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The initial single The Righteous Brothers (Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield) issued was "Little Latin Lupe Lu" (Bill Medley) in 1963 and it reached the middle of Billboard's pop chart. An augmented Wrecking Crew supplied the instrumentation. It's rumoured

The Righteous Brothers (Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield) recorded "(You're My) Soul And Inspiration" (Barry Mann - Cynthia Weill) in 1966 as the title single from the LP of the same name. This topped the Billboard chart as a follow-up to "You've Lost That

Brenda Holloway didn't want to record "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Ed Cobb) because she had done it already a few years before signing with Motown. The original recording was released on Bob Keane's label, Del-Fi Records in 1962 when Brenda was sixteen. The

It's been said that Fats Waller wrote "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" and sold the rights so now the writers credited are listed as Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. The first public airing of the song was in Lew Leslie's "International Review" starring

"I'll Be Home" (Washington - Lewis) surfaced in 1955 and was successful for The Flamingos when it peaked at number five on the R&B chart. The single was featured on the "Rock, Rock, Rock" soundtrack. Pat Boone's 1956 cover of "I'll Be Home" sold a

Lindsey Buckingham, his finger picking style on the guitar and "Big Love". It was Lindsey's idea to use this on his 1985 solo album but it morphed into a Fleetwood Mac project. The 1987 LP "Tango In The Night" by Fleetwood Mac (Lindsey Buckingham,

"Que reste-t-il de nos amours" (Leo Chauliac - Charles Trenet) can be translated as "What Remains Of Our Love", it was recorded initially by Lucienne (Emilienne-Henriette) Boyer in 1942. Co-composer Charles Trenet issued his version in 1943. Charles

Willie Nelson recorded "Hello Walls" in 1962 on his debut album "... And Then I Wrote". This vinyl also contained the writer's versions of "Family Bible", "Crazy" and "Funny How Times Slips Away". Webb Pierce is credited with discovering "The Young

"With All My Heart" was originally released in 1957 as "Gondolier" (Peter De Angelis - Jean Broussolle) by Dalida (Iolanda Cristina Gigliott). Dalida was crowned Miss Egypt in 1954 yet had a most tragic life ending in her 1987 suicide. One hit wonder

The stunning talents of Richard Marx are evident in "Dance With My Father" (Richard Marx - Luther Vandross). This was recorded in concert in 2003. Richard wrote the music. Richard sang backup for Kenny Rogers and has collaborated with the likes of Keith

Richard Marx wrote "Surrender To Me" (Richard Marx - Ross Vanelli) and sings it as a cover here with Lara Fabian (Crokaert). Lara is well known in French Canada and Europe and has a vocal range envied by many. Richard's father "Dick" wrote jingles for

Jack Oakie (Lewis Offield) and Dorothy Dell (Goff) sang "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" (Gordon - Revel) in the 1934 Paramount film "Shoot The Works". The scene starts with the duo composing the song followed by the full orchestra concert

Rock pioneer Chuck Berry wrote and recorded "Reelin' And Rockin'" in 1957 as the B side of "Sweet Little Sixteen". At his funeral in April of 2017 The Rolling Stones sent a flower arrangement in the shape of a guitar. The Dave Clark Five (Dave Clark,

From the album "We Wrote 'Em And We Sing 'Em" comes Lincoln Chase and "Jim Dandy". Lincoln wrote "The Name Game", "The Clapping Song" and "Such A Night". LaVern Baker and the Gliders hit with "Jim Dandy" in 1956 topping the R&B chart and peaking at

The traditional song "Beautiful Brown Eyes" (Arthur Smith) was recorded by the Arthur Smith Trio accompanied by Alton and Rabon Delmore in 1937. This was "Fiddlin'" Arthur Smith who was a member of The Grand Ole Opry and not Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith.

The Walt Disney production of Zorro starring Guy Williams included this opening theme. Music is by George Bruns and lyrics by Norman Foster. The late Henry Clavin (Calvin Goodman) is the actor who played Sgt. Garcia and is the lead vocalist. The

Pianist, guitarist, singer and songwriter John Hiatt wrote "Angels Eyes" (John Hiatt - Fred Koller) and it appeared on his 1994 concert LP "Hiatt Comes Alive At Budokan". After the disc was released it was learned that this was not recorded at Budokan but

The Chicago (lead vocals Peter Cetera, Bill Champlin, Robert Lamm, Denny Seraphine) Billboard number one single "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" (Peter Cetera - David Foster) is from the 1982 album Chicago 16. The lead single from the LP featured an augmented

Under the direction of Walter B. Rogers this is The Victor Military Band recording of "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell) in 1916. The band was an idea of the Victor Talking Machine Company to sell dance records. The production was inspired by Puccini's

First recorded by crooner, actor Rudy (Hubert) Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees in 1934, "P.S. I Love You" is presented in an edited version to include the vocal. The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca had their first hit with "P.S. I Love You" (J.

The Mills Brothers (John Jr., Donald, Herbert and Harry) recorded "Till Then" (Eddie Seiler - Sol Marcus - Guy Wood) in 1944 and reached number eight on Billboard. This was a two sided hit, the other side was "You Always Hurt The One You Love" posted

A regular member of the Metropolitan Opera, Ernestine (Tini) Schumann-Heink was the first to record "Danny Boy" (Frederick Weatherly) in 1917. Wikipedia: "Initially written to a tune other than "Londonderry Air", the words to "Danny Boy" were penned by

Beth Nielsen Chapman performs "This Kiss" (Chapman - Lerner - Roboff) at Pocklington Arts Centre in East Yorkshire, England. Mrs. Tim McGraw, actress, People's Choice and Grammy winner Faith Hill issued "This Kiss" with Beth Nielsen Chapman on backing

"Taking A Chance On Love" (Latouche - Fetter - Duke) was prominent in the 1940 play and the 1943 Vincente Minnelli directed motion picture "Cabin In The Sky" where it was sung by Ethel Waters and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson. Wikipedia article on Ethel's

These are The Doobie Brothers (lead vocalist Tom Johnston, John Hartman, Michael Hossack, Tiran Porter and Patrick Simmons) and the 1970 demo for "Long Train Runnin'" (Tom Johnston). The song started as an improvisational instrumental with various titles:

The 1968 LP "Turn Around, Look At Me" by The Vogues (lead vocalist Bill Burkette, Chuck Blasko, Hugh Geyer and Don Miller) includes the first recording of "It's Getting Better" (Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil). Cass Elliot took "It's Getting Better" to the

The Kinks (Ray and Dave Davies, Peter Quaife and Mick Avory) peaked at number seven on Billboard and topped the U.K. charts with "You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies) in 1964. The single showed up on their debut self-titled album. Van Halen's (David Lee

The Grammy winning Isley Brothers (Rudolph, Ronald and O'Kelly Isley) wrote and recorded the single "Who's That Lady" for the first time in 1964. Some of the lyrics were changed, the song re-written by the six members and the song was re-introduced as

The original titled "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn" ("To Me You‘re Beautiful") was written in Yiddish by Sholom Secunda and Jacob Jacobs for the 1932 musical "I Would If I Could". The play was presented for one season at the Parkway Theatre in Brooklyn, where it

Lord Invader (Rupert Grant)'s original "Rum And Coca-Cola" (Lord Invader - Lionel Belasco) is a calypso protest song. Lionel Belasco wrote the music based on a Martinique folk song. The Yankees referred to the American soldiers stationed in Trinidad.

The Great Society (Grace Slick, husband Jerry Slick, brother-in-law Darby Slick, Peter Vandergelder, Bard Dupont and Dave Miner) released "Somebody To Love" (Darby Slick) in 1966 to little fanfare. The track is on their 1968 live concert album

Pioneering director, producer, writer, singer and actress Ida Lupino sang "Again" (Cochran - Newman) in the 1948 motion picture "Road House". The star-studded cast included Cornel Wilde, Richard Widmark and Celeste Holm. Ida was the only woman to direct

Mitchell Torok wrote "Mexican Joe" in a half-hour, before political correctness was a issue. It was 1953 and Mitchell hit with his own release of "Caribbean". Abbott Records was Mitchell Torok's label and that record company issued the original Jim

The Guess Who's (Bachman - Cummings, Jim Kale and Garry Peterson) "These Eyes" (Randy Bachman - Burton Cummings) is on the 1969 album "Wheatfield Soul". The single originally titled "These Arms" peaked at number six on Billboard and became the group's

Leona Williams and her Dixie Band aka The Original Memphis Five recorded "Sugar Blues" (Williams) in 1922. Clyde McCoy's instrumental version of "Sugar Blues" hit for the first time in 1931. It reached number two on Billboard and became his theme song.

The 1986 soundtrack to "Top Gun" contained lots of hits and one was "Danger Zone". Former lead vocalist with Sergio Mendes and once a backup singer for Laura Branigan, Alice Cooper, Janet Jackson, Barry Manilow, Eddy Money, Anne Murray, David Lee Roth and

"Samba de Verao" (Valle - Valle) was first recorded by the composer, singer and producer Marcos Valle in 1965. The next year he and his wife were members of the group Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66. Brazil's Walter Wanderley (Mendonca) issued "Summer

"All Fired Up" (Kerryn Tolhurst) was issued by short lived Australian group the Rattling Sabres (Robert Price, Kerryn Tolhurst, Chong Lim, John Lee and Leyton Greening) in 1987. The single did not chart outside their native country. Grammy winner Pat

D. L. Byron composed "Shadows Of The Night" for the 1980 film "Times Square" starring Tim Curry but it wasn't used because it wasn't considered commercial enough. David Byron was an opening act for both Bob Seger and The Boomtown Rats. Like so many other

The story behind "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Wikipedia: "Loesser wrote the duet in 1944 and premiered the song with his wife, Lynn Garland, at their Navarro Hotel in New York housewarming party, and performed it toward the end of the evening,

Sam Cooke's nephew, R. B. (Ronald Bertram) Greaves was first to release "Fire And Rain" (James Taylor) in 1970 as a single and watched as it dented the Top One Hundred at number eighty-two. Also in 1970 James Taylor took his own "Fire And Rain" as

Leon Russell (Claude Bridges) recorded "A Song For You" with his Steinway in 1970 for the opening track of his self-titled debut solo album. Just a few of the artists involved: Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Bill

South Philly crooner and singer for The Woody Herman Band, Joe Valino (Paolino) recorded "Learnin' The Blues" (Dolores Silvers) in 1954. The composer was really Vicki Hollander who was named Miss Press Photographer of 1948. According to a Philadelphia

First a successful radio show and then a television hit, Jack Webb created and starred in Dragnet. The original theme was titled "Dragnet Ahead" when it hit television in 1951. The series continued until 1958. Later the show was syndicated as "Badge 714".

Bruce Springsteen originally recorded "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" for the 1979 album "The River". For some reason it was not included on the LP and didn't surface until it was included on a bonus disc for "The Essential Bruce

This is Pete Townshend and the demo of "Squeezebox" complete with enough double entendres to build a wall. This is from Pete's LP "Scoop". At the time Pete wrote the song he though he may have been too old to play rock and roll. From the 1975 album "The

The original Don Mclean (the third) song "American Pie" topped Billboard in 1972. Don had other hits like "Crying" and "Vincent" but this song defined his music. He is one great songwriter, just listen to "If We Try", "And I Love You So", "Wonderful Baby"

Film score composer, producer and noted keyboardist Patrick Leonard plays "La Isla Bonita" (The Beautiful Island) recorded in 2008. The tune was originally offered to Michael Jackson who passed on it but Madonna certainly didn't. Patrick joined Frank

William Gillespie sang "Blues In The Night" (Harold Arlen - Johnny Mercer) in the 1941 movie of the same name. Wikipedia: "When they finished writing the song, Mercer called a friend, singer Margaret Whiting, and asked if they could come over and play it

Songwriter, singer Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)" (Berry Gordy - Janie Bradford) was the first hit for Motown although it was distributed nationally by Chess Records in 1960. The single reached number two on the R&B chart while peaking

Katy Perry's (Hudson) "Teenage Dream" (Katy Perry - Lukasz Gottwald - Max Martin - Benjamin Levin - Bonnie McKee) was a chart topping single from the also chart topping 2010 LP of the same name. Wikipedia: "According to Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems,

Chicago Cubs fan Steve Goodman wrote and recorded "City Of New Orleans" for his 1971 self-titled album. The soon to be Grammy winning song had Paul Anka as executive producer, Kris Kristofferson and Norman Putman as co-producers and includes a

The former Mrs. Stevie Wonder, Syretta (Rita Wright), recorded the demo for "Love Child" (R. Dean Taylor - Frank Wilson - Pam Sawyer - Deke Richards - Henry Cosby) in 1968. Diana Ross and The Supremes (Cindy Birdsong and Mary Wilson) topped the pop and

Singing cowboy Stuart Hamblen wrote and recorded "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do) in 1950. The single peaked at number eight on the Country chart. Stuart turned to substance abuse and was saved by the late Billy Graham. A friend asked him about the

The enjoyable television special shilling cds called "Country Family Reunion: The Songwriters" featured Dickey Lee (Lipscomb) who hit with "Patches", "I Saw Linda Yesterday", "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" and composed the country classic "She Thinks I

Multi- award winner Michel Legrand sings "Les Moulins de Mon Cœur" (Michel Legrand - Eddy Marney) recorded in 1969. "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand -Alan Bergman - Marilyn Bergman) with the English lyric appeared in the 1968 film "The

An original member of The Impressions, Jerry "The Iceman" Butler issued the million seller "A Brand New Me" (Gamble - Butler - Bell) as produced by the team of Gamble and Huff. This is a track on the 19769 "Ice On Ice" album. Recorded in Philadelphia

G. C. (George Curtis) Cameron sang "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" (Freddie Perren - Christine Yarian) in the 1975 movie "Cooley High". The original reached number thirty-eight on Billboard's R&B listing. G. C. was once the lead vocalist

Here is the edited version of The Temptations (lead vocals Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams and Otis Williams) "Smiling Faces Sometimes" (Norman Whitfield - Barrett Strong) from 1971 and the over twelve minute LP track. The

This is songwriter Bobby Caldwell's take on "Next Time (I Fall In Love)" (Bobby Caldwell - Paul Gordon). The song was written with Chicago and Peter Cetera in mind even though Peter had left the group. Topping the Billboard Top One Hundred and Adult

Blake Edwards' "What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?" was the motion picture that introduced Academy Award, Grammy and Golden Globe winner Henry Mancini's (Enrico Nicola) Orchestra and Chorus with "In The Arms Of Love" (Jay Livingston - Ray Evans - Henry

Grandmaster & Melle Mel (Glover) issued the single "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" (Sylvia Robinson - Mel Glover) in 1983. The tune peaked at forty-seven on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, number nine on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

Based on Robert Schumann's "The Happy Farmer" here are Henry Burr (McClaskey) and Frank C. Stanley's (William Stanley Grinsted) original "Red Wing" (Kerry Mills - Thurland Chattaway) released in 1907. Both singers were once members of The Peerless

This is The Move (lead vocalist Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan) and the original "Do Ya" (Jeff Lynne) which was issued as a B side in 1972. The first title for the song was "Look Our Baby, There's A Plane A Comin'". At this time The Electric Light

Juice (Judy) Newton issued "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" (Otha Young) on her first album "Juice Newton And Silver Spur" in 1975. Silver Spur consisted of composer Otha Young, Tom Keeley and assorted studio musicians. Juice went solo and six

Composer Gary Burr sings "Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" at the Durango, Colorado Songwriters Expo in 2016. That's his wife, Georgina Middleman playing guitar and singing backup. It was Gary who replaced Vince Gill in Pure Prairie League. Juice

Aerosmith (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Haliton, Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford) recorded "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" (Diane Warren) for the 1998 movie "Armageddon" starring Steven Tyler's daughter Liv. This was the group's first number one on Billboard

Funded by The Library of Congress, folklorist John Lomax and his son Alan recorded Huddie Ledbetter aka Lead Belly singing "Goodnight Irene" (Lead Belly) in 1933 while he was in a Louisiana prison. He has recorded this song many, time times. Lead Belly

The Allman Brothers Band (Gregg and older brother Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Jai Johanson, Berry Oakley and Butch Trucks) issued "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman - Robert Kim Payne) in 1970 from the LP "Idlewild South". The single didn't chart. Wikipedia:

"Little White Lies" (Walter Donaldson) was recorded shortly after it was composed in 1930. Waring's Pennsylvanians with vocal refrain by Clare Hanlon and the Three Girl Friends. Wikipedia: "Waring attended Penn State University, where he studied

The Troggs (lead vocal Reg Presley, Ronnie Bond, Chris Britton and Pete Staples) "Love Is All Around" (Reg Presley) was issued in 1967. The single reached number seven on Billboard. "Love Is All Around" was covered by Scottish group Wet, Wet, Wet (lead

The instrumental on piccolo of "Long, Long Ago" (Thomas Haynes Bayly) was recorded in 1906 by George Schweinfest. The tune was published in 1833 as "The Long Ago". In 1939 the tune was updated by Sam Stept, Lew Brown and Charles Tobias and renamed "Don't

Sam Cooke's (Cook) 1963 single "Another Saturday Night" is on the album "Ain't That Good News". The song hit the Billboard top ten and topped the R&B chart. Hal Blaine of The Wrecking Crew is the drummer. Wikipedia: "On December 11, 1964, at the age

"On My Own" (Burt Bacharach - Carole Bayer-Sager) was initially written for and recorded by Dionne Warwick (Warrick) for her LP "Friends" but it wasn't released. It's been said that she turned the song down. The classic "That's What Friends Are For" with

The Dionne Warwick (Warrick) single "You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" (David - Bacharach) was released in 1964 and peaked at number thirty-four on Billboard, number ten R&B, while tracking top twenty in the U.K. and Canada. This cut

(Terry) Cashman, (Gene) Pistilli and (Tommy) West included the original "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" (Terry Cashman - Gene Pistilli) on the 1966 LP "Bound To Happen". The song was turned down by both The Left Banke and The Mamas And The Papas. Spanky

Danish violinist and composer Jacob Gade's 1925 " Jalousie, Tango Tzigane" was interpreted that year by Lou Reisman and his orchestra. The tune has been heard in more than a hundred motion pictures since it was written. Jacob introduced the piece at the

Britain's Hello (Jeff Allen, lead vocalist Bob Bradbury, Vic Faulkner and Keith Marshall) were first to "New York Groove" (Russ Ballard) in 1975 for their first album "Keeps Us Off The Streets". The single reached the top ten in the U.K. and in Europe.

Sheb (Shelby) Wooley recorded the first version of "Are You Satisfied" (Homer Escamilla - Sheb Wooley) in 1955. Two years later Sheb had the million seller "Purple People Eater". As an actor he appeared in "High Noon" and co-starred in the television

Appropriately recorded in an open air bar on a summer's night are Florida singers/songwriters The Warren Brothers (Brad and Brett Warren) with "Red Solo Cup" (Brett Warren - Brad Warren - Brett Beavers - Jim Beavers). The brothers have written successful

Here is Swedish composer, painter and writer Hugo Alven's symphonic "Swedish Rhapsody No. 1: Midsommarvaka" composed in 1903. In the 1920s this was performed as a ballet in Paris titled "La Nuit de St. Jean". The tune played frequently in the 1952 Cannes

"If I Were A Boy" (BC Jean - Toby Gad) was first recorded by writer, singer and pianist BC Jean (Brittany Jean Carlson) but her record company at the time turned down the production. Beyonce's (Knowles) "If I Were A Boy" was the lead single from her

The opening track on the 1969 LP "Abbey Road" by The Beatles is "Come Together" (Lennon - McCartney) which topped the Billboard chart. John Lennon is lead vocalist on this track of the double A side release with "Something". Aerosmith (lead vocals

Joe Cocker was first to record "Let It Be" even though the track remained in the vaults for years. It originally had been recorded for his 1969 self-titled LP. This came to me as a shock. Aretha Franklin was the first to commercially release "Let It Be"