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"My Baby Loves Lovin'" (Roger Cook - Roger Greenaway) is sung by co-author Roger Greenaway during a television interview. The songwriters started their music career as David and Jonathan who had success with the Beatles' "Michelle". Originally called

This is a love ballad supposedly written in 1860 by Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku the brother of Queen Liliuokalani who was the composer of "Aloha Oe". "Kaua i ka huahuai" (The Bubbling Spring) from the Richard Walton Tully play "The Bird Of Paradise"

Andre Merrit and Chris Brown wrote "Disturbia" (Brian Seals - Chris Brown - Andre Merrit - Robert Allen). The demo has Andre singing lead and Chris in the chorus. The tune was supposed to be included on a version of the 2007 Chris Brown double platinum

Cincinnati doo-wop group The Students' (lead LeRoy King, James Bolden, Ralph Byrd, Roy Ford, Richard Johnson and Dorsey Porter) 1958 release "Every Day Of The Week" (P. Tyus) was obviously the base for the hit "Bristol Stomp". The Dovells' (lead Len

The Hollies' (Graham Nash on lead vocals, Bernie Calvert, Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Eric Haydock) "Tell Me To My Face" (Allan Clarke - Tony Hicks - Graham Nash) was released on the 1966 U.K. LP "For Certain Because ..." and the U.S./Canada album "Stop,

Leading 10CC in this acoustic version of his hit, Graham Gouldman sings "Look Through Any Window" (Graham Gouldman - Charles Silverman). The concert was held in Beverwijk, The Netherlands in 2011. The Hollies' (Allan Clarke, Bobby Elliott, Eric Haydock,

The tune was first released as "Poppy (Amapola)" (Joseph Lacalle) by Orquesta Francesa de A. Moreno aka Spanish Tango Orchestra in 1923. Albert Games added English lyrics in 1937. Albert wrote the lyric for "Hail To The Chief" while composer Joseph

Johnny Cymbal (see Derek elsewhere on this site) and the 1963 demo for "Mr. Bass Man" (Johnny Cymbal). The unaccredited Ronnie Bright, once with The Coasters and back-up vocalist on "Who Put The Bomp, joined Johnny Cymbal (Blair) for the "Mr. Bass Man"

"Cruel Summer" (Jolley - Swain -Bananarama) hit at number nine on Billboard for girl group Bananarama (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward) from the 1983 LP of the same name. Inclusion in the 1984 movie "The Karate Kid" helped the song's

This is soul! "Your Good Thing (Is About To End)" (David Porter - Isaac Hayes) was first recorded by Mable John in 1966 when the issue peaked at number six R&B and in the mid-nineties on the pop charts. Mable is Little Willie John's sister. Three

Mick (Michael) Jackson issued "Weekend" (Mick Jackson - Tommy Mayer) as a single in 1978 and an album the following year. "Weekend" was covered the next year and became the last top forty hit for Wet Willie (lead vocalist Jimmy Hall and his brother

Recorded in 1927 this is Cuban singer, actress and pianist Rita Montaner (Facenda) with "El Manisero" (Moises Simons). Rita was once married to Xavier Cugat. It's been said that this tune introduced America to the rumba. Grammy winner, bandleader,

Minnesota native, singer, songwriter and session musician Dennis Morgan wrote "Smokey Mountain Rain" with Kye Fleming. This performance was recorded during his 2007 induction into the Mid-America Music Hall Of Fame in Medina, Minnesota. Six time Grammy

The 1997 Disney movie "Hercules" has Tony and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Roger Bart singing the inspirational and empowering "Go The Distance" (Alan Menken - David Zippel) on the soundtrack. Later Michael Bolton (Bolotin) sang "Go The Distance" in

The Isley Brothers original recording of "Love Is A Wonderful Thing" (R. Isley - O. Isley - R. Isley) was cut in 1964 as produced by Bert Berns and was released in 1966 as a single for United Artists. This bubbled under the Top One Hundred. Michael

A 1949 tear-jerker of a motion picture and an Oscar nominated hit song, "My Foolish Heart" (Victor Young - Ned Washington) was sung by Martha Mears in the film. Martha was the singing voice in movies for Claudette Colbert, Lucille Ball, Loretta Young,

Charlie Calello and Grammy nominee Joel Diamond produced this Richie Adams demo of "After The Lovin'" (Richie Adams - Alan Bernstein). The late Ritchie Adams (Ziegler) was a member of The Fireflies and co-wrote the classic "Tossin' And Turnin'". In 1976

The 1958 movie "Thunder Road" opens with Randy (Lloyd) Sparks singing "The Ballad Of Thunder Road" (Don Raye - Robert Mitchum). Randy was asked to play Robert Mitchum's brother in the film and write the music but that obviously didn't occur. Co-writer and

The incredibly talented Hoagy (Hoagland) Carmichael wrote "Stardust", originally published as "Star Dust". This was recorded by the author as the original instrumental in 1927 with his "pals" Emil Seidel's Orchestra and the Dorsey brothers. Mitchell

The trio Touch Of Class (Peter and Gerald Jackson, and Herbert Brevard) recorded a demo of "Turn The Beat Around" for their debut 1975 LP but it didn't show up by the group on vinyl until their 1979 self-titled release. Your humble poster prefers this

The late Italian singer, composer Lucio Battisti released "Balla Linda" (Battisti - Mogol) in 1968 where it reached the top twenty on the Italian chart as a B side. Created by Dunhill label owner Lou Adler with songwriters/producers P.F. Sloan and Steve

Co-writer Roger Gook with "Talking In Your Sleep" (Roger Cook - Bobby Wood). Co-composer Bobby Wood was the pianist on "Suspicious Minds" and "In The Ghetto" by Elvis Presley along with Danny O'Keefe's "Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues". Roger Cook

"Children Of The World" was a 1976 LP by The Bee Gees (lead Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb and Maurice Gibb) containing the track "Love Me" (Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb). Later that year Yvonne Elliman released "Love Me" from the album of the same name. The single

"Jesus Christ Superstar" spawned a few hits and one of them was Yvonne Elliman in the role of Mary Magdalene singing "I Don't Know How To Love Him" (A. L. Webber - T. Rice) in one take from the 1970 soundtrack double LP. The single reached number

Personal favourite Roger Miller wrote and performed "Whistle Stop" for the 1973 Disney film "Robin Hood". This is from the soundtrack. Roger played fiddle in Minnie Pearl's band. played drums with Faron Young's group and was once a member of Ray Price's

Fittingly released on the Paramount Records label, The Paramount Singers with the traditional gospel song "When All The Saints Go Marching In" from it's first known recording in 1923. The melody is traditionally used as a dirge during a New Orleans

Austria's Falco (Johann Holzel) introduced "Der Kommissar" (Falco - Robert Pronger) in 1981 topping the charts in other parts of the planet, top twenty in Canada but it didn't do well in the U.S. nationally. The single is from the album "Einzelhaft".

Delaney & Bonnie (Bramlett) And Friends (Duane Allmam plays lead guitar, Leon Russell on piano) issued "Groupie (Superstar)" (Bramlett - Russell) in 1969. Delaney Bramlett was a members of the house band on television's "Shindig" while Bonnie was the

James Ingram admitted that "Just Once" (Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil) started as a fifty dollar demo for ATV Music. I feel confident that James had no idea he would win Grammy nominations for the final product. ATV was founded as Associated Television in the

"Ooo Baby, Bay" (William Robinson - Warren Moore) was a 1965 number sixteen pop and number four R&B hit for The Miracles (Smokey and Claudette Robinson, Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers, Ronnie White). The single is from the album "Going To A Go-Go" which

The Bobby Troup Trio with Virginia Maxey sings "Daddy" (Troupe) from 1951. Bobby also wrote "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" and starred with wife Julie London in television's "Emergency" in the seventies. Virginia Maxey was a big band singer with Tony

Smokey Robinson produced The Temptations (lead David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul and Otis Williams) "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Norman Whitfield - Edward Holland Jr. - Cornelius Grant). The single with guitar work by co-composer

The Temptations' (lead vocal Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks and Otis Williams) "How Can I Forget" (Whitfield - Strong) was released as a B side in 1968. The single is on the album "The Temptations Wish It Would Rain". Marvin Gayes'

"Remember What I Told You To Forget" (Brian Potter - Dennis Lambert) was recorded by The Four Tops (lead Levi Stubbs, Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir and Lawrence Payton) in 1972. Early in their career The Four Tops sang backup for The Supremes and Martha and

In 1964 The Miracles (Smokey and Claudette Robinson, Pete Moore, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarpin and Ronnie White) recorded "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (Norman Whitfield - Edward Holland Jr.). The original was not issued until the 1966 LP "Away We A Go-Go".

In 1975 The Choice Four (Charles Blagmon, Bobby Hamilton, Ted Maduro and Pete Marshall) recorded the Van McCoy produced "I'm Gonna Walk Away From Love" (Charles Kipps). Later that year former Temptations lead, member of The Dixie Nightingales and The

The 1966 LP "Gettin' Ready" contains The Temptations (Eddie Kendricks lead vocals, Melvin Franklin, David Ruffin, Otis Williams and Paul Williams) original "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (Norman Whitfield - Janie Bradford - Barrett Strong). Marvin

(Daryl) Hall and (John) Oates "She's Gone" (Hall - Oates) is on the 1973 album "Abandoned Luncheonette". When it was issued as a single edit the song stalled at number sixty on Billboard. Two years later the original was re-released and peaked at number

Based on the traditional "Young Man's Lamentation", a Knoxville, Tennessee busker known as "The Blind Musician Of The Smoky Mountains" George Reneau recorded "On Top Of Old Smoky" in 1925 at a NYC studio. This isn't the melody associated with the song

The Larry Butler album "Larry Butler and Friends" includes his version of (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" (Larry Butler - Chips Moman) along with noted musicians The Jordanaires, Pete Drake, Bob Moore, Tommy Allsup and Pig

Frankie Valli (Castelluccio) was first to record "Native New Yorker" (Sandy Linzer - Denny Randell) for the 1977 album "Lady Put The Light Out". The songwriters were also known for their Four Seasons hits "Let's Hang On" and "Working My Way Back To You".

The Tony winning 1955 Broadway musical "Damn Yankees" introduced (You've Gotta Have) Heart (Dick Adler - Jerry Ross) ran for over one thousand performances. The production was successfully revived in 1994 while the movie version was released in 1958 and

Ted Daffan wrote as Frankie Brown and recorded "Born To Lose" in 1942. In 1944 this release by Ted Daffan's Texans with vocal by Leon Seago peaked at number three. Just some of the entertainers who recorded this song: Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis,

Former keyboard player for Sam Cooke, Leon Haywood recorded this version of his own song "Bad Mama Jamma" on the LP "Freaky Man" in 1994. Carl Carlton released "She's A Bad Mama Jamma (She's Built, She's Stacked)" in 1981 and peaked at number twenty-two

From the LP "Words And Music" this is Randy Goodrum and "Foolish Heart (Steve Perry - Randy Goodrum) on which Randy sang, composed, played keyboards and produced. Randy was pianist for Roy Orbison, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. Steve Perry's 1984 debut

Randy Goodrum sings "Broken Hearted Me", one of the many hits he wrote. That list includes "You Needed Me" and "Bluer Than Blue". In high school Randy was part of a jazz trio that included Bill Clinton on saxophone. High school classmates England Dan

In 1976 "Love Ballad" (Skip Yarborough) hit for L.T.D. (lead vocalist Jeffrey Osborne, Celeste Cole, Henry Davis, Johnny McGee, Billy Osborne and Robert Santiel) from their album "Love To The World". This topped the R&B chart and reached number twenty

"Crazy Arms" was written by Ralph Mooney and Charles Seals in 1949. Ralph Mooney played steel guitar as a member of bands for Waylon Jennings, Wynn Stewart and appeared on the Merle Haggard hit "Swinging Doors" and Buck Owens' "Under Your Spell Again".

Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates) recorded his first single and what became the classic "I'm A Man" (E. McDaniels) in 1955 and hit number one on the R&B chart. Ellas Bates changed his name to Ellas McDaniel when he was adopted by his cousin Gussie McDaniel.

Ruby And The Romantics (Ruby Nash, Leroy Fann, George Lee, Ronald Mosley and Ed Roberts) recorded the original "When You're Young And In Love" (Van McCoy) in 1964. The single peaked at number forty-eight on Billboard. The Marvelettes (Wanda Young,

The 1977 album "The Idiot" was Iggy Pop's (James Osterberg) debut solo effort and includes David Bowie on toy piano, saxophone and keyboards during the "China Girl" (David Bowie - Iggy Pop) session. Wikipedia: "Once I hit junior high in Ann Arbor, I began

The Superiors (Dwight Burgess, Travis Fountain, Delin Green, Jay Greer and Sean Miranda) recorded "Step By Step" (Maurice Starr) in the summer of 1987 as their one and only Motown single. Producer, writer Maurice Starr (Lawrence Johnson) also discovered

Please excuse another indulgence. In the late fifties and into the sixties The Beau Marks (Joey Frechette, Ray Hutchinson, Mike Robitaille and Gilles Tailleur) were a unique Canadian group as they wrote, financed and produced their music in their native

From the LP "Heart On My Sleeve" this is Don Robertson singing his composition "Hummingbird". It was Don who created the piano slip note that Floyd Cramer made famous. Les Paul (Polsfuss) and Mary Ford (Iris Summers) were among many acts recording

Born in Beijing, China, on Dec. 5, 1922, while his father was overseas teaching medicine at Peking Union College, Don Robertson began learning piano, from his mother, when he was just four years old, and he started composing music only a few years later.

The Scarlets (lead vocalist Fred Parris, Albert Denby, Sylvester Hopkins, Nathaniel Mosely and William Powers) were later known as The Five Satins. They released "Cry Baby" (F. Parris - S. Hopkins) as a B side in 1955. Three unrelated nurses called

In 1958 a demo of "Deep Sleep" (Farina - Farina) by Mike Dee and the Mello Tones (Santo Farina on steel guitar, brother Johnny Farina on rhythm guitar and drummer Uncle Mike Dee) was the genesis of "Sleep Walk". The tune is heard here in an updated

Len Chandler was a protest singer and that makes "Beans In Your Ears" a protest song should you decide to listen. Len made an appearance with Pete Seeger on the television show "Rainbow Quest" where they sang the song about adults not listening to

Session vocalist Lezli Valentine originally recorded "Love On A Two-Way Street" (Robinson - Keyes) in 1968 on the All Platinum label co-owned by co-writer Sylvia Robinson. Lezli has long insisted she played a major part in the writing process. The

Sweden's Ulla Billquist (Schonstrom) recorded "Min Soldat" (My Soldier) (Nils Perne aka Jokern) in 1940. The tune was written for Gosta Jonsson's revue "Det Kommer En Var" in Stockholm. During the war years this was the most popular song in the country.

The theme for the 1981 Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli film "Arthur" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Here is Carole Bayer Sager singing "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (Christopher Cross - Burt

One-hit wonders, The Capitols' (lead vocalist Samuel George, Don Storball and Richard Mitchell) "Cool Jerk" (Storball) reached number seven pop and number two R&B on Billboard in 1966. The Funk Brothers supplied the instrumental talents. Originally

R&B pianist, singer, songwriter Ivory Joe Hunter was known as The Baron Of The Boogie and Ivory Joe was his given name. Over his career he was successful with blues, R&B, boogie-woogie and country music. His 1957 single of "Empty Arms" peaked at

Ethel Merman (Zimmerman) and Virginia Gibson (Gorski) sang "Mutual Admiration Society" (Harold Karr - Matt Dubey) from the 1956 Broadway musical "Happy Hunting" where they played mother and daughter. Fernando Lamas was the star and Estelle Parsons made

OneRepublic lead vocalist and Grammy winner Ryan Tedder wrote "Halo" (Ryan Tedder - Evan Bogart) specifically for Beyonce (Knowles). Mr. T. graduated from Oral Roberts University with a degree in Public Relations and Advertising. Ryan interned at

Lenny Leblanc with "Falling" (LeBlanc - Struzick) from his 1975 self-titled debut album. Lenny sang backup for Roy Orbison, The Supremes, Hank Williams Jr. and Amy Grant. The duo of (Lenny) LeBlanc and (Pete) Carr hit number thirteen on Billboard with

The 1975 R&B chart topping album "Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan" includes "Sweet Thing" (T. Maiden - C. Khan). The single by the band Rufus (lead vocal Chaka Khan aka Yvette Stevens, Andre Fischer, Tony Maiden, Nate Morgan, Kevin Murphy and Bobby Watson)

Leave it to a Brit and his wife to write an "American beach tune" that includes horns. Songwriter John Carter (Shakespeare) performed his classic compositions at the Sidewalk Cafe in Manhattan's East Village in 1999 and the final tune he sang was his

Nick Gilder and Sweeney Todd performing "The Warrior" (Nick Gilder - Holly Knight) in Port Alberni, British Columbia. Bryan Adams was once a member of Sweeney Todd. Scandal (lead vocalist Patty Smyth, Ivan Elias, Keith Mack, Tommy Price and Keith Mack)

Once a singer with Duke Ellington's Orchestra and blind from birth Al Hibbler had an enviable solo career with hits like "Unchained Melody" and "He". The original "After The Lights Go Down Low" (Alan White - Leroy Lovett) was recorded in 1955. Despite the

James (Hans) Last wrote the melody for "Der Weg ins Land der Liebe" aka "When The Snow Is On The Roses" so we start with his take on the original from the LP "Country Roads". Swiss born German songstress Sonja Stadlin recorded the first "Der Weg ins

Billie Satellitte's "I Wanna Go Back" was written by group members Monty Byrom, Danny Chauncey and Ira Walker without the participation of drummer Tom Falletti and released in 1984. The single is from their self-titled debut album. From the same album

Grammy and Tony winner Jennifer Holliday recorded "Peace In Our Time" (Andy Hill - Peter Sinfield) for the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics LP "One Moment In Time". Eddie Money's (Mahoney) cover was on his 1989 album "Greatest Hits: The Sound Of Money". The

In his autobiography, Richard Adler got the idea for the title "Everybody Loves A Lover" from his lawyer based on the Shakespeare quote "all the world loves a lover", after Adler expressed concern over his then wife threatening to expose his illicit

"A Paper Of Pins" is a British Folk Song, courting song and/or children's song with the earlier title "The Keys Of Canterbury". It was added to the Alan Lomax collection in the thirties. Straight sewing pins were once sold stuck through a paper sheet side

Ten-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan's (Yvette Stevens) first album without the band Rufus was titled simply "Chaka" in 1978. The lead track with Cissy (Drinkard) Houston and Will Lee supplying backing vocals on the LP was "I'm Every Woman" written by the

"Down Yonder" (L. Wolfe Gilbert) was recorded by the Peerless Quartet (Henry Burr, Albert Campbell, Frank Croxton and John Meyer) in 1921 and reached number nine on the charts. The composer also wrote "Ramona" and "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee". Del

Streetsinger Lou Bandy (Lodewijk Dieben) sings the Dutch military tune "Wie Heeft Er Suiker In De Erwtensoep Gedaan" (Jack Van Tol - Lou Bandy), English translation "Who Has Done Sugar In The Pea Soup". This 1937 vinyl release has a chorus that will

Rose Royce (lead vocalist Gwen Dickey, Kenji Brown, Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn, Henry Garner, Lequeint Jobe, Michael Moore, Michael Nash and Terry Santiel) included the Norman Whitfield produced "Wishing On A Star" (Billie Rae Calvin) on their second

This is the unreleased Joni Mitchell demo for Joni Mitchell's "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio". While she was on tour with Graham Nash and David Crosby Atlantic Records' founder Ahmet Ertegun was convinced by Graham to give her a listen. This is the unmixed

The Intruders (lead vocalist Sam Brown, Eugene Daughtry, Robert Edwards and Phil Terry) "(We'll Be) United" (Gamble - Huff) was released in 1966. The group helped define the "Philadelphia Sound" and were one of the first groups to work with the writing

Ed Townsend wrote and recorded "For Your Love" in 1958. The single backed with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra and Chorus reached number seven on the R&B chart and number thirteen on the Top One Hundred. Following a stint in the U.S. Marines where he won

B. W. (Louis Charles) Stevenson recorded "Shambala" (Daniel Moore) in 1973 and charted in the lower regions on both the pop and A.C. listings. The B.W. stood for Buckwheat. There is supposed to be a mythical kingdom in the Himalayas called Shambhala.

Neil Diamond at New York City's "Bitter End" in 1967 with his writer's version of "A Little Bit me, A Little Bit You". My spouse and I had the pleasure of seeing Neil Diamond in concert twice, although the concerts were decades apart, and must confirm