Baby, Hold Me Close
| "Baby, Hold Me Close" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1965 U.S. 45 single release on Smash Records. | ||||
| Single by Jerry Lee Lewis | ||||
| from the album The Return of Rock | ||||
| B-side | "I Believe in You" | |||
| Released | February 1965 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Smash | |||
| Writer(s) |
Jerry Lee Lewis Bob Tubert | |||
| Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology | ||||
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"Baby, Hold Me Close" is a song written by Jerry Lee Lewis and Bob Tubert and released as a single by Lewis in the U.S. in February 1965 on Smash Records.[1][2] The song was also released in the UK in 1965 as a 45 single on Philips Records.
Background
"Baby, Hold Me Close" was recorded for Smash Records in the U.S. as S-1969 and was released as a 7" 45 single backed with "I Believe in You" in February, 1965.[3] The music and lyrics were credited to Jerry Lee Lewis and Bob Tubert. Shelby Singleton, the producer of the recording with Jerry Kennedy, was credited as a co-writer on the Australian release by Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs. The song was published by Raleigh Music, Inc.
Jerry Lee Lewis performed the song live on the American music variety television series Shindig! in 1965.
The song was also released as a 45 single in the UK, Australia, Brazil, and the Netherlands.[4] In the UK, the song was released as a Philips 7" 45 single in April, 1965 as BF 1407.
The song was featured on the 1965 Smash LP album The Return of Rock.[5]
The single reached no. 129 on the U.S. singles chart in June, 1965.[6] Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs released a cover version in Australia on Parlophone Records as A8170.[7] Their recording was a hit on the Australian charts, reaching #4 in Sydney, #24 in Melbourne, #4 in Brisbane, #14 in Adelaide, and #19 in Perth.[8]
Album appearances
"Baby, Hold Me Close" appeared on the following albums:
- The Return of Rock, Smash Records, 1965
- Killer: The Mercury Years, Volume 1 (1963-1968), Polygram/Mercury, 1989
- The Locust Years...And the Return to the Promised Land, Bear Family Records, 1994
- A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis, Salvo, 2012
- Original Classic Albums, 1965-1969, Raven, 2012
- The Return of Rock/Soul My Way, Beat Goes On,
Sources
- Bonomo, Joe (2009). Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found. New York: Continuum Books.
- Tosches, Nick (1982). Hellfire. New York: Grove Press.
- Gutterman, Jimmy (1991). Rockin' My Life Away: Listening to Jerry Lee Lewis. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press.
- Gutterman, Jimmy (1993). The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer, No Filler. Rhino Records.
- Lewis, Myra; Silver, Murray (1981). Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis. William Morrow/Quill/St. Martin's Press.
References
- ↑ Smash Records. 7" Singles/EP collection.
- ↑ Jerry Lee Lewis - Baby, Hold Me Close. Discogs.com.
- ↑ Smash Records 45 Discography.
- ↑ Jerry Lee Lewis - Discography. 45cat.com.
- ↑ Smash Album Discography.
- ↑ Billboard, February 27, 1965.
- ↑ Billy Thorpe And The Aztecs – Baby, Hold Me Close. Discogs.
- ↑ Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs. Baby, Hold Me Close. PopArchives.com.au.