BEFORE THE BEGINNING

PETER GREEN & FLEETWOOD MAC

SONGWRITER: PETER GREEN

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: THEN PLAY ON

LABEL: REPRISE RECORDS

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1969

Then Play On is the third studio album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 19 September 1969. It was the first of their original albums to feature Danny Kirwan and the last with Peter Green. Jeremy Spencer did not feature on the album apart from "a couple of piano things" (according to Mick Fleetwood in Q magazine in 1990). The album, appearing after the group's sudden success in the pop charts, offered a broader stylistic range than the classic blues of the group's first two albums. The album went on to reach #6 in the UK, subsequently becoming the band's fourth Top 20 hit in a row, as well as their third album to reach the Top 10. The title is taken from the opening line of William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night — "If music be the food of love, play on".

This was the band's first release with Warner/Reprise after being lured away from Blue Horizon and a one-off with Immediate Records. All subsequent Fleetwood Mac albums have been released on Warner. The album, which at its original UK release had an unusually long running time, has been released with four different song line-ups. The original CD compiled all songs from the two US LP versions, both of which omitted tracks from the original UK version. In August 2013, a remastered edition of the album was reissued on vinyl and CD, restoring its original 1969 UK track listing. This version reached No. 112 on the UK Albums chart.

So many nights I lay awake

Can't sleep

I lay here thinkin' 'bout a woman

I used to love

Can't sleep but no good to count sheep

I'll just count the worries

That I've got plenty of

And how many times

Must I be the fool

Before I can make it

Oh Make it on home

I've got to find a place to sing my words

Is there nobody listening to my song?

You talk about a life

Been searching for the key

But can't find an answer

To comfort me

I ask myself about love

Can't even find the door

To take me to a place

I've never seen before

But how many times

Must I be the fool

Before I can make it

Oh make it on home

I've got to find a place to sing my words

Is there nobody listening to my song?

SO MANY ROADS

OTIS RUSH

SONGWRITER: MARSHALL PAUL

WHERE: LIVE IN CONCERT, JAPAN 1975

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BLUES LIVE!

LABEL: TRIO

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1975

Otis Rush Jr.(April 29, 1934 – September 29, 2018) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities similar to the styles of other 1950s artists Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, his sound became known as West Side Chicago blues and was an influence on many musicians, including Michael Bloomfield, Peter Green and Eric Clapton.

Rush was left-handed and strummed with his left hand while fretting with his right. His guitars, however, were strung with the low E string at the bottom, in reverse or upside-down to typical guitarists. He often played with the little finger of his pick hand curled under the low E for positioning. It is widely believed that this contributed to his distinctive sound. He had a wide-ranging, powerful tenor voice.

So many roads, so many trains to ride

So many roads, so many trains to ride

I've got to find my baby, 'fore I'll be satisfied

I was standin' by my window, when I heard that whistle blow

I was standin' by my window, when I heard that whistle blow

You know I thought it was a Streamline... but it was a B & O

It was a mean ol' fireman and a cruel ol' engineer

It was a mean ol' fireman and a cruel ol' engineer

That took away my baby and left me standin' here.

FROM SOUVENIRS TO SOUVENIRS

DEMIS ROUSSOS

SONGWRITERS: ALEC R. CONSTANDINOS & STÉLIOS VLAVIANÓS

HOW: LIVE

COUNTRY: GRIECE

ALBUM: SOUVENIRS

LABEL: PHILIPS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1975

"From Souvenirs to Souvenirs" is a song by Greek Singer Demis Roussos from his 1975 album Souvenirs. It was also released as a single (in 1975 on Philips Records).

The song was written by Demis Roussos' compatriots composer Stélios Vlavianós and poet Alec R. Costandinos (by the same people who earlier wrote "Forever and Ever", Roussos' biggest hit of all time).

In 1975, the same year Roussos released the song, it was performed in Greek by Greek Singer Marinella, but her version went unnoticed.

A lonely room and empty chair

Another day so hard to bear

The things around me that I see remind me of

The past and how it all used to be

From souvenirs to more souvenirs I live

With days gone by when our hearts had all to give

From souvenirs to more souvenirs I live

With dreams you left behind

I'll keep on turning in my mind

There'll never be another you

No one will share the worlds we knew

And now that loneliness has come to take your place

I close my eyes and see your face.

DEAR HEART

ANDY WILLIAMS

SONGWRITERS: HENRY MANCINI; JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ANDY WILLIAMS

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: EASY LISTENING

YEAR: 1965

Andy Williams' Dear Heart is the sixteenth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams and was released in the spring of 1965 by Columbia Records and was the last of his Columbia releases that remained exclusively within the realm of traditional pop. After covering two Beatles hits on his next non-holiday studio album, The Shadow of Your Smile, he would try out samba music on In the Arms of Love, aim for a much younger crowd with "Music to Watch Girls By" on Born Free, and focus more on contemporary material on subsequent albums.

This album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 10 of that year and remained on the album chart for 65 weeks, peaking at number four. The name of the album was changed to Andy Williams' Almost There for its release in the UK, where it became Williams's first album chart entry, spending 46 weeks there and peaking at number four. (Two of his previous albums, Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests—which was retitled Can't Get Used to Losing You and Other Requests for its UK release—and The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits, appeared on the album chart in the UK following the success of this album.).

Andy Williams' Dear Heart received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on July 30, 1965. This was Williams's sixth album to receive this award as well as the one to do so the fastest thus far in terms of the amount of time between chart debut and certification, having accomplished this feat in less than four months as compared to the previous recordholder, Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests, which did so in five months.

"Dear Heart" is a song written by Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, and Jay Livingston and performed by Andy Williams. The song reached #2 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart and #24 on the Billboard chart in 1964. It appears on the 1965 Andy Williams album, Andy Williams' Dear Heart.

The song was the theme to the 1964 movie Dear Heart. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and also nominated for best song at the 22nd Golden Globe Awards.

Dear heart wish you were here to warm this night

My dear heart, seems like a year since you've been out of my sight

A single room, a table for one

It's a lonesome town all right

But soon I'll kiss you hello at our front door

And dear heart I want you to know

I'll leave your arms never more

(a single room, a table for one)

It's a lonesome town all right

But soon I'll kiss you hello at our front door

And dear heart I want you to know

I'll leave your arms never more.