One of the most popular easy listening hits of the summer of 1967, the old standard,
"Release Me" by British pop sensation Engelbert Humperdinck, was the number
one song across the pond in Great Britain, beating out the Beatles' "Penny Lane"
and "Strawberry Fields"from reaching the top of the record charts there.
In fact, his version of this sad love ballad was the highest selling single
in the UK that year with record sales of 1.38 million copies.
In America, the song reached the number four spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
Although other versions of "Release Me" (And Let Me Love Again) were recorded by
Patti Page, Ray Price, Kitty Wells, The Everly Brothers, Dean Martin, and Elvis Presley,
the song was a breakthrough hit for Engelbert Humperdinck, establishing his career
as an internationally-acclaimed recording artist, with some of his most
devoted fans calling themselves, "Humperdinckers."
On a more personal note, this was one of the songs I remember my mother often
singing to us kids while we were driving in the car somewhere on hot summer days.
(1967)
Engelbert Humperdinck
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