| "Two Faces Have I" | ||||
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| Single by Lou Christie | ||||
| from the album Lou Christie | ||||
| B-side | "All That Glitters Isn't Gold" | |||
| Released | March 1963 | |||
| Recorded | 1963 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:44 | |||
| Label | Roulette Records 4481 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Twyla Herbert, Lou Christie | |||
| Producer(s) | Nick Cenci | |||
| Lou Christie singles chronology | ||||
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"Two Faces Have I" is a song written by Twyla Herbert and Lou Christie and performed by Christie in his signature falsetto. The song was produced by Nick Cenci[1] and was featured on his 1963 album, Lou Christie.[2] It reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #11 on the R&B chart.[3] Outside of the US, "Two Faces Have I" peaked at #20 in Australia.[4]
The song was ranked No. 44 on Billboard's end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[5] the song was recorded at Gateway Studios in Pittsburgh on February 6, 1963. Ronnie Cochrane (a local Pittsburgh based guitar player) is playing guitar on the track and a local Pittsburgh band called Johnny Wilson's Debonaires provide the song's instrumental backing along with the song's co writer (Twyla Herbert) playing piano on the track.[6]
This song was the inspiration behind Bruce Springsteen's "Two Faces", which featured on his 1987 album Tunnel of Love.[7]
- ^ Lou Christie, "Two Faces Have I" single release Retrieved August 4, 2014
- ^ Lou Christie, Lou Christie Retrieved August 4, 2014
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 119.
- ^ Lou Christie, "Two Faces Have I" Chart Positions Retrieved August 4, 2014
- ^ "Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
- ^ "Lou Christie & The Tammys: Egyptian Shumba Home Page **". egyptianshumba.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rob (2007). The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen. ISBN 9780275989385. Retrieved September 22, 2014.