ALL SUMMER LONG

CHRIS REA

SONGWRITER: CHRIS REA

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: KING OF THE BEACH

LABEL: EAST WEST

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 2000

 

          Christopher Anton Rea (/ˈriːə/REE-ə; born 4 March 1951) is an English rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. Born and raised in Middlesbrough, he is of Italian and Irish descent. He is known for his distinctive, husky-gravel voice and slide guitar playing, and the Guinness Rockopedia described him as a "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart".

               British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s" and "already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with the release of the single "The Road to Hell (Part 2)", which was his 18th chart entry. Two of his studio albums, The Road to Hell and Auberge, topped the UK Albums Chart. Rea was nominated three times for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist: in 1988, 1989 and 1990. His other hit songs include "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat", "Stainsby Girls", "Josephine", "On the Beach", "Let's Dance", "Driving Home for Christmas", "Working on It", "Tell Me There's a Heaven", "Auberge", "Looking for the Summer", "Winter Song", "Nothing to Fear", "Julia", and "If You Were Me", a duet with Elton John.

                In the United States he is best known for the 1978 song "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", which reached Nº. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at Nº. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. This success earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1979. As of 2009, he had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide.

            King of the Beach is the sixteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 2000. The singles released for the album were All Summer Long and Who Do You Love. The album reached #26 in the UK.

               The album, being a loose sequel to earlier On the Beach, was inspired by Rea's trip to Turks and Caicos Islands. A remix of "All Summer Long" was a dance hit in Ibiza and other Mediterranean places.

All summer long we were happy we were one

We didn't think of an ending to our play

All summer long nights of wine, days of song

It couldn't last, our ageing sun had to go

I will always remember you

 

Watching the waves in the wind

The beach dogs hiding from the rain

Suddenly my colours have turned to grey

Will I ever see your face again

 

And all winter long I will walk my lonely road

Waiting for you and your return

I will always remember you.

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

SHIRLEY BASSEY

SONGWRITERS: OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II & RICHARD RODGERS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SHIRLEY BASSEY

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1961

 

           Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey, DBE (/ˈbæsi/; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer, whose career began in 1953, well known for her expressive voice and for recording the soundtrack theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). In January 1959, Bassey became the first Welsh person to gain a No. 1 single.

         In 2000, Bassey was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to the performing arts. In 1977 she received the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist in the previous 25 years. Bassey is one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain.

         Shirley Bassey is a 1961 album by Shirley Bassey, her fifth studio album and her third with EMI/Columbia. Bassey was accompanied by Geoff Love and his orchestra and The Williams Singers (The Rita Williams Singers). The album spent eleven weeks on the charts, beginning in February 1962, and peaking at #14. This album was issued in mono and stereo. The stereo version of this album was released on CD in 1997 by EMI.

              "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess. It is themed as an inspirational piece, to encourage people to take every step toward attaining their dreams.

Climb every mountain

Search high and low

Follow every by-way

Every path you know

 

Climb every mountain

Ford every stream

Follow every rainbow

'Till you find your dream

A dream that will need

All the love you can give

Everyday of your life

For as long as you live. 

ELETRICITY

DUA LIPA

SONGWRITERS: MARK RONSON; THOMAS WESLEY PENTZ; DIANA GORDON; ROMY MADLEY CROFT; DUA LIPA; PHILIP MECKSEPER; JACOB OLOFSSON; RAMY DAWOD; MAXIMEPICARD & CLÉMENT PICARD (SILK CITY)

WHERE: FIRST LIVE SHOW TAIPEI 2019

COUNTRY: U. K. & U. S. A.

ALBUM: ELETRECITY

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: DANCE-POP

YEAR: 2018

 

             Dua Lipa (/ˈduːəˈliːpə/; Albanian pronunciation: [ˈdua ˈlipa]; born 22 August 1995) is an English singer and songwriter. After working as a model, she signed with Warner Music Group in 2015 and released her self-titled debut album in 2017. The album peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart, and produced nine singles, including "Be the One" and "IDGAF", and the UK number-one single "New Rules", which also peaked at number six in the US. In 2018, Lipa won the Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.

            Released in April 2018, the single "One Kiss" with Calvin Harris peaked at number one in the UK and became the longest-running number-one single for a female artist in 2018. It won her the 2019 Brit Award for Song of the Year. In 2019, she was also awarded the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and "Electricity", a collaboration with Silk City, won her the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. The success of the singles helped her self-titled album become one of the most-streamed albums on Spotify and achieve platinum certifications. Her second studio album, Future Nostalgia, was released in March 2020 to critical acclaim. It is her first UK number-one album; its lead single "Don't Start Now" became one of the most commercially successful songs of 2020; it is one of four songs (the only song by a female artist) that has spent all of 2020 on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at number two on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.

           Lipa has received various accolades, including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards and two MTV Europe Music Awards. She has also been nominated for three Billboard Music Awards, an American Music Award, and ten MTV Video Music Awards.

          "Electricity" is a song by British-American music duo Silk City and English singer Dua Lipa featuring American DJ Diplo and British musician Mark Ronson, from the Silk City's debut EP of the same name (2019). The song was written by Silk City members: Ronson and Diplo, alongside Lipa, Diana Gordon, Romy Madley Croft, Jr Blender, Jacob Olofsson, Rami Dawod, Maxime Picard and Clément Picard, with production from Silk City and additional production from Jarami, Riton, Alex Metric, and Blender. It was released for digital download and streaming through Columbia Records and Sony Music on 6 September 2018 as the fourth single from the EP. The song was also included on the super deluxe edition of Lipa's debut album, Dua Lipa: Complete Edition (2018).

            Musically, "Electricity" draws from Chicago house and 1990s music, and is a dance-pop and piano house song with disco-house, diva house and electropop elements. Lyrically, it sees a couple who has found a kindred spirit, with one party also comforting the other. The song was met with acclaim from music critics, with many complimenting the production. It won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. The song reached number 4 and 62 respectively on the UK Singles Chart and US Billboard Hot 100, and has a platinum certification in both countries, by the British Phonographic Industry(BPI) and Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), respectively.

             The music video for "Electricity" was directed by Bradley & Pablo, and is set during the Northeast blackout of 2003. In the video, Lipa throws a party in her loft, where she turns the power back on with her dance moves, while Ronson and Diplo get stuck in an elevator. Critics praised Lipa's performance in the video. The song was also accompanied by a vertical video and dance video. Silk City and Lipa promoted the single with numerous live performances, including ones at the American Music Awards of 2018, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. The song has received several remixes, including ones by The Black Madonna and MK.

Falling into you

Baby

Even electricity

Can’t compare to what I feel

When I’m with you

Ooh, baby

Given up my ghosts for you

And now I’m see through

 

You give me a feeling

Feeling so strong

I know you been treating

Treating yourself wrong

So let me care for you

Ooh, baby

Ima love you differently

I’ll give you electricity

Give it to you

 

And even if I could

I wouldn’t turn on you

And I would stop the world for you

You know

I wanted to let you know

I’ll never let this feeling go

This love has no ceiling

I cannot deny

 

And even if I could

I wouldn’t turn on you

And I would stop the world for you and I

I wanted to let you know

I’ll never let this feeling go

This love has no ceiling

I cannot deny

 

All I see is you lately

Wide awake and in my dreams

I see your face so vividly

I don’t know what I’d do

Ooh, baby

If you only saw a friend in me

I’d be bitter sweet

 

You give me a feeling

Feeling so strong

I know you been treating

Treating yourself wrong

So let me care for you

Ooh, baby

Ima love you differently

I’ll give you electricity

Give it to you

 

And even if I could

I wouldn’t turn on you

And I would stop the world for you

You know

I wanted to let you know

I’ll never let this feeling go

This love has no ceiling

I cannot deny

 

And even if I could

I wouldn’t turn on you

And I would stop the world for you and I

I wanted to let you know

I’ll never let this feeling go

This love has no ceiling

I cannot deny

 

You feel electric, baby

So electric, baby

I wanna let you know

Let you know

I think I’m ready, baby

I think I’m ready now

Electricity

I’m flowing into you

 

I want it

I need it

This current between us

Is flowing

This feeling

Tonight

 

I want it

I need it

This current between us

Is flowing

This feeling

Tonight

 

And even if I could

I wouldn’t turn on you

And I would stop the world for you

You know

I wanna let you know

I’ll never let this feeling go

This love has no ceiling

I cannot deny

 

And even if I could

I wouldn’t turn on you

And I would stop the world for you and I

I wanna let you know

I’ll never let this feeling go

This love has no ceiling

I cannot deny

 

You feel electric, baby

So electric, baby

I wanna let you know

Let you know

I think I’m ready, baby

I think I’m ready now

Electricity.

SMALL WORLD

JOHNNY MATHIS

SONGWRITERS: STEPHEN SONDHEIM & JULE STYNE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: MORE JOHNNY’S GREATEST HITS

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1959

 

             John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standard music, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts to date. Mathis has received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for three separate recordings.

            Although frequently described as a romantic singer, his discography includes traditional pop, Brazilian and Spanish music, soul, rhythm and blues, show tunes, Tin Pan Alley, soft rock, blues, country music, and even a few disco songs for his album Mathis Magic in 1979. Mathis has also recorded six albums of Christmas music. In a 1968 interview, Mathis cited Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, and Bing Crosby among his musical influences.

         More Johnny's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Johnny Mathis that was released by Columbia Records on June 22, 1959, and contains the A- and B-sides of five of his singles as well as "Teacher, Teacher", the chart hit that was the B-side of the Johnny's Greatest Hits track "All the Time", and "The Flame of Love," which had not been released before.

     The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Best Selling LP's chart the following month, in the issue dated July 27, and remained there for 93 weeks, two of which were spent at number two. It received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on January 12, 1962.

Funny, you're a stranger who's come here,

come from another town.

Funny, I'm a stranger myself here.

Small world, isn't it?

 

Funny, you're a man who goes traveling

rather than settling down.

Funny, 'cause I'd love to go traveling.

Small world, isn't it?

 

We have so much in common,

it's a phenomenon.

We could pool our resources

by joining forces from now on.

 

Lucky, you're a man who likes children.

That's an important sign.

Lucky, I'm a woman with children.

Small world, isn't it?

Funny, isn't it small and funny and fine?

 

We have so much in common,

it's a phenomenon.

We could pool our resources

by joining forces from now on.

 

Lucky, you're a man who likes children.

That's an important sign.

Lucky,

You're a

woman with children.

Small world, isn't it?

Funny, isn't it

isn't it

small and funny and fine?