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My Cherie Amour
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 1969
Recorded1969 ( "My Cherie Amour" recorded in 1967–68)
Studio Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit
Genre Pop soul, R&B
Length35:00
Label Motown
Producer Henry Cosby
Stevie Wonder chronology
For Once In My Life
(1968)
My Cherie Amour
(1969)
Stevie Wonder Live
(1970)
Singles from My Cherie Amour
  1. " My Cherie Amour"
    Released: January 28, 1969
  2. " Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"
    Released: September 30, 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Rolling Stonefavorable [2]

My Cherie Amour is an album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder released on the Tamla ( Motown) label on August 29, 1969, his eleventh studio album. The album yielded a couple of Top 10 hits in the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track (#4) and " Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (#7), as well as Wonder's takes on the 1967 hit " Light My Fire" by The Doors, " Hello, Young Lovers" from The King and I and " The Shadow of Your Smile" from the 1965 film The Sandpiper. It reached #12 in the UK album chart and #34 in the Billboard 200 album charts.

Track listing

Side one
  1. " My Cherie Amour" ( Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder) – 2:49
  2. " Hello, Young Lovers" ( Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 3:09
  3. " At Last" ( Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:44
  4. " Light My Fire" ( John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison) – 3:34
  5. " The Shadow of Your Smile" ( Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:38
  6. "You and Me" (Beatrice Verdi, Deke Richards) – 2:41
Side two
  1. "Pearl" ( Richard Morris) – 2:42
  2. "Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares" (Cosby, Moy, Lula Mae Hardaway, Wonder) – 2:30
  3. " Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" ( Ron Miller, Bryan Wells) – 3:01
  4. "Angie Girl" (Cosby, Moy, Wonder) – 2:57
  5. "Give Your Love" (Cosby, Don Hunter, Wonder) – 3:42
  6. "I've Got You" (Moy, Wonder) – 2:33

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Stevie Wonder: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2012-09-26.