TIRED OF BEING ALONE

AL GREEN

SONGWRITER: AL GREEN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: AL GREEN GETS NEXT TO YOU

LABEL: HI RECORDS

GENRE: CLASSIC SOUL

YEAR: 1971

"Tired of Being Alone" is a soul song written by Al Green that became popular in the early 1970s and remains popular to this day, being a score in popular shows such as Nip/Tuck. It reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 7 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 12 song for 1971.

Though released on the 1971 album, Al Green Gets Next to You, the song was written in late 1968 and intended to be released on the 1969 album, Green Is Blues. Problems occurred with the first recording, so it was postponed for production. It was altered and perfected the second time around.

"Tired of Being Alone" was produced and recorded by Willie Mitchell at Hi Records and mixed by Mitchell and Terry Manning.

In 1973, Green performed the song with Chicago on the TV special Chicago in the Rockies. In 2002, this recording appeared as a bonus track on the remastered version of Chicago VI.

In 2004, Green's version was ranked #293 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), often known as The Reverend Al Green, is na American singer, songwriter and record producer; he is best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including "Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", "I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, "Let's Stay Together". After an incident in which his girlfriend committed suicide, Green became an ordained pastor and turned to gospel music. He later returned to secular music.

Green was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. He was referred to on the museum's site as being "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music". He has also been referred to as "The Last of the Great Soul Singers". Green is the winner of 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also received the BMI Icon award and is a Kennedy Center Honors recipient. He was included in the Rolling Stone list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, ranking at Nº. 65, as well as its list of the 100 Greatest Singers, at No. 14. 

I'm so tired of being alone

I'm so tired of on-my-own

Won't you help me girl

Just as soon as you can

People say that I've found a way

To make you say that you love me

Hey baby, you didn't go for that

It's a natural fact

That I wanna come back

Show me where it's at, baby

I'm so tired of being alone

I'm so tired of on-my-own

Won't you help me girl

Soon as you can

I guess you know that I, uh, I love you so

Even though you don't want me no more

Hey hey hey hey, I'm cryin' tears

All through the years

I'll tell ya like it is

Honey, love me if you will

Yeah baby

Tired of being alone here by myself, now

I tell ya, I'm tired baby

I'm tired of being all wrapped up late at night

In my dreams, nobody but you, baby

Sometimes I wonder

If you love me like you say you do

You see baby, I been thinkin' about it, yeah

I been, I been wantin' to get next to you baby

Ya see, sometimes I hold my arms, I say mmmm hmmm hmmm

Yeah baby

Meeting you has proven to me

To be my greatest dream, yeah

Tired, baby

Yeah, you don't know what I'm talkin' about

Sometimes late at night I get to wonderin' about you baby

Oh baby, baby

I'm so tired of being alone

I'm so tired of being alone

I'm so tired of being alone.

LILY WAS HERE

CANDY DULFER & DAVE STEWART

SONGWRITERS: DAVID A. STEWART & BEN VERBONG

COUNTRY: DUTCH OR NETHERLANDS

ALBUM: LILY WAS HERE

LABEL: ANXIOUS

GENRE: SMOOTH JAZZ

YEAR: 1989

"Lily Was Here" is a single released in November 1989 from the David A. Stewart soundtrack of the same name for the Dutch movie De Kassière. The song reached number one in the Netherlands and became a top-twenty hit in several other European countries, Australia and the United States.

David A. Stewart invited Candy Dulfer, who had not previously released any of her material, to play the saxophone on this instrumental. The single became a major hit and stayed at the number one position for five weeks in the Netherlands. Because of this success, the single was also released in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States where it became a hit as well, reaching number six in the UK and even rising to number 11 in the tough U.S. market. The success of this instrumental encouraged Dulfer to compose music for her own album, which she titled Saxuality.

According to Candy's father Hans Dulfer on Dutch radio, the recording was done in just one take, actually a jam session, and at that time not meant to be released. This jam session was done at the end of a day of recording for the movie De Kassière, and Dave Stewart later decided to release this as a single.

Lily Was Here(original title in Dutch: De Kassière, The Cashier) is a 1989 Dutch drama film directed by Ben Verbong. One song from the soundtrack, performed by Candy Dulfer and Dave Stewart, was later released as a single – "Lily Was Here".

I'm sorry if I seem uninterested

Oh I'm not listenin'

oh I'm indifferent

Truly I ain't got no business here

But since my friends are here

I just came to kick it

But really I would rather be at home all by myself

Not in this room with people who don't even care about my well being

I don't dance, don't ask

I don't need a boyfriend

So you can, go back, please enjoy your party

I'll be here

somewhere in the corner

Under clouds of marijuana with this boy who's hollerin'

And I can hardly hear

Over this music I don't listen to

And I don't wanna get with you

So tell my friends that I'll be over here

Oh oh oh here, oh oh oh here

Oh oh oh I asked myself

what am I doin' here?

Oh oh oh here, oh oh oh here

And I can't wait 'til we can break up out of here

Excuse me if I seem a little unimpressed with this

An antisocial pessimist

but usually I don't mess with this

And I know you mean only the best and your

Intentions aren't to bother me, but honestly I'd rather be

Somewhere with my people, we can kick it and just listen to

Some music with a message, (Like we usually do)

And we'll discuss our big dreams, how we plan, to take over the planet

So pardon my manners, I hope you'll understand that I'll be here (Ooh)

Not there in the kitchen

With the girl who's always gossipin' about her friends

Oh tell them I'll be here

(Ooh) right next to the boy who's throwin' up

'Cause he can't take what's in his cup no more

Oh God why am I here?

Oh oh oh here, oh oh oh here

Oh oh oh I asked myself

what am I doin' here?

Oh oh oh here, oh oh oh here

And I can't wait 'til we can break up out of here

Oh oh oh here, oh oh oh here

Oh oh oh I asked myself, what am I doin' here?

Oh oh oh here, oh oh oh here.

LADIES OF SOUL 2016 | TRIBUTE & DONNA SUMMER MEDLEY

VARIOUS SINGERS

VARIOUS SONGWRITERS AND

POUT POURRI THE MUSICS

ALBUM: LADIES OF SOUL 2016

LABEL: DEMP

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 2016

The Ladies of Soul are a Dutch supergroup consisting of Candy Dulfer, Berget Lewis, Glennis Grace and Edsilia Rombley. Trijntje Oosterhuis, also a founding member, left in 2017 to focus on her solo-career.

The Ladies of Soul, already connected through relatives and friends, were first brought together in 2012 for a series of Whitney Houston-memorial-concerts in 2012. These were organised by Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Trijntje's producer brother and Rombley's husband. Other singers also appeared at the concerts (Do, Leona Philippo and Tania Kross); only Philipo, winner of Voice of Holland, ended up being invited as a special guest.

In November 2013 they issued a single, I'll Carry You, as a teaser for their first two shows at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome on 13 and 14 February 2014. These were recorded for cd- and DVD-release. Thus setting the blueprint for subsequent editions; three shows in Amsterdam plus one in Belgium at Antwerp's Lotto Arena featuring Natalia Druyts as special guest. Oosterhuis only missed the Antwerp show in 2016, and announced her departure after the 2017 leg which completely sold out. She made a guest-appearance at the 5th anniversary-shows on March 23 and 24, 2018.

The remaining Ladies appeared in na NPO 2-documentary following their preparations for the 2019 leg, as well as their solo-careers.

THE GROUP:

Judith Katrijntje "Trijntje" Oosterhuis (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjydɪt (kaː)ˈtrɛiɲcə ˈʔoːstərɦœys]; born 5 February 1973) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She formed the band Total Touch in 1990 with her brother Tjeerd Oosterhuis before she started as a solo singer. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Walk Along", placing fourteen in the first semi-final with 33 points and winning the Barbara Dex Award of the year.

Edsilia Francisca Rombley (born 13 February 1978) is a Dutch singer and television presenter. She began her career in 1995, as a member of the Dutch girl group Dignity. Rombley began her solo career in 1996, after winning the Dutch talent show Soundmixshow, later winning the European Soundmix Show as well the following year.

In 1998, Rombley won Nationaal Songfestival 1998 and represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Hemel en aarde", placing fourth. She later represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "On Top of the World", but did not qualify for the final. In 2009, Rombley hosted season one of the Dutch celebrity talent show Beste Zangers, and will now cohost the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam.

Throughout her career, Rombley has released eight studio albums and two top five singles in the Netherlands.

Candy Dulfer(born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch jazz and pop saxophonist. She is the daughter of jazz saxophonist Hans Dulfer. She began playing at age six and founded her band Funky Stuff when she was fourteen. Her debut álbum Saxuality(1990) received a Grammy nomination. She has performed and recorded with Hans Dulfer, Prince, Dave Stewart, Van Morrison, Angie Stone, Maceo Parker and Rick Braun and has performed live with Alan Parsons(1995), Pink Floyd(1990), and Tower of Power(2014). She hosted the Dutch television series Candy Meets...(2007), in which she interviewed musicians. In 2013, she became a judge in the fifth season of the Dutch version of X Factor.

Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta (born 19 June 1978), better known by her stage name Glennis Grace, is a Dutch singer from Amsterdam. In 2005 Grace represented the Netherlands in the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and in 2018 she appeared on the 13th season of America's Got Talent and made it to the finals.

Berget Lewis WHITHOUT ANY INFORMATION

STORMY WEATHER

ETTA JAMES

SONGWRITERS: Mack Gordon & Harry Warren

COUNTRY:

ALBUM: AT LAST

LABEL: ARGO RECORDS

GENRE: BLUE

YEAR: 1961

"At Last" is a song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Sun Valley Serenade(1941). Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded the tune several times, with a 1942 version reaching number two on the US Billboard pop music chart.

In 1960, rhythm and blues singer Etta James recorded an arrangement by Riley Hampton that improvised on Warren's melody. James' version was the title track on her debut álbum At Last!(1960) and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Celine Dion and Beyoncé also had chart successes with the song.

Etta James (Born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Starting her career in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as "The Wallflower", "At Last", "Tell Mama", "Something's Got a Hold on Me", and "I'd Rather Go Blind". She faced a number of personal problems, including heroin addiction, severe physical abuse, and incarceration, before making a musical comeback in the late 1980s with the album Seven Year Itch.

James's powerful, deep, earthy voice bridged the gap between rhythm and blues and rock and roll. She won six Grammy Awards and 17 Blues Music Awards. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001. Rolling Stone magazine ranked James number 22 on its list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time; she was also ranked number 62 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

James possessed the vocal range of a contralto. Her musical style changed during the course of her career. At the beginning her recording career, in the mid-1950s, James was marketed as an R&B and doo-wop singer. After signing with Chess Records in 1960, James broke through as a traditional pop-styled singer, covering jazz and pop music standards on her debut album, At Last! James's voice deepened and coarsened, moving her musical style in her later years into the genres of soul and jazz.

James was once considered one of the most overlooked blues and R&B musicians in the music history of the United States. It was not until the early 1990s, when she began receiving major industry awards from the Grammys and the Blues Foundation, that she received wide recognition. In recent years, she was seen as bridging the gap between rhythm and blues and rock and roll. James has influenced a wide variety of musicians, including Diana Ross, Christina Aguilera, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Shemekia Copeland, and Hayley Williams of Paramore as well as British artists The Rolling Stones, Elkie Brooks, Paloma Faith, Joss Stone, Rita Ora, and Adele, and the Belgian singer Dani Klein.

Her song "Something's Got a Hold on Me" has been recognized in many ways. Brussels music act Vaya Con Dios covered the song on their 1990 album Night Owls. Another version, performed by Christina Aguilera, was in the 2010 film Burlesque. Pretty Lights sampled the song in "Finally Moving", followed by Avicii's dance hit "Levels", and again in FloRida's single "Good Feeling".

Don't know why

There's no sun up in the sky

Stormy weather

Since my man and I ain't together

Keeps raining all of the time

Oh yeah

Life is bare

Gloom and misery everywhere

Stormy weather, stormy weather

And I just can't get my poor self together

Oh I'm weary all of the time

The time, so weary all of the time

When he went away

The blues walked in and met me

Oh yeah if he stays away

Old rocking chair's gonna get me

All I do is pray

The Lord will let me

Walk in the sun once more

Oh I can't go on, can't go on, can't go on

Everything I have is gone

Stormy weather, stormy weather

Since my man and I, me and my daddy ain't together

Keeps raining all of the time

Oh, oh, keeps raining all of the time

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah raining all of the time

Stormy stormy

Stormy weather

Yeah.