SUMMER BREEZE

SEALS AND CROFTS

SONGWRITER: CROFTS DASH & CROFTS DARRELL G.

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SEALS & CROFTS SUMMER BREEZE

LABEL: WARNER BROS

GENRE: FOLK ROCK

YEAR: 1972

 

        Seals and Crofts were an American soft rock duo made up of James Eugene "Jim" Seals(born October 17, 1941) and Darrell George "Dash" Crofts(born August 14, 1940). They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze" (1972), "Diamond Girl" (1973), and "Get Closer" (1976), each of which peaked at Nº 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Both members have long been public advocates of the Baháʼí Faith. Though the duo disbanded in 1980, they reunited briefly in 1991–1992, and again in 2004, when they released their final album, Traces.

     Summer Breeze is the fourth album by the American soft rock band Seals and Crofts, released in 1972 through Warner Bros. Records. It was a major commercial breakthrough for the group, and peaked at #7 on the Billboard album chart. The title cut was released as a single on August 31, 1972, peaking at #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #6 Pop. "Hummingbird" was the second single, climbing to #12 AC, #20 Pop, and #40 on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. Summer Breeze finished second on Billboard's Top Pop Albums of 1973 list.

See the curtains hangin' in the window

In the evening on a Friday night

A little light-a-shinin' through the window

Lets me know everything's all right

 

Summer breeze makes me feel fine

Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind

Summer breeze makes me feel fine

Blowin' though the jasmine in my mind

 

See the paper layin' on the sidewalk

A little music from the house next door

So I walk on up to the doorstep

Through the screen and across the floor

 

Summer breeze makes me feel fine

Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind

Summer breeze makes me feel fine

Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind

 

Sweet days of summer

The jasmine's in bloom

July is dressed up and playing her tune

And I come home from a hard day's work

And you're waitin' there, not a care in the world

 

See the smile awaitin' in the kitchen

Food's cookin' and the plates for two

Feel the arms that reach out to hold me

In the evening when the day is through

 

Summer breeze makes me feel fine

Blowing through the jasmine in my mind

Summer breeze makes me feel fine

Blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

LOU RAWLS

SONGWRITERS: LEON HUFF & KENNETH GAMBLE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: WHEN YOU HEAR LOU, YOU’VE HEARD IT ALL

LABEL: PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1977

 

        Louis Allen Rawls(December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American record producer, singer, composer and actor. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his song "You'll Never Find Another Love like Mine". He worked as a film, television, and voice actor. He was also a three-time Grammy-winner, all for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.

        When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All is a 1977 album by American R&B singer Lou Rawls, released on the Philadelphia International Records label. On this album, only four tracks were produced by Gamble & Huff with the remainder shared among other producers. The album's lead single "Lady Love", while only a moderate R&B hit, proved successful in the crossover market, becoming Rawls' last single to enter the top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All was well-reviewed and sold respectably, peaking at #13 on the R&B albums chart and #41 pop.

       The title of the album is a play on the-then current Budweiser advertising slogan "When you say Budweiser, you've said it all". The Budweiser company had been sponsors of Rawls' live shows in 1976 and 1977, and he could be heard at the time singing on television commercials for the company. (Rawls' 1978 live álbum Lou Rawls Live includes a short performance of the original "When you say..." jingle.)

We Stand Tired And Tested

Our Hearts Resurrected

One Truth This Is What We Live And Die For

We Fight With Conviction

No Time For Excuses

One Life It's Our Only Chance

To Take A Stand

 

Try To Make A Stand

Try To Make A Stand

 

Make The Most Of Every Day You Live

Choose The Day It Just Might Be Your Last

No Regrets We Have No Time To Wait

Take Control We've Got One Life To Live

 

We've Got One Life To Live

We've Got To Make A Change

We've Got To Make A Change

We've Got To Make A Change

We've Got To Make A Change

We've Got To Make A Change

We've Got To Make A Change.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME

CLOVES

SONGWRITERS: IAN BARTER & KAITY DUNSTAN

COUNTRY: AUSTRALIA

ALBUM: XIII OR ME BEFORE YOU(ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)

LABEL: UNIVERSAL MUSIC AUSTRALIA

GENRE: POP 

YEAR: 2016

 

       Kaity Dunstan(born 25 February 1996), known by her stage name Cloves(stylized CLOVES), is an Australian singer-songwriter.

        In 2015, under the new moniker Cloves, which was inspired by a trip to Bali, she released her first track "Frail Love". Later, she released her debut single, "Don't You Wait", off her debut EP, XIII. Another track, called "Everybody's Son", was also released. The song was featured in The Vampire Diaries, Season 7, episode 20. On 20 November 2015, she released her EP XIII through Universal Music Australia, which includes all previous songs and a track called "Don't Forget About Me". The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2016 film Me Before You and released as a single on 22 June 2018, with the music video being released the next day.

     She performed at the Coachella and Lolla- palooza music festivals in 2016. On 18 November 2016, Cloves released the lead single of her debut album, entitled "Better Now". On 19 May 2017, she released the second single, "California Numb". On 1 February 2018, the third single, "Bringing the House Down", was released. Later that year, on 25 May 2018, the fourth single, "Wasted Time", was released. "Hit Me Hard", the fifth single of the album, was released on 24 August 2018. Her debut album, One Big Nothing, was released on 28 September 2018. The album contains ten songs overall, three of those being new songs, two being rearranged versions of "Frail Love" and "Don't You Wait", and the rest being the previous singles.

If I fall, can you pull me up?

Is it true, your watching out

And when I'm tired, do you lay down with me?

In my head so I can sleep without you?

 

Hey, hey

Without you there's holes in my soul

Hey, hey

Let the water in

 

Where ever you've gone?

How, how, how?

I just need to know

That you won't forget about me

 

Where ever you've gone?

How, how, how?

I just need to know

That you won't forget about me

 

Lost through time and that's all I need

So much love, then one day buried

Hope you're safe, 'cause I lay you leaves

Is there more than we can see?

Answers for me

 

And hey, hey

Without you there's holes in my soles

And hey, hey

Let the water in

 

Where ever you've gone?

How, how, how?

I just need to know

That you won't forget about me

 

Where ever you've gone?

How, how, how?

I just need to know

That you won't forget about me

 

And I get lonely without you

And I can't move on

And I get lonely without you

I can't move on

Move on

 

Where ever you've gone?

How, how, how?

I just need to know

That you won't forget about me.

LET IT ALL GO

BIRDY + RHODES

SONGWRITERS: DAVID RHODES & JASMINE VAN DEN BOGAERDE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: WISHES

LABEL: WARNER MUSIC GROUP

GENRE: INDIE FOLK

YEAR: 2015

 

     Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde (born 15 May 1996), better known by her stage name Birdy, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. She won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008, at the age of 12.

         Her debut single, a cover version of Bon Iver's "Skinny Love", was her breakthrough, charting all across Europe and earning platinum certification six times in Australia. Her self-titled debut album, Birdy, was released on 7 November 2011 to similar success, peaking at number one in Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Her second studio album, Fire Within, was released on 23 September 2013 in the UK. At the 2014 Brit Awards, she was nominated for Best British Female Solo Artist. Her third studio album, Beautiful Lies, was released on 25 March 2016. Her fourth studio álbum Young Heart was released on 30 April 2021.

         "Let It All Go" is a song by British musician, singer and songwriter Rhodes and English musician Birdy. It was released as a digital download on 11 September 2015 in the United Kingdom, as the second single from Rhodes' debut studio album, Wishes(2015). The song was written and produced by Rhodes and Birdy.

         The music video for the song was published on the official Birdy YouTube channel on 11 August 2015. It was filmed in Edinburgh, and features Birdy and Rhodes singing in a purple valley. It has currently amounted over 86 million views.

I've been sleepless at night, 'cause I don't know how I feel

I've been waiting on you, just to say something real

There's a light on the road and I think you know

Morning has come and I have to go

 

I don't know why, I don't know why

We need to break so hard

I don't know why we break so hard

 

But if we're strong enough to let it in

We're strong enough to let it go oh oh

Let it all go, let it all go, let it all out now

 

If I look back to the start, now I know

I see everything true

There's still a fire in my heart, my darling

But I'm not burning for you

We've started it wrong and I think you know

We waited too long, now I have to go

 

I don't know why, I don't know why

We need to break so hard

I don't know why we break so hard

 

But if we're strong enough to let it in

We're strong enough to let it go oh oh

Let it all go, let it all go, let it all out now

 

Who says, who says

Who says, who says

 

Who says truth is beauty after all?

And who says love should break us when we fall?

 

But if we're strong enough to let it in

We're strong enough to let it go oh oh

Let it all go, let it all go, let it all out now

Let it all go, let it all go, let it all out now

We're strong enough to let it go oh oh!