Behind Closed Doors

Words and Music by Kenny O'Dell

Arranged and Conducted by Nick Perito

with The Ray Charles Singers

Produced by Pete Spargo

Recorded in RCA's Studio "C," New York City

Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson

Recording Technicians: Joe Lopes and Tom Brown

Recording Time 2:48

Recorded May 1st, 1974 ~ Matrix No. DPA1-1445 Take 1 +

Album issue: RCA-LP12 "Perry" CPL1\CPD1-0585 STEREO\QUAD 1974

Perry and country music, together again. A strong melody, a straightforward lyric . . .

sung by a master. They don't come any better!

'Feeling . . . I think Country music is the world's greatest for that', Perry told reporters following his first sessions in Nashville. 'The guys feel what they're saying. I think that's why it's lasted so long. Feeling is very much a part of Country — of Nashville. I try to feel what I'm singing.' That's probably why Perry chose to sing Behind Closed Doors. It was a huge hit for Country singer Charlie Rich, was voted Best Song of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1974, and won a Grammy for Best Country Song.

( notes from "The Incomparable Como" Readers Digest UK compilation 1975 )