My Cherie Amour (album)

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 pair of top 10 hits in the Billboard Hot 100, including the title track (No. 4) and "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" (No. 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 No. 12 in the UK albums chart and No. 34 in the US pop albums chart.

My Cherie Amour
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 1969
Recorded1969 ("My Cherie Amour" recorded in 1967–68)
StudioHitsville U.S.A., Detroit, Michigan
GenrePop soul, R&B
Length35:00
LabelMotown
ProducerHenry 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]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  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.