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The Reverend Al Green (Greene) 1972 album "Let's Stay Together" (Willie Mitchell - Al Green - Al Jackson Jr.) contains the Willie Mitchell produced 1971 single of the same name. This topped the Top One Hundred and R&B charts. In 1976 Al was ordained

The first recording of "Gone" (Smokey Rogers) was credited to Terry Preston aka Ferlin Husky in 1952. Actor, musician Smiley (Lester) Burnette suggested the name because the name Ferlin Husky wouldn't work. Composer Smokey (Eugene) Rogers was a member of

Jacques Renard was first to record the classic "Heartaches" (Al Hoffman - John Klenner) in January of 1931 featuring vocalist Chester Gaylord. A version by Ted Weems reached number one in 1947. The orchestra first recorded "Heartaches" in 1933 and

Thomas Wayne (Perkins) recorded "Tragedy" (Burch - Nelson) with the Delons, three local high school girls recruited specifically for this recording, in 1959. This was produced by Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley guitar player. The single peaked at number five

Jim Weatherly composed "Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be the First To Say Goodbye)" for the 1972 album "Weatherly". The album contains the track "Midnight Plane to Houston" that eventually became "Midnight Train to Georgia". In 1973 Motown (Soul Records)

"Dobie Gray Sings for 'In' Crowders That 'Go Go'" was the title of the 1964 album that gave us the hit 1965 single "The In Crowd" (Billy Page). This peaked at number thirteen on Billboard for Dobie Gray (Lawrence Brown). It is unusual that an

Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra featuring composer and jazz pianist Eddie Heywood recorded "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood) in 1956. This peaked at number two on Billboard and number seven on the R&B chart! Eddie often backed Billie Holiday.

In 1954 The Erroll Garner Trio released the original instrumental "Misty" (Gardner) for the album "Contrasts". Erroll record another version in 1957. Of course this was played in the Clint Eastwood 1971 movie "Play Misty For Me". Johnny Burke added

This is the original recording of "Colonel Bogey" by Major F. J. (Frederick Joseph) Ricketts R.M. aka the "British March King" Kenneth J. Alford. The pseudonym was used because servicemen were discouraged from having a professional outside the military.

Here is another traditional folk song, "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" was published in Christy's Plantation melodies, Number Two songbook in 1853. This was intended for live shows and in blackface. Through time racial slurs were deleted. Wikipedia" "The

The head of A&R at Columbia Records, Mitch Miller introduced "Song For a Summer Night" (R. Allen) on the Westinghouse "Studio One" Summer Theatre television show in 1956. One side of the release was vocal while the other was the hit instrumental and

"Gimme Some Lovin" (S. Winwood -S. David - M. Winwood) hit the charts for the Spencer Davis Group (Spencer Davis, Steve and brother Muff Winwood along with drummer Pete York) in 1966. The single reached number seven on Billboard. The U.K. release reached

The co-author of "Swingtown" (Chris McCarty - Steve Miller) Christopher B. McCarty aka CB McCarty aka Chris McCarty aka Le Masque has his own take from the album "The Music Of Le Masque". The Steve Miller Band's (Steve Miller, Dave Denny, Lonnie Turner,

Steve Miller wrote and produced "Fly Like An Eagle for the album of the same name which featured the hit "Rock'n Me". The single peaked at number two on the Billboard Top One Hundred in 1977. Britain's Seal (Henry Samuel) cover was recorded for the

Composer Umberto Tozzi sings his Italian hit "Gloria" (Tozzi - Bigazzi), a huge success in his country and several others in 1979. An edited version of the original Italian appears in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street". Trevor Veitch supplied

Outside of demos the first song recorded in studio by Ritchie Valens (Valenzuela) was "Come On Let's Go" (Valens - Kuhn). Recorded at the famed Gold Star Studio, session musicians included Carole Kaye and Earl Palmer in July of 1958. Within days of the

JJ (John Weldon) Cale released the single "Slow Motion" in 1966 and on the B side was "After Midnight". The single reached number forty-two on Billboard. The artist referred to himself as "JJ" to avoid confusion with John Cale of The Velvet Underground.

Dionne Warwick (Warrick) first released "Never Gonna Let You Go" for her 1982 album "Friends In Love". Dionne had been discovered by Burt Bacharach while she was singing back-up for The Drifters. The most successful cover of "Never Gonna Let You Go"