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"Who Do You Think You Are" (Clive Scott - Des Dryer) surfaced late in 1973 by Jigsaw (Des Dryer, Clive Scott, Barry Bernard, Tony Campbell and Kevin Mahon), when it was recorded as an upcoming album track for "I've Seen The Film, I've Read The Book". The

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey first recorded "See See Rider Blues" (Ma Rainey - Lena Arant) aka "C. C. Rider" and "Easy Rider" in 1924. This is a traditional delta blues song. Wikipedia: " The term see see rider is usually taken as synonymous with easy rider. In

American born Irishman Seamus Egan composed "Weep Not For The Memories". This instrumental is from his 1990 album "A Week In January". Sarah McLachlan and Dave Merenda added lyrics so the tune became "I Will Remember You" (Sarah McLachlan - Seamus Egan

"Summertime Blues" (E. Cochran - J. Capehart) was released as a B side in 1958. The Eddie Cochran single reached number eight on Billboard. Eddie played guitar as a back-up musician with Jody Reynolds, Al Casey, Johnny Burnette, Wynn Stewart and Jewel

"Aquarela do Brazil" (Watercolour Of Brazil) (Ary Barroso) was first recorded by Francisco de Morais Alves in 1939. The song didn't become famous until it was in the 1942 Disney film "Saludos Amigos". Bob Russell added the English lyric to "Brazil"

"Maybe I Know" (Jeff Barry - Ellie Greenwich) was released as a single by Ellie Greenwich in1973. Her and Jeff Barry's music is featured in the Broadway musical "Leader Of The Pack". Ellie played herself in the production for part of the run. In 1964

Recorded in Memphis the year prior, in 1960 strings were added to the production and Harold Dorman hit the top twenty with his single of "Mountain of Love". Singer/songwriter/guitarist/studio musician and producer Johnny Rivers (Ramistella) issued

Buck (Alvis) Owens' "Under Your Spell Again" (Buck Owens - Dusty Rhodes) is from his self titled 1959 album and was his first top ten record. The single released before The Buckaroos came into the picture, peaked at number four on the Country chart

The Motown production team of Holland - Dozier - Holland wrote "Baby I Need Your Loving" in 1964 and it became the first of many hits for the Four Tops (Levi Stubbs, Abdul Fakir, Lawrence Payton and Renaldo Benson). The single peaked at number eleven, the

The Beach Boys topped the charts in 1965 with "Help Me, Rhonda" (B. Wilson - M. Love). Al Jardine is singing lead for the first time while The Wrecking Crew supplies the superb background. This is the single version while the album track titled "Help Me,

"Get Ready" (W. Robinson) was recorded in 1966 by The Temptations (Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Otis Williams, Paul Williams and Melvin Franklin) with Eddie Kendricks on lead vocal. The single reached number twenty-nine pop and number one R&B on

"Amore Scusami" (Gino Mescoli - Vito Pallavicini) was first recorded by John Foster in 1964. The single stayed on the Italian top ten for five months! The original Sir Lancelot in Broadway's "Camelot", Robert Goulet issued the album and the Billboard

Fred Astaire introduced "Something's Gotta Give" (Johnny Mercer) with Russ Garcia's Orchestra in the 1955 film "Daddy Long Legs". The movie starred Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron. The McGuire Sisters (Dorothy, Phyllis and Christine McGuire) hit number

"What's Forever For" (Rafe VanHoy) first appeared on the 1978 album "Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive" by England Dan and John Ford Coley. The Todd Rundgren tune "Love Is The Answer" is a hit track from the album. Michael Martin Murphey covered "What's Forever

"I'll Cherish You" was the original title of "Baby It's You" (Bacharach - David - Williams). The single hit number eight on Billboard's pop chart and number three R&B for the Shirelles (Shirley Owens, Addie Harris, Beverly Lee and Doris Coley) in

"Les Lavandières Du Portugal" (Popp - Lucchesi) by French singer, actress, Jacqueline François (Guillemautot) was released successfully in 1955. Joe "Fingers" Carr's (Lou Busch) instrumental of "Portuguese Washerwoman" reached number eighteen on

Songwriter Graham Gouldham with Roddy Frame and Neil Finn on the Songwriters Circle BBC2 1999 singing an acoustic version of "I'm Not In Love" (Gouldman - Stewart). Virtual super-group 10CC (Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme)

Grammy, Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Prince (Nelson) released "I Feel For You" on his 1979 self-titled album. From the 1984 album of the same name comes Chaka Khan (Yvette Stevens) and the hot cover of "I Feel For You". Stevie Wonder (Morris)

"Nothing Compares 2 U" was first produced in 1985 for The Family (Susannah Melvoin, Paul Peterson, Eric Leads and Jellybean Johnson) and their only album "The Family" by Prince himself as one of his many projects. It was released on his Paisley Park label

"Yeh, Yeh" (Grant - Patrick) was first recorded by Mongo Santamaria (Ramon Santamaria Rodriquez) and his orchestra for the 1963 album "Watermelon Man". Co-composer Rodgers Grant was the pianist for Mongo Santamaria while Pat Patrick played saxophone.

Here is original demo tape of "More Than A Feeling" by Boston, apparently made in Tom Sholz' Basement. Tom played all instruments except drums which were played by Jim Madea.. "More Than A Feeling" (Tom Scholz) was the first single from the self-titled

"Bye Bye Blues" (Fred Hamm - Dave Bennett) was issued by the Frank Hamm Orchestra in 1925 although the tune wasn't actually published until 1930. "Bye Bye Blues" (Hamm - Bennett - Lown - Gray) hit the Billboard top five for Les Paul (Polsfuss) and Mary

Pet Shops Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe wrote, recorded and released "West End Girls" in 1984 with this original seven inch issue. Producer Bobby Orlando aka Bobby O. played most of the instruments. This became a hit in American clubs and in Canada

Rosie (Hamlin) and The Originals became one-hit wonders in 1961 with "Angel Baby" (Hamelin - Ponce). The late Rosie wrote the lyric when she was a 14 year-old high school student. Co-writer Davis Ponce was a member of The Originals. This is one of two

George Benson placed "The Greatest Love Of All" (Michael Masser - Linda Creed) on the soundtrack to the 1977 motion picture which focused on Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest". George took this to number two on the R&B chart and in the top twenty on both

Stevie Wonder's "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Stevie Wonder - Sylvia Moy - Henry Cosby) peaked at number three on Billboard while topping the R&B chart in 1966. The single success gave way to the album of the same title. Wikipedia: "On the day of

Stevie Wonder's Grammy nominated "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Syreeta Wright - Lee Garrett - Lula Mae Hardaway - Stevie Wonder) is on his album "Signed, Sealed, Delivered". The single topped the R&B chart and peaked at number three pop in

The Beatles released the double A sided "We Can Work It Out" with "Day Tripper" while recording the "Rubber Soul" album sessions. "Day Tripper" reached number five on Billboard while "We Can Work It Out" peaked at the top of the charts. Stevie Wonder's

"This Night Won't Last Forever" (Bill LaBounty - R. Freeland) was recorded by composer Bill LaBounty in 1978. This track is from the album of the same name. The single showed on the Top One Hundred in the mid-sixties. The next year classical guitarist

Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians released the first recording of the banned "Love For Sale" (Cole Porter) in 1930. The song was from the Broadway musical "The New Yorkers" and considered to be scandalous. In the original play Fred Waring's Three Girl

Havana Cuba's Orquesta Casino de la Playa was first to put "Babalu" (Margarita Lecuona) on vinyl in 1939. This is the Summer Casino Orchestra in Mariano Beach, Cuba with Miquelito Valdes as vocalist. The song is an ode to Santeria goddess "Babalu Aye".