Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a
Canadian singer. Her albums consisting primarily of pop, country, and adult
contemporary musichave sold over 55 million
copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.
Murray was the first Canadian female solo
singer to reach Nº.1 on the U.S. charts, and also the first to earn a Gold
record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird"
(1970). She is often cited as one of the female Canadian artists who paved the
way for other international Canadian success stories such as k.d. lang, Céline Dion, and Shania Twain. She is
also the first woman and the first Canadian to win "Album of the
Year" at the 1984 Country Music
Association Awardsfor her Gold-plus 1983
album A Little Good
News.
Murray
has received four Grammys, a record 24 Junos, three American Music Awards,
three Country Music Association Awards, and three Canadian Country Music
Association Awards. She has been inducted into the Canadian
Country Music Hall of Fame, the Juno Hall of Fame, The Canadian Songwriters
Hall of Fame, and Canadian
Broadcast Hall of Fame. She is a member of the Country
Music Hall of Fame Walkway of Stars in Nashville,
and has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angelesand on
Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.
In 2011, Billboardranked her 10th on their list of the 50 Biggest Adult ContemporaryArtists Ever.
"She Thinks I Still Care" is a countrysong written by
Dickey Leeand
Steve Duffy. The song was recorded by multiple artists, including George Jones, Connie Francis, Anne Murray, Elvis Presleyand Patty Loveless.
Just because I ask a
friend about him
Just because I spoke his name somewhere
Just because I rang his number by mistake today
He thinks I still care
Just because I haunt
the same old places
Where the mem'ry of him lingers everywhere
Just because I'm not the happy girl I used to be
He thinks I still care
And if he's happy
thinking I still need him
Then let that silly notion bring him cheer
But how could he ever be so foolish?
Or where would he get such an idea?
Just because I ask a
friend about him
Just because I spoke his name somewhere
Just because I saw him, then went all to pieces
He thinks I still care
Yes, he thinks I
still care.
WHEN YOU KISS ME
SHANIA TWAIN
SONGWRITERS: Twain
& Robert John Mutt Lange
COUNTRY: CANADA
ALBUM: UP!
LABEL: MERCURY NASHVILLE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 2002
Eilleen "Shania" Twain (/aɪˈliːn/eye-LEEN,/ʃənaɪə/; born Eilleen Regina Edwards;
August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million
records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and
among the best-selling
music artists of all time. Her success garnered her
several honorific titles including the "Queen
of Country Pop". While Billboardnamed her as the leader of the '90s country-pop crossover stars.
Raised in Timmins,
Ontario, Twain
pursued singing and songwriting from a young age before signing with Mercury
Nashville Recordsin the early 1990s. Her self-titled
debut studio albumwas a commercial failure
upon release in 1993. After collaborating with producer and later husband Robert John
"Mutt" Lange, Twain rose to fame with her
second studio album, The Woman in
Me(1995), which brought her widespread
success. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide, spawned eight singles,
including "Any Man of Mine" and
earned her a Grammy Award. Her
third studio album, Come On Over(1997),
became the best-selling
studio albumby a female act in any genre and the
best-selling country album of all time, selling over 40 million copies
worldwide. Come On Over produced twelve singles, including "You're Still
the One", "From This Moment On",
"That Don't
Impress Me Much" and "Man! I Feel Like a
Woman!" and earned Twain four Grammy Awards. Her
fourth studio album, Up!(2002), spawned
eight singles, including "I'm Gonna
Getcha Good!", "Ka-Ching!"
and "Forever and
for Always", selling over 20 million
copies worldwide, also being certified Diamondin the United States.
In 2004, after releasing her Greatest Hitsalbum, which produced three new singles including "Party for Two",
Twain entered a hiatus, revealing years later that diagnoses with Lyme diseaseand dysphonialed to a
severely weakened singing voice. She chronicled her vocal rehabilitation on the
OWNminiseries Why Not? with
Shania Twain, released her first single in
seven years in 2012, "Today Is Your Day",
and published an autobiography, From This Moment On. Twain returned to
performing the following year with an exclusive concert residencyat The Colosseum
at Caesars Palace, Shania: Still
the One, which ran until 2014. In 2015, she launched
the North American Rock This
Country Tour, which was billed as her
farewell tour. Twain released her first studio album in 15 years in 2017, Now,
and embarked on the Now Tourin 2018. In 2019, she started her second Las Vegas residency, Let's Go!at the Zappos Theater.
Twain has receivedfive Grammy Awards, a World Music Award, 27 BMISongwriter Awards, stars on Canada's Walk
of Fameand the Hollywood
Walk of Fame, and an induction into the Canadian
Music Hall of Fame. According to the RIAAshe is the only
female artist in history to have three (consecutive) albums certified Diamondby the RIAAand is the sixth best-selling female artistin the United States. Altogether, Twain is ranked as the 10th
best-selling artist of the Nielsen SoundScanera. Billboardlisted Twain as the 13th Greatest Music Video Female Solo Artist of
all time (42nd overall).
"When You Kiss Me" is a song
recorded by Canadian singer Shania Twain.
It was the seventh single overall released from her fourth studio álbum Up!(2002). The
song was written by Twain and her then-husband Robert John
"Mutt" Lange. Despite Twain admitting on
several occasions that "When You Kiss Me" is her favorite ballad
off Up!, it was excluded from her 2004 Greatest Hitsalbum. Twain
also performed the song on the Up! Tour.
The song found mild success in Europe and
Australia, and it was the only non-single from the album to chart on the Billboard
Country Chart in the United States.
Although, the music videowas
later released to CMTin that country. In the British Isles,
"When You Kiss Me" was released as a double A-sidewith "Up!",
but was overpowered by the latter single. The DVD release of the song marked
Shania's first and only DVD single. The song was also released as the last
single to Canadian country radio.
This could be it, I
think I'm in love
It's love this time
It just seems to fit, I think I'm in love
This love is mine
I can see you with me
when I'm older
All my lonely nights are finally over
You took the weight of the world off my
shoulders (the world just goes away)
Chorus:
Oh, when you kiss me
I know you miss me –
and when you're with me
The world just goes away
The way you hold me
The way you show me that you
adore me - oh, when you kiss me
Oh, yeah
You are the one, I
think I'm in love
Life has begun
I can see the two of
us together
I know I'm gonna be with you forever
Love couldn't be any better
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental Solo
I can see you with me
when I'm older
All my lonely nights are finally over
You took the weight of the world off my
shoulders (the world just goes away)
Repeat Chorus
And when you kiss me
I know you miss me
Oh, the world just goes away
When you kiss me.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN
LOVE
ROXETTE
SONGWRITTER: PER
GESSLE
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
ALBUM: PEARLS OF
PASSION
LABEL: EMI RECORDS
GENRE: POWER BALLAD
YEAR: 1987
Roxette was
a Swedish pop rockduo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson(vocals and keyboards) and Per Gessle(vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986,
the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their
breakthrough second álbum Look Sharp!Their third album Joyride, which was released in 1991, became just as
successful as its predecessor. Roxette went on to achieve nineteen UK Top 40
hits and several US Hot 100hits, including four US number-ones
with "The Look", "Listen to Your Heart", "It Must
Have Been Love",
featured on the soundtrack of Pretty Woman, and "Joyride". Their other hits include "Dressed for Success", "Dangerous",
and "Fading Like a Flower".
Before
coming together to form the duo, Fredriksson and Gessle were already
established artists in Sweden, she having released a number of solo albums
and he being the lead singer and songwriter of Gyllene Tider, a band that had three No. 1 albums. On
the advice of the managing director of their record label, the two came
together to record "Neverending Love", which became a hit single in Sweden.
After the
release of Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus!, a greatest hits record, the duo took a hiatus
before returning with the albums Have a Nice Day(1999)
and Room Service(2001).
They continued to chart in other territories, mainly in Europe and Latin America, where they earned various Gold and Platinum
awards until the beginning of the new millennium. In 2002, the duo took a break
from recording and touring when Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Gessle went on to release solo albums and reunited
with Gyllene Tider before Roxette took to the stage together again for the
first time in eight years, in 2009, during Gessle's European Party Crashertour. In 2011, they released Charm School,
their first studio album in ten years, which was followed by Travellingin 2012. Their
final studio album, Good Karma, was released in 2016. Marie
Fredriksson died on 9 December 2019, at the age of 61, following a long battle
with a brain tumour, and the group was disbanded shortly after Fredriksson's
death.
Their songs
"It Must Have Been Love" and "Listen to Your Heart"
continue to receive wide radio airplay, with both singles receiving awards from BMIin
2014 for achieving five million radio plays. They have sold an estimated 75
million records worldwide, with over 10 million in certified units from
Germany, the US and the UK, achieving gold and platinum certifications for Joyride
and Look Sharp! in all three regions. They are Sweden's second-best-selling
music act after ABBA.
"It
Must Have Been Love" originally "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas
for the Broken Hearted)" is a song written by Per Gessleand performed by the Swedish pop duo
Roxette. The power balladbecame the duo's third number one
hit in the United States, and is one of their best selling releases, being
certified gold or platinum in a number of countries.
Four different versions of the song have been
officially released. The
original song was released in 1987, which was followed by the most successful
incarnation, a slightly edited version, omitting the Christmas references,
created for the soundtrackto the 1990 film Pretty Woman. During the "Join
the Joyride! World Tour" in
1991, the band recorded a country musicversion in Los Angeles, included on their 1992 album Tourism. A Spanish-language version of the Pretty Woman
recording was released on their 1996 compilation Baladas
en Español.
Finally, an orchestral live performance from the band's 2009 concert at Night
of the Promswas
included on their 2012 studio album, Travelling.
It must have been
love, but it's over now
Lay a whisper on my
pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, there's air of silence
In the bedroom and all around (and all around)
Touch me now
I close my eyes
And dream away
It must have been
love, but it's over now
It must have been good, but I lost it somehow
It must have been love, but it's over now
From the moment we touched 'til the time had run out
Make-believing we're
together
That I'm sheltered by your heart
But in and outside, I've turned to water
Like a teardrop in your palm
And it's a hard
winter's day
I dream Away
It must have been
love, but it's over now
(It must have been love, but it's over now)
It was all that I wanted, now I'm living without
It must have been love, but it's over now
(It must have been love, the wind blows)
It's where the water flows
It's where the wind blows
It must have been love, but it's over now
(It must have been love, but it's
over now)
It must have been good, but I lost it somehow
It must have been love, but it's over now
(It must have been love, but it's over now)
From the moment we touched 'til the time had run out
Yeah! It must have
been love, but it's over now
(It must have been love, but it's over now)
It was all that I wanted, now I'm living without
It must have been love, but it's over now
(The wind blows)
It's where the water flows
It's where the wind blows
(It must have been
love, but it's over now)
But it's over now
Now!
(It must have been love, but it's over now)
(It must have been love, but it's over now)
Now!
ALL ALONE AM I
JOHNNY TILLOTSON
SONGWRITER: ARTHUR
ALTMAN; MANOS HADJIDAKIS & JEAN IOANNIDIS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TALK BACK
TREMBLING LIPS
LABEL: MGM RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR:1963
Johnny
Tillotson (born April 20, 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States) is an American
singer-songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he
scored nine top-tenhits on the pop, country, and adult contemporary Billboard charts, including "Poetry in Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" and "Without
You".
Johnny is the son of Doris and Jack
Tillotson, who owned a small service station on the corner of 6th and Pearl in
Jacksonville, and acted as the station's mechanic. At the age of nine, Johnny was sent to Palatka,
Florida, to take care of his
grandmother. He returned to Jacksonville each summer to be
with his parents when his brother Dan would go to his grandmother. Johnny began to perform at local functions as a
child, and by the time he was at Palatka Senior High School he had developed a
reputation as a talented singer. Tillotson became a semi-regular on
TV-4's McDuff Hayride, hosted by Toby Dowdy, and soon landed his own show
on TV-12 WFGA-TV. In 1957, while Tillotson was studying at the University of Florida, local disc jockey Bob Norris sent a tape of
Johnny's singing to the Pet Milk talent contest, and was chosen as one of six
National finalists. This gave Johnny the opportunity to perform in Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM the
Grand Ole Opry, which led
Lee Rosenberg, a Nashville publisher, to take a tape to Archie
Bleyer, owner of the
independent Cadence Records. Bleyer signed Tillotson to a three-year contract,
and issued his first single, "Dreamy
Eyes" / "Well
I'm Your Man" in September 1958. Both songs were written by Tillotson, and
both made the Billboard Hot 100, "Dreamy Eyes" peaking at No. 63. After
graduating in 1959 with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Communications, Tillotson moved to
New York City to pursue his music career.
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