He's a Rebel is the second
album issued by girl group The Crystals in 1963, and also the second LP in the Philles
catalogue. This was an effort to take an advantage of the monster hit "He's
a Rebel" which went to #1 US in 1962, written by Gene Pitney. The song was
actually recorded by The Blossoms with Darlene Love on lead vocals and
attributed to The Crystals. Notably on the LP is "He Hit Me (It Felt Like
a Kiss)," a withdrawn single by the "real" Crystals group.
This was actually a
repackaging of Twist Uptown, The Crystals' debut. Two of the original eleven
tracks were taken from that album and replaced with "He's a Rebel"
and its follow-up "He's Sure the Boy I Love" (#11 US, also recorded
with The Blossoms) while "He Hit Me" was added for a twelfth track. The
He's a Rebel album peaked at #131 US.
The Crystals were an American
vocal group based in New York City, considered one of the defining acts of the girl
group era in the first half of the 1960s. Their 1961–1964 chart hits, including
"There's No Other (Like My Baby)", "Uptown", "He's
Sure the Boy I Love", "He's a Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron"
and "Then He Kissed Me", featured three successive female lead
singers, and were all produced by Phil Spector. The latter three songs were
originally ranked #267, #114, and #493, respectively, on Rolling Stone magazine's
list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. However, two songs were dropped
from the magazine's 2010 update.
"Then He Kissed
Me" was the opening song to which Elisabeth Shue danced around her bedroom
in Adventures in Babysitting(1987); it was the song in which Ray Liotta and Lorraine
Bracco enter the Copacabana on their first real date in the movie Goodfellas(1990);
it was featured during the episode 'Homer and Marge Turn a Couple Play' on The
Simpsons(2006). It was also covered by Asobi Seksu and used on their live album.
"Da Doo Ron Ron" was played during a scene in a dance club in the
1979 film Quadrophenia, and by Russel/Harold Ramis to train ESL students in the
1981 comedy Stripes, "He Hit Me (and It Felt like a Kiss)" was used
in the episode 'Mystery Date' on Mad Men(2012).
Crystal was the name of
one of the girl group-inspired street urchin characters in the musical Little
Shop of Horrors, along with Chiffon and Ronnette. Amy Winehouse cited "He
Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" as an influence when writing her album Back
to Black. The American singer Lana Del Rey used the same phrase in the song
"Ultraviolence" in the album of the same name.
My birthday candles
Have all gone out
The party's through
And I'm alone with you
Woah, what a nice way to turn seventeen
I feel your sweet lips
Against my cheek
The lights are off
Your shoulder feels so soft
What a nice way to turn seventeen
My friends all bought me
So many gifts
But yours is the one I'm proudest of
A golden heart
Inscribed to me
"Happy birthday with all my love"
It feels like heaven
Here in your arms
Don't let me go
'Cause gee, I love, oh, I love you so
What a nice way to turn seventeen
I'm seventeen.
DEDICATED
TO THE ONE I LOVE
THE SHIRELLES
SONGWRITERS: LOWMAN
PAULING & BASS RALPH
CONTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT
LABEL: SCEPTER
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1953
"Dedicated to the One
I Love" is a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass which was a hit
for the "5" Royales, the Shirelles and the Mamas & the Papas. Pauling
was the guitarist of the "5" Royales, the group that recorded the
original version of the song, produced by Bass, in 1957. Their version was
re-released in 1961 and charted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Shirelles were an
American girl group notable for their rhythm and blues, doo-wop and soul music
and gaining popularity in the early 1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley
Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves), Doris Coley (later Doris Kenner-Jackson),
Addie "Micki" Harris (later Addie Harris McFadden), and Beverly Lee.
Founded in 1957 for a
talent show at their high school, they were signed by Florence Greenberg of Tiara
Records. Their first single, "I Met Him on a Sunday", was released by
Tiara and licensed by Decca Records in 1958. After a brief and unsuccessful
period with Decca, they went with Greenberg to her newly formed company, Scepter
Records. Working with Luther Dixon, the group rose to fame with "Tonight's
the Night". After
a successful period of collaboration with Dixon and promotion by Scepter, with
seven top 20 hits, the Shirelles left Scepter in 1966. Afterwards, they were
unable to maintain their previous popularity.
The Shirelles have been described as having a "naive
schoolgirl sound" that contrasted with the sexual themes of many of their
songs. Several of their hits used strings and baião-style
music. They have
been credited with launching the girl group genre, with much of their music
reflecting the genre's essence. Their acceptance by both white
and black audiences, predating that of the Motown acts, has been noted as
reflecting the early success of the Civil Rights Movement. They have received
numerous honors, including the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues
Foundation, as well as being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1996, and named one of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time by Rolling Stone in
2004. Two of their songs, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Tonight's
the Night", were selected by Rolling Stone on its list of the
greatest songs of all time.
In later years, the Shirelles
declined in popularity due in part to pressure from the British Invasion and
the heavy competition from other girl groups, including the Chiffons, the
Supremes, the Ronettes, Martha & the Vandellas, and the Crystals. During
this period, Warwick often replaced Coley due to the latter's family
commitments. The Shirelles were still bound to Scepter and thus unable to
record for another company until the end of their contract in 1966. Their last
single to chart was 1967's "Last Minute Miracle", which peaked at
#99.
After the commercial failure of their most recent
releases, Coley left the group in 1968 to attend to her family. The
remaining three Shirelles recorded songs for several labels, including Bell
Records, RCA, and United Artists until 1971. Afterwards, they toured singing
their older songs, and participated in the filming of the 1973 documentary Let
the Good Times Roll, recording two songs for it. Coley returned as lead singer
in 1975, replacing Owens, who left that year to pursue a solo career. Addie
"Micki" Harris died of a heart attack on June 10, 1982, in the Hyatt
Regency in Atlanta, Georgia after two performances with the group. The
following year, the remaining three original members performed "Will You
Love Me Tomorrow" with Warwick on her album How Many Times Can We Say
Goodbye.
This is dedicated to the one I love
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
This is dedicated to the one I love
"Life" can never be exactly like we want it to be
I could be satisfied knowing you love me
But there's one thing I want you to do especially for me
And it's something that everybody needs
Each night before you go to bed, my baby.
WILL
YOU STILL LOVE METOMORROW?
CAROLE KING
SONGWRITERS: GERRY GOFFIN & CAROLE KING
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TAPESTRY
LABEL: ODE RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1971
"Will You Love Me
Tomorrow", sometimes known as "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow",
is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was originally recorded
in 1960 by the Shirelles, who took their single to number one on the Billboard Hot
100 chart. The song is also notable for being the first song by a black all-girl
group to reach number one in the United States. It has since been recorded by
many artists over the years, including a 1971 version by co-writer Carole King.
Carole King(born Carol
Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter who has been
active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at the Brill
Building and later as a solo artist. She is the most successful female
songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or
co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. King also wrote 61 hits that
charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK
singles charts between 1952 and 2005.
King's major success began
in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two
dozen chart hits, many of which have become standards, for numerous artists. She has continued writing for
other artists since then. King's success as a performer in her own right did
not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on
the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. After
experiencing commercial disappointment with her debut álbum Writer, King scored
her breakthrough with the album Tapestry, which topped the U.S. album chart for
15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years.
King has made 25 solo albums,
the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No.
1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. Her record sales were estimated at
more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was
inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for
her songwriting. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin
Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. She is also a 2015 Kennedy
Center Honoree.
While in Laurel Canyon,
King met James Taylor and Joni Mitchell as well as Toni Stern, with whom she
collaborated on songs. King made her first solo album, Writer, in 1970 for Lou
Adler's Ode label, with Taylor playing acoustic guitar and providing backing
vocals. It peaked at number 84 in the Billboard Top 200. The same year, King
played keyboards on B.B. King's album Indianola Mississippi Seeds.
King followed Writer in
1971 with Tapestry, which featured new compositions as well as
reinterpretations of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "(You Make
Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." The album was recorded concurrently with
Taylor's Mud Slide Slim, with an overlapping set of musicians including King, Danny
Kortchmar and Joni Mitchell. Both albums included "You've Got a Friend",
which was a number 1 hit for Taylor; King said in a 1972 interview that she
"didn't write it with James or anybody really specifically in mind. But when James heard it he really
liked it and wanted to record it".
Tapestry was an instant
success. With numerous hit singles – including a Billboard No.1 with "It's
Too Late" – Tapestry held the No.1 spot for 15 consecutive weeks, remained
on the charts for nearly six years, and has sold over 25 million copies
worldwide. The album garnered four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year;
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female; Record of the Year ("It's Too
Late," lyrics by Toni Stern); and Song of the Year, with King becoming the
first woman to win the award ("You've Got a Friend"). The album
appeared on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list at number
36. In addition, "It's Too Late" was number 469 on Rolling Stone's 500
Greatest Songs of All Time.
Carole King: Music was
released in December 1971, certified gold on December 9, 1971. It entered the
top ten at 8, becoming the first of many weeks Tapestry and Carole King: Music simultaneously
occupied the top 10. The
following week it rose to No.3 and finally to No.1 on January 1, 1972, staying
there for three weeks. The album also spawned a top 10
hit, "Sweet Seasons" (US No. 9 and AC No.2). Carole King: Music stayed
on the Billboard pop album charts for 44 weeks and was eventually certified
platinum.
Rhymes and Reasons (1972),
and Fantasy(1973) followed, each earning gold certifications. Rhymes and
Reasons produced another hit, "Been to Canaan" (US No.24 and AC
No.1), and Fantasy produced two hits, "Believe in Humanity" (US
No.28) and "Corazon" (US No.37 and AC No.5), as well as another song
that charted on the Hot 100, "You Light Up My Life" (US No.67 and AC
No.6).
In 1973, King performed a
free concert in New York City's Central Park with 100,000 attending.
In September 1974, King
released her álbum Wrap Around Joy, which was certified gold on October 16,
1974, and entered the top ten at 7 on October 19, 1974. Two weeks later it
reached 1 and stayed there one week. Wrap Around Joy spawned two hits. "Jazzman"
was a single and reached 2 on November 9 but fell out of the top ten the next
week. "Nightingale", a single on December 17, went to No. 9 on March
1, 1975.
In 1975, King scored songs
for the animated TV production of Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie, released as an
album by the same name, with lyrics by Sendak.
Thoroughbred(1976) was the
last studio album she made under the Ode label. In addition to enlisting her
long-time friends such as David Crosby, Graham Nash, James Taylor and Waddy
Wachtel, King reunited with Gerry Goffin to write four songs for the album. Their partnership continued
intermittently. King also did a promotional tour for the album in 1976.
After covering Carole's
"Goin' Back" on October 17-18, 1975 at two of his high-profile Roxy
gigs Bruce Springsteen showed up in
person at the Beacon Theatre, New York on March 7, 1976 to sing "The
Loco-Motion" with Carole for the night's final encore.
In 1977, King collaborated
with another songwriter, Rick Evers, on Simple Things, the first release with a
new label distributed by Capitol Records. Shortly after that King and Evers
were married; he died of a cocaine overdose one year later, while King and
daughter Sherry were in Hawaii. Simple Things was her first album that failed
to reach the top 10 on the Billboard since Tapestry, and it was her last
Gold-certified record by the RIAA, except for a compilation entitled Her
Greatest Hits the following year and Live at the Troubadour in 2010.
Despite its Gold-certified
record status, Simple Things was named "The Worst Album of
1977" by Rolling Stone magazine: 394 Neither Welcome Home(1978), her debut
as a co-producer on an album, nor Touch the Sky(1979) reached the top 100. Pearls
– The Songs of Goffin and King(1980) yielded a hit single, an updated version
of "One Fine Day".
Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow
Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure
Can I believe the magic of your sighs
Will you still love me tomorrow
Tonight with words unspoken
You say that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning sun
I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow.
LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE
CHRIS
NORMAN(SMOKIE)
SONGWRITERS:
M. CHAPMAN, NICKY CHINN
COUNTRY: U.
K.
ALBUM: MIDNIGHT
CAFE
LABEL: RAK
GENRE: POP
ROCK
YEAR: 1976
Smokie(originally spelt Smokey)
are an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire. The band found success at
home and abroad after teaming up with Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. They have had a number of line-up
changes and were still actively touring in 2018. Their
most popular hit single, "Living Next Door to Alice", peaked at No. 3
on the UK Singles Chart and, in March 1977, reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot
100. Other hit singles include "If You Think You Know How to Love Me",
"Oh Carol", "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone", and "I'll
Meet You at Midnight".
"Living Next Door to
Alice" is a song co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Originally
released by the Australian vocal harmony trio New World in 1972, the song
charted at No. 35 on the Australian chart. The song later became a worldwide
hit for British band Smokie.
n November 1976, the British band Smokie released their
version of "Living Next Door to Alice". The
single peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart and, in March 1977,
reached 25 in the United States. It was a number one hit in Australia, Austria, Germany,
Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. Smokie
collaborated on a parody version in 1995 with comedian Roy Chubby Brown, which
peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, selling almost half a million
copies.
Ex-Smokie vocalist Chris
Norman included his solo cover of the song on his 2000 studio album Full Circle.
Sally called when she got the word
And she said: "I suppose you've heard
About Alice"
When I rushed to the window
And I looked outside
And I could hardly believe my eyes
As a big limousine rolled up
Into Alice's drive...
Oh, I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
But I just don't want to know
'Cos for twenty-four years
I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
To tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance
Now I've got to get used to not living next door to Alice...
We grew up together
Two kids in the park
We carved our initials
Deep in the bark
Me and Alice
Now she walks through the door
With her head held high
Just for a moment, I caught her eye
As a big limousine pulled slowly
Out of Alice's drive
Oh, I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
But I just don't want to know
'Cos for twenty-four years
I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
To tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance
Now I gotta get used to not living next door to Alice...
And Sally called back and asked how I felt
And she said: "I know how to help
Get over Alice"
She said: "Now Alice is gone
But I'm still here
You know I've been waiting
For twenty-four years..."
And a big limousine disappeared...
I don't know why she's leaving
Or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons
But I just don't want to know
'Cos for twenty-four years
I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance
To tell her how I feel, and maybe get a second glance
But I'll never get used to not living next door to
Alice...
No, I'll never get used to not living next door to
Alice...
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