KNIFE

ROCWELL
SONGWRITERS: MITCHELL BOTTLER & ROCKWELL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME
LABEL: MOTOWN RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1984
 
     Kennedy William Gordy (born March 15, 1964), better known by his stage name Rockwell, is an American musician, singer and songwriter who was signed to the Motown label. He is best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me".
        Kennedy William Gordy (also known as Rockwell) is the son of Motown founder and CEO Berry Gordy and Margaret Norton. His father named him Kennedy William after John F. Kennedy(U.S. president killed in 1963) and William "Smokey" Robinson(one of the most successful Motown artists). 
You touched my life
With your softness in the night
My wish was your command
Until you ran out of love
 
I tell myself I'm free
Got the chance of livin' just for me
No need to hurry home
Now that you're gone
 
CHORUS:
Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal
I'm so deeply wounded
Knife
Cuts like a knife
You cut away the heart of my life
 
When I pretend
Wear a smile to fool my dearest friends
I wonder if they know
It's just a show
 
I'm on a stage
Day and night I go through my charades
But how can I disguise
What's in my eyes
 
CHORUS
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh…
 
I've tried and tried
Blocking out the pain I feel inside
The pain of wanting you
Wanting you
 
Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal
I'm so deeply wounded
[2X]
 
You cut away the heart
Of my life.

 NO LOVE AT ALL

B. J. THOMAS
SONGWRITER: JOHNNY CHRISTOPHER & W.C. THOMPSON
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: B. J. THOMAS COUNTRY
LABEL: SCEPTER RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 1972
 
          Billy Joe Thomas (August 7, 1942 – May 29, 2021) was an American singer widely known for his pop, country, and Christian hits of the 1960s and 1970s. He made popular recordings of "Hooked on a Feeling" (1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (1969), and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
          Thomas was born in Hugo, Oklahoma, on August 7, 1942, the son of Geneva and Vernon Thomas. He grew up in and around Houston, Texas, graduating from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg. Before his solo career, he sang in a church choir as a teenager, then joined the musical group The Triumphs with Tim Griffith (lead guitar), Tom Griffith (bass), Denver "Zeke" Zatyka (keyboards), Don Drachenberg (vocal and sax), and Ted Mensik (drums). During his senior year, he made friends with Roy Head of Roy Head and The Traits. The Traits and the Triumphs held several Battle of the Bands events in the early 1960s.
Read In The Paper Nearly Day
People Breakin' Up And Just Walkin' Away From Love And That's Wrong
That's So Wrong
 
A Happy Little Home Comes Up For Sale
Because Two Fools Have Tried And Failed To Get Along
And Ya Know That's Wrong
 
A Man Hurts A Woman And A Woman Hurts A Man
When Neither One Of Them Will Love And Understa-a-a-a-and
And Take It With A Grain Of Salt
Oh, Now Believe That
 
A Little Bit Of Love Is Better Than No Love
Even The Bad Love Is Better Than No Love
And Even The Sad Love Is Better Than No Love At A-l-l
Got To Believe That
A Little Bit Of Love Is Better Than No Love
Even The Bad Love Is Better Than No Love
And Any Kind Of Love Is Better Than No Love At All
 
Nah-nah-nah-nah
Nah-nah-nah-nah
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
 
No Love At All Is A Poor Old Man
Standin' On The Corner With His Hat In His Hand
And No Place To Go, He's Feelin' Low
No Love At All Is A Child In The Street
Dodgin' Traffic And Beggin' To Eat On A Tenement Row
And That's A Long Row To Hoe
No Love At All Is A Troubled Young Girl
Standin' On A Bridge At The End Of The Wor-or-or-or-ld
And It's A Pretty Short Fall
Now People Believe Me
 
A Little Bit Of Love Is Better Than No Love
Even The Bad Love Is Better Than No Love
And Even The Sad Love Is Better Than No Love At A-l-l
Got To Believe That
A Little Bit Of Love Is Better Than No Love
Even The Bad Love Is Better Than No Love
And Any Kind Of Love Is Better Than No Love At All
 
Nah-nah-nah-nah
Nah-nah-nah-nah
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah
Oh You Got To Believe Me
 
A Little Bit Of Love Is Better Than No Love
Even The Bad Love Is Better Than No Love
And Even The Sad Is Better Than No Love At A-l-l
Got To Believe Me
A Little Bit Of Love Is Better Than No Love
Even The Bad Love Is Better Than No Love
And Any Kind Of Love Is Better Than No Love At All
Got To Believe Me
 
Fade
A Little Bit Of Love Is Better Than No Love
Even The Bad Love Is Better Than No Love
And Any Kind.

ALL BLUES

MILES DAVIS
INSTRUMENT: TRUMPET
SONGWRITER: MILES DAVIS
COUNTRY:
ALBUM: KIND OF BLUES
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: MODAL JAZZ
YEAR: 1969
 
      Miles Dewey Davis III(May 26, 1926– September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz.
        Born in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis, Davis left to study at Juilliard in New York City, before dropping out and making his professional debut as a member of saxophonist Charlie Parker's bebop quintet from 1944 to 1948. Shortly after, he recorded the Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol Records, which were instrumental to the development of cool jazz. In the early 1950s, Miles Davis recorded some of the earliest hard bop music while on Prestige Records but did so haphazardly due to a heroin addiction. After a widely acclaimed comeback performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1955, he signed a long-term contract with Columbia Records and recorded the 1957 album 'Round About Midnight. It was his first work with saxophonist John Coltrane and bassist Paul Chambers, key members of the sextet he led into the early 1960s. During this period, he alternated between orchestral jazz collaborations with arranger Gil Evans, such as the Spanish music-influenced Sketches of Spain(1960), and band recordings, such as Milestones (1958) and Kind of Blue(1959). The latter recording remains one of the most popular jazz albums of all time, having sold over five million copies in the U.S.
       "All Blues" is a jazz composition by Miles Davis first appearing on the influential 1959 album Kind of Blue. It is a twelve-bar blues in 6/8; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of seventh chords, with a ♭VI in the turnaround instead of just the usual V chord. In the composition's original key of G this chord is an E♭7. "All Blues" is an example of modal blues in G mixolydian.
        A particularly distinctive feature of the piece is the bass line that repeats through the whole piece, except when a V or ♭VI chord is reached (the 9th and 10th bars of a chorus). Further, there is a harmonically similar vamp that is played by the horns (the two saxophones in the case of Kind of Blue) at the beginning and then (usually) continued by the piano under any solos that take place. Each chorus is usually separated by a four-bar vamp which acts as an introduction to the next solo/chorus.
         While originally an instrumental piece, lyrics were later added by Oscar Brown Jr.

THE MAGIC OF LOVE

LIONEL RICHIE, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI
SONGWRITERS: ALAN BERGMAN; LIONEL RICHIE; MARILYN BERGMAN & WALTER AFANASIEFF
HOW: LIVE
COUNTRIES: U. s. a. & ITALY
ALBUM: PAVAROTTI & FRIENDS FOR GUATEMALA AND KOSOVO
LABEL: DECCA
GENRE: CLÁSSICO
YEAR: 1999
 
         Luciano Pavarotti Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (/ˌpævəˈrɒti/,USalso/ˌpɑːv-/,Italian: [luˈtʃaːno pavaˈrɔtti]; 12 October 1935–6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed and loved tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, gaining worldwide fame for the quality of his tone, and eventually established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century, achieving the honorific title "King of the High Cs".
       As one of the Three Tenors, who performed their first concert during the 1990 FIFA World Cup before a global audience, Pavarotti became well known for his televised concerts and media appearances. From the beginning of his professional career as a tenor in 1961 in Italy to his final performance of "Nessun dorma" at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Pavarotti was at his best in bel canto operas, pre-Aida Verdi roles, and Puccini works such as La bohème, Tosca, Turandot and Madama Butterfly. He sold over 100 million records, and the first Three Tenors recording became the best-selling classical album of all time. Pavarotti was also noted for his charity work on behalf of refugees and the Red Cross, amongst others. He died from pancreatic cancer on 6 September 2007.
       Lionel Brockman Richie Jr.(Tuskegee, 20 of June of 1949), better known as Lionel Richie, is a singer and music producer American.
       He was a member of the band The Commodores and sold more than one hundred million records worldwide in his solo career.
       In 2017, he was awarded the 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, one of the most prestigious awards in North American culture, also received by Glória Estefan and others.
         Pavarotti & Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo is a compilation album by Luciano Pavarotti, with each track featuring a different artist. This album was captured live from the benefit concert, as part of the Pavarotti & Friends concert series, held in Parco Novi Sad, Modena on 1 June 1999, in the presence of 1992 Nobel peace prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú Tum.
When the world is filled with thunder
And the winds are storming above
Deep within the night we wonder
If we've lost the magic of love
But there's something inside us
That looks to the sun
We dream that this light will guide us
With love for everyone
When the birds of war are flying
And the clouds are heavy with rain
Seems as though the skies are crying
And we feel the cold tears of pain
But there's something inside us
That looks to the sun
 
We dream that this light will guide us
With love for everyone
Love is there for us, everywhere for us
(In the sound of praying, little children playing)
Open your heart
Love to each of us, here in each of us
(Constant as the moon glows, or the way the grass grows)
Always and forever
Love is the river that fills every sea
Waters that mirror the way life should be
When the world is free of thunder
And the skies are peaceful above
Once again we'll know the wonder
Of the magic power of love
Oh, the magic of love.