The Prime of My Life

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The Prime of My Life
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 6, 1965[1]
Recorded1965
GenreTraditional pop, jazz
LabelMotown
ProducerWilliam "Mickey" Stevenson
Billy Eckstine chronology
The Modern Sound of Mr. B
(1964)
The Prime of My Life
(1965)
My Way
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Record Mirror[2]

The Prime of My Life is a 1965 studio album by the American singer Billy Eckstine. It was produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson, and was the first of three albums that Eckstine recorded for Motown Records.[3]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "The Prime of My Life" (Jacques, Ron Miller)
  2. "Maybe Today" (Anderson, Broadnax, Miller, Vandenberg)
  3. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
  4. "As Long as She Needs Me" (Lionel Bart)
  5. "Down to Earth" (Miller, O'Malley, Vandenberg)
  6. "Feeling Good" (Eger, Yellon)
  7. "Had You Been Around" (Jaques, Miller, Vandenberg, Yuffy)
  8. "Love Is Gone" (Hunter, Stevenson)
  9. "Just Loving You" (Allen, Stevenson)
  10. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (Rodgers, Hammerstein)
  11. "Fantasy" (Hunter, Stevenson)
  12. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins)

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Motown Album Discography, Part 1 (1961–1981)". www.bsnpubs.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  2. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (19 February 1966). "Billy Ekstine: The Prime Of My Life" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 258. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ Bill Dahl (28 February 2011). Motown: The Golden Years: More than 100 rare photographs. Krause Publications. pp. 236–. ISBN 1-4402-2783-7.