THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

GEORGE MICHAEL

SONGWRITERS: JOHN LENNON & PAUL MCCARTNEY

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: FREEEK!

LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2002

 

          George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo Wham! and later embarked on a solo career. Michael sold over 80 million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He achieved seven number one songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight number one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100. Michael won various music awards including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, three American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards and six Ivor Novello Awards. In 2008, he was ranked 40th on Billboard's list of the Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time.

                 Born in East Finchley, Michael formed the duo Wham! With Andrew Ridgeley in 1981. The band's first two albums, Fantastic (1983) and Make It Big (1984), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. Certifying themselves as a global act, Wham!'s tour of China in April 1985 was the first visit to China by a Western popular music act, and generated worldwide media coverage. Michael's first solo single "Careless Whisper" reached number one in over 20 countries, including the UK and US. His debut solo album, Faith, was released in 1987, topping the UK Albums Chart and staying at number one on the Billboard 200 for 12 weeks. Four singles from the album—"Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", and "Monkey"—reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Faith was awarded Album of the Year at the 1989 Grammy Awards. Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) was a UK number-one and included the Billboard Hot 100 number-one "Praying for Time"."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", a 1991 duet with Elton John, was also a transatlantic number one. Michael went on to release the albums Older (1996), Songs from the Last Century (1999) and Patience (2004). In 2004, the Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004.

               "Freeek!" is a single written and performed by English singer George Michael, and a remastered version called "Freeek! '04" was later featured on his álbum Patience.

               The single was released on 18 March 2002; the first of six to come from Patience, although the album itself was not released until 2004. The song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and also charted within the top ten in many other European countries. It topped the charts in Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, and Spain and reached number two in Switzerland, number five in Australia, and number six in Finland. The song contains samples from "Try Again" by Aaliyah, "Breathe and Stop" by Q-Tip, and "N.T." by Kool & the Gang.

                  "The Long and Winding Road" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. When issued as a single in May 1970, a month after the Beatles' break-up, it became the group's 20th and last number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.

                  The main recording of the song took place in January 1969 and featured a sparse musical arrangement. When preparing the tapes from these sessions for release in April 1970, producer Phil Spector added orchestral and choral overdubs. Spector's modifications angered McCartney to the point that when the latter made his case in the English High Court for the Beatles' disbandment, he cited the treatment of "The Long and Winding Road" as one of six reasons for doing so. New versions of the song with simpler instrumentation were subsequently released by McCartney and by the Beatles.

                In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked "The Long and Winding Road" at number 90 on their list of 100 greatest Beatles songs.

The long and winding road

That leads to your door

Will never disappear

I've seen that road before

It always leads me here

Lead me to your door

 

The wild and windy night

That the rain washed away

Has left a pool of tears

Crying for the day

Why leave me standing here?

Let me know the way

 

Many times I've been alone

And many times I've cried

Any way youll never know

The many ways I've tried

 

And still they lead me back

To the long winding road

You left me standing here

A long long time ago

Don't leave me waiting here

Lead me to your door

 

Many times I've been alone

And many times I've cried

Any way youll never know

The many ways I've tried

 

But still they lead me back

To the long winding road

You left me standing here

A long long time ago

Don't keep me waiting here

Lead me to your door.

SUNDAY AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD NOT NOW MUSIC 1

BILL EVANS

SONGWRITER: BILL EVANS & TRIO

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

HOW: INSTRUMENTAL

ALBUM: BILL EVANS TRIO

LABEL: RIVERSIDE RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1961

 

          William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in trios. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continues to influence jazz pianists today.

                 Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1929, he was classically trained at Southeastern Louisiana University and the Mannes School of Music, where he majored in composition and received the Artist Diploma. In 1955, he moved to New York City, where he worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell. In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis's sextet, which in 1959, then immersed in modal jazz, recorded Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album of all time. During that time, Evans was also playing with Chet Baker for the album Chet.

                 In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader, with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, a group now regarded as a seminal modern jazz trio. In 1961, ten days after finishing an engagement at the New York Village Vanguard jazz club, LaFaro died in a car accident. After months of seclusion, Evans reemerged with a new trio, featuring bassist Chuck Israels.

                   In 1963, Evans recorded Conversations with Myself, a solo album using the unconventional technique of overdubbing himself. In 1966, he met bassist Eddie Gómez, with whom he worked for 11 years.

                Many of Evans's compositions, such as "Waltz for Debby", have become standards, played and recorded by many artists. Evans received 31 Grammy nominations and seven awards, and was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame.

            Sunday at the Village Vanguard is a live album by jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans and his Trio consisting of Evans, bassist Scott LaFaro, and drummer Paul Motian. Released in 1961, the album is routinely ranked as one of the best live jazz recordings of all time.

NIGHT LIGHTS

GERRY MULLIGAN

SONGWRITER: GERRY MULLIGAN

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: NIGHT LIGHTS

LABEL: PHILIPS RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1963

 

          Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996), also known as Jeru, was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though primarily known as one of the leading jazz baritone saxophonists—playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz—Mulligan was also a significant arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others. His pianoless quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz groups. Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments. Several of his compositions, such as "Walkin' Shoes" and "Five Brothers", have become standards.

                Throughout Mulligan's orchestral work and until the end of his life, Mulligan maintained an active career performing and recording jazz – usually with a quartet that included a piano.

          In June 1988, Mulligan was invited to be the first Composer-in-Residence at the Glasgow International Jazz Festival and was commissioned to write a work, which he titled The Flying Scotsman. In 1991, Mulligan contacted Miles Davis about revisiting the music from the germane 1949 Birth of the Cool album. Davis had recently performed some of his Gil Evans collaborations with Quincy Jones at the Montreux Jazz Festival and was enthusiastic. However, Davis died in September and Mulligan continued the recording project and tour with Wallace Roney and Art Farmer subbing for Davis. Re-Birth of the Cool (released in 1992) featured the charts from Birth of the Cool, and a new nonet which included Lewis and Barber from the original Davis band. Mulligan appeared at the Brecon Jazz Festival 1991. Mulligan's final recording was a quartet album (with guests), Dragonfly, recorded in the summer of 1995 and released on the Telarc label. Mulligan gave his final performance on the 13th Annual Floating Jazz Festival, SS Norway, Caribbean Cruise, November 9, 1995.

          Mulligan died in Darien, Connecticut, on January 20, 1996, at the age of 68, following complications from knee surgery. His widow Franca – to whom he had been married since 1976 – said he had also been suffering from liver cancer. Upon Mulligan's death, his library and numerous personal effects (including a gold-plated Conn baritone saxophone) were given to the Library of Congress. 'The Gerry Mulligan Collection' is open to registered public researchers in the library's Performing Arts Research Center. The library placed Mulligan's saxophone on permanent exhibit in early 2009.

               On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Gerry Mulligan among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

        Night Lights is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gerry Mulligan featuring performances recorded in 1963 and first released on the Philips label.

ALL THE TIME

ZARA LARSSON

SONGWRITERS: ILSEY JUBER; LINUS WIKLUND; NOONIE BAO & ZARA LARSSON

COUNTRY: SWEDEN

ALBUM: ALL THE TIME

LABEL: TEN MUSIC GROUP

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2019

 

              Zara Maria Larsson (/ˈzɑːrəˈlɑːrsən/, Swedish: [ˈsɑ̂ːra ˈlɑ̌ːʂɔn]); born 16 December 1997) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. At the age of 10, she achieved national fame in Sweden for winning the 2008 season of the talent show Talang, the Swedish version of British TV's Got Talent. Four years later, in 2012, Larsson signed with the record label TEN Music Group and subsequently released her debut compilation recording, the extended play Introducing, in January 2013.

           Larsson's first original song, "Uncover", topped the music charts in Scandinavia: Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. In February 2013, "Uncover" was certified Platinum by Universal Music Sweden. In July 2013, Introducing was certified 3× Platinum in the country. Larsson signed a three-year contract with Epic Records in the United States in April 2013. In 2016, she performed at the opening and closing ceremonies for UEFA Euro in France. Larsson's second studio album, So Good, was released on 17 March 2017. Her third studio album, Poster Girl, is expected to be released in 2020.

            "All the Time" is a song by Swedish singer Zara Larsson, released through TEN Music Group and Epic Records on 21 June 2019. It was co-written by Larsson with Noonie Bao and Ilsey Juber and produced by Linus Wiklund. Whether or not the song will be included on Larssons upcoming second studio album "Poster Girl" is currently unknown.

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

 

Summertime, and I’m caught in the feeling

Getting high, and I'm up on the ceiling

I don't know what you're doing in New York

All I know is you ain't on my bedroom floor

 

I'm seeing you undressed in my room

But it's just a memory, a fantasy

Are you in your house, are you going out?

Are you going crazy like me?

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

 

I try to forget about you, baby

And I die when I think of you in someone else's

I don't know why

I don't know why you're dancing in my mind

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night, all the time

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night, all the time

 

Everyone's been wearing your perfume

And everything is reminding me of you

I don't know what I'm doing in New York

But all I know is you ain't walking through that door

 

I'm seeing you undressed in my room

But it's just a memory, a fantasy

Are you in your house, are you going out?

Are you going crazy like me?

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

 

I try to forget about you, baby

And I die when I think of you in someone else's

I don't know why

I don't know why you're dancing in my mind

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

I try to forget about you, baby

And I die when I think of you in someone else's

I don't know why

I don't know why you're dancing in my mind

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

(Yeah)

 

And I wonder if you think about me too

Where we used to go, what we used to do

And I wonder if you’re crying out inside, oh, yeah

Oh, oh

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

 

I try to forget about you, baby

And I die when I think of you in someone else's

I don't know why

I don't know why you're dancing in my mind

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night

I try to forget about you, baby

And I die when I think of you in someone else's

I don't know why

I don't know why you're dancing in my mind

 

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night, all the time

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night, all the time

From the breaking of the day to the middle of the night.