AND I LOVE YOU SO

PERRY COMO

SONGWRITER: DON MCLEAN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: AND I LOVE YOU SO

LABEL: RCA RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1973

 

        Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como(/ˈkoʊmoʊ/; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing with the label in 1943.

     He recorded primarily vocal pop and was renowned for recordings in the intimate, easy-listening genre pioneered by multi-media star Bing Crosby.

     "Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world. In the official RCA Records Billboard magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all."

        Como received five Emmys from 1955 to 1959, and a Christopher Award in 1956. He also shared a Peabody Award with good friend Jackie Gleason in 1956. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 1990 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1987. Posthumously, Como received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 and was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006. He has the distinction of having three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio, television, and music

       And I Love You So was Perry Como's 21st 12" long-play album released by RCA Records.

       As with It's Impossible, this album was issued to feature a surprise hit single, Don McLean's "And I Love You So". Como brought the song to the national top 40 (Number One Easy Listening). Previous versions of the song by Bobby Goldsboro and Bobby Vinton had met with mild or no success. Como's version was so successful, RCA asked him to record the song in Spanish. When Como said he didn't speak the language, he received personal Spanish lessons from the head of RCA International to get the record made. As in recent Como LP's, this collection features selections from then contemporary recording artists such as Roberta Flack, The Carpenters, Ray Price, Tony Orlando and Dawn, Bread and Mac Davis. The album was among the last to be produced by Chet Atkins before he stepped down from his executive position at RCA's Nashville studios.

And I love you so

The people ask me how

How I've lived till now

I tell them I don't know

 

I guess they understand

How lonely life has been

But life began again

The day you took my hand

 

And yes, I know how lonely life can be

The shadows follow me 'n' the night won't set me free

But I don't let the evening get me down

Now that you're around me

 

And you love me, too

Your thoughts are just for me

You set my spirit free

I'm happy that you do

 

The book of life is brief

And once a page is read

All but life is dead

That is my belief

 

And yes, I know how lonely life can be

The shadows follow me and the night won't set me free

But I don't let the evening get me down

Now that you're around me.

THE POWER OF LOVE

AIR SUPPLY

SONWRITERS: Gunther Mende; Jennifer Rush; Mary Susan Applegate & Wolfgang Detmann

COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA/U. K.

ALBUM: AIR SUPPLY

LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1985

 

           Air Supply is an Australian-English soft rock duo, consisting of English-born singer-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell and Australian lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock. They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight top-ten hits in the United States in the early 1980s. They formed in 1975 and have included various accompanying musicians and singers. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) inducted Air Supply into their Hall of Fame on 1 December 2013, at the annual ARIA Awards.

       Air Supply is the eighth studio and second eponymous album by Australian soft rock band Air Supply, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). The album was a step down in the band's sales, reaching gold certification and #26 in the US charts. The single "Just as I Am" was their last major entry on the charts, reaching #19 on the Billboard Hot 100, while their interpretation of the Jennifer Rush song "The Power of Love" became a minor hit, reaching #68. 

The whispers in the morning

Of lovers sleeping tight

Are rolling by like thunder now

As I look in your eyes

 

I hold on to your body

And feel each move you make

Your voice is warm and tender

A love that I could not forsake

 

'Cause you are my lady

And I am your man

Whenever you reach for me

I'll do all that I can

 

Lost is how I'm feeling

Lying in your arms

When the world outside's too much to take

That all ends when I'm with you

 

Even though there may be times

It seems I'm far away

Never wonder where I am

'Cause I am always by your side

 

'Cause you are my lady

And I am your man

Whenever you reach for me

I'll do all that I can

 

We're heading for something

Somewhere I've never been

Sometimes I am frightened

But I'm ready to learn of the power of love

 

The sound of your heart beating

Made it clear suddenly

The feeling that I can't go on

Is light years away

 

We're heading for something

Somewhere I've never been

Sometimes I am frightened

But I'm ready to learn of the power of love

 

We're heading for something

Somewhere I've never been

Sometimes I am frightened

But I'm ready to learn of the power of love

 

We're heading for something

Somewhere I've never been

Sometimes I am frightened

But I'm ready to learn of the power of love.

NO TIME FOR TALK

CHRISTOPHER CROSS

SONGWRITER: CHRISTOPHER C. CROSS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ANOTHER PAGE

LABEL: WARNER RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1983

 

       Christopher Cross(born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer from San Antonio, Texas. Cross won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (from the 1981 film Arthur) peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. "Sailing" earned three Grammys in 1981, while "Arthur's Theme" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981 (with co-composers Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen).

        Another Page is Christopher Cross's second studio album, recorded in 1982 and released in early 1983. It was not as commercially successful as its predecessor (it was certified Gold by the RIAA, but only after his self-titled debut album had already been certified Platinum by the time of the release of Another Page). "Think of Laura", taken from the album as Cross's third single, reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. It was Cross' final single to reach the Top 10. The first single, "All Right", reached #12 on the chart a year before. As a single, "No Time For Talk" peaked at #33. "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" appeared as a bonus track on the cassette and later CD releases of the album.

         An instrumental version of "No Time for Talk" appeared in the movie American Anthem, which was composed by the song's co-author and producer of Another Page, Michael Omartian.

Well I read it in town in the melancholy news

The front page story is our love is through

The hand of time is cold -- I can't stand to hear the truth

Somehow I won't believe it 'til I've heard it from you

 

But there's no time for talk

And there's no place for tears

There's no reason to wonder after all of these years

Sure we had some good times

And so who's to blame

It's so hard to tell when you both feel the pain

 

After the years have come and gone

The struggle to forget you will have just begun

We had our ups and downs but one thing's for sure

No one will ever love you more.

MAGIC

MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK

SONGWRITER: SØREN MADSEN & ASHLEY MULFORD

COUNTRY: DENMARK

ALBUM: NOTHING TO LOSE

LABEL: MLTR MUSIC

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1997

 

         Nothing to Lose is the fourth studio album of the Danish soft rock band Michael Learns to Rock. It was released on September 12, 1997 by Medley Records in Denmark. Like the previous album, Played on Pepper(1995), it was mainly produced by the band itself. Guitar player Mikkel Lentz said the band programmed new beats during the mixing process as they wanted to experiment a bit more with this album. While the band's previous albums relied heavily on soft rock ballads, Nothing to Lose also contains a rockier sound intended to suit the European market. Bass guitar player Søren Madsen debuts as songwriter on the track "Magic".

          In Denmark, Nothing to Lose sold 25.000 copies on the day of release. In May 1998, the album had sold 500.000 copies worldwide, with 70.000 copies being sold in Denmark.

          The fourth single, "I'm Gonna Be Around" was re-produced by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger for its single release. The song was "written especially for the United States" according to lead singer Jascha Richter. It was later included on the compilation álbum MLTR(1999).

I see you movin around in the light

Been watching you for a while

I don't know what's inside of your mind

But it's lightning when I look in your eyes

 

I never trusted in miracles

I never looked in the stars

But when I see an angel on earth

That makes my heart sing

I believe in anything

 

Cos there's magic in the way you walk

Something special in the way you talk

This is real this is true

I've got the faith in you

 

Chorus:

La la la la...la la la

Every little thing you do

Becomes magic

 

You gotta stop this feeling of burning desire

From slowly driving me mad

So bring me in from the cold with your love

I'm never gonna stop

I'm never gonna give you up

 

Cos there's magic in the way you walk

Something special in the way you talk

This is real this is true

I've got the faith in you

 

Chorus:

La la la la...la la la

Every little thing you do

Becomes magic.

ALL OUT OF LOVE

AIR SUPPLY

SONGWRITERS: CLIVE J. DAVIS & GRAHAM RUSSELL

COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA

ALBUM: LOST IN LOVE

LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1980

 

        Air Supply is an Australian-English soft rock duo, consisting of English-born singer-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell and Australian lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock. They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight top-ten hits in the United States in the early 1980s. They formed in 1975 and have included various accompanying musicians and singers. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) inducted Air Supply into their Hall of Fame on 1 December 2013, at the annual ARIA Awards.

          "All Out of Love" is a song by British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released as a single in 1980 from their fifth studio album Lost in Love. The song was written by Graham Russell and Clive Davis. The song's lyrics describe the emotional state of a man desperately trying to win back the love of his life after the couple's separation caused by a wrong done by the man against the woman he's in love with. In the United States, it reached number two on the Hot 100(blocked from the top spot by both "Upside Down" by Diana Ross and "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen) and number 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In the UK, the song reached number 11 and is their only top 40 hit in that country. It placed 92nd in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Love Songs" in 2003.

I'm lying alone with my head on the phone

Thinking of you 'til it hurts

I know you're hurt too, but what else can we do?

Tormented and torn apart

I wish I could carry your smile in my heart

For times when my life seems so low

It would make me believe what tomorrow could bring

When today doesn't really know

Doesn't really know

 

I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you

I know you were right believing for so long

I'm all out of love, what am I without you?

I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong

 

I want you to come back and carry me home

Away from these long, lonely nights

I'm reaching for you, are you feeling it too?

Does the feeling seem oh so right?

And what would you say if I called on you now

And said that I can't hold on?

There's no easy way, it gets harder each day

Please love me or I'll be gone

I'll be gone

 

I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you

I know you were right believing for so long

I'm all out of love, what am I without you?

I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong

 

Oh, what are you thinking of?

What are you thinking of?

What are you thinking of?

What are you thinking of?

 

I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you

I know you were right believing for so long

I'm all out of love, what am I without you?

I can't be too late, I know I was so wrong

 

I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you

I know you were right believing for so long

I'm all out of love, what am I without you?

I can't be too late, I know I was so wrong

 

I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you

I know you were right believing for so long

I'm all out of love, what am I without you?

I can't be too late to say that I was so wrong

(I'm all out of love, I'm so lost without you, I know you were right).

YOU’RE SMILING FACE

JAMES TAYLOR

SONGWRITER: JAMES TAYLOR

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ÁLBUM: JT

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1977

 

          James Vernon Taylor(born March 12, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

            Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the Nº 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first Nº 1 hit in 1971 with his recording of "You've Got a Friend", written by Carole King in the same year. His 1976 Greatest Hits album was certified Diamond and has sold 12 million copies in the US alone. Following his 1977 album JT, he has retained a large audience over the decades. Every album that he released from 1977 to 2007 sold over 1 million copies. He enjoyed a resurgence in chart performance during the late 1990s and 2000s, when he recorded some of his most-awarded work (including Hourglass, October Road, and Covers). He achieved his first number-one album in the US in 2015 with his recording Before This World.

Taylor is also known for his covers, such as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" and "Handy Man", as well as originals such as "Sweet Baby James". He played the leading role in Monte Hellman's 1971 film Two-Lane Blacktop.

          "Your Smiling Face" is a hit single by singer James Taylor. First available on the álbum JT, and released as the album's sophomore single in September 1977, "Your Smiling Face" peaked at number 11 in Cash Box magazine and at 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 near year's end. It reached number 11 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada. On Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, it reached number 6.

Whenever I see your smiling face

I have to smile myself

Because I love you, yes, I do

And when you give me that pretty little pout

It turns me inside out

There's something about you, baby

I don't know

 

Isn't it amazing a man like me

Can feel this way

Tell me how much longer

It could grow stronger every day

Oh, how much longer?

 

I thought I was in love a couple of times

Before with the girl next door

But that was long before I met you

Now I'm sure that I won't forget you

And I thank my lucky stars

That you are who you are

And not just another lovely lady

Set out to break my heart

 

Isn't it amazing a man like me

Can feel this way

Tell me how much longer

It could grow stronger every day

How much longer?

 

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today, whenever I see you smile at me

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong today

Whenever I see your smiling face my way

No one can tell me that I'm doing it wrong today

No one can tell me that I'm doing it wrong today, no, no, darling

La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

Ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye, ye.

HOW CAN I TELL HER

LOBO

SONGWRITER: KENT LA VOIE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CALUMET

LABEL: BIG TREE RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1973

 

      Roland Kent LaVoie(born July 31, 1943), better known by his stage name Lobo(which is a Spanish word for wolf), is an American singer-songwriter who was successful in the early 1970s, scoring several U.S. Top 10 hits including "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo", "I'd Love You to Want Me", and "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend". These three songs, along with "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love", gave Lobo four chart toppers on the Easy Listening/Hot Adult Contemporary chart.

          "How Can I Tell Her" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lobo, from his third studio album Calumet. The song reached Nº 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Nº 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

She knows when I am lonesome

She cries when I am sad

She's up in the good times

She's down in the bad

Whenever I am discouraged

She knows just what to do

But girl,

She doesn't know about you

 

I can tell her my troubles

She makes them all seem right

I can make up excuses

Not to hold her at night

We can talk of tomorrow

I'll tell her things that I wanna do

But girl,

How can I tell her about you?

 

How can I tell her about you?

Girl, please tell me what to do

Everything seems right whenever I'm with you

So girl, won't you tell me

How to tell her about you

 

How can I tell her I don't miss her

Whenever I am away

How can I say it's you I think of

Every single night and day

But when is it easy telling someone the truth

Oh girl, help me tell her about you

 

How can I tell her about you?

Girl, please tell me what to do

Everything seems right whenever I'm with you

So girl, won't you tell me

How to tell her about you.

FAITHFULLY

STEVE PERRY (JOURNEY BAND)

SONGWRITER: JONATHAN CAIN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: FRONTIERS

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1983

 

       Stephen Ray Perry(born January 22, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for being the lead singer of the rock band Journey during their most commercially successful periods from 1977 to 1987, and again from 1995 to 1998. Perry also had a successful solo career between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s, made sporadic appearances in the 2000s, and returned to music full-time in 2018.

         Perry's singing voice has garnered acclaim from prominent musical peers and publications; he has been dubbed "The Voice", a moniker originally coined by Jon Bon Jovi. Ranked Nº 76 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time", Perry was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey on April 7, 2017.

          Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch. Guitarist Neal Schon is their only constant member. The rest of the current lineup includes keyboardists Jonathan Cain and Jason Derlatka, drummers Narada Michael Walden and Deen Castronovo, bassist Randy Jackson, and vocalist Arnel Pineda.

       Journey had their biggest commercial success between 1978 and 1987, When Steve Perry was lead vocalist; they released a series of hit songs, including "Don't Stop Believin'"(1981), which in 2009 became the top-selling track in iTunes history among songs not released in the 21st century. Escape, Journey's seventh and most successful album, reached Nº 1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded another of their most popular singles, "Open Arms". The 1983 follow-up album, Frontiers, was almost as successful in the United States, reaching Nº 2 and spawning several successful singles; it broadened the band's appeal in the United Kingdom, where it reached Nº 6 on the UK Albums Chart. Journey enjoyed a successful reunion in the mid-1990s and have since regrouped twice; first with Steve Augeri from 1998-2006, then with Arnel Pineda from 2007 to the present.

      Sales have resulted in twenty five gold and platinum albums, in addition to the fifteen-time platinum RIAA Diamond Certified, 1988's Greatest Hits album. They have had nineteen Top 40 singles in the U.S. (the second most without a Billboard Hot 100 number one single behind Electric Light Orchestra with 20), six of which reached the Top 10 of the US chart and two of which reached Nº 1 on other Billboard charts, and a Nº 6 hit on the UK Singles Chart in "Don't Stop Believin'". In 2005, "Don't Stop Believin'" reached Nº 3 on iTunes downloads. Originally a progressive rock band, Journey was described by AllMusic as having cemented a reputation as "one of America's most beloved (and sometimes hated) commercial rock/pop bands" by 1978, when they redefined their sound by embracing pop arrangements on their fourth album, Infinity.

         According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Journey has sold 48 million albums in the U.S., making them the 25th best-selling band. Their worldwide sales have reached over 80 million records globally, making them one of the world's best-selling bands of all time. A 2005 USA Today opinion poll named Journey the fifth-best U.S. rock band in history. Their songs have become arena rock staples and are still played on rock radio stations around the world. Journey ranks No. 96 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

         Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the class of 2017. Inductees included lead singer Steve Perry, guitarist Neal Schon, keyboardists Jonathan Cain and Gregg Rolie, bassist Ross Valory, and drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Steve Smith.

         "Faithfully" is a song by American rock band Journey, and the second single from their album Frontiers. The song was written by keyboardist Jonathan Cain. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their second consecutive top-twenty hit from Frontiers. Despite featuring no chorus, it has gone on to become one of the band's most recognizable hits and has enjoyed lasting popularity. In a Classic Rock article, "Faithfully" was called the greatest power ballad ever recorded.

Highway run

Into the midnight sun

Wheels go round and round

You're on my mind

Restless hearts

Sleep alone tonight

Sendin' all my love

Along the wire

 

They say that the road

Ain't no place to start a family

Right down the line

It's been you and me

And lovin' a music man

Ain't always what it's supposed to be

 

Oh girl, you stand by me

I'm forever yours, faithfully

 

Circus life

Under the big top world

We all need the clowns

To make us smile

Through space and time

Always another show

Wondering where I am

Lost without you

 

And being apart ain't easy on this love affair

Two strangers learn to fall in love again

I get the joy of rediscovering you

Oh girl, you stand by me

I'm forever yours, faithfully

 

Whoa-oh, oh-oh

Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh

Whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

 

Faithfully

I'm still yours

 

I'm forever yours

Forever yours

Faithfully.