  5. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1974
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 340. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-02-02. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  8. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-02-16. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  9. ^ a b "1974: The Top 100 Soul/Funk/Disco Singles - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Top 100 1974-01-26". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  11. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  12. ^ Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1974
  13. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1974". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  14. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 90.
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