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Primo Scala and His Banjo And Accordion Band along with The Keynotes introduced "I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Cocoanuts" (Fred Heatherton) in 1949. The songwriting credit was a pseudonym for Harold Box, Desmond Cox and Lewis Ilda. The title refers to the

Dewayne Blackwell sings "Mr. Blue" (Dwayne Blackwell) with Stephanie Davis backing him so well on the album "In The Beginning". Dewayne also wrote the Garth Brooks hit "Friends In Low Places". In 1959 The Fleetwoods (Gary Troxel, Gretchen Christopher

Wikipedia: "Composer Irving Berlin was a huge admirer of the song. Berlin reportedly said that of all the songs by other composers he had heard, he would have been most proud to have written "I Don't Want to Walk Without You". Writing of Berlin's praise

Published and recorded in 1934 by English composer, arranger, actor and bandleader Ray Noble, "The Very Thought Of You" with vocals by Al Bowlly is listed here edited to include the vocal. Al Bowlly was born in South Africa, sang in India, Indonesia and

It was Fabian (Forte) who first to recorded "String Along" (Jimmy Duncan - Robert Doyle) in 1960 and peaked at number thirty-nine on Billboard. This would be Fabian's final appearance in the top forty. Rick Nelson covered "String Along" in 1963 for his

Larry Weiss and Scott English wrote "Help Me Girl". This is Larry's version from the album "Cuts And Scratches". Larry also wrote or co-wrote "Rhinestone Cowboy", "Mr. Dream Merchant" and "Bend Me, Shape Me". Scott (Sheldon) English co-composed "Bend Me,

Johnny Nash wrote, produced and sang "I Can See Clearly Now" on the 1972 album of the same name. Obviously influenced by Bob Marley the single topped Billboard's pop and Adult Contemporary charts. Bob Marley also wrote the opening track "Stir It Up", the

From his LP "From Here To Nichternity" this is composer, guitarist and Buddhist senior teacher David Nichtern and the instrumental "Midnight At The Oasis". David's mother Claire was the first woman to win a Tony. Maria Muldaur's (D'Amato) 1973 self

"History And Hope" is the title of the 2011 Mark D. (Daniel) Sanders album that includes "I Hope You Dance" (Mark. D. Sanders - Tia Sillers). Mark taught school professionally in California and was a substitute teacher when he moved to Nashville. Lee

"(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy" (Bill Massey - Albert Shubert) was introduced by the late Bobby Freeman and reached thirty-seven on the Top One Hundred. Philadelphia group The Orlons (lead vocalist Rosetta Hightower, Shirley Brickley, Steven Caldwell and

The 1945 motion picture "State Fair" introduced the Academy Award winning "It Might As Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II - Richard Rodgers). This won the only film score by the composing team. The song is lip synced by Jeanne Crain and sung by Louanne

Singer, songwriter, studio musician Paul Carrack with this take on his composition "How Long". Paul hit as a solo artist and as a member of Mike + The Mechanics, Squeeze, Ace and Roxy Music. "How Long" was introduced on the 1974 album "Five-A-Side" by

This is from the soundtrack toward the end of the 1952 Charlie Chaplin film "Limelight". The film was set in London but filmed in Hollywood and co-starred Claire Bloom and Buster Keaton. Because of Charlie Chaplin's alleged communist leanings the movie

Italian opera singer Beniamino Gigli with his rendition of "Dicitencello Vuie" (Rodolfo Falvo - Enzo Fusco). Beniamino's parents did not look upon the arts as a secure career. Imagine how they felt when their son chose opera and his brother Lorenzo

From her album "One Woman's Life" (Linda Hargrove - Dean Dillon) the late Linda Hargrove sings "Tennessee Whiskey". In the seventies she performed in blue jeans unlike many of her contemporaries who worn noticeable amounts of makeup. Linda was crowned the

Shelley Peiken sings "Bitch" (Shelley Peiken - Meredith Brooks) on Song Talk Radio. Shelley also co-wrote the chart topping "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" and "What A Girl Wants". Song Talk Radio is a regular program on CJRU radio from Ryerson

Grammy winner Lalo (Boris Claudio) Schifrin wrote and performs "Mission Impossible", the theme from the popular sixties television show. Released as a single in 1967 this reached number forty-one on Billboard's pop chart and number nineteen Adult

John Kirby (Kirk) and The Onyx Club Boys (Buster Bailey, Billy Kyle, Russell Procope, Charlie Shavers and O'Neill Spencer) recorded "Undecided" (Sid Robin - Charlie Shavers) in 1938. The Ames (Urick) Brothers (Ed, Joe, Gene and Vic Ames) covered

Disco group Lipps Inc. (lead vocalist Cynthia Johnson, Roger Dumas, Terry Grant, Steven and Dana Greenberg, Joyce Lapinsky and Tom Riopelle) included "Funkytown" (Steven Greenberg) as lead single on their first album "Mouth To Mouth" in 1979. The 1980

The underrated Karla Bonoff wrote "All My Life" which became the title song of her 1999 album "All My Life: The Best Of Karla Bonoff". Karla once sang back up for Linda Ronstadt. Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville recorded "All My Life" on Linda's 1989

This is Austrian composer Franz Winkler with sister Albertine (Seifert) singing "Fliege mit mir in die Heimat" (Franz Winkler) as recorded in 1939. During World War Two the song was adopted by the German Luftwaffe. Malia Rosa added the English lyric in

Paul Simon recorded this demo in 1967 and although the lyric "At The Zoo" is nowhere to be heard, this is obviously the road to the hit. This was written for "The Graduate" but not used in the film. The track is contained on the bootleg LP "The Alternate

Paul Simon sings the original "I Am A Rock" The track is from the LP "Paul Simon Song Book" released in 1965 only in the United Kingdom. This was the one single issued from the album. From the classic (Paul) Simon and (Art) Garfunkel 1966 album "Sounds

Originally written by the group Steam (lead vocalist Gary DeCarlo, Paul Leka, and Dale Frashuer), they hastily recorded "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" as a B side. In 1969 this topped the Billboard chart and peaked at number twenty-two on the Soul chart

Dennis Morgan performs "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World" (Charles Quillen - Kye Fleming - Dennis Morgan) at a songwriters showcase. Dennis has had hits with Eric Clapton, Garth Brooks, Aretha Franklin and Barbara Mandrell. Multi-Grammy winning

Michael Sembello with the demo of "Mirror, Mirror" (Dennis Matkosky - Michael Sembello). This is the same singer who scored with the chart topping "Maniac" from the "Flashdance" soundtrack. Michael worked with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. The

This was for a potential Broadway musical that didn't materialize for him so composer Hoagy Carmichael asked Johnny Mercer, years later a co-founder of Capitol Records, to write a lyric. It took Johnny months of struggling to find the right words. When he

English supergroup Traffic (Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason and Chris Wood) issued "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) from their 1968 self-titled top twenty LP. Joe Cocker's cover of "Feeling Alright" was first issued in 1969 on his debut album "With

Ester (Esther) Dean recorded the demo of "What's My Name" and was in the background of the hit. Ester voiced characters in "Ice Age: Continental Drift" and was part of the cast on the "Pitch Perfect" movies . Rihanna (Fenty) issued "What's My Name"

The 1961 album "Human" by Tommy (Clarence) Hunt introduced "Don't Make Me Over" (Hal David- Burt Bacharach). Tommy sang lead on The Flamingos 1959 hit "I Only Have Eyes For You". Former session singer Dionne Warwick's (Warrick) first LP "Presenting" in

This is the Jackie DeShannon demo of "Heart In Hand" (Jackie DeShannon - Sharon Sheeley). Jackie couldn't have sounded more like Brenda Lee if she tried harder. The composers collaborated on over eighty songs including "The Great Imposter" for the

Country songwriter, singer and piano player Little David Wilkins wrote "Coming On Strong". It's included on the album "Hero". Brenda Lee reached number eleven on the Billboard Top One Hundred with "Coming On Strong" in 1966. This track is from the album

Bob Crewe co-authored "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Crewe - Gaudio) and this is his "Generation" with the big band take on the hit. Other than most of the Four Seasons hits he was almost responsible for "Tallahassee Lassie", "Silhouettes", "Lucky Ladybug",

Ray Henderson, Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis wrote "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" in 1925. The first recording of the song came in October of that year when Art Gillham aka The Whispering Pianist aka Barrel House Pete entered the studio. Less than two

In 1963 Carolyn (Caroline) Crawford had just become a teenager when she won a talent contest. The prize was a contract with Motown Records. One of three singles she recorded was "My Smile Is Just A Frown (Turned Upside Down)" (Robinson - Bradford -