Month: February 2023

“DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES – MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU”

Overview Written and produced by Motown’s main production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song’s fast tempo accompanies a somber lyric which delves into the feelings of depression which can set in after a breakup; instrumentally, this is showcased with a gothic and dramatic musical arrangement, prominently featuring Earl Van Dyke’s Hammond organ shrilly configured to sound […]

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“NANCY WILSON – (YOU DON’T KNOW) HOW GLAD I AM “

“(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am” is a song written by Jimmy Williams and Larry Harrison. Its best-known recorded version is by Nancy Wilson, which was a hit single in the summer of 1964, when it reached number 11 in the USA. In April of 1965 “…How Glad I Am” received the Grammy Award […]

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Deniece Williams – Silly

        “Silly”is a song written by Fritz Baskett, Clarence McDonald and Deniece Williams and performed by Williams. The soulful ballad was released off Williams’ My Melody album in 1981 and became the most successful track off the album reaching as high as number fifty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming an even bigger success on the R&B chart where it peaked […]

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AIN’T THAT A SHAME | FATS DOMINO

Fats Domino’s song has been covered by The Four Seasons (1963), John Lennon (1975), Paul McCartney (1988) and most notably, Cheap Trick (1978), among others. And, in 1955 when the song was originally recorded, his song galloped to high ratings selling a million copies. The song gained national fame after being covered by Pat Boone. […]

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Becki Biggins – Jazz Singer & Saxophonist

Good Morning! Good Day… wishing all a safe, pleasant and interesting weekend! AmericaOnCoffee (AOC) …if Chet Baker, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz and Cannonball Adderley were reincarnated in the body of a rural Shropshire Lass…. Imagine no more, and meet Becki Biggins. The multi-award-winning singer, songwriter and saxophonist cites Donald Fagen and Michael Brecker as major […]

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Can’t Help Falling In Love | Hauser

  The song was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc. The melody is based on “Plaisir d’amour”, a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. Presley’s version is very popular. The song, however, was initially written for a woman as “Can’t Help […]

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Berlin “Take My Breath Away”

The Top Gun Soundtrack, Take My Breath Away came as a big surprise to Berlin, the song ‘s artist and the contributing film stars, on winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1986. The song, written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the 1986 film Top […]

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I Hear A Symphony | A Motown Tribute to the Supremes

“I Hear a Symphony” is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song became their sixth number-one pop hit on Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States for two weeks from November 14, 1965 through November 27, 1965. […]

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Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me” is a song written by Harry Noble and originally performed by Karen Chandler in 1952. It has been re-recorded several times since then, the most notable covers being by Mel Carter in 1965 and Gloria Estefan in 1994. The version most often associated with the song was recorded by […]

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