Shelley! Explained

Shelley!
Type:Studio
Artist:Shelley Fabares
Cover:Shelley! (album).jpeg
Released:June 1962
Recorded:1961–1962
Genre:Pop
Label:Colpix
Producer:Stu Phillips
Next Title:The Things We Did Last Summer
Next Year:1962

Shelley! is the self-titled debut pop album by singer and actress Shelley Fabares released in 1962 on Colpix Records. It was available in both mono and stereo, catalogue numbers CP-426 and SCP-426.The album was produced and arranged by Stu Phillips and recorded at United Western Recorders in Hollywood, California. Shelley! peaked on the Billboard Top LPs chart at No. 106 in July 1962. The album includes the hit single, "Johnny Angel", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1962.[1]

Shelley! features a guest appearance by Paul Petersen on the track "Very Unlikely".[2] The backup vocals were performed by the girl group The Blossoms.[3]

Reception

Shelley! was released in June 1962. One month after its release the album charted at No. 106 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.[4] The first single from the album was "Johnny Angel", performed by Fabares on The Donna Reed Show during the show's fourth season.[5] The song was released shortly before her Shelley! album and became a #1 US Hot 100 hit for two weeks on the pop chart.[6] "Johnny Angel" sold over a million copies and was awarded a gold disc.[7] "Johnny Angel" also charted at #41 on the UK Singles Chart[8] and peaked at #1 in Canada. Fabares lip-synched her hit single on American Bandstand during a June 19, 1962 television appearance to promote the album.[9]

Track listing

Side 1

Side 2

Re-release

Shelley! was released on compact disc in its entirety for the first time as part of a 2 LPs on 1-CD set released by Collectables in September 2000. This included the original liner notes from the 1962 album.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bronson, Fred . The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits: The Inside Story Behind Every Number One Single on Billboard's Hot 100 from 1955 to the Present. Billboard Books. 2003. 5. 107. 0-8230-7677-6.
  2. Web site: Adams . Greg . Allmusic . Allmusic . 2000-09-12 . 2011-10-13.
  3. Book: Whitburn , Joel . 1996. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 6th. Watson-Guptill Publications. New York. 0-8230-7632-6. 212.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Albums 1955-1996. Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. 1996. 4. 254. 0-89820-117-9.
  5. Book: Brooks , Tim . 1999. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. 7th. Ballantine Books. New York. 0-345-42923-0. 275.
  6. Book: Whitburn , Joel . 2003. Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. 10th. Record Research Inc.. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. 0-89820-155-1. 234.
  7. Book: Murrells , Joseph . 1978. The Book of Golden Discs. 2nd. Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. London. 145. 0-214-20512-6.
  8. Web site: Shelley Fabares - Johnny Angel . . 2011-10-13.
  9. Book: Shore , Michael . 1985. The History of American Bandstand. 1st. Ballantine Books. New York. 0-345-31722-X. 101, 131.
  10. Web site: Shelley Fabares . AllMusic . 1944-01-19 . 2011-10-13.