After leaving
the Impressions and scoring a hit with "Lost,"
Jerry Butler recorded his debut LP,
Jerry Butler, Esq., for the Abner label. And just as he's pictured on the cover (looking rather elegant with a cane in his hand),
Butler's strong voice and impassioned delivery is more '50s supper-club pop than juke-joint soul, in a similar vein to
Ben E. King and the Drifters. The material fits as well, with versions of "September Song" and "Come Back My Love" complementing "Lost," plus a reworking of his recent
Impressions hit, "For Your Precious Love." Though the accompanying strings and vocal chorus pour it on just a bit too much,
Butler has little trouble swinging effortlessly over the top.