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Happy Canada Day! Hank (Clarence) Snow hit the big time when he wrote and recorded "I'm Movin' On" (Clarence E. Snow). The Singing Ranger topped the Country chart for the most part of 1950! Hank was a cabin boy in his native Nova Scotia where he also sold

Composer Jack Keller moved from California to Nashville and when he did Jack was featured on The Channel 4 Magazine. He performed a medley of his hits here with members of the television crew. Included was "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (Howard Greenfield

With the usual excellent arrangement and production by Hugo & Luigi Sam Cooke (Cook) hit number four on Billboard's R&B and number seventeen on the pop charts with "Having A Party" (Sam Cooke) in 1962. The B side was "Bring It On Home To Me"! On

From the 1968 LP "Soul Master" this is the late Edwin Starr (Charles Hatcher) with the writers version of "Oh How Happy" (Charles Hatcher). Edwin had success with "War", "Twenty-Five Miles" and "Agent Double-O-Soul". The blue eyed soul group The Shades

This is Chrissie Hynde in a 1999 London song circle with John Cale and Nick Cave with her songwriters version of "Back On The Chain Gang". Chrissie must have been familiar with the Sam Cooke hit "Chain Gang". Apparently when The Pretenders went to

The Orioles (Sonny Til, Alexander Sharp, John Carroll and Johnny Reed) released "Don't Go To Strangers" (Redd Evans - Arthur Kent) in 1954. This was backed with a great version to "Secret Love". The late Etta Jones "Don't Go To Strangers" shows her jazz

Jim Reeves had the original "In The Misty Moonlight" (Cindy Walker) in 1964. This track from the album "The Jim Reeves Way" was not issued as a single. Jerry Wallace recorded his version of "In The Misty Moonlight" for the album of the same name in 1964

Gene McDaniel's hit heavy in the sixties with "A 100 Pounds Of Clay", "Tower Of Strength" and "Chip Chip". None of those pop hits were composed by the singer. His1975 soulful album "Natural Juice" features his writer's version of "Feel Like Making Love".

Jamie Carr sings "If Ever I See You Again" (Joe Brooks) written for the movie of that name. This is from the soundtrack. Academy Award, Grammy and Golden Globe winner, producer, director, screenwriter and composer Joe Brooks (Kaplan) requested that

The Young Rascals (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati, Dino Danelli and Gene Cornish)"Groovin'" was the title of the 1967 album and single hit. The song with Felix on lead vocal topped the Billboard chart and hit number three on the R&B listing. This was

John "Etienne" Paree sang the original "Music, Music, Music (The Nickelodeon Song)" (Weiss - Baum) with Eddie Miller on piano in 1949. "Music, Music, Music (Put Another Nickel In)" was recorded several times from the first issue through to 1976 by

Doo Wop group The Five Keys (Dickie Threat, Rudy and Bernie West, Ripley Ingram, Maryland Pierce) recorded "Close Your Eyes" (Chuck Willis) in 1954. The single is on their album "The Fantastic Five Keys". Peaches (Francine Barker) And Herb's (Feemster)

Here is Academy Award winner Peter Allen (Woolnough) with the writer's version of "I Love You, I Honestly Love You" (Jeff Barry - Peter Allen) from the album "Continental American". Peter was Liza Minnelli's first husband and after their divorce came out

"Living In America" (Dan Hartman - Charlie Midnight) was issued by co-author Dan Hartman on the 1994 LP posthumously released "Keep The Fire Burnin'". Co-writer Charlie Midnight (Kaufman) wrote for the movies "The Bodyguard" and "Bull Durham". James

This is the composer's recording of "Somebody Loves Me" (Gershwin - MacDonald - DeSylva). George Gershwin wrote this for "George White's Scandals of 1924". Gershwin wrote songs for this revue for five consecutive years and left the revue in this year in a

"Il Mio Mondo" (My World) (Bindi - Paoli) was a 1963 issue for co-composer Umberto Bindi. Sadly the song wasn't a hit anywhere. Beatles producer George Martin heard the song and had it translated into English for his latest discovery at the time, Cilla

Apparently this song was pitched to Air Supply but it was turned down when the composers refused to change the lyric. In 1983 Laura Branigan issued the album "Branigan 2" and the single "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" (Doug James - Michael

Italy's Raf (Raffaele Riefoli) recorded his first single and the original "Self Control" (Bigazzi - Riefoli - Piccolo) in 1984 and was well received across Europe. In the Germanic territories, where the German terrorist cell Red Army Faction was

The Balfa Brothers (Dewey, Rodney, Burkeman, Harry and Will) were a noted traditional Cajun group. Their 1965 album of the same name "'Tit Galop Pour Mamou" (Dewey Balfa) is roughly translated as "Giddy Yup To Mamou". It's generally believed that this

Brazilian singer, songwriter, composer, poet and guitarist Chico (Francisco) Buarque (de Hollanda) recorded "A Banda" in 1966. The cut is on the album "Chico Buarque de Hollanda (Vol. 1)". The Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass cover of "A Banda" is

Ruby and the Romantics (Ruby Nash, Leroy Fann, George Lee, Ronald Mosely and Ed Roberts) released "Hey There Lonely Boy" (Leon Carr - Earl Shuman) peaking in the top thirty in 1963. It was 1969 when Eddie Holman issued "Hey There Lonely Girl". This

Waylon Jennings was the narrator aka The Ballader, he also wrote and sings the "Dukes Of Hazzard Theme (Good Ol' Boys)" for the CBS show. The television version features a banjo while the hit does not. There were also changes to the lyric including the

The Water Brothers Band from Champaign, Illinois issued the single "How 'Bout Us" (Dana Walden) in 1975. The tune was written by the group's keyboardist and produced by fellow group member Michael Day. Most of the band members went on to form the group

"Kokomo" (Phillips - McKenzie) was first recorded in 1986 by John Phillips and Denny Doherty of the Mamas and the Papas. This was not issued until 2010 on the album "Many Mamas, Many Papas". John and Denny were joined by John's daughter Mackenzie and

"I Feel A Song (In My Heart)" (Tony Camillo - Mary Sawyer) was recorded in 1971 by Sandra Richardson. Sandra aka Sandra Feva sang backup for Aretha Franklin, Prince and George Clinton. Gladys Knight and the Pips' (brother of Gladys, Bubba Knight,

The Impressions (Fred Cash, Sam Gooden and Leroy Hutson) released "Our Love Goes On And On" (Curtis Mayfield) in 1972 for the LP "Times Have Changed". By this time Curtis Mayfield had departed from the group so times had changed. Gladys Knight & The

"I Can't Let Go" (A. Gorgoni - C. Taylor) was produced for Evie Sands by the writers Chip Taylor and Al Gorgoni in 1965. The tune was successful in the Northeast U.S.. She recorded for Blue Cat, a subsidiary of the Red Bird label. Evie was the first to

Acclaimed violinist and conductor, Jan (Jacob) Garber, the "idol of the airwaves", hit number one with "Baby Face" issued as a B side in 1926. Co-composer Benny Davis sings the vocal. This track was edited to include the singer. The Wing And A Prayer

"Moonlight Lady" (Albert Hammond - C. B. Sager) was written and recorded by the multi-talented Albert Hammond in 1976 for the album "When I Need You". Widely considered to be the album that introduced him to North America, the Julio Iglesias (de la

Jesse James originated "Love Is All Right" in 1968 on his album "All Right Outta Sight". He also wrote "Boogaloo Down Broadway" for The Fantastic Johnny C. The instrumental hit for the Cliff Nobles and Company (Ronnie Baker, Bobby Eli, Norman Harris and

Every generation must reminisce. Available initially only in Japan, "Here We Go Again" was the title of the 2004 SR-71 (Mark Allan, John Allen, Pat DeMent and Mike Ruocco) album containing "1985" (Mitch Allan). Bowling For Soup (Chris Burney, Erik