“(IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT”

MILLIE JACKSON

SONGWRITERS: HOMER BANKS; CARL HAMPTON & RAYMOND JACKSON

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: “(IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT"

LABEL: KOKO

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1972

Mildred Virginia Jackson(born July 15, 1944) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and former model. Beginning her career in the early 1960s, three of Jackson's albums have been certified gold by the RIAA for over 500,000 copies. Jackson vocal performances are often distinguished by long, humorous, and explicit spoken sections in her music, which she started doing on stage to get the attention of the audience. She recorded songs in a disco or dance music style and occasionally in a country style.

Occasionally, Jackson refers to herself as other have touted as the "mother of hip-hop," or of rapping itself. According to the cataloguing site WhoSampled.com, her songs have appeared in 189 samples, 51 covers, and six remixes revealing the appeal of her proto-typical rapping style of delivery.

Since she always enjoyed writing poems, in the early '70s Jackson began crafting such proto-rap R&B singles as the outspoken "A Child of God (It's Hard To Believe)."

"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" is a song written by Stax Records songwriters Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, and Raymond Jackson. Originally written for The Emotions, it has been performed by many singers, most notably by Luther Ingram, whose original recording topped the R&B chart for four weeks and rose to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 16 song for 1972.

In 1972–73, The Faces recorded the song as an outtake for Ooh La La(1973), their final studio album. In 1974, Millie Jackson released her version of the song which received two Grammy Award nominations. In 1978, Barbara Mandrell's version topped the U.S. country chart, reached number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 (number 27 Cashbox), and was nominated for Single of the Year at the 1979 CMA (Country Music Association) Awards. Rod Stewart recorded the song for Foot Loose & Fancy Free(1977), his eighth album; as a single it peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart in 1980.

If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right

If being right means being without you

I'd rather live a wrong-doing life

Your mama and daddy say it's a shame

It's a downright disgrace

But long as I got you by my side

I don't care what your people say

My friends tell me it's no future in loving a married man

If I can't see you when I want

I'll have to see you when I can

If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right

If loving you is so wrong, baby

I don't want to be right

Am I wrong to fall, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, so deeply in love with you

Knowing you have a wife and two little children depending on you too

Am I wrong to hunger for the gentleness of your touch

Knowing you have someone else at home who needs you just as much

Am I wrong to give my love to a married man

And am I wrong for trying to hold on to the best thing I ever had

If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right

If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right, baby

Oohaaow!

No, baby. Heh, eh, eh, eh. Uh, uh

Tell me, baby

Am I wrong to give my love to a married man

Am I wrong for trying to hold on to the best thing I ever had

If loving you is so wrong, I don't want to be right

If loving you is wrong, baby, I just can't be right

Ohaaow!

I don't wanna be right. No, baby

I don't wanna be right. Oh, baby, heh

Ohaaow! I've been loving you a little bit too long

I can't give up on your loving now

I love you, want you, need you, got to have you

Heeeeeeeeey! Good god almighty, baby

I love you. Mmmm, hmmm, hmmm, mmmm, mmmm

I need you. Let me have you. Mmmm.

COULD IT BE MAGIC

DONNA SUMMER

SONGWRITERS: ADRIENNE ANDERSON; BARRY MANILOW; F. CHAPIN & FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN.

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: A LOVE TRILOGY

LABEL: WEA FILIPACCHI MUSIC

GENRE: R&B

YEAR: 1976

LaDonna Adrian Gaines(December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name based on her married name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the late 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained a global following.

While influenced by the counterculture of the 1960s, Summer became the lead singer of a psychedelic rock band named Crow and moved to New York City. Joining a touring version of the musical Hair, she left New York and spent several years living, acting and singing in Europe, where she met music producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte in Munich, where they recorded influential disco hits such as "Love to Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love", marking her breakthrough into an international career. Summer returned to the United States in 1975, and other hits such as "Last Dance", "MacArthur Park", "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (duet with Barbra Streisand) and "On the Radio" followed.

Summer earned a total of 42 hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 in her lifetime, with 14 of those reaching the top-ten. She claimed a top 40 hit every year between 1975 and 1984, and from her first top-ten hit in 1976, to the end of 1982, she had 12 top-ten hits (10 were top-five hits), more than any other act during that time period. She returned to the Hot 100's top-five in 1983, and claimed her final top-ten hit in 1989 with "This Time I Know It's for Real". She was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and charted four number-one singles in the US within a 12-month period. She also charted two number-one singles on the R&B Singles chart in the US and a number-one single in the United Kingdom. Her most recent Hot 100 hit came in 1999 with "I Will Go with You (Con Te Partiro)". While her fortunes on the Hot 100 waned through those decades, Summer remained a force on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart over her entire career.

Summer died on May 17, 2012, from lung cancer, at her home in Naples, Florida. She sold over 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She won Five Grammy Awards. In her obituary in The Times, she was described as the "undisputed queen of the Seventies disco boom" who reached the status of "one of the world's leading female singers." Giorgio Moroder described Summer's work with them on the song "I Feel Love" as "really the start of electronic dance" music. In 2013, Summer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In December 2016, Billboard ranked her at No. 6 on its list of the Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists .

(Oh, baby, it's been so long

I've waited so long

And now that I have you

I want you to come

Come come come into my arms

Oh, baby, I need you I need you

Come come come into my arms again)

Spirits move me

Every time I'm near you

Whirling like a cyclone in my mind

Oh, sweet Peter, angel of my lifetime

Answer to all answers I can find

Baby, I love you, come, come

Come into my arms

Let me know the wonder of all of you

Baby, I want you now, now

Now, and hold on fast

Could this be the magic at last?

Spoken

Oh, hold on to me

Don't let go

Come into my life

Don't let go

Oh

Baby, take me high upon a hillside

High up where the stallion meets the sun

I could love you, build my world around you

Never leave you till my life is done

Baby, I love you, come, come

Come into my arms

Let me know the wonder of all of you

And baby, I want you now, now

Oh, now, oh now, and hold on fast

Could this be the magic at last?

Baby, I want you, come, come

Could this be the magic at last?

Could it be magic?

Come, c'mon, c'mon

Come oh oh come into my arms

Oh, let me know the wonder

Of all of you, all of you

Baby, I want you now, now

Oh, now, oh now and hold on fast

Oh, could this be the magic at last?

Come, c'mon, c'mon

Come oh oh come into my arms

Oh, let me know the wonder of all of you

Baby, I want you now, now, oh now

Oh now and hold on fast

Oh, could this be the magic at last?

Could it be the magic?

TOO LATE TOO SOON

JON SECADA

SONGWRITERS: LEWIS TERRY STEVEN; JON SECADA & HARRIS JAMES SAMUEL.

COUNTRY: CUBA

ALBUM: SECADA

LABEL: SBK RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1997

Jon Secada(born Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez; October 4, 1961) is a Cuban American and Afro-Cuban singer and songwriter. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums. He fuses funk, soul music, pop, and Latin percussion.

Secada has written songs for Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, and Jennifer Lopez. He has toured with Luciano Pavarotti and recorded duets with Jim Brickman, Olivia Newton-John, and Frank Sinatra.

Secada has performed many times at A Capitol Fourth.

From 1986 to 1991, Secada was a teacher at Miami Dade College.

In 1986, Secada was introduced to Emilio Estefan by his college acquaintances. Estefan listened to one of Secada's demos and then became Secada's mentor and manager. This led to Secada becoming a backup singer for Gloria Estefan's Miami Sound Machine.

In 1991 Secada co-wrote and was a backup singer for "Coming Out of the Dark," a number-one hit song inspired by a tour-bus accident involving Gloria Estefan in 1990, in which her back was broken.

In 1992 he released his self-titled debut album, which sold 7 million copies.

In 1994 he performed a duet with Frank Sinatra, a re-recording of "The Best Is Yet to Come," released on Sinatra's album Duets II. He also performed at the awards for Miss Venezuela 1994.

In 1995 he performed on Broadway in Grease, and he also presented at the 49th Tony Awards. He recorded If I Never Knew You, a duet with Shanice for Pocahontas.

In 1999 he co-wrote and produced "She's All I Ever Had" for Ricky Martin.

In 2003 he performed in Cabaret. He also co-wrote Juramento for Ricky Martin.

From 2006 to 2009 Secada was a judge on Latin American Idol for its entire four-season run.

In 2007 he co-wrote three songs, and performed in one, on Lilian Garcia's album ¡Quiero Vivir!

Tender was the night

Took an early flight

Rushing' home tonight

Something' wasn't right

I can't believe my eyes

I know I must be dreaming

Did I come home too late, too soon?

You in his arms told me the truth

Too late, too soon

I wish I would have known

I wouldn't have left you all alone

Temptation led you wrong

Tell me how long has this been going on

'Cause I thought our love was strong

But I guess I must be dreaming

Did I come home too late, too soon?

You in his arms told me the truth

Too late, too soon

What was I supposed to do?

You had to see it for yourself (you had to see it for yourself)

'Cause I thought our love was strong

But I guess I must be dreaming

Did I come home too late, too soon?

You in his arms told me the truth

Too late, too soon.

ALWAYS ON MY MIND

PET SHOP BOYS

SONGWRITERS: JOHNNY CHRISTOPHER; MARK JAMES & WAYNE CARSON THOMPSON.

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: ACTUALLY

LABEL: PARLOPHONE

GENRE: DANCE

YEAR: 1987

Actually(stylised as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. It was released on 7 September 1987 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and by EMI Manhattan in the United States and Canada. According to Neil Tennant and music historian Wayne Studer, Actually loosely critiques Thatcherism, the political zeitgeist of the 1980s, and was recorded in anticipation of Margaret Thatcher's re-election.

Actually is featured in the 2005 musical reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and in 2006 Q magazine placed the album at number 22 in its list of the "40 Best Albums of the '80s".In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at number 88 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s".

Although not released as a single, the track "Shopping" is frequently featured as background music in British television news and current affairs programmes dealing with retail business issues and as bumper music on home shopping shows. This is despite the fact that the song is actually a critique of privatization in 1980s Britain, and has little to do with actual shopping. "Shopping" was also used in a season 1 episode of the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire.

Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles, 22 of them Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's a Sin", a synthpop version of "Always on My Mind", and "Heart". Other hit songs include a cover of "Go West", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in a duet with Dusty Springfield. With five US top ten singles in the 1980s, they are associated with the Second British Invasion.

At the 2009 Brit Awards in London, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2016, Billboard magazine named Pet Shop Boys the number one dance duo/group over the 40 years since the chart's inception in 1976. In 2017, the duo received NME's Godlike Genius Award.

Maybe I didn't treat you

Quite as good as I should

Maybe I didn't love you

Quite as often as I could

Little things I should have said and done

I never took the time

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't hold you

All those lonely, lonely times

And I guess I never told you

I'm so happy that you're mine

If I make you feel second best

I'm so sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died

Give me, one more chance to keep you satisfied, satisfied

Little things I should have said and done

I just never took the time

You were always on my mind

You are always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died

Give me, one more chance to keep you satisfied

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn't treat you

Quite as good as I should

Maybe I didn't love you

Quite as often as I could

Maybe I didn't hold you

All those lonely, lonely times

And I guess I never told you

I'm so happy that you're mine.