SHE'S A LADY 
PAUL ANKA
SONGWRITER: PAUL ANKA
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: LIVE IN LAS VEGAS
LABEL: BARNABY RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1975

Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) OC is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor. Anka became famous with hit songs like "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and "(You're) Having My Baby". He wrote such well-known music as the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and one of Tom Jones's biggest hits, "She's a Lady". He also wrote the English lyrics to Claude François and Jacques Revaux's music for Frank Sinatra's signature song, "My Way", which has been recorded by many, including Elvis Presley.
In 1983, he co-wrote the song "I Never Heard" with Michael Jackson. It was retitled and released in 2009, under the title "This Is It". An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from the 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", was released in 2014 on Jackson's posthumous album Xscape. The song was also released by Johnny Mathis in 1984.
Anka became a naturalized US citizen in 1990.
(...)1970s chart comeback
Anka with friends Bill Porter and Elvis Presley backstage at the Las Vegas Hilton on August 5, 1972
Frustrated after more than ten years without a top 25 hit record, Anka switched labels again, which marked a turning point in his career. This time he signed with United Artists and in 1974 teamed up with Odia Coates to record the No. 1 hit, "(You're) Having My Baby", exposing Anka to a new generation of fans and proved his staying power among his original fan base that was now maturing.
Anka also wrote five songs which were included on an album by Don Goodwin.
Anka and Coates would record two more duets that made it into the Top 10, "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" (No. 7) and "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" (No. 8), and the No.15 duet "(I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love". In 1975 he recorded a jingle for Kodak written by Bill Lane (lyrics) and Roger Nichols(melody) called "Times of Your Life". It became so popular Anka recorded it as a full song, which peaked at No. 7 in the US pop chart in 1976. The follow-up was another hit that Anka wrote for Sinatra, "Anytime (I'll Be There)", peaking at No. 33. Anka's last Top 40 hit in the US was in the summer of 1983: "Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes", which included backing vocals from then-Chicago frontman Peter Cetera; it hit No. 2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart.
1990s comeback
His 1998 album A Body of Work was his first new US studio release since Walk a Fine Line in 1983; vocalists and performers included Celine Dion, Kenny G, Patti LaBelle, and Skyler Jett. The album included a new version of "Hold Me 'Til the Morning Comes", once again performed with Peter Cetera. In 2005, his album of big-band arrangements of contemporary standards, Rock Swings, provided a mainstream comeback of sorts that saw him awarded a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.
On October 12, 2009, Anka stated that Michael Jackson's new release titled "This Is It" was a collaborative effort between the two in 1983. According to Anka, after recording the song, Jackson decided not to use it and the tune was then recorded and released by Sa-Fire. After Anka threatened to sue for credit and a share of royalties, the administrators of Jackson's estate granted Anka 50% of the copyright. An additional song that Jackson co-wrote with Anka from this 1983 session, "Love Never Felt So Good", was discovered shortly thereafter. His album Songs of December charted at No. 58 in Canada in November 2011.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Paul Anka among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. 
[Verse:]
She knows what love’s about,
She turns me inside out,
That’s not easy.
She knows me through and through,
She knows what to do,
How to tease me.

[Chorus:]
She’s a lady, she’s a lady
We’re talking about my little lady
And the lady is mine.

[Verse:]
But she’s never in the way,
Always something nice to say
And what a blessing.
I can leave her on her own,
Knowing she’s okay alone
And that’s no messing.

[Chorus:]
She’s a lady, she’s a lady
We’re talking about my little lady
And the lady is mine.

[Bridge:]
Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her.
Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.
What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her.
Help me build a mountain from my side and lonely day.

[Verse:]
Well she's all you'd ever want,
The kind I’d like to flaunt
And take to dinner.
Well she always knows her place,
She's got style, she's got grace,
She's a winner.

[Chorus:]
She’s a lady, she’s my lady
We’re talking about my little lady
And the lady is mine.
She’s my lady, she’s my lady,
Listen to me, fellas, she’s my lady,
She’s nobody else’s, she’s my lady,
My woman only, my little lady
Tell ‘em girl, you’re my lady.
Paul, do you hear what I’m saying?
She’s my lady.
Sorry, Tom, my little lady.
Forget about it.
Yeah, she’s my lady,
My one and only little lady
We’re talking about my little lady
Yeah, she’s my lady.
MORIR DE AMOR
FRANK POURCEL
COMPOSITEUR: CHARLES AZNAVOUR
PAYS: FRANCE
ALBUM: FRANCK POURCEL Y SU ORCHESTRA
RECORD: ODEON
GENRE: JAZZ
ANNÉE: 1971

Franck Pourcel(14 Août 1913-1912 Novembre 2000) était un Français compositeur, arrangeur et chef d' orchestre de musique populaire et la musique classique.
Né à Marseille le 11 Août 1913, a commencé à apprendre le Pourcel violon à l'âge de six ans . Plus tard, a étudié le violon au Pourcel Conservatoire de Marseille, et tambours aussi parce qu'il aimait Le jazz, et a passé un an à Paris au Conservatoire.
En 1931, il travaillait comme violoniste dans plusieurs théâtres à Marseille, se marier Odette huit ans plus tard. Puis il est devenu le directeur musical de Lucienne Boyer, avec qui il a fait une tournée mondiale.
Il a émigré aux États-Unis en 1952 , mais il est revenu en France l'année suivante pour enregistrer «Blue Tango» et le «Limelight» de suivi. En 1954, Pourcel a enregistré son premier album sur le Marconi Pathé-label, avec lequel il enregistre un total de neuf albums sur une période de trois ans. En 1956, il a enregistré sa La version de «Only You», qui a vendu en 1959, plus de trois millions d' exemplaires et a reçu un disque d'or. Il a culminé à # 9 sur lês États-Unis Billboard pop graphique lors d' une course graphique 16 semaines.
Entre 1956 et 1972, il a été le chef d' orchestre pour la France au Concours Eurovision de la chanson, à l'exception de 1957 et 1968. Quatre des chansons qu'il a effectué remporté la première place pour la France. En conséquence, la France est devenue le pays le plus de succès dans les premières années du concours, jusqu'à Luxembourg égalé ses quatre victoires en 1973.
En 1958, Pourcel a commencé l' enregistrement de la musique classique. Sa série de pages Célèbres l' a amené à conduire l' Orchestre symphonique de Londres, la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, l'Orchestre de la BBC au Royal Festival Hall, et l' Orchestre Lamoureux à la Salle Pleyel à Paris. En 1961, il a co-composé avec Paul Mauriat le hit "Chariot", qui a été enregistré par Petula Clark et suivi par Peggy Mars comme "I Will Follow Him". La chanson est devenue le thème principal Du film de , Sister Act.
En 1975, à la demande d' Air France, un hymne composé Pourcel pour leur nouvel avion supersonique, Concorde.
Pourcel a enregistré 250 albums, plus de 3000 chansons, et il a dirigé des orchestres célèbres tels que London Symphonic Orchestra, BBC Orchestra et l' Orchestre des concerts Lamoureux. Il a créé la série Amour Danse et Violons(54 albums) et la série classique Pages Célèbres. Ses premiers enregistrements de 1956 à 1962 ont été libérés sous la série originaux.
Pourcel a enregistré jusqu'en 1995 avec EMI. Il est mort le 12 Novembre 2000 à Neuilly-sur-Seine, à l'âge de 87 ans , de la maladie de Parkinson. Sa fille Françoise Pourcel, prend soin de son héritage musical.
EXCELLENT MUSICIEN ET DIRECTEUR D'ORCHESTRE SIMILAIRE À RAY CONNIFF. FANTASTIQUE!!!!

SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
RAY CONNIFF
SONGWRITER: JEROME KERN
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
LABEL: CBS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1976

Joseph Raymond Conniff(November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s. Conniff was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book.
Early career
After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II(where he worked under Walter Schumann), he joined the Artie Shaw big band and wrote many arrangements for him. After his stint with Shaw, he was then hired by Mitch Miller in 1954, then head of A&R at Columbia Records, as their home arranger, working with several artists including Rosemary Clooney, Marty Robbins, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and Johnnie Ray. He wrote a top 10 arrangement for Don Cherry's "Band of Gold" in 1955, a single that sold more than a million copies. Among the hit singles he backed with his orchestra (and eventually with a male chorus) were "Yes Tonight Josephine" and "Just Walkin' in the Rain" by Johnnie Ray; "Chances Are" and "It's Not for Me to Say" by Johnny Mathis; "A White Sport Coat" and "The Hanging Tree" by Marty Robbins; "Moonlight Gambler" by Frankie Laine; "Up Above My Head," a duet by Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray; and "Pet Me, Poppa" by Rosemary Clooney. He also backed up the albums Tony by Tony Bennett, Blue Swing by Eileen Rodgers, Swingin' for Two by Don Cherry, and half the tracks of The Big Beat by Johnnie Ray. In these early years he produced similar-sounding records for Columbia's Epic label under the name of Jay Raye(which stood for "Joseph Raymond") among them a backing album and singles with Somethin' Smith and the Redheads, an American male vocal group.
Between 1957-68, Conniff had 28 albums in the American Top 40, the most famous one being Somewhere My Love(1966). He topped the album list in Britain in 1969 with His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound, an album which was originally published to promote his European tour (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) in 1969. He also was the first American popular artist to record in Russia—in 1974 he recorded Ray Conniff in Moscow with the help of a local choir. His later albums like Exclusivamente Latino, Amor Amor, and Latinisimo made him very popular in Latin-American countries, even more so after performing in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. In Brazil and Chile in the 1980s and 1990s, he was treated like a young pop superstar despite being in his seventies and eighties. He played live with his orchestra and eight-person chorus in large football stadiums as well as in Viña del Mar.
Conniff commented, "One time I was recording an album with Mitch Miller - we had a big band and a small choir. I decided to have the choir sing along with the big band using wordless lyrics. The women were doubled with the trumpets and the men were doubled with the trombones. In the booth Mitch was totally surprised and excited at how well it worked." Because of the success of his backing arrangements, and the new sound Conniff created, Miller allowed him to make his own record, and this became the successful ’s Wonderful!, a collection of standards that were recorded with an orchestra and a wordless singing chorus (four men, four women). He released many more albums in the same vein, including ’s Marvelous(1957, gold album), ’s Awful Nice(1958), Concert in Rhythm(1958, gold album), Broadway in Rhythm(1958), Hollywood in Rhythm(1959), Concert in Rhythm, Vol. II (1960), Say It With Music(1960), Memories Are Made of This(1960, gold album), and ’s Continental(1962). His second album was Dance the Bop! (1957). It was an experiment by one of the senior managers at Columbia to cash in on a new dance step, but from the outset, Conniff disliked it. When it sold poorly, he had it withdrawn.
The Ray Conniff Singers
In 1959, he started The Ray Conniff Singers (12 women and 13 men, comprising mainly the Ron Hicklin Singers and released the album It's the Talk of the Town. This group brought him his biggest hit: Somewhere My Love(1966). The album's title track's lyrics were sung to the music of "Lara's Theme" from the film Doctor Zhivago, and it became a US top 10 single.
The album reached the US top 20 and went platinum, and Conniff won a Grammy. The single and album also reached high positions in the international charts (a.o. Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan), while the first of four Christmas albums by the Singers, Christmas with Conniff(1959) was also successful.
Nearly 50 years after its release, in 2004, Conniff was posthumously awarded a platinum album/CD. Other well-known releases by the Singers included Ray Conniff's Hawaiian album(1967), featuring the hit song "Pearly Shells" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970), which included Conniff's original composition "Someone", and remakes of such hits as "All I Have to Do is Dream", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", and "Something".
Musically different highlights in Conniff's career are two albums he produced in cooperation with Billy Butterfield, an old friend from earlier swing days. Conniff Meets Butterfield(1959) featured Butterfield's solo trumpet and a small rhythm group; Just Kiddin' Around (after a Conniff original composition from the 1940s), released 1963, featured additional trombone solos by Ray himself.
Later years
Conniff recorded in New York from 1955–61, and mainly in Los Angeles from 1962 through 2000. Later in the 1960s he produced an average of two instrumental and one vocal album a year.
In 1979, Conniff was hired to re-arrange and record a new version of "Those Were The Days" and "Remembering You", the opening and closing themes to All In The Family for Carroll O'Connor's new spin-off, Archie Bunker's Place on CBS with a small ensemble, trombone solo, and honky-tonk piano. Conniff sold about 70 million albums worldwide, and continued recording and performing until his death in 2002.
Death
Ray Conniff died in Escondido, California in 2002 after falling and hitting his head on the sink, and is buried in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His grave marker bears a musical score with the first four notes of "Somewhere My Love". Conniff left his wife, Vera; a daughter, Tamara Conniff; and three grandchildren. His son, Jimmy Conniff, died in 2015.
Legacy
In 2004, a memorial two-CD compilation set, The Essential Ray Conniff, was released, featuring many rare and previously unreleased tracks. The Singles Collection, Vol. 1 was released on the Collectables label in 2005, The Singles Collection, Vol. 2 in 2007, and Vol. 3 was released in 2009. These collections feature rare singles and previously unissued tracks. His music is also featured prominently in the movie There's Something About Mary.
FOR ME IS THE BEST OF THE BEST FROM DE CENTURY XIX!!!!
STANDING ROOM ONLY

BARBARA MANDRELL
SONGWRITERS: C. SILVER & S. MANCHESTER
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: THIS IS BARBARA MANDRELL
LABEL: ABC RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1976

This Is Barbara Mandrell is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Barbara Mandrell, released in May 1976.
This was Mandrell's first album with ABC/Dot Records, her new record company. Mandrell had previously been signed to Columbia Records from 1969 to 1974, though only achieving modest success, especially with her albums. The first single off this album, "Standing Room Only", became her first Top 5 Country hit. Mandrell had only had four Top 10 hits under her previous record company over the course of five years. Following "Standing Room Only", two further singles were released. The second, "That's What Friends Are For", peaked at #16 and the third, "Love Is Thin Ice", only reached the Top 25. The album sold slightly better than her previous albums had done, peaking farther on the Top Country Albums chart at #26. This album set the stage for Mandrell's eventual success in the following decade, with further Top 10 singles, some of them reaching #1. Unlike most of Barbara's other albums, This Is Barbara Mandrell, consists of 11 tracks instead of 10.
Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) is an American country music singer, musician, and actress. She is known for a long series of country hits in the 1970s and 1980s as well as her own prime-time variety TV show on NBC that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of that period. She gave her last concert at the Grand Ole Opry House on October 23, 1997, and subsequently retired from performing music. Mandrell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Mandrell was also inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2016. Although retired, Mandrell is still a member of the Grand Ole Opry; an honor she has held since 1972.
Mandrell has won two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, four Academy of Country Music Awards and four Country Music Association Awards. She was the first performer to win the Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year twice (1980, 1981), having also won the Academy of Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year in 1980.
Mandrell's first Billboard number-one hit was 1978's "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", immediately followed by "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" in early 1979. In 1980, "Years" also reached number one. She added one more chart topper in each of the next three years. "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (her signature song), then "'Till You're Gone" and "One of a Kind Pair of Fools", all hit number one between 1981 and 1983, a period during which Mandrell also received numerous industry awards and accolades.
You must think my bed's a bus stop
The way you come and go
I ain't seen you with the lights on
Two nights in a row

So pack your rusty razor
Don't bother with goodbye
Your cup runneth over
But mine is always dry

Standing room only
I can't stand no more
Standing room only
Outside my door

Don't help me set the table
'Cause now there's one less place
I won't lay mama's silver
For a man who won't say grace

If home is where the heart is
Then your home's on the street
Me, I'll read a good book
Turn out the lights and go to sleep

Standing room only
I can't stand no more, no more
Standing room only
Outside my door

Standing room only
I can't stand no more, no more
Standing room only
Outside my door.