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M'Lady
''M'Lady'' is the second studio album by Australian recording artist Colleen Hewett. The album was released in June 1974 by Atlantic Records Background After having released her debut self titled album in October 1972 on the Festival Records label and winning Australia's Queen of Pop in 1972 and 1973, Hewett signed with Atlantic Records in January 1974 to record and release her second studio album. The album included the finale of ''Pippin'' which Hewett starred in throughout 1974. Track listing Vinyl/ Cassette (SD 60000) Side A # " I Believe When I Fall In Love" (Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright) # "If You Could Read My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot) # " I'll Be Gone" (Mike Rudd) # "Here, There and Everywhere" (Lennon–McCartney) # "Seldom Seen Sam" ( Terry Smith, J.W. Hopkinson) # "Pippin" (finale) (Stephen Schwartz) Side B # " For The Good Times" ( Kristoffer Kristofferson) # "I Can't Fly" (Colleen Hewett) # " Keep The Customer Satisfied" (Paul Simon) # "Haven't We Met Before" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Hewett
Colleen Hewett (born 16 April 1950) is an Australian singer and actress. Hewett's top 40 singles on the Kent Music Report include " Super Star", " Day by Day" (both 1971), "Carry That Weight" (1972), "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (1980) and "Gigolo" (1981). Her version of "Day by Day" peaked at No. 1 on the ''Go-Set'' National Top 40 Singles Chart and was certified as a gold record. At the ''TV Week'' King of Pop Awards she was voted Queen of Pop in both 1972 and 1973. Apart from being a staple in theatre roles, she is probably best known for her brief tenure as guest character Sheila Brady in the international hit TV series ''Prisoner'', known internationally as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H''. Early years Colleen Hewett was born on 16 April 1950 in Bendigo. She has an older sister, Glenys Hewett, who was a pop vocalist from the early sixties to mid-seventies. Career 1962-1970: Career beginnings Hewett began her music career at the age of 12 when she sang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits (Colleen Hewett Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits album by Australian recording artist Colleen Hewett. The album was released in May 1974 by Festival Records. Background In 1971, Hewett was signed to Festival Records and released a number of successful singles and a self titled debut album in 1972, which peaked at number 28 on the Australian charts. Hewett also starring role in the stage production of '' Godspell'', which opened at the Playbox Theatre in Melbourne in November 1971 and won the TV Week's Queen of Pop in 1972 and 1973. In January 1974, it was announced Hewett had signed with Atlantic Records, as a result, Festival Records issued a 'greatest hits', despite Hewett having only released one album to date. Track listing Vinyl/Cassette Side A # " Day by Day" # " Superstar" # "Waltzing Matilda" # " Can't Sit Down" # "By My Side" # "I'll Be Seeing You" Side B # "Wish to Wish" # " Carry That Weight" # "Sit Yourself Down" # "More Today Than Yesterday" # "Danny Boy "Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen (album)
''Colleen'' is the third studio album by Australian recording artist Colleen Hewett. The album was released in 1983 by Avenue Records. Track listing # "When The Feeling Comes Around" ( Rick Cunha) - 3:20 # "Tell Me That You Love Me" (S.Gibb, B.Cason) - 3:20 # "The Wind Beneath My Wings" (Jeff Silbar, Larry Henley) - 3:20 # "What Could You Know About Love" (S.Gibb, B.Cason) - 3:05 # "I Hope I Never" (Tim Finn) - 4:20 # "Hearts (Our Hearts)" (D.Allen, K.Beal) - 3:13 # "Dreaming My Dreams with You" (Allen Reynolds) - 3:45 # "Since I Loved Like That" (Sandy Mason) - 2:15 # "Gigolo" (R.Soja, F.Dostal) - 3:14 # "What If You Fell In Love" (Even Stevens) - 3:22 # "When I Dream" (Sandy Mason) - 3:36 # "Motion" (Allen Toussaint Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, descri ...) - 4:53 Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
"I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" is a soul song co-written and performed by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder and Yvonne Wright, for Wonder's fifteenth studio album ''Talking Book'' (1972). The song is featured in the 2000 comedy-drama '' High Fidelity'' starring John Cusack and Jack Black, and is included on its soundtrack. It was also included in season 1 Episode 10 of the 2020 Hulu series '' High Fidelity'' starring Zoe Kravitz. E'voke version This song was also recorded by E'voke in 1994 as their debut single (with the title being shortened to "I Believe"). A B-side to the track entitled "It's My Life" written by E'voke producers Barry Leng and Duncan Hannant was recorded. Though the track was not a commercial hit (it reached #77 in the UK charts and no video was filmed for the track), it was a club hit and E'voke moved on to FFRR's sister label Ffrreedom for their next single " Runaway". The CD single release of the track was released digitally by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennon–McCartney
Lennon–McCartney was the songwriting partnership between English musicians John Lennon (1940–1980) and Paul McCartney (born 1942) of the Beatles. It is the best-known and most successful musical collaboration ever by records sold, with the Beatles selling over 600 million records worldwide as of 2004. Between 5 October 1962 and 8 May 1970, the partnership published approximately 180 jointly credited songs, of which the vast majority were recorded by the Beatles, forming the bulk of their catalogue. Unlike many songwriting partnerships that comprise a separate lyricist and composer, such as George and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, or Elton John and Bernie Taupin, both Lennon and McCartney wrote lyrics and music. Sometimes, especially early on, they would collaborate extensively when writing songs, working "eyeball to eyeball" as Lennon phrased it. During the latter half of their partnership, it became more common for either of them to write most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Albums
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. Events January–February * January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to January 1999. The chart was re-branded the Australian Music Report (AMR) in July 1987. From June 1988, the Australian Recording Industry Association, which had been using the top 50 portion of the report under licence since mid-1983, chose to produce their own listing as the ARIA Charts. Before the Kent Report, ''Go-Set'' magazine published weekly Top-40 Singles from 1966, and Album charts from 1970 until the magazine's demise in August 1974. David Kent later published Australian charts from 1940 to 1973 in a retrospective fashion, using state by state chart data obtained from various Australian radio stations. Background Kent had spent a number of years previously working in the music industry at both EMI and Phonogram records and had developed the report initially as a hobby. The Kent Music Report was first release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Townshend has written more than 100 songs for 12 of the Who's studio albums. These include concept albums, the rock operas ''Tommy'' (1969) and ''Quadrophenia'' (1973), plus popular rock radio staples such as ''Who's Next'' (1971); as well as dozens more that appeared as non-album singles, bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilation albums such as ''Odds & Sods'' (1974). He has also written more than 100 songs that have appeared on his solo albums, as well as radio jingles and television theme songs. While known primarily as a guitarist, Townshend also plays keyboards, banjo, accordion, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin, violin, synthesiser, bass guitar, and drums; he is self-taught on all of these instruments and plays on his own s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinball Wizard
"Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band the Who, featured on their 1969 rock opera album ''Tommy''. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The B-side of the "Pinball Wizard" single is an instrumental credited to Keith Moon, titled "Dogs Part Two". Despite the title, it has no musical connection to the Who's 1968 UK single "Dogs". Story The lyrics are written from the perspective of a pinball champion, called "Local Lad" in the ''Tommy'' libretto book, astounded by the skills of the opera's eponymous main character, Tommy Walker: "He ain't got no distractions / Can't hear those buzzers and bells / Don't see lights a flashin' / Plays by sense of smell / Always gets a replay / Never seen him fall / That deaf dumb and blind kid / Sure plays a mean pinball.", and "I thought I was the Bally table king, but I just handed my pinball c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Butter And Egg Man
"Big Butter and Egg Man" is a 1926 jazz song written by Percy Venable. Venable was a record producer at the Sunset Cafe and wrote the song for Louis Armstrong and singer May Alix.''Louis Armstrong: An American Genius''. James Lincoln Collier. Oxford University Press US, 1985. . pp. 175–176 The song is often played by Dixieland bands, and is considered a jazz standard. According to pianist Earl Hines, Alix would often tease the young Armstrong during performances. Armstrong was known to be timid, and had a crush on the beautiful vocalist. At times, Armstrong would forget the lyrics and just stare at Alix, and band members would shout "Hold it, Louis! Hold it." The song name was a 1920s slang term for a big spender, a traveling businessman in the habit of spending large amounts of money in nightclubs.''The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech''. Irving Lewis Allen. Oxford University Press US, 1995. . p. 77 The song is also known as "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man" or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel with Art Garfunkel. Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in the Queens, borough of Queens in New York City. He began performing with his schoolfriend Art Garfunkel in 1956 when they were still in their early teens. After limited success, the pair reunited after an electrified version of their song "The Sound of Silence" became a hit in 1966. Simon & Garfunkel recorded five albums together featuring songs mostly written by Simon, including the hits "Mrs. Robinson", "America (Simon & Garfunkel song), America", "Bridge over Troubled Water (song), Bridge over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer". After Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon recorded three acclaimed albums over the following five years, all of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep The Customer Satisfied (song)
"Keep the Customer Satisfied" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from the group's fifth studio album, '' Bridge over Troubled Water'' (1970). It was included as the B side of their signature hit, " Bridge over Troubled Water". "Keep the Customer Satisfied" recounts the exhausting tours that Simon grew tired of, a similar theme to that of their earlier song, " Homeward Bound". The label also promoted the song as an A side on a special promo-only single with the album version of " America" as the B side. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap cover "Keep the Customer Satisfied" was recorded by Gary Puckett for his solo LP, ''The Gary Puckett Album'' (1971), produced by Richard Perry. "Keep the Customer Satisfied" reached No. 71 on '' Billboard'' in the winter of 1971. It reached No. 50 on the '' Cash Box'' chart, and No. 38 in Canada. Chart performance Puckett cover Hunt cover Notable cover versions *In the United Kingdom, the song charted at number 41 in February, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
