HOLD ME NOW

JOHNNY LOGAN
SONGWRITER: JOHNNY LOGAN
COUNTRY: IRELAND
ALBUM: HOLD ME NOW
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1987
 
         Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard (born 13 May 1954), better known by his stage name Johnny Logan, is an Irish singer and composer. He is known as being the only performer to have won the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1980 and 1987. He also composed the winning song in 1992.
         Logan first won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, with the song "What's Another Year" written by Shay Healy. In 1984, Logan composed the song "Terminal 3" which placed second at Eurovision, performed by Linda Martin. He won the contest for a second time in 1987 with "Hold Me Now", which he also wrote himself. His third win came in 1992, as composer of Linda Martin's winning entry "Why Me?".
          "Hold Me Now" is a song composed and performed by Irish singer Johnny Logan. It became the winner of the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest. Logan had previously won with "What's Another Year?" in the 1980 Contest and would go on to write the winner of the 1992 Contest ("Why Me?" for Linda Martin for whom he had previously written "Terminal 3" at the 1984 Contest). The song is usually sung by Bohemians at home matches in Dalymount Park.

Don't...
Don't close your heart to how you feel...
Dream...
And don't be afraid the dream's not real...
Close your eyes,
Pretend it's just the two of us again...
Make believe this moment's here to stay...
Touch...
Touch me the way you used to do...
I know...
Tonight could be all i have with you...
From now on you'll be with someone else
Instead of me...
So tonight... let's build this memory...
For the last time...
Hold me now
Don't cry
Don't say a word just...
Hold me now...
And i... will know though we're apart
We'll always be together
Forever in love...
What do you say when words are not enough?
Time...
Time will be kind once we're apart
And your tears...
Tears will have no place in your heart
I wish i...
I could say how much i'll miss you when you're gone
All my love for you will go on and on and...
Hold me now
Don't cry
Don't say a word just...
Hold me now...
And try... to understand that...
I hope that last you'll find
What you've been searching for
Though i won't be there anymore...
I will always... love you...
Hold me now
Don't cry
Don't say a word just...
Hold me now...
And i... will know though we're apart
We'll always be together
Forever inlove
What do you say when words are not enough?
What can i say now my words are not enough...?

A WORLD WHITHOUT LOVE

PETER AND GORDON
SONGWRITERS: EVEN STEVENS; EDDIE RABBIT & PHIL GLADSTON
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1964
 
       Peter and Gordon were a British pop duo, composed of Peter Asher (b. 1944) and Gordon Waller (1945–2009), who achieved international fame in 1964 with their first single, the million-selling single "A World Without Love". The duo had several subsequent hits in America in the British Invasion era including "I Go to Pieces", "Lady Godiva", "Woman", "True Love Ways" and "Nobody I Know".
           "A World Without Love" is a song recorded by the British duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964. It was included on the duo's debut album in the UK, and in the US on an album of the same name. The song was written by Paul McCartney and attributed to Lennon–McCartney. The B-side was "If I Were You", written by Peter and Gordon.
          In the United Kingdom, the song reached Nº 1 on both the Record Retailer chart and the New Musical Express chart. In the United States, "A World Without Love" topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100. The song also reached Nº 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, Nº 1 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade", Nº 2 in Australia, and Nº 8 on Norway's VG-lista.

Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness
 
I don't care what they say I won't stay
In a world without love
 
Birds sing out of tune
And rain clouds hide the moon
I'm okay, here I'll stay
With my loneliness
 
I don't care what they say I won't stay
In a world without love
 
So I wait and in a while
I will see my true love smile
She may come, I know not when
When she does I'll know
So baby, until then
 
Lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness
 
I don't care what they say I won't stay
In a world without love
 
So I wait and in a while
I will see my true love smile
She may come, I know not when
When she does I'll know
So baby, until then
 
Lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness
 
I don't care what they say I won't stay
In a world without love
 
I don't care what they say I won't stay
In a world without love.

DON'T MAKE MY BROWNE EYES BLUES

CRYSTAL GAYLES
SONGWRITER: RICHARD C. lEIGH
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: WE MUST BELIEVE IN MAGIC
LABEL: UNITED ARTISTS
GENRE: COUNTRY-POP
YEAR: 1977
 
           Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb; January 9, 1951) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 1977 crossover hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." Initially, Gayle's management and record label were the same as that of her oldest sister, Loretta Lynn. Not finding success with the arrangement after several years, and with Lynn's encouragement, Gayle decided to try a different approach. She signed a new record contract and began recording with Nashville producer Allen Reynolds. Gayle's new sound was sometimes referred to as middle-of-the-road (MOR) or country pop, and was part of a bigger musical trend by many country artists of the 1970s to appeal to a wider audience. Subsequently, Gayle became one of the most successful crossover artists of the 1970s and 80s. Her floor-length hair has become synonymous with her name.
           Gayle began her career in the 1960s performing as a background singer in Lynn's band. Lynn helped her sign a recording contract with Decca Records in 1970. Having minor success, she was encouraged to develop her own musical identity. Under the direction of producer Reynolds at United Artists Records, Gayle shifted towards a country pop style that was more successful. In 1975, "Wrong Road Again" became Gayle's first major hit. However, it was in 1977 when Gayle achieved her biggest success with "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." The single topped the Billboard country chart, crossed over to the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 and became a major international hit.
         Gayle continued having success from the late 1970s and through late 1980s. Her biggest hits included "Ready for the Times to Get Better" (1977), "Talking in Your Sleep" (1978), "Half the Way" (1979) and "You and I" (1982). In the 1990s, Gayle shifted artistic directions by recording various genres of music. This included an album of inspirational music titled Someday (1995) and an album of standards called Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael (1999). During the decade she also owned and operated a fine arts shop called "Crystal's Fine Gifts and Jewelry". Her most recent studio release was in 2019 and Gayle has since continued to tour throughout the world.
            Gayle has won one Grammy Award and has been nominated for several others since the 1970s. She has also won five Academy of Country Music awards; those awards include receiving the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award in 2016. In addition, she has won two Country Music Association awards and three American Music Awards. Rolling Stone ranked her among the 100 greatest country artists of all time and CMT ranked her within their list of the 40 greatest women of country music. Gayle has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2017.
       "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" is a song written by Richard Leigh, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in June 1977 as the first single from Gayle's álbum We Must Believe in Magic. Despite the title, Gayle herself already has blue eyes.

Don't know when I've been so blue
Don't know what's come over you
You've found someone new and
Don't it make my brown eyes blue
 
I'll be fine when you're gone
I'll just cry all night long
Say it isn't true and
Don't it make my brown eyes blue
 
Tell me no secrets, tell me some lies
Give me no reasons, give me alibies
Tell me you love me and don't let me cry
Say anything but don't say goodbye
 
I didn't mean to treat you bad
Didn't know just what I had
But honey now I do
And don't it make my brown eyes
Don't it make my brown eyes
Don't it make my brown eyes blue.

YOU BROUGHT ME BACK

TAMMY WYNETTE
SONGWRITER: BILLY BURNETTE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: YOU BROUGHT ME BACK
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1981
 
         Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician and was one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers during the late 1960s and first half of the 1970s.
            Wynette was called the "First Lady of Country Music", and her best-known song is "Stand by Your Man." Many of her hits dealt with themes of loneliness, divorce, and the difficulties of life and relationships. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wynette charted 20 number-one songs on the Billboard Country Chart. Along with Loretta Lynn, Lynn Anderson, and Dolly Parton, she is credited with having defined the role of women in country music during the 1970s.
          Wynette's marriage to country music singer George Jones in 1969 created a country music "couple", following the earlier success of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. Though they divorced in 1975, the couple recorded a sequence of albums and singles together that hit the charts throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.
         You Brought Me Back is the twenty-second studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette. It was released on June 22, 1981, by Epic Records.

You came around when I was feeling low
You must have known I needed you then
You took away the hurt down in my soul
And brought me back to love again
 
You brought me back when I was down
You made a smile out of a frown
Out of my mind
You brought me in
And showed me how to love again
 
You were the light shining up around me
To let me see
To set me free
 
You brought me back when I was down
You made a smile out of a frown
Out of my mind
You brought me in
And showed me how to love again
You showed me how to love again.