Also in 1965
Chris Montez, who had scored the hit "
Let's Dance" in 1962 and subsequently dropped out of the music business, was invited to resume recording by
A&M Records' founder
Herb Alpert. Alpert was unhappy when Montez began recording for A&M in his previous
Chicano rock style and personally suggested Montez shift to
easy listening choosing "Call Me" as the song to be Montez's debut single on A&M. Released in November 1965, "Call Me" entered the
Easy Listening Top 40 in
Billboard that December entering the
Billboard Hot 100 in January 1966; that March "Call Me" peaked on the Easy Listening chart at #2 and on the Hot 100 at #22. Montez's version of "Call Me" was released as a single in the UK on the
Pye label in January 1966 but failed to chart.
Chart performance ==Other versions==