# Helen (EP)

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***Helen*** is an EP of [jazz standards](/source/Jazz_standard) by singer [Helen Shapiro](/source/Helen_Shapiro). It was released in November 1961 and reached [number one in the UK EPs Chart](/source/List_of_number-one_EPs_in_the_United_Kingdom) in the week ending 2 December 1961, remaining at the top of the chart for nine weeks.

*Helen* was Shapiro's first EP and her fourth release overall, following three hit singles. The record was Shapiro's first in a predominantly [jazz](/source/Jazz) style, a genre with which she would become more closely associated from the 1970s onward.

The EP was released in both mono and stereo versions. The songs were orchestrated and conducted by [Martin Slavin](/source/Martin_Slavin).

## Track listing

**Side A**

1. "[Goody Goody](/source/Goody_Goody)" ([Johnny Mercer](/source/Johnny_Mercer), [Matty Malneck](/source/Matty_Malneck))
1. "[The Birth of the Blues](/source/The_Birth_of_the_Blues)" ([Ray Henderson](/source/Ray_Henderson), [Buddy G. DeSylva](/source/Buddy_G._DeSylva), [Lew Brown](/source/Lew_Brown))

**Side B**

1. "[Tiptoe Through the Tulips](/source/Tiptoe_Through_the_Tulips)" ([Al Dubin](/source/Al_Dubin), [Joe Burke](/source/Joe_Burke_(composer)))
1. "[After You've Gone](/source/After_You've_Gone_(song))" ([Henry Creamer](/source/Henry_Creamer), [Turner Layton](/source/Turner_Layton))

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