OCEAN DEEP

CLIFF RICHARD

SONGWRITERS: JON SWEET & ROD TROTT

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: SILVER

LABEL: EMI RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1983

 

           Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an English singer, musician, actor, and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has total sales of over 21 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.

       Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Presley and Little Richard. With his backing group, the Shadows, he dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s. His 1958 hit single "Move It" is often described as Britain's first authentic rock and roll song; John Lennon once said that "before Cliff and the Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music". In the early 1960s, he had a prosperous film career with films including The Young Ones and Summer Holiday. Increased focus on his Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to a more middle-of-the-road image, and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music.

         Over a career spanning 60 years, Richard has amassed several gold and platinum discs and awards, including two Ivor Novello Awards and three Brit Awards. More than 130 of his singles, albums, and EPs have reached the UK Top 20, more than any other artist. Richard has had 67 UK top ten singles, the second highest total for an artist behind Presley. He holds the record, with Presley, as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950s–2000s). He has achieved 14 UK No. 1 singles, and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in each of five consecutive decades. He also had four UK Christmas Nº. 1 singles, two of which were as a solo artist; "Mistletoe and Wine" and "Saviour's Day".

         Richard has never achieved the same popularity in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling "Devil Woman" and "We Don't Talk Anymore". In Canada, he had a successful period in the early 1960s, the late 1970s and early 1980s, with some releases certified gold and platinum. He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and retains a following in other countries. When not touring, he divides his time between Barbados and Portugal. In 2019, he relocated to the United States.

        Silver is a 1983 studio album by Cliff Richard, marking his 25th anniversary in music. The North American version was titled Give a Little Bit More and had a revised track list.

           A limited edition 2-LP box set of Silver was also released in the UK. The second LP, entitled Rock 'n' Roll Silver contained 9 new recordings of rock and roll classics, including Richard's debut single "Move It", and one new song "Makin' History".

          The album reached number 7 in the UK Albums Chart and earned Gold certification.

Love can't you see I'm alone

Can't you give this fool a chance

A little love is all I ask - a little kindness

In the night

Please don't leave me behind

No - don't tell me love is blind

A little love is all I ask and that is all

 

oh Love i've been searching so long

I've been searching high'n'low

A little love is all I ask - a little sadness

When you're gone

Maybe you need a friend

Only please don't let's pretend

A little love is all I ask and that is all

 

I wanna spread my wings - but I just can't fly

As a string of pearls and pretty girls go sailing by

 

Ocean Deep - I'm so afraid to show my feelings

I have sailed a million ceilings - in my –

Solitary Room

Ocean Deep - will I ever find a lover

Maybe she has found another

And as I cry myself to sleep

I know this love of mine I'll keep - Ocean Deep

 

Love can't you hear when I call

Can't you hear a word I say

A little love is all I ask

a little feeling When we touch

Why am I still alone?

I've got a heart without a home

A little love is all I ask - and that is all

 

I wanna spread my wings - but I just can't fly

As a string of pearls and pretty girls go sailing by

 

Ocean Deep - I'm so afraid to show my feelings

I have sailed a million ceilings - in my –

Solitary Room

Ocean Deep - will I ever find a lover

Maybe she has found another

And as I cry myself to sleep

I know this love of mine I'll keep - Ocean Deep

I'm so lonely lonely lonely...

maybe… 

 THE NIGHT HAS TURNED COLD

CHRIS NORMAN

SONGWRITERS: PETER DAVID SPENCER & CHRISTOPHER WARD NORMAN

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: HEARTS ON FIRE

LABEL: KARUSSELL

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1989

 

            Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the lead singer of Smokie, an English soft rock band which found success in Europe in the 1970s. "Stumblin' In", a 1978 duet with Suzi Quatro, was a big US hit.

       With the advent of rock and roll, Norman acquired his first guitar at the age of seven. His early musical influences were Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Lonnie Donegan.

            In these early years, Norman's parents moved around the country a lot, which resulted in him going to nine different schools, and living in various locations around England, such as Redcar, Luton, Kimpton, and Nottingham. By 1962, however, the family had moved back to Norman's mother's home city of Bradford. Approaching his twelfth birthday, Norman started at St. Bede's Grammar School, where he was to meet Alan Silson and Terry Uttley, future members of Smokie.

         As teenagers, influenced by the new era of groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and then folk singer, Bob Dylan, Norman and Silson began meeting up and spent nearly all their spare time learning new songs on their guitars. They managed to persuade Uttley to join them and, along with a drummer friend called Ron Kelly, they formed their first band. The Yen, Essence, and Long Side Down were just some of a variety of names they called themselves before settling on "The Elizabethans". When Ron Kelly left the group in 1973, an old friend called Pete Spencer was asked to take over on the drums, and the group, which was to become Smokie, was complete.

         Between 1974 and the early 1980s, Smokie enjoyed success touring all over the world, but the strain and pressure of constantly being away from home and family was beginning to tell on Norman. By the early 1980s he decided to spend more time writing and working in the studio. Norman and Spencer now worked together on songs for other artists including hits for Kevin Keegan ("Head Over Heels in Love", a No. 31 UK hit), and the England football team song "This Time (We'll Get It Right)". He also worked with Agnetha Fältskog (on her solo album), Racey (co-writer of "Baby It's You"), Donovan (backing vocals on Donovan), and Heavy Metal Kids.

         In 1978, Norman recorded a duet with Suzi Quatro, "Stumblin' In", which made No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and sold over one million copies.

          Norman's solo career took off in 1986 with the song, "Midnight Lady", which was a hit throughout Europe holding the number one spot in Germany for six weeks (where it sold 900,000 copies). Further success followed by the songs "Some Hearts Are Diamonds", "No Arms Can Ever Hold You", "Broken Heroes", "Fearless Hearts", "Sarah" and "Baby I Miss You". In 1994, Norman was honoured by CMT Europe as their 'International Video Star of the Year'.

          In 2004, he took part in the Comeback Show on the German TV station ProSieben and he performed "Stumblin' In" as a duet with C. C. Catch. In the final episode of the show, he was joined by Smokie for the final song.

          On 2 June 2007, Norman performed at the Peel Bay Festival, Isle of Man.

           Norman continues to this day to record and to perform gigs throughout Europe and beyond.

Oh, here we are
Like total strangers now
I never thought that we would ever change somehow
 
I look at you
You played the losing game
Or something in your eyes tells me it's not the same
 
And the night has turned cold
And the feeling is freezing me
The nightingale has sung its last farewell
And now there's no-one left who I can tell
 
We used to talk
About the things we'd do
But now I feel alone whenever I'm with you
 
You never know
You never want to see
The way you make my broken heart keep hurting me
 
And the night has turned cold
And the feeling is freezing me
Oh, the nightingale has sung its last farewell
Now there's no-one left who I can tell.

LOVE TO LOVE YOU

THE CORRS

SONGWRITER: THE CORRS

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: FORGIVEN, NOT FORGOTTEN

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR:1996

 

           The Corrs are an Irish family band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings, Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline (drums, percussion, piano, bodhrán, vocals) and Jim (guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals). They are from Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.

              The Corrs have released seven studio albums and numerous singles, which have reached Platinum in many countries, and have sold 40 million albums worldwide. Talk on Corners, their most successful album to date, reached multi-Platinum status in Australia, and in the UK it was the highest selling album of 1998. The band is one of only a handful of acts who have held the top two positions simultaneously in the UK album charts, with Talk on Corners at number one and Forgiven, Not Forgotten at number two. The latter was the third highest selling album in Australia in 1996. Their third studio album, In Blue, went to number one in seventeen countries.

        The Corrs have been actively involved in philanthropic activities. They have performed in numerous charity concerts, such as The Prince's Trust event in 2004 and Live 8 alongside Bono of U2 in 2005. The same year, they were awarded honorary MBEs for their contributions to music and charity. The band was inactive for almost 10 years because Jim and Caroline were raising families, while Andrea and Sharon were pursuing solo careers while raising families of their own. According to Sharon, it was uncertain if and when The Corrs would reunite. Rumours of a reunion sparked in early 2015 and in a radio interview with Chris Evans in June 2015, Andrea confirmed that The Corrs were working on a new album and would play the BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park festival. Their sixth studio album, White Light, was released on 27 November 2015, and was accompanied by a European tour. After two years, their seventh studio album, Jupiter Calling, was released on 10 November 2017.

             "Love to Love You" is a song by Celtic folk rock band The Corrs, the fourth single from their debut album Forgiven, Not Forgotten. It was released in 1996, peaking at number 62 on the UK Singles Chart and reaching the top 50 in Australia and New Zealand.

I would love to love you like you do to me

I'd love to love you like you do to me

There's a pillar in my way you see

I'd love to love you like you do to me

 

I met you on a sunny Autumn day

You instantly attracted me when asking for the way

God if I had known the pain I'd make you feel

I would have stopped this start of us, and turned upon my heel

 

Though you should leave me

Time make it be alright

Though you must leave me

Time will help you see the light

You don't need me

Time make it be alright

Though you must leave me

Believe me when I tell you…

 

(Chorus)

You recognised my barrier to love

I know there's nothing worse than unrequited love (unrequitedlove)

So I prayed to God that I could give the love you gave to me

But something's lying in my way, preventing it to be

 

Though you should leave me

Time make it be alright

Though you must leave me

Believe me when I tell you

 

(Chorus)

 

(Chorus)

 

Break those pillars down

Break those pillars down

Take those pillars down, down, down

Oh, take those pillars down

 

(Love to love you like you do to me)

Break those pillars down

(Love to love you like you do to me)

Oh take those pillars down

(Love to love you)

(Love to love you)

(Love to love you)

Take those pillars down

(Love to love you).

TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT

THE EAGLES

SONGWRITERS: DON HENLEY; GLENN FREY & RANDY MEISNER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: ONE OF THIS NIGHTS

LABEL: ASYLUM RECORDS

GENRE: SOFT ROCK

YEAR: 1975

 

          The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971. With five number-one singles and six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards, and five American Music Awards, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s in North America. Founding members Glenn Frey (guitars, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitars, vocals) and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals), were recruited by Linda Ronstadt as band members, some touring with her, and all playing on her third solo album, before venturing out on their own on David Geffen's new Asylum Records label.

       Their debut Eagles in 1972 spawned two Top 20 singles in the US and Canada: "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman". The next year's follow up, Desperado, only peaked at number 41 in the US, although "Desperado" and "Tequila Sunrise" became two of the band's most popular tracks. In 1974, guitarist Don Felder joined, and On the Border produced the top-40 hit "Already Gone" and the Eagles' first number-one song in the US and Canada, "Best of My Love". In 1975, guitarist and vocalista Joe Walsh replaced Leadon, and the album One of These Nights became their first Top 10 album in many countries. It included the number-one US hit "One of These Nights", which was their first Top Ten hit outside of North America, and US top-five songs "Lyin' Eyes", and "Take It to the Limit". Their 1976 compilation Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) is still the best-selling album in the United States, with 38 million sold, and primed the public for the release in late 1976 of Hotel California, which would sell more than 26 million copies in the U.S. alone, (still ranking 3rd all time for US sales), and more than 42 million copies worldwide. The album yielded two number-one singles in the US and Canada, "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California", the latter of which became their only Top Ten hit in the United Kingdom, while also reaching the Top Ten in New Zealand and many European countries, including rising to number two in France.

       Meisner left the band in 1977, replaced by Timothy B. Schmit, and the Eagles released their last studio album for nearly 28 years in 1979 with The Long Run, which spawned the North American number-one song "Heartache Tonight", which also became their biggest hit in Australia (number 13), and the North American top-ten hits "The Long Run" and "I Can't Tell You Why". The Eagles broke up in July 1980 but reunited in 1994 for the álbum Hell Freezes Over, a mix of live and new studio tracks. They toured consistently and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2007, the Eagles released Long Road Out of Eden, their sixth number-one album in the US, and launched the Long Road Out of Eden Tour in 2008 to support it. In 2013, they began the extended History of the Eagles Tour in conjunction with the band's documentary release, History of the Eagles. Following Frey's death in January 2016 and a one-year hiatus, the Eagles re-formed in 2017, with Glenn's son Deacon Frey and Vince Gill sharing lead vocals for Frey's songs.

      The Eagles are one of the world's best-selling bands, having sold more than 200 million records, including 100 million sold in U.S alone. They were ranked number 75 on Rolling Stone's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

        "Take It to the Limit" is a song by the Eagles from their fourth album One of These Nights from which it was issued as the third single on November 15, 1975. It reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was also the Eagles' greatest success to that point in the UK, going to No. 12 on the charts. Billboard ranked it as the Nº. 25 song for 1976.

           The song was written by Eagles' members Randy Meisner, Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Meisner, who sang lead on it, says the song began as his solo composition. As it remained unfinished when time came for the One of These Nights album to be recorded, Henley and Frey assisted Meisner in completing it. Meisner's performance of the song was popular with the audience in Eagles' concerts, but disputes over his reluctance to perform it would also directly lead to Meisner's departure from the band.

All alone at the end of the of the evening

And the bright lights have faded to blue

I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have

Loved me and I never knew

You know I've always been a dreamer

(spent my life running 'round)

And it's so hard to change

(Can't seem to settle down)

But the dreams I've seen lately

Keep on turning out and burning out

And turning out the same

So put me on a highway

And show me a sign

And take it to the limit one more time

You can spend all your time making money

You can spend all your love making time

If it all fell to pieces tomorrow

Would you still be mine?

And when you're looking for your freedom

(Nobody seems to care)

And you can't find the door

(Can't find it anywhere)

When there's nothing to believe in

Still you're coming back, you're running back

for more

So put me on a highway

And show me a sign

And take it to the limit one more time

Take it to the limit

Take it to the limit

Take it to the limit one more time.