Claudine is
Claudine Longet's debut
LP album. It was her first serious attempt to start a music career after she had appeared on a number of variety shows and released the single
Meditation in 1966. Longet's records were part of the effort of
Herb Alpert's
A&M Records to expand the label's repertoire. The sessions were arranged by
Nick De Caro and engineered by
Bruce Botnick.
Claudine reached # 11 on the
Billboard pop albums chart and earned a RIAA-certified
gold record for sales of more than 500,000 copies in the U.S.