Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently

Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently was the only number one in the UK Albums Chart for the Irish singer, Val Doonican.[1] It spent three weeks at the top of that chart between 31 December 1967 and 20 January 1968, displacing The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which had been in that spot for many weeks.[2] The idea for the album came from the popular closing sequence of Doonican's TV show, in which he sang a song while seated in a rocking chair.[3]

Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently
Studio album by
Val Doonican
ReleasedNovember 1967 (November 1967)
Recorded1967
GenreEasy listening
Length39:00
LabelPye NPL.18204
ProducerVal Doonican
Val Doonican chronology
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There was a problem with the distribution of the album in Ireland as Pye failed to get the quantities required of the LP as Foot-and-mouth disease precautions at Dublin Airport resulted in a backlog of records to be disinfected and BEA and Are Lingus refused to accept further supplies.[4]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Scarlet Ribbons"Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal3:32
2."If I Were a Carpenter"Tim Hardin2:20
3."Rainin'"Bobby Darin4:02
4."Hold Me"Jack Little / Dave Oppenheim / Ira Schuster2:28
5."Yesterday"John Lennon, Paul McCartney2:34
6."Small World"Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim3:26
7."He'll Have to Go"Joe Allison, Audrey Allison2:52
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Man Chases a Girl"Irving Berlin3:09
2."Visions"Paul Ferris2:53
3."Bella Rosa"Irving Burgie2:53
4."Lazy"Irving Berlin2:25
5."My Colouring Book"John Kander, Fred Ebb3:06
6."The Folks Who Live on the Hill"Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II2:49
7."Take Me"Leon Payne, George Jones2:49

References
  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 166. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 214–5. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. Larkin, Colin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 158. ISBN 075350149X.
  4. "Billboard". January 20, 1968: 49. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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