With a Little Help from My Friends (Lu Elliott album)

With a Little Help from My Friends is the second ABC album for Jazz singer Lu Elliott. It was released in 1968 and featured the songs "With A Little Help From My Friends", "The Very Thought Of You" and "If I Were A Bell".

Background

This album which was Elliott's second album for ABC was released a short time after her first which was Sings Way Out from Down Under.^[1][2] It was released in 1968 on ABC ABCS 637. It came out the same time as Della Reese's I Gotta Be Me and Ruby & The Romantics's More Than Yesterday were also released by the label.^[3]

Reviews

In 1968, Stereo Review referred to the album as a recording of special merit.^[4] The album also received a good review from Billboard in the magazine's July 20, 1968 issue. It said that she was a gal loaded with talent which vibrated in the grooves of the disk.^[5]

Track listing

A side

• "With A Little Help From My Friends" - 2:35
• "The Very Thought Of You" - 2:14
• "My Romance" - 2:32
• "I'll Show Them All" - 3:00
• "Our Love Will Last Forever" - 2:18
• "On Green Dolphin Street" - 2:36

B side

• "If I Were A Bell" - 2:45
• "Don't Love Me" - 2:54
• "I Know No" - 3:06
• "Treat Me Good" - 3:04
• "Don't Go To Strangers" - 2:10^[6][7]

References