Summer Sounds
| Summer Sounds | ||||
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| Released | July 1965 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 29:11 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Ernie Altschuler | |||
| Robert Goulet chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Summer Sounds | ||||
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Summer Sounds is the tenth studio album by American singer Robert Goulet, released in July 1965, by Columbia Records. and was available both in stereo and mono.[1] It was produced by Ernie Altschuler,[2] it was arranged and conducted by Don Costa.[2] and features the singles, "Summer Sounds".
Background
[edit]The album included mix of originals and covers of old standards from the 1930s ("Summertime", "I've Got the World on a String"), 1940s ("Mam'selle",), 1950s (Old Cape Cod", "Till"), and 1961 ("What Now My Love"). as well as his own songs.
Chart performance
[edit]The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated August 14, 1965, and remained on the chart for 19 weeks, peaking at number 31.[3] It debuted on the Cash Box albums chart in the issue dated July 17, 1965, and remained on the chart for 26 weeks, peaking at number 17.[4]
The album's title track, debuted on the Hot 100 on June 5, 1965, spending one week at number 58 during a seven-week run.[5] number 43 on the Cash Box singles chart, in an eight-week run on the chart,[6] and number 14 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart during its eight-week run.[7]
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
Billboard stated Goulet's "revival of ''Mam'selle'' is tender and warmly delivered."[10]
Cashbox notes Goulet "is at his best on this outing, loosing his rich, warm tonsils on a savory and appetizing bill of fare that includes such sturdies as “I’ll Get By” and “Summertime,” as well as the title tune"."[11]
Variety notes "Goulet perfroms a superb French ballad, "Once Upon a Summertime" and the evergreen "Summertime"[12]
Record World notes Goulet "is in superb voice for this collection of standards, topped off by his current single hit", and praised Costa, Ramin, Burns for their "provide superb backing."[13] American Record Guide referred to it as "another finely (Though at times either stuffily or affectedly) sung album."[14]
it was given a three-star rating by The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.[9] AllMusic gave it a two and a half star out of five rating.[8]
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Summer Sounds" | Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett | 2:09 |
| 2. | "Old Cape Cod" | Claire Rothrock, Milton Yakus, Allan Jeffrey | 3:13 |
| 3. | "I've Got the World on a String" | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | 3:01 |
| 4. | "Mam'selle" (from the 20th Century Fox Pictures film: The Razor's Edge) | Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon | 2:51 |
| 5. | "I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)" | Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk | 2:51 |
| 6. | "Till" | Charles Danvers, Carl Sigman | 2:12 |
Side two
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Walk Into The Dawn" | Lion Bart | 2:08 |
| 2. | "Once Upon a Summertime (La valse des lilas)" | Johnny Mercer, Michel Legrand, Eddie Barclay and Eddy Marnay | 2:26 |
| 3. | "What Now My Love (Et maintenant)" | Pierre Delanoë, [Carl Sigman]], Gilbert Bécaud | 2:55 |
| 4. | "If You Love Me (Really Love Me) (Hymne à l'amour)" | Marguerite Monnot, Édith Piaf, Geoffrey Parsons | 2:21 |
| 5. | "Summertime" (from the Broadway Musical: "Porgy and Bess") | George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward | 2:59 |
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs[3] | 31 |
| US Cash Box[4] | 17 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | "Summer Sounds" | US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 58 |
| US Cash Box[6] | 43 | ||
| US Easy Listening[7] | 14 |
References
[edit]- ↑ Kinslow, Chris (2015). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide 2015. Penguin. p. 232. ISBN 9-781440-243721. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
- 1 2 Goulet, Robert (July 1965). "Summer Sounds". Columbia Records. CL 2380 (M) CL 9180 (S) (LP).
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums : 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 312. ISBN 0898201179.
- 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 148. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 286. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
- 1 2 Downey, Pat (1994). Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 142–143. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.
- 1 2 "Robert Goulet - Summer Sounds: Ratings & Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
- 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The encyclopedia of popular music. Omnibus Press. p. 842. ISBN 9780195313734. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ↑ "Pop Spotlight: Summer Sounds". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 32. August 7, 1965. p. 60.
- ↑ "Cashbox Album Pop Picks Reviews: Summer Sounds". Cash Box. Vol. 27, no. 0. July 31, 1965. p. 32.
- ↑ "Record Reviews: Lettermen, Goulet's Summer Sounds, Ray Charles Singers, The Ipcress File, The Knack, Si Zentner Top New LPs". Variety. Vol. 239, no. 10. July 28, 1965. p. 90.
- ↑ "Album Reviews: Pick Hits" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 20, no. 946. July 24, 1965. p. 8. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Unlikely Corners". American Record Guide. Vol. 32, no. 1. September 1965. p. 100.