On the South Side of Chicago

On The South Side of Chicago is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released in May 1967, by RCA Records. It was produced by Neely Plumb and Nick Perito and arranged and conducted by Don Costa, Perry Botkin Jr., and Ernie Freeman.

The album features the singles "On the South Side of Chicago" and "It Makes No Difference". It also contains some foreign songs, British spy movies songs, and a mix of covers of old and recent hits that included one song that also had chart success in 1966 via Dusty Springfield: "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me".

Chart performance
The single, "On The South Side of Chicago", debuted in the issue dated April 1, 1967 on the magazine's Easy Listening chart peaked at number 22 during a seven-week stay.

"It Makes No Difference" debuted on the Billboard Easy Listening chart in the issue dated August 12, 1967, did even better eventually reaching number 12 during a seven-week stay on the chart.

Reception
Billboard mentions that "Most of the material from musicals too well known, selected for Damone's Effortless style".

Cash Box priased [Damone] for his "clarity and precision of phrasing ...[and] rich, versatile baritone".

In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald called it "Mostly Junk".

Arizona Daily Star slated that it "He does everything from the current swingers to the blues".

The Daily Oklahoman describes the album as "top performers in the business as one of the finest vocalists extant".

Fort Worth Star-Telegram slated that it "Damone does everything from "A Quiet Tear" a song with a Latin feel to "You've Never Kissed Her" and "Ciao Compare"

Journal & Courier describes as "some of his finest work" and stated it that "Not only is Damone in excellent voice but the musical backing is some of the finest ever had One or the best items".

Charts

 * Singles