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Charlene (Charlene Album)
''Charlene'' is the 1977 debut album by Charlene.Jon Kutner 1000 UK Number One Hits 2010 0857123602 "They teamed her up with the song-writing duo, Ron Richards and Ken Hirsch, but her first single, 'All That Love Went To Waste' did just that. In 1977 she had dropped her surname altogether and released her first album, Charlene, which confusingly credited her as Charlene Duncan on the sleeve. The first single from it, "It Ain't Easy Comin' Down", barely scraped into the US chart." It gave her her first chart success with the second single "I've Never Been to Me", when the single reached #97 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1977, though the single did not really impact until re-released again in 1982, when the re-issued single reached #3 in the US, and #1 in the UK. Track list #It Ain't Easy Comin' Down 3:38 #I've Never Been To Me "I've Never Been to Me" is a ballad, written and composed by Ron Miller and Kenneth Hirsch and made popular via a recording by America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlene (singer)
Charlene Marilynn Oliver (née D'Angelo; born June 1, 1950), better known mononymously as Charlene, is an American easy-listening and R&B singer best known for the song "I've Never Been to Me", which, initially being a commercial flop upon its original release in 1977, became a worldwide hit upon a re-release in 1982 and has remained an enduring adult contemporary music staple. Charlene is also a songwriter, record producer, and author. Early career Charlene Marilynn D'Angelo was born June 1, 1950, in Hollywood, California. In 1973 at the age of 23, she signed with Motown and, using the moniker "Charlene Duncan" (her married name), released two unsuccessful singles: "Relove/Give It One More Try" (M 1262) in July 1973 and in January 1974 a cover of "All That Love Went to Waste" (M 1285) from the film '' A Touch of Class''. Charlene sought to find her niche at Motown by writing her own songs, doing demos for other artists (including Michael Jackson's "One Day in Your Life"), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I've Never Been To Me
"I've Never Been to Me" is a ballad, written and composed by Ron Miller and Kenneth Hirsch and made popular via a recording by American singer Charlene. Although its original release in 1977 barely registered on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, its re-release in 1982 hit #3 in the US and earned her a gold certification in Australia, where it held the #1 spot for six weeks. In addition, the song topped the charts in Canada (4 weeks), Ireland (3 weeks) and the United Kingdom. It was also a top ten triumph in Norway, Belgium, New Zealand and the Netherlands and became Motown's first top ten hit by a white female solo singer. Content The song is best known as lyrically formatted for a female vocalist and as such is addressed to a desperate wife and mother who would like to trade her prosaic existence for the jet setting lifestyle the song's narrator has led. The narrator alludes to various hedonistic episodes in her life, concluding that while she's "been to paradise", she's ultimately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |