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]

This article is about the 1972 popular song. For other songs with the same title, see Show and tell (disambiguation).
"Show And Tell"
Single by Al Wilson
from the album Show and Tell
B-side"Listen to Me"
ReleasedAugust 1973[1]
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.

Weekly charts
Chart (1973-74) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 57
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles[5] 10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (1974) Position
Canada[7] 58
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard R&B [8] 84
U.S. Cash Box [9] 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. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 340. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/list/goldwax317/1974__the_top_100_soul_funk_disco_singles/
  6. "Top 100 1974-01-26". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  7. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  8. 1974: The Top 100 Soul/Funk/Disco Singles
  9. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1974". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  10. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 90.


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