Speak to Me Pretty
{{Infobox song
| name = Speak to Me Pretty
| cover = Speak_to_Me_Pretty_-_Brenda_Lee.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Brenda Lee
| album = All the Way
| B-side = Lover, Come Back to Me
| released = March 1962
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| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=14}}
| label = Brunswick 05867
| writer = "By" Dunham, Henry Vars
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| prev_title = Break It to Me Gently
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Everybody Loves Me But You
| next_title2 = Here Comes That Feeling
| next_year = 1962
}}
"Speak to Me Pretty" is a song written by "By" Dunham and Henry Vars and performed by Brenda Lee.[http://www.45cat.com/record/05867 Brenda Lee, "Speak to Me Pretty" single release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508113332/http://www.45cat.com/record/05867 |date=2014-05-08 }} Retrieved 8 May 2014 The song featured on Lee's 1961 album, All the Way.[http://www.discogs.com/Brenda-Lee-All-The-Way/release/4197208 Brenda Lee, All the Way] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926083628/http://www.discogs.com/Brenda-Lee-All-The-Way/release/4197208 |date=2015-09-26 }} Retrieved May 8, 2014 Not chosen to be a single in the United States, the song was selected by Lee's U.K. record label as a single and reached No.3 in the U.K. singles chart in May 1962, which made it the highest-placing chart single Lee ever had in the U.K.[http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Speak+to+Me+Pretty+by+Brenda+Lee&id=6843 Brenda Lee, "Speak to Me Pretty" Chart Position] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155930/http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Speak+to+Me+Pretty+by+Brenda+Lee&id=6843 |date=2014-03-30 }} Retrieved 8 May 2014 The single also made No.57 on the overall U.K. sales chart for 1962.[http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/62chart.htm#top100 The Top 100 selling singles of 1962 in the U.K.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703203717/http://www.sixtiescity.net/charts/62chart.htm#top100 |date=2020-07-03 }} Retrieved 31 December 2014 "Speak to Me Pretty" reached No.8 in the Norwegian charts in 1962 also.
Other versions
- Bobby Stevens released a version in 1962 as the B-side to the single "Never Goodbye".[http://www.45cat.com/record/wb501 Bobbye Stevens, "Never Goodbye"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508112240/http://www.45cat.com/record/wb501 |date=2014-05-08 }} Retrieved 8 May 2014
- Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra released a version as a single in 1962 as the B-side to the single "When My Little Girl Is Smiling".[http://www.45cat.com/record/db4867 Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra, "When My Little Girl is Smiling"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508112606/http://www.45cat.com/record/db4867 |date=2014-05-08 }} Retrieved 8 May 2014
- Lena Zavaroni released a version on her 1977 album, Presenting Lena Zavaroni.[http://www.discogs.com/Lena-Zavaroni-Presenting-Lena-Zavaroni/release/4923236 Lena Zavaroni, Presenting Lena Zavaroni] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306203218/https://www.discogs.com/Lena-Zavaroni-Presenting-Lena-Zavaroni/release/4923236 |date=2016-03-06 }} Retrieved 8 May 2014
In media
- Lee's version was featured in the 1961 film, Two Little Bears.[http://www.discogs.com/Brenda-Lee-Speak-To-Me-Pretty/release/530386 Two Little Bears] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926084419/http://www.discogs.com/Brenda-Lee-Speak-To-Me-Pretty/release/530386 |date=2015-09-26 }} Retrieved 8 May 2014
References
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Category:Brunswick Records singles
Category:Columbia Records singles
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