Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August
8, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and
actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and
for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Houron CBStelevision
from 1969 until 1972. He released 64 albums in a career that spanned five
decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold
albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.
Born in Billstown,
Arkansas, Campbell began his professional career as a
studio musicianin Los Angeles, spending several years playing with the group of
instrumentalists later known as "The Wrecking Crew". After becoming a
solo artist, he placed a total of 80 different songs on either the Billboard Country Chart,
Billboard Hot 100,
or Adult Contemporary Chart, of
which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one
of those charts. Among Campbell's hits are "Universal Soldier", his first hit from
1965, along with "Gentle on My Mind" (1967), "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
(1967), "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife"
(1968), "Wichita Lineman"
(1968), "Galveston"
(1969), "Rhinestone Cowboy"
(1975) and "Southern
Nights" (1977).
In
1967, Campbell won four Grammys in the country and pop categories. For
"Gentle on My Mind", he received two awards in country
and western; "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
did the same in pop. Three of his early hits later won Grammy Hall of Fame Awards(2000, 2004,
2008), while Campbell himself won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awardin 2012. He owned trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both
the Country Music Association(CMA) and the Academy of Country Music(ACM), and took
the CMA's top award as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. Campbell played a
supporting role in the film True
Grit(1969), which earned him a Golden Globenomination for Most Promising Newcomer. He also sang the title song,
which was nominated for an Academy
Award.
"Southern Nights" is a song written
and recorded by Allen Toussaint,
from his 1975 album, Southern Nights,
and later recorded by American country
musicsinger Glen Campbell.
It was the first single released from Campbell's 1977 album, Southern Nights,
and reached Nº. 1 on three separate US charts. It was covered by the Chicagoband Whitneyin 2015.
Southern nights
Have you ever felt a southern night?
Free as a breeze
Not to mention the trees
Whistling tunes that you know and love so
Southern nights
Just as good even when closed your eyes
I apologize to anyone who can truly say
That he has found a better way
Southern skies
Have you ever noticed southern skies?
Its precious beauty lies just beyond the eye
It goes running through your soul
Like the stories told of old
Old man
He and his dog that walked the old land
Ev'ry flower touched his cold hand
As he slowly walked by
Weeping willows
Would cry for joy
Joy
Feel so good
Feel so good
It's frigth'ning
Wish I could
Stop this world from Fighting
La da da da da da la
da da da da da da da da
Mysteries
Like this and many others in the trees
Blow in the night
In the southern skies
Southern nights
They feel so good
it's fright'ning
Wish I could
Stop this world from Fighting
La da da da da da la
da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
da da da da.
FOOTSTEPS
THE
SKYLINES
SONGWRITERs: Geoffrey mcarthur & jonathan paul
shaban
COUNTRY: u. s. a.
ALBUM: the skyliners: greatest hits
LABEL: calico
records
GENRE: doo-wop
YEAR: 1987
The Skyliners are an American doo-wopgroup from Pittsburgh.
The original lineup was: Jimmy Beaumont (lead), Janet Vogel (soprano), Wally
Lester (tenor), Jackie Taylor (bass voice, guitarist), Joe Verscharen
(baritone). The Skyliners were best known for their 1958 hit,
"Since
I Don't Have You".
Hey, hey, hey
Footsteps, I hear, at the endin’ of the day
Your footsteps, my dear
Thought I know you’re far away
Hey, hey, hey
Tiptoe, alone, till they come into my heart
Those footsteps, that say
We will never stay apart
Footsteps that haunt me and seems to tell me
That they’ll be my guide, they’ll be my guide
And if I follow, yes if I follow
They, will lead, me to, your side
Those little footsteps, I hear
Every mornin’ noon and night
Your footsteps, my dear
Even though you’re out of sight
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey…
I DROVE ALL NIGHT
ROY ORBISON
SONGWRITERS: BILLY STEINBERG & TOM KELLY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: NINTENDO: WHITE KNUCKLE SCORIN’
LABEL: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1987
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December
6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his
impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional
ballads. His music was described by critics as operatic, earning him the
nicknames "the Carusoof
Rock" and "the Big O". Many of Orbison's songs conveyed vulnerability at
a time when most male rock-and-roll performers chose to project defiant
masculinity. He was known for his shyness and stage fright,
which he countered by wearing dark sunglasses.
Orbison began singing in a rockabillyand country-and-westernband at high school. He was signed by Sam Phillipsof Sun Recordsin 1956, but enjoyed his greatest success with Monument Records.
From 1960 to 1966,
22 of Orbison's singles reached the Billboard Top 40. He wrote or co-wrote
almost all of his own Top 10 hits, including "Only
the Lonely" (1960), "Running Scared" (1961),
"Crying" (1961), "In Dreams" (1963), and "Oh,
Pretty Woman" (1964). Beginning in the mid-1960s, Orbison suffered a
number of personal tragedies and his career faltered.
Orbison
experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 1980s following the success of
several cover versions of his songs. In 1988, he co-founded the
Traveling
Wilburys(a rock supergroup) with George Harrison,
Bob Dylan,
Tom Petty,
and Jeff Lynne.
Orbison died of a
heart attack in December 1988 at age 52. One month later, his song "You Got It"
(1989) was released as a solo single, becoming his first hit to reach the U.S.
Top 10 in nearly 25 years.
Orbison's honors include inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fameand Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famein 1987, the Songwriters Hall of Famein 1989, and
the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museumin 2014. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awardand five other Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone placed him at number 37
on its list of the "Greatest Artists of All Time" and number 13 on
its list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In 2002, Billboard
magazine listed him at number 74 on its list of the Top 600 recording artists.
"I Drove All Night" is a songwritten
and composed by American songwriters Billy
Steinbergand Tom
Kellyand recorded by American singer Cyndi Lauper.
The song was originally intended for Roy
Orbison, who recorded it in 1987, the year before
his death, but his version was not released until 1992, after Lauper's version
became a top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1989. The song has also been
covered by Canadian singer Celine
Dion, whose version topped the Canadian
Singles Chartand reached number 7 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 2003.
I had to escape, the city was stinking and cruel Maybe I should have called you first, but I was dying to get toyou I was dreaming while I drove the long straight road ahead Uh-huh, yeah Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide This fever for you was just burning me up inside I drove all night to
get to you Is that all right? I drove all night, crept in your room Woke you from your sleep To make love to you Is that all right? I drove all night What in this world
keeps us from falling apart? No matter where I go I hear the beating of our one heart I think about you when the night is cold and dark Uh-huh, yeah No one can move me the way that you do Nothing erases this feeling between me and you To taste your sweet
kisses, your arms open wide This fever for you is just burning me up inside I drove all night to
get to you Is that all right? I drove all night, crept in your room Is that all right? I drove all night.
VINCENT
DON
MCLEAN
SONGWRITER: DON MCLEAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: AMERICAN PIE
LABEL: UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1971
Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is
an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1971 hit song "American
Pie", an 8.5-minute folk rock "cultural
touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early rock and roll
generation.
His other hit singles include "Vincent", "Dreidel", a
rendition of Roy Orbison's
"Crying", a rendition of the Skyliners'
"Since
I Don't Have You", and "Wonderful Baby".
His composition "And I Love You So" has been sung by Elvis Presley,
Perry Como,
Helen Reddy,
Glen Campbell,
and others, and in 2000, Madonnahad a hit with a rendition of "American Pie".
In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In January 2018, BMI certified
that "American Pie" and "Vincent" had reached five million
and three million airplays respectively.
American Pie is the second studio albumby the American singer-songwriter Don McLean,
released by United
Artists Recordson 24 October 1971. containing
the chart-topping singles "American
Pie" and "Vincent." Recorded in May and June
1971 at The Record Plant in New York City, the LP is dedicated to Buddy Holly,
and was reissued in 1980 minus the track "Sister Fatima".The album
was released to much acclaim, later being included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
At the Australian 1972 King of Pop Awardsthe album won
Most Popular Overseas L.P.
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not
listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen
now
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not
listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll
listen now
For they could not
love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life,
as lovers often do
But I could've told you Vincent
This world was never meant for
One as beautiful as you
Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frame-less heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers
that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow
Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not
listen, they're not listening still