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This article is about the 1972 popular song. For other songs with the same title, see Show and tell (disambiguation). 1973 single by Al Wilson
"Show And Tell"
Single by Al Wilson
from the album Show and Tell
B-side"Listen to Me"
ReleasedAugust 1973
Recorded1973
Genre
Length3:30
LabelRocky Road
Songwriter(s)Jerry Fuller
Al Wilson singles chronology
"Lodi"
(1969) 		"Show And Tell"
(1973) 		"Touch and Go"
(1974)

"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.

Al Wilson version

A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached #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 #1 Single of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the #15 song for 1974. Wilson's version also made #10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1973-1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 57
Canada RPM Top Singles 7
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 21
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Position
Canada 58
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 28
U.S. Billboard R&B 84
U.S. Cash Box 1

Other cover versions

In popular culture

References

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  2. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1999). "Shafts: Macho Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 98. ISBN 031214704X.
  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (May 3, 2019). "The Number Ones: Al Wilson's "Show And Tell"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 19, 2023. Sugary pop ballads like "Show And Tell" were nothing new...And Wilson sounds good on the song, giving a thoroughly professional soul-singer performance.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 161.
  5. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1974
  6. 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.
  7. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-02-02. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  8. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-02-16. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  9. ^ "1974: The Top 100 Soul/Funk/Disco Singles - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  10. "Top 100 1974-01-26". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  11. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  12. Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1974
  13. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1974". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  14. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 90.

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