took 's recording of ' which had appeared on the previous year's and had been a number 23 hit the previous spring, and put it at the top of his 1970 album, which otherwise was a collection arranged and conducted by (who handled the early albums) and produced by (who handled artists like ). While still wasn't comfortable with songs like and he did manage to place favorites like ( ) on the song list, and 's tasteful arrangements assured that this record wouldn't be the debacle had been. Not that was out of the woods yet. ~ William Ruhlmann