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Co-founder of The Electric Flag, Barry Goldberg was the first to record "(I've Got to Use My) Imagination" (Gerry Goffin - Barry Goldberg) for the 1973 LP "It's Not The Spotlight" produced by Bob Dylan and Jerry Wexler! This is the first I've heard of

Tom Douglas sings "The House That Built Me" (Tom Douglas - Allen Shamblin) The song was offered to Blake Shelton but when it was heard by Miranda Lambert she expressed her deep desire to record it. Tom recorded the hit in 20016 for a mixed media

In September of 1960 Mickey (Baker) and Sylvia (Robinson) were first to record "It's Going To Work Out Fine" (Rose Marie McCoy - Sylvia McKinney). The recording remained unissued until 1990 when Bear Family released it on the "Love Is Strange" box set.

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (Harshman) with their interesting demo of their song "Words" for the Monkees. This appears on the LP "Butterfly Effect". On their own, Boyce and Hart hit with "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight". The Monkees (lead vocals:

Released as a single in 1968 "Stand By Your Man" (Tammy Wynette - Billy Sherrill) became TammyWynette's signature song. The tune was the title of her next album and included the vocal background supplied by The Jordanaires and topped the Country chart,

Here is Dave Crawford conducting the orchestra with his version of the 1976 hit "Young Hearts Run Free" (Dave Crawford). Dave was a seasoned radio disc jockey and also was employed as a producer at Atlantic Records where he worked with The J. Geils Band,

Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra recorded "Once In A While" (Bud Green - Michael Edwards) in 1937 and topped the charts. Co-composer Michael Edwards was an organist, violinist and arranger. Bud Green wrote "Sentimental Journey", "Alabamy Bound" and "Flat Foot

The original 1935 Broadway George and Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward musical soundtrack of "Porgy And Bess" features Anne Brown and Todd Duncan singing "I Loves You, Porgy". The selection is edited here to focus on the lyric. Countless stage productions of

In 1963 The Big 3 (Tim Rose, Cass Elliot and Jim Hendricks) issued "The Banjo Song" (Tim Rose) a version of Stephen Foster's "Oh! Susanna". Cass married James Hendricks to help him avoid the U.S. draft. Shocking Blue's (lead vocalist Marika Veres, Cor

At the start of filming "The High And The Mighty" in 1953 Dimitri Tiomkin was commissioned to write the movie's score and a theme. After composing the basic melody Dimitri requested help from veteran Ned Washington. The theme to "The High And The Mighty"

Billy Montana (Schlappi) sings "Bring On The Rain" (Billy Montana - Helen Darling). This was recorded at Bud & Alley's in Florida during the 30A Songwriters Festival in South Walton. This non-profit and private festival has been successful since 1993.

This is the first love song by KC and the Sunshine Band and last recording issued before Harry Wayne Casey went solo. "Please Don't Go" (Harry Wayne Casey - Richard Finch) from the 1979 LP "Do You Wanna Go Party" topped the Billboard chart along with

Written and performed in 1927, "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" (Mort Dixon - Harry M. Woods) was a number two hit for Nick Lucas (Lucinese). It was Nick who introduced "Tiptoe Through The Tulips". Wikipedia "Lucas became friends with Tiny Tim, who

Red (Joe) Hayes recorded the initial version of "A Satisfied Mind" (Red Hayes - Jack Rhodes) for the Starday label in 1954. According to Red "One day my father-in-law asked me who I thought the richest man in the world was, and I mentioned some names. He

Bobby Hebb sings "A Natural Man" (Bobby Hebb - Sandy Baron). Bobby Hebb's parents were both blind musicians in Nashville while Bobby and his brother Harold were a song and dance team. Co-author Sandy Baron (Beresofsky) was a comedian of note who opened

The French title was simply "Bolero" (Paul Durand - Henri Contet) and was based on that Maurice Ravel work. Jacqueline François (Guillemautot) recorded the song with composer Paul Durand's Orchestra in 1948. This was the first of many number one records

This is the 1968 single issue of "A Deeper Shade Of Soul" (Ray Barretto) by Grammy winning drummer and bandleader Ray Barretto (Barreto) and vocalist Pete Bonet. This is from the album "Acid". Puerto Rican Pete Bonet also played with Mongo Santamaria,

Grammy Award Winning songwriter and producer Mark Hudson assisted by Nashville award winning songwriter Gary Burr perform "Livin' On The Edge" (Steven Tyler - Joe Perry - Mark Hudson) on a local NYC television show in May of 2018. Mark Hudson was a member

Rob Crosby (Hoar) co-wrote "She's More" (Rob Crosby - Liz Hengber). Rob has written for Lady Antebellum, Blackhawk, Brooks & Dunn, Lee Greenwood, Restless Heart, Martina McBride, Carl Perkins and Paul Simon. Andy Griggs hit with "She's More" from

In 1939 "The Empress of the Blues", Bessie Smith recorded "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernie - James P. Johnson - Stella Unger). Bessie Smith was killed as the result of a 1937 traffic accident. Her Pennsylvania grave remained unmarked until a tombstone was

Pete (Pietro) Rugolo and His Orchestra perform "Theme From Dr. Kildare" (Jerry Goldsmith - Pete Rugolo - Hal Winn). Pete Rugolo scored other television series including The Fugitive, Leave It To Beaver, Fantasy Island, Checkmate, The Untouchables, The

Belinda Carlisle first recorded "Waiting For A Star To Fall" (George Merrill- Shannon Rubicam). It's more than evident by her performance that Belinda didn't want the song on her 1977 LP "Heaven On Earth" and recorded it only after her label's insistence.

From the album "Philadelphia To Love Adventure: The Demos" this is the demo for Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom". Elton requested that Bernie Taupin compose lyrics for a song about Billie Jean King, the founder of the Philadelphia Freedom's World Team

Here is the 1971 demo for Elton John's (Reginald Dwight) "Levon" (Elton John - Bernie Taupin). The song was inspired by Levon Helm, drummer and singer with The Band. The group was Elton's favourite at the time. Later that thought was negated by Bernie

The 1942 film musical "Orchestra Wives" introduced "Serenade In Blue" (Harry Warren - Mack Gordon) by Glenn Miller's Orchestra and the voice of Pat Friday (Helen Freiday). Pat was dubbing for actress Lynn Bari (Margaret Fisher). Glenn starred in the

Recorded April 27, 2011 at Belmont University's Massey Performing Arts Center here is compose4r Craig Wiseman singing "A Baby Changes Everything". Craig hosted The Stars of Second Harvest Show at the Ryman, with all proceeds to the Second Harvest Food

It's been mentioned that the following song referred to drug addiction. Victor Young and Sam M. Lewis wrote "Street Of Dreams" in 1932. The next year Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians took the tune to number five. Guy's brother Carmen was the featured

Sir Elton John (Reginald Dwight) and Bernie Taupin wrote "Snookeroo" especially for Ringo Starr. The title refers to the billiards game. Elton said "Bernie wrote really simple lyrics, very Ringo type lyrics and I tried to write a simple sort of melody to

The first single released by Barry Manilow (Pincus) was "Amy" by Featherbed featuring Barry and it was written by the same two composers of "Daybreak" (Barry Manilow - Adrienne Anderson). The song "Daybreak" first appeared on the 1976 studio album "This

The underestimated Alex Call and The Real Life sing "Perfect World" in a Help-A-Thon for the homeless concert at a 1989 San Francisco benefit concert. Alex who co-wrote the rock classic "867-5309/Jenny" and he was a member of the group Clover with Hey

Faces (lead vocals Ronnie Wood, Kenny Jones, Ian McLagan and Ronnie Lane) issued the single "Ooh La La" (Ronnie Lane - Ronnie Wood) from the 1973 LP of the same name. Rod Stewart and Ronnie Lane both tried singing lead but didn't were accepted. This,

Adapted from Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Harry Carroll - Joseph McCarthy) was introduced in the 1918 Broadway production of "Oh, Look!". That year it was successful as a recording by Charles W. Harrison. Perry Como and

"The Magic Song" (Al Hoffman - Mack David - Jerry Livingston" was introduced in the Academy Award nominated 1950 Walt Disney animated classic "Cinderella" where it's known as "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo". Verna Felton performed the song in the motion picture as

Grammy winner Rodney Crowell wrote "Making Memories Of Us", first recorded by Tracy Byrd for his 2003 LP "The Truth About Men". The track was not issued as a single. A year later the composer joined Vince Gill to alternate on lead vocals as members of