Show and Tell (song)

"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. [2]

"Show And Tell"
Single by Al Wilson
from the album Show and Tell
B-side"Listen to Me"
ReleasedAugust 1973[1]
Format45 RPM
Recorded1973
GenreSoul, pop
Length3:28
LabelRocky Road
Songwriter(s)Jerry Fuller
Al Wilson singles chronology
"Lodi"
(1969)		 "Show And Tell"
(1973)		 "Touch And Go"
(1974)

Al Wilson version

A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached No. 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 Number One Single of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the No. 15 song for 1974.[3] Wilson's version also made No. 10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Chart history

Weekly charts
Chart (1973-74) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles[4] 10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (1974) Position
Canada[6] 58
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard R&B [7] 84
U.S. Cash Box [8] 1

Other cover versions

References
  1. http://www.45cat.com/record/30073
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 161.
  3. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1974
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/list/goldwax317/1974__the_top_100_soul_funk_disco_singles/
  5. "Top 100 1974-01-26". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  7. 1974: The Top 100 Soul/Funk/Disco Singles
  8. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1974". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  9. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 90.


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