DON’T PLAY THAT SONG | ARETHA FRANKLIN

DON’T PLAY THAT SONG | ARETHA FRANKLIN is not an Aretha Franklin original. The song was written by Ahmet Ertegun and Betty Nelson, the wife of soul singer Ben E. King. It was first recorded by King and was the title track on his third album Don’t Play That Song! (1962). The song reached number […]

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Pearl Charles “As Long As You’re Mine”

Pearl Charles is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Her sound is a melding of 1960s rock and 1970s cosmic country Pearl Charles got her start as a musician at age 18 in a country duo called the Driftwood Singers, with Christian Lee Hutson. She then went on to join a garage rock band […]

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Laura Nyro “Coffee Morning”

FLOWER DELIVERY ADVERTISEMENT   Smile is the sixth album by New York singer, songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro. Coffee Morning is the eleventh track on the album, and the song is noted as a demo on the album. The album was released in early 1976, following a four-year hiatus from the music industry during which […]

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Brook Benton – Kiddio

Kiddio, Benton’s single was the fourth time in a year that Brook Benton had topped the R&B charts. However, two of those times, he’d hit number one with duet partner, Dinah Washington. Kiddio was covered by Johnny Littlejohn in 1966 under the title “Kitty O”. Johnny Littlejohn scaled back the instrumentation (no violins, or orchestral […]

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DONNA SUMMER “MACARTHUR PARK”

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, painter, and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late-1970s. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach No. 1 on […]

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“I Say a Little Prayer” Aretha Franklin

ABOUT THE SONG “I Say a Little Prayer” is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick, originally peaking at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in December 1967. Background and Other recordings Warwick’s “I Say a Little Prayer” did not appear on the Billboard Easy […]

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