DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE
THE MAMAS
& THE PAPAS
SONGWRITERS:
LOWMAN PAULING & RALPH BASS
COUNTRY: U.
S. A.
ALBUM: DELIVER
LABEL: DUNHILL
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1966
The Mamas & The Papas
Deliver is the third album by The Mamas & the Papas, released in 1967. It
charted at #2 in Billboard's "Top Pop" albums for 1967. Three of the
album's singles ranked in the "Pop Singles" chart: "Dedicated to
the One I Love" at #2, "Creeque Alley" at #5 and "Look
Through My Window" at #24.
The album was first issued
on CD in 1988 (MCAD-31044) and is included in its entirety on All the Leaves
Are Brown, a retrospective compilation of the band's first four albums and
various singles.
The album's title was an in-joke among the group, as
recording commenced shortly after Cass Elliot gave birth to her daughter, Owen.
Given the social stigma of unwed mothers at the time, both the pregnancy and
the birth had been kept a closely guarded secret from the public, and the LP's
name was meant to imply that Cass and the others had "delivered" a
newborn creative creation.
The Mamas & the Papas were
an American folk rock vocal group who recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968,
and were a defining force in the music scene of the Counterculture of the 1960s.
The band reunited briefly in 1971 to record the álbum People Like Us but did
not perform outside their recording studio at that time. The group was composed
of John Phillips, Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot, and Michelle Phillips née Gilliam.
Their sound was based on vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips, the
songwriter, musician, and leader of the group who adapted folk to the new beat style
of the early sixties.
They released a total of
five studio albums and seventeen singles over a four-year period, six of which
made the Billboard top ten, and have sold close to 40 million records
worldwide. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998
for their contributions to the music industry.
While I'm far away from you my baby
I know it's hard for you my baby
Because it's hard for me my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn
Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above
inRead invented by Teads
This is dedicated to the one I love
(love can never be exactly like we want it to be)
I could be satisfied knowing you love me
(and there's one thing I want you to do
especially for me)
And it's something that everybody needs
While I'm far away from you my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
Because it's hard for me my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn
If there's one thing I want you to do especially for me
Then it's something that everybody needs
Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love.
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