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This is Canadian Steven Lee Olsen singing "Blue Ain't Your Color". Steven wrote this with Hillary Lindsey and Clint Lagerberg. Steven is now, after more than a decade, being recognized as a songwriter, singer after leaving Newmarket, Ontario for

The Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers 1928 musical "Present Arms" introduced "You Took Advantage Of Me". Two years later it appeared in the movie "Leathernecking" which was an adaption of the play. This is composer Richard Rodgers at the piano and vocalist

Katrina and the Waves (lead vocalist Katrina Leskanich, Alex Cooper, Vince de la Cruz and Kimberley Rew) released "Walking On Sunshine" as their debut album in 1983. Although it is now available almost everywhere originally it was issued only in Canada on

Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) aka "The Grand Master of Calypso" recorded "Jump In The Line" in 1946 with the help of Rupert Nurse and his Trinidadian Troubadours. It's obvious the calypso tune influenced Gary U.S. Bonds (Anderson) to record "Twist,

Chuck (Harold) Willis recorded "What Am I Living For" (Fred Jay - Art Harris) as a B side to "Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes" in 1958. The single topped the R&B chart while peaking at number nine pop. The million seller was Chuck's final release

Derek and the Dominos (lead vocalist Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Jim Gordon, Carl Radle and Bobby Whitlock) issued the LP "Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs" in late 1970. An edited single was issued in 1971 and charted at number fifty-one. A year later

Herbert Buffum and Robert Winsett wrote "Vacation In Heaven" in 1927. The next year former vaudevillian and a star in the African-American musical theatre, Missionary Josephine Miles and pianist Sister Elizabeth Cooper recorded the song. In 1980 the

At the time John Mellencamp was known as "John Cougar", a name change by his management that he was not aware of until after the fact. His 1982 LP "American Fool" included Jack & Diane (John Mellencamp) inspired by Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird Of

The most special four disc box set "On The Rural Route 7609" features John Mellemcamp's hits and unreleased music from 1976 through 2009. The demo for "Cherry Bomb" is included. Wikipedia: "Cherry Bomb is just a name of a club that I made up. The real

As co-writer, Gloria Jones sings "If I Were Your Woman" (Pam Sawyer - Clay McMurray - Gloria Jones). Gloria was the first singer to record "Tainted Love" and was the girlfriend of Marc Bolan of T. Rex fame. Gloria sang backup and played keyboard for the

Barbara Lynn (Ozen) peaked at number eight pop and topped the R&B charts with her first single "You'll Lose A Good Thing" (Meaux - Ozen) in 1962. The single in on the LP of the same name. Dr. John is among the studio musicians. Barbara plays a mean

The Bunny (Roland Bernard) Berigan Orchestra and vocalist Art Gentry were first to record "Where Are You" (Harold Adamson - Jimmy McHugh) in 1936. This is edited to include the vocal. Bunny was featured in many of the big bands of the era including Tommy

This is Seattle's Nirvana (lead vocalist Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic) with a 1991 rehearsal take on "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain - Novoselic - Grohl) well before producer, engineer Butch (Brian) Vig polished the sound. As the lead

In 1931 the first vocal group to become country music favourites, the Carter Family (A.P., Sara and Maybell Carter) recorded "When I'm Gone" (A.P. Carter). Sara Carter sang lead. This is the group that Johnny Cash joined when he married June Carter.

The original lead single from the Whitney Houston 1999 LP "My Love Is Your Love" was the Rodney Jerkins production of "It's Not Right But It's Okay" (LaShawn Daniels - Toni Estes - Rodney Jerkins - Fred Jerkins III - Isaac Phillips) but this didn't become

Philadelphia's Lee Andrews (Thompson) and The Hearts (Roy and Wendell Calhoun, Butch Curry, Ted Weems) released "Long Lonely Nights" (Andrews - Davis - Henderson -Uniman) on the Chess label in 1957. The single peaked at number forty-five on Billboard.

Singer, songwriter, producer Steven McClintock was one part of the award winning duo (David) Fertitta and McClintock during the seventies. Steven's 1999 LP "Roadwise" includes his version of "All This Time" (Steven McClintock - Tim James). The lead

Grammy nominated Lois Blaisch was singing "Could've Been" (Lois Blaisch) at a restaurant in Thousand Oaks, California when a music industry veteran walked in. That person brought the song to Tiffany's producer George Tobin. This is the writer's version

The 1932 depression era Broadway musical "Walk A Little Faster" featured "April In Paris" (Yip Harburg - Vernon Duke) as staged by actor Monty Woolley and starring Beatrice Lillie. At the time neither of the composers had ever been in Paris let alone in

Grammy winner Hillary Lindsey has also been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Brett James went to Nashville as a singer and since this new century has received acclaim as a songwriter for pop and country artists. Troy Verges has also

"You Want To Play The American" is the translation of "To Vuo Fa L'Americano" (Nicola Salerno - Renato Carsone) as played and sung by Renato Carosone (Carusone) in 1956. The composers also hit the world market with "Mambo Italiano" and "Torero". Both

German session musician, producer, arranger and composer Harold Faltermeyer (Faltermeier) and percussionist, record producer and Academy Award winner Keith Forsey were in charge of the music for the 1984 Eddie Murphy movie "Beverly Hills Cop". Glenn Frey

"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (James Wirrick - Sylvester) was originally recorded by producer Patrick Cowley for Sylvester (James Jr.) as a tune with an obvious gospel feel. After the session Patrick watched a rehearsal of the song at a disco and

Jack Norworth wrote the lyrics to "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" while Albert Von Tilzer wrote the music in 1908. Neither of these gentlemen witnessed a game until decades later. Columbia records session singer Harvey Hindermeyer (Hindermyer) recorded the

From the Lenny Kravitz 2012 double CD set "Mama Said: 21st Anniversary Deluxe Edition" this is the home demo recording of " It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over" (Lenny Kravitz). At this time Lenny and then wife Lisa Bonet were struggling with their marriage. The

The man who gave us "Sweet Georgia Brown" Maceo Pinkard, his wife Edna Alexander and Sidney D. Mitchell wrote "Sugar" aka "That Sugar Baby Of Mine" and had it recorded successfully by Ethel Waters in 1946. Ethel was the first African-American to have her

"Mattinata" (Ruggero Leoncavallo) was written in 1904 and sung by Enrico Caruso with the composer accompanying him on piano. The English translation of the title is simply "Morning". The composer was already well known for his 1892 opera "Pagliacci".

Scotland's James "Midge" Ure had musical success with Thin Lizzy and Ultravox but what may have been his most well known contribution to the ear happened when he was approached by Bob Geldoff to write the music for "Do They Know It's Christmas" to aid the

Grammy winner Chris DeStefano is a typical Nashville Singer, songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist playing mandolin, bass, banjo, drums, violin, percussion, guitar, pedal steel and piano. The man has written many Country chart toppers that

With the success of his song "I'm Your Puppet" for James and Bobby Purify in 1966, he and Spooner Oldham wrote, Dan Penn was convinced he could make a living out of songwriting. He was right. The next year they wrote "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" for

Bob Dylan (Zimmerman) wrote "My Back Pages" and included it on the 1964 issue of "Another Side Of Bob Dylan". The album opened with "All I Really Want To Do" and featured "It Ain't Me Babe" as the final track. The title doesn't show up in the song but may

One of the first recordings of the standard "That's My Weakness Now" (Bud Green - Sam Sept) came from Billy Jones and Ernest Hare in 1928. This was the first hit for the writing team that also gave us "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone". Billy

The debut LP for Salt-n-Pepa "Hot, Cool And Vicious" did not contain "Push It" (Herby Azor) when first issued in 1986. Originally the tune was on the B side of "Tramp" in 1987. Salt was Cheryl James and Sandra Denton was Pepa and they were aided by Deidra

Grammy winner Josh Kear sings "Need You Now" (Josh Kear - Hillary Scott - Charles Kelley - Dave Haywood) in an impressive performance at the 2011 ASCAP Pop Music Awards held in Los Angeles. Josh has written for a diverse line up of recording artists from