A Day in the Life (Wes Montgomery album)

A Day in the Life
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1967[1]
RecordedJune 6 & 26, 1967
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length34:21
LabelA&M/CTI
ProducerCreed Taylor
Wes Montgomery chronology
Tequila
(1966)
A Day in the Life
(1967)
Down Here on the Ground
(1968)

A Day in the Life is an album by the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, released in 1967. It reached number one on the Billboard Jazz album chart and number 2 on the R&B chart. It also reached number 13 on the Billboard 200. The single "Windy" became his biggest Hot 100 hit, peaking at number forty-four.

After recording for Riverside and Verve, Montgomery signed with A&M. His renditions of pop hits were played regularly on Top 40 radio.[2]

  1. ^ "Billboard". September 16, 1967.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).