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==Background, recording and content== |
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==Background, recording and content== |
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Della Reese found success as a singer recording in the styles of ], ] and ]. Her first commercial success was with the 1957 single "]" and would be followed by the 1959 top-selling release, "]". The latter was her first with the RCA Victor label and Reese went on to record there for several years under the production of the ] team. She recorded several ]-flavored LP's for the label, including ''Special Delivery''.<ref name="Bio"/> The album was recorded at the RCA Victor Studios in ] with the Hugo & Luigi team producing the project. ] conducted the string arrangements and featured his band as well. The album was a collection of 12 tracks that Reese had been performing on-tour throughout the United States.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Reese |first1=Della |title=''Special Delivery'' (Liner Notes) |journal=] |date=August 1961 |id=LPM-23091 (LP mono); LSP-2391 (LP stereo)}}</ref> Among the album's covers were "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey", "]", "]" and "]".<ref name="CB"/> |
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Della Reese found success as a singer recording in the styles of ], ] and ]. Her first commercial success was with the 1957 single "]" and would be followed by the 1959 top-selling release, "]". The latter was her first with the RCA Victor label and Reese went on to record there for several years under the production of the ] team. She recorded several ]-flavored LP's for the label, including ''Special Delivery''.<ref name="Bio"/> The album was recorded at the RCA Victor Studios in ], with the Hugo & Luigi team producing the project. ] conducted the string arrangements and featured his band as well. The album was a collection of 12 tracks that Reese had been performing on-tour throughout the United States.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Reese |first1=Della |title=''Special Delivery'' (Liner Notes) |journal=] |date=August 1961 |id=LPM-23091 (LP mono); LSP-2391 (LP stereo)}}</ref> Among the album's covers were "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey", "]", "]" and "]".<ref name="CB"/> |
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==Release and critical reception== |
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==Chart performance and singles== |
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''Special Delivery'' was Reese's second album to make the US '']'' ], rising to the number 113 position in 1961. It was one of four LP's to make the ''Billboard'' 200 list through 1966.<ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=The Billboard Albums Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart: 50 Year History of the Rock Era |date=2006 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |isbn=978-0898201666}}</ref> The album included one single's whose release preceded the album: "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey". The original single was released in March 1961 by RCA Victor and was backed on the ] with "The Touch of Your Lips".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reese |first1=Della |title="]"/"]" (7" vinyl single) |journal=] |date=March 1961 |id=47-7867}}</ref> The single made the US ] chart, peaking at the number 98 position in 1961, becoming her eighth single to reach the chart.<ref name="Top Pop Singles">{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 |date=2003 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=978-0898201550}}</ref> |
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''Special Delivery'' was Reese's second album to make the US '']'' ], rising to the number 113 position in 1961. It was one of four LP's to make the ''Billboard'' 200 list through 1966.<ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=The Billboard Albums Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart: 50 Year History of the Rock Era |date=2006 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |isbn=978-0898201666}}</ref> The album included one single's whose release preceded the album: "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey". The original single was released in March 1961 by RCA Victor and was backed on the ] with "The Touch of Your Lips".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Reese |first1=Della |title="]"/"]" (7" vinyl single) |journal=] |date=March 1961 |id=47-7867}}</ref> The single made the US ] chart, peaking at the number 98 position in 1961, becoming her eighth single to reach the chart.<ref name="Top Pop Singles">{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 |date=2003 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |isbn=978-0898201550}}</ref> |
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==Track listing== |
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| title3 = I Used to Love You (But It's All Over Now) |
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| writer5 = {{hlist|Holiner|]|]|]|Freeman}} |
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== Personnel == |
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