Rod Stewart – Tonight I’m Yours album art
Chevalier is the typeface used for Tonight I’m Yours. Eleven years after his debut album, this was Rod Stewart’s thirteenth solo record. The album contained a hit single by the same name [Discogs], and was released on the Latin American market with translated song titles as Esta Noche Soy Tuyo. The cover was designed under art direction of Richard Seireeni. The single record credits David Larkham for the sleeve design. The portrait of Rod Stewart, looking into a setting sun with pursed lips, is by photographer Raul Vega.
Chevalier was probably released shortly before. It’s shown in the 1980 VGC Typositor catalog as a VGC original. The designer is unknown. (If you have info on that, please let us know!) There are numerous digitizations under various names, see the typeface page for details.
Single record cover by Riva, UK.
Single record back cover, with smaller print in Times New Roman and Futura.
Single record cover by Warner Bros., USA, with a different photo, but again ft. Chevalier (plus Helvetica).
For the Spanish-langage version titled Esta Noche Soy Tuo, Chevalier was replaced with the similar Solemnis, set with faux small caps.
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Today called Stiletto.
Stiletto is the better variation of Cavalier – due to more glyphs!
There are surprisingly many digital interpretations of this design, several of which are listed on the typeface page. I concur that Stiletto is the best one in terms of technical quality and glyph repertoire. It’s just a bummer that publisher Profonts doesn’t acknowledge the fact that it’s a revival/interpretation, and pass it off as an original design by Ralph Unger.