Love Song for Jeffrey
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| Studio album by Helen Reddy | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Vocal Pop/Rock |
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| Length | 32:03 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Tom Catalano | |||
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Love Song for Jeffrey is an album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in the spring of 1974 by Capitol Records and was focused on her family, giving special attention to those who had died within the past year. A tribute on the back cover reads:
In memory of
my mother, Stella Lamond Reddy, July 1973
my father, Max Reddy, September 1973
and my beloved aunt, Helen Reddy Sr., January 1974
this album is lovingly and gratefully dedicated.
The album debuted on Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated April 20, 1974, and reached number 11 during its 35 weeks there. Six weeks later, on June 6, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States, and in Canada it peaked at number six on RPM magazine's album chart in September of that year. On January 27, 2004, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her other 1974 release, Free and Easy.
The first track that was selected for release from this album, "Keep On Singing", was issued on February 25, 1974, debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 shortly thereafter, in the issue of the magazine dated March 9, and peaked at number 15 during its 13 weeks there. Its first appearance on the magazine's Easy Listening chart came in the March 16 issue, and the song managed two of its 13 weeks on that list at number one. On the RPM singles chart it reached number 10.
"You and Me Against the World" was released as a single on May 27 of that year and got as high as number nine during its 20 weeks on the pop chart that began in the June 15 issue. That same issue also included its first appearance on the Easy Listening chart, where it stayed for 18 weeks, one of which was spent at number one. It also reached number nine on the Canadian singles chart. In the liner notes for the 2006 compilation The Woman I Am: The Definitive Collection Reddy writes of this song that it is her "second-most-requested song after 'I Am Woman'. I still receive mail from people who have lost a parent or child telling me that this was 'their song'. These letters always touch me."
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