Eddie Fisher Today!

Eddie Fisher Today!
Studio album by
Eddie Fisher
ReleasedJune 1965[1]
RecordedMay 1965[2]
GenreVocal pop[3]
Length33 minutes 8 seconds
LabelDot Records
DLP 3631
ProducerRandy Wood
Eddie Fisher chronology
Eddie Fisher at the Winter Garden
(1963) 		Eddie Fisher Today!
(1965) 		When I Was Young
(1965)
Singles from Eddie Fisher Today!
  1. "Sunrise, Sunset"
    Released: April 1965
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Eddie Fisher Today! was Eddie Fisher's debut album for Dot Records, released in June 1965. The album marked Fisher's return to the pop charts and received a positive reception.

Background

By 1965, Eddie Fisher's sales and chart performance of singles and albums had waned. RCA Victor Records had dropped him at the start of the decade, and Fisher created his own record label named Ramrod Records.[4] It had seen only one successful release with a live album.[5] In early 1965, he signed Dot Records,[4] with whom his first release was scheduled to be the single "Sunrise, Sunset", from Fiddler on the Roof. The song was heavily promoted, with Dot buying out advertisements and Fisher performing it on multiple shows, notably The Ed Sullivan Show.[6] Whilst seeing an international release,[7] it had charted only in the US, reaching No. 119 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Top 100 Singles charts, marking a return to them.[7]

Release and reception

Eddie Fisher Today! saw Fisher return to recording a full LP for the first time in three years.[2] It was released in June by Dot Records with the catalogue number DLP 3631.[1] It was his first charting studio album in 10 years.[8] The LP mainly consisted of covers of hit songs from 1964 and 1965, and the aforementioned single. The cover art was drawn by Sandy Dvora, and the orchestra and chorus was conducted by Pete King.[1] The producer was Randy Wood.[1]

Billboard magazine had put the album in their category "The Greatest Talent On Record".[9] Their review of the LP stated that "The original power and vitality of Fisher as a ballad singer is intact here," and believed that it is "By far one of the finest efforts of his career".[10] Record World magazine seemed to agree, also stating that "This is certainly Eddie's finest recording job to date." Their review said that it's "a beautiful package with just the right material and just the right singing," noting that the "Crooner has really matured over the years and turns in a deep and restrained job with near definitive versions of 'Dear Heart,' 'Once Upon a Time' and others."[11]

With some sales momentum from the LP, Dot Records started rushing out Fisher's next album,[12] When I Was Young, which featured re-recordings of his RCA Victor hits. It was released two months after Eddie Fisher Today!.[9]

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated July 24, 1965, peaking at No. 52 during a ten-week run on the chart.[5] The album debuted on Cash Box magazine's Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated July 17, 1965, but was ranked lower at No. 74 during an eleven-week run on the chart.[13] On the Record World magazine charts, the album peaked at a higher No. 50 in September of that year.[14]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Sunrise, Sunset"Sheldon Harnick2:23
2."Who Can I Turn To?"Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley2:51
3."Red Roses for a Blue Lady"Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett (alias Roy Brodsky)2:25
4."Hello, Dolly!"Jerry Herman2:33
5."Try to Remember"Tom Jones2:36
6."Call Me Irresponsible"Sammy Cahn3:15
Side two
No.TitleLyricsLength
7."People"Jule Styne and Bob Merrill2:34
8."Downtown"Tony Hatch2:53
9."If I Loved You"Oscar Hammerstein II2:41
10."Once Upon a Time"Clarence Paul, Barney Ales, Dave Hamilton and William "Mickey" Stevenson2:56
11."Dear Heart"Henry Mancini, Ray Evans and Jay Livingston2:31
12."What Now My Love"Carl Sigman3:27
Total length:33:08

Charts

Chart (1965) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[5] 52
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[13] 74
US Record World 100 Top LP's[14] 50

References

  1. ^ a b c d Fisher, Eddie (1965). "Eddie Fisher Today!". Dot Records. DLP 3631 (LP).
  2. ^ a b "Fisher is cutting his First LP in three years". Orlando Evening Star. Orlando, Florida. May 15, 1965. p. 22. Retrieved March 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Eddie Fisher Today! - Eddie Fisher on AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
  4. ^ a b c Larkin 2007, p. 535.
  5. ^ a b c Whitburn 1973, p. 52.
  6. ^ Triangle Publications (2004). TV Guide. Vol. 52. Triangle Publications. Retrieved 2025-07-10. Eddie Fisher's performance of "Sunrise, Sunset" on *The Ed Sullivan Show* is featured in this issue.
  7. ^ a b "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. July 17, 1965. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  8. ^ Whitburn (1973), p. 52; Hoffmann (1988), p. 121.
  9. ^ a b "Billboard". Billboard. Vol. 72, no. 22. August 7, 1965. p. 31. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
  10. ^ "Album Reviews; Pop Spotlight: Eddie Fisher Today!" (PDF). Billboard. June 12, 1965. p. 56. Retrieved March 8, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  11. ^ "Record World Album Reviews: Pick Hits" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 19, no. 939. June 5, 1965. p. 10. Retrieved March 8, 2026 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  12. ^ Billboard. Vol. 79. 1965-07-04. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-07-10. Eddie Fisher performs "Sunrise, Sunset" as featured in this issue.
  13. ^ a b Hoffmann 1988, p. 121.
  14. ^ a b "Record World 100 Top LP's" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 20, no. 954. September 18, 1965. p. 24. Retrieved October 25, 2025 – via worldradiohistory.com.

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