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Baby Take Me in Your Arms

Baby Take Me in Your Arms

1969 single by Jefferson


"Baby Take Me in Your Arms" is a 1968 song composed by Tony Macaulay and John Macleod.

Quick Facts Single by Jefferson, from the album The Colour Of My Love ...

The most famous recording of the song was by Jefferson in late 1969. Jefferson's version became a Top 40 pop and adult contemporary hit during the winter of 1970 in the U.S. and Canada. Although the artist, Geoffrey Turton, is British and the LP was released in the UK, the single was not. "Baby Take Me in Your Arms" went to No. 12 on WABC-AM in New York City.[2]

Chart history

Weekly charts

More information Chart (1969โ€“70), Peak position ...

Other versions

  • The Paper Dolls recorded the song in 1968, before Jefferson's version, on their album, Paper Dolls House. Their version was not released as a single.
  • Bobby Vinton covered "Baby Take Me in Your Arms" on his 1970 LP My Elusive Dreams.
  • Under the truncated title "Take Me in Your Arms," Edison Lighthouse covered the song on their 1971 LP, Already.

See also


References

  1. "45cat - Jefferson - Baby Take Me In Your Arms / I Fell Flat On My Face - Pye - UK - 7N 17810".
  2. "WABC Musicradio Survey for January 27, 1970". Musicradio77.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  4. Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  5. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961โ€“1993. Record Research. p. 120.
  7. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 21, 1970". Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2017.



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