1977 Helen Reddy – You’re My World (US:#18)
“You’re My World” is a ballad originally recorded in 1963 as “Il Mio Mondo” (“My World”) by Umberto Bindi, who co-wrote the Italian-language version with Gino Paoli. Rendered with English lyrics by Carl Sigman as “You’re My World”, the song has reached No. 1 in Australia (twice), Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa and United Kingdom via recordings by Cilla Black, Daryl Braithwaite, Guys ‘n’ Dolls and Helen Reddy. (Black’s and Reddy’s versions reached the US Top 40 in 1964 and 1977, respectively.) The song also went to No. 1 in France and Spain via the respective translations “Ce monde” and “Mi Mundo”, both sung by Richard Anthony.
“You’re My World” became a Top 20 hit in the US in 1977 via a remake by Helen Reddy introduced on Ear Candy, her ninth studio album, whose February 1977 recording at Brother Studios in Santa Monica was helmed by veteran producer Kim Fowley with the assistance of Earle Mankey with arranging/conducting duties carried out by David Carr. Ritchie Blackmore has been credited with playing guitar on Reddy’s recording of “You’re My World”: Deep Purple, the group Blackmore had fronted, had been managed by Jeff Wald who in 1977 was Helen Reddy’s manager and husband (Blackmore’s name does not appear in the official credits listed on the Ear Candy album).
Album
Ear Candy is the ninth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy, released on May 1977 by Capitol Records. The album included a modern take on the doo-wop genre (“Long Distance Love”), a Cajun number that gave the Melbourne native her first and only appearance on Billboard magazine’s Country chart (“Laissez les Bontemps Rouler”), […]
Musicians
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Produced By
Kim Fowley
Earle Mankey
Songwriters
Umberto Bindi
Carl Sigman
Gino Paoli
Charts
US:#18
UK:# –