IMPOSSIBLE

JAMES ARTHUR

SONGWRITERS: ARNTHOR BIRGISSON & INA CHRISTINE WROLDSEN

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: EUROPA FM 2013

LABEL: LEGACY RECORDINGS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 2013

 

     James Arthur(born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", was released by Syco Music after the final, and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Since then, it has gone on to sell over 2.5 million copies worldwide, making it the most successful winner's single in the show's history.

       The follow-up single, "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. He released his self-titled debut studio album in November 2013. The album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. After the release of his debut studio álbum James Arthur, he was involved in a series of controversies which led iTunes to offer refunds for the album.

          Arthur parted ways with Simon Cowell's record label Syco in 2014. In 2015, he signed a new deal with Columbia Records to release his second studio album, Back from the Edge, in 2016; he was also re-signed to Syco in 2016. The album's lead single, titled "Say You Won't Let Go" and released in September 2016, saw great success, peaking at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and selling close to 2.7 million copies as of February 2021. Back from the Edge was released on 28 October 2016, and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. On 18 October 2019, after releasing numerous singles throughout the prior two years, Arthur released his third studio album, You; this album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. In February 2021, Arthur signed with Columbia Records UK and Columbia Records Germany after Syco had ceased operations.

Hmm

I remember years ago

Someone told me I should take

Caution when it comes to love, I did

 

And you were strong and I was not

My illusion, my mistake

I was careless, I forgot, I did

 

And now

When all is done, there is nothing to say

You have gone and so effortlessly

You have won, you can go ahead tell them

 

Tell them all I know now

Shout it from the roof tops

Write it on the sky line

All we had is gone now

 

Tell them I was happy

And my heart is broken

All my scars are open

Tell them what I hoped would be impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

 

Falling out of love is hard

Falling for betrayal is worse

Broken trust and broken hearts

I know, I know

And thinking all you need is there

Building faith on love and words

Empty promises will wear

I know

I know and now

 

When all is done, there is nothing to say

And if you're done with embarrassing me

On your own you can go ahead tell them

 

Tell them all I know now

Shout it from the roof tops

Write it on the sky line

All we had is gone now

 

Tell them I was happy

And my heart is broken

All my scars are open

Tell them what I hoped would be impossible

Impossible

Impossible

Impossible

 

I remember years ago

Someone told me I should take

Caution when it comes to love

I did.

 

Tell them all I know now

Shout it from the roof tops

Write it on the sky line

All we had is gone now

 

Tell them I was happy

And my heart is broken

Oh what I hoped would be impossible

Impossible (impossible)

Impossible (impossible)

(Impossible)

 

Impossible

(Impossible) impossible

(Impossible)

Impossible.

MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COWBOYS

WILLIE NELSON

SONGWRITER: S. RICE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1979

 

       Willie Hugh Nelson(born April 29, 1933) is an American musician, actor, and activist. The critical success of the álbum Shotgun Willie(1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust(1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.

            Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the U.S. Air Force but was later discharged due to back problems. After his return, Nelson attended Baylor University for two years but dropped out because he was succeeding in music. During this time, he worked as a disc jockey in Texas radio stations and a singer in honky-tonks. Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he wrote "Family Bible" and recorded the song "Lumberjack" in 1956. He also worked as a disc jockey at various radio stations in Vancouver and nearby Portland, Oregon. In 1958, he moved to Houston, Texas, after signing a contract with D Records. He sang at the Esquire Ballroom weekly and he worked as a disc jockey. During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Hello Walls", "Pretty Paper", and "Crazy". In 1960 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and later signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music which allowed him to join Ray Price's band as a bassist. In 1962, he recorded his first album, ...And Then I Wrote. Due to this success, Nelson signed in 1964 with RCA Victor and joined the Grand Ole Opry the following year. After mid-chart hits in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, Nelson retired in 1972 and moved to Austin, Texas. The ongoing music scene of Austin motivated Nelson to return from retirement, performing frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters.

        In 1973, after signing with Atlantic Records, Nelson turned to outlaw country, including albums such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. In 1975, he switched to Columbia Records, where he recorded the critically acclaimed álbum Red Headed Stranger. The same year, he recorded another outlaw country album, Wanted! The Outlaws, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser. During the mid-1980s, while creating hit albums like Honeysuckle Rose and recording hit songs like "On the Road Again", "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", and "Pancho and Lefty", he joined the country supergroup The Highwaymen, along with fellow singers Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson.

      In 1990, Nelson's assets were seized by the Internal Revenue Service, which claimed that he owed $32million. The difficulty of paying his outstanding debt was aggravated by weak investments he had made during the 1980s. In 1992, Nelson released The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?; the profits of the double album—destined to the IRS—and the auction of Nelson's assets cleared his debt. During the 1990s and 2000s, Nelson continued touring extensively, and released albums every year. Reviews ranged from positive to mixed. He explored genres such as reggae, blues, jazz, and folk.

         Nelson made his first movie appearance in the 1979 film The Electric Horseman, followed by other appearances in movies and on television. Nelson is a major liberal activist and the co-chair of the advisory board of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws(NORML), which is in favor of marijuana legalization. On the environmental front, Nelson owns the biodiesel brand Willie Nelson Biodiesel, whose product is made from vegetable oil. Nelson is also the honorary chairman of the advisory board of the Texas Music Project, the official music charity of the state of Texas.

            The Electric Horseman: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the Sydney Pollack film The Electric Horseman.

I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy

And lovin' the cowboy ways

Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes

I burned up my childhood days

I learned all the rules of a modern-day drifter

Don't you hold on to nothin' too long

Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them

With the words of a sad country song

My heroes have always been cowboys

And they still are, it seems

Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of

Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams

 

Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery

From bein' alone too long

You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightman

Knowin' well that your best days are gone

Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen

I let the words of my youth fade away

Old worn-out saddles, and old worn-out memories

With no one and no place to stay

 

My heroes have always been cowboys

And they still are, it seems

Sadly, in search of, and one step in back of

Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams

Sadly, in search of, and one step in back of.

Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams.

DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE

DIONNE WARWICK

SONGWRITERS: DAVID HAL & BACHARACH BURT F.

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: DIONNE WARWICK IN VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

LABEL: SCEPTER RECORDS

GENRE: POP MUSIC

YEAR: 1968

 

              Marie Dionne Warwick(born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, television host, and former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

         Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest US hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard's Hot 100 pop singles chart. She is one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 (12 of them Top Ten), and 80 singles in total – either solo or collaboratively – making the Hot 100, R&B and/or adult contemporary charts.

           Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls is the title of Dionne Warwick's ninth album for the Scepter label. It was recorded during the summer and fall of 1967 and was released early the next year. It was recorded at A&R and Bell Sound Studios in New York City and was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Do you know the way to San Jose?

I've been away so long

I may go wrong and lose my way

 

Do you know the way to San Jose?

I'm going back to find

Some peace of mind in San Jose

 

LA is a great big freeway

Put a hundred down and buy a car

In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star

Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass

And all the stars that never were

Are parking cars and pumping gas

 

You can really breathe in San Jose

They've got a lot of space

There'll be a place where I can stay

I was born and raised in San Jose

I'm going back to find some peace of mind in San Jose

 

Fame and fortune is a magnet

It can pull you far away from home

With a dream in your heart you're never alone

Dreams turn into dust and blow away

And there you are without a friend

You pack your car and ride away

 

I've got lots of friends in San Jose

Do you know the way to San Jose?

 

Oh, LA is a great big freeway

Put a hundred down and buy a car

In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star

Weeks turn into years, how quick they pass

And all the stars that never were

Are parking cars and pumping gas

 

I've got lots of friends in San Jose

Oh, do you know the way to San Jose?

Can't wait to get back to San Jose.

LAY DOWN SALLY

ERIC CLAPTON

SONGWRITERS: ERIC CLAPTON; MERCY LEVY & GEORGE TERRY

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: SLOWHAND

LABEL: POLYDOR

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1977

 

        Eric Patrick Clapton (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". He was also named number five in Time magazine's list of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.

        After playing in a number of different local bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds in 1963, replacing founding guitarist Top Topham. Dissatisfied with the change of the Yardbirds sound from blues rock to a more radio-friendly pop rock sound, Clapton left in 1965 to play with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. On leaving Mayall in 1966, after one album, he formed the power trio Cream with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce, in which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based psychedelic pop". After Cream broke up in November 1968, he formed the blues rock band Blind Faith with Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech, recording one album and performing on one tour before they broke up. Clapton embarked on a solo career in 1970.

        Alongside his solo career, he also performed with Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the Dominos, with whom he recorded "Layla", one of his signature songs. He continued to record a number of successful solo albums and songs over the next several decades, including a 1974 cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" (which helped reggae reach a mass market), the country-infused Slowhand album (1977) and the pop rock of 1986's August. Following the death of his son Conor in 1991, Clapton's grief was expressed in the song "Tears in Heaven", which appeared on his Unplugged album, and in 1996 he had another top-40 hit with the R&B crossover "Change the World". In 1998, he released the Grammy award-winning "My Father's Eyes". Since 1999, he has recorded a number of traditional blues and blues rock albums and hosted the periodic Crossroads Guitar Festival. His most recent studio album is Happy Xmas(2018).

          Clapton has received 18 Grammy Awards as well as the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2004, he was awarded a CBE for services to music. He has received four Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the Only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream.

           In his solo career, Clapton has sold more than 280 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a medical facility for recovering substance abusers.

Slowhand is the fifth full-length studio album by Eric Clapton. Released on 25 November 1977 by RSO Records, and titled after Clapton's nickname, it is one of his most commercially and critically successful studio albums. Slowhand produced the two hit singles "Lay Down Sally" and "Wonderful Tonight", reached various international music charts and was honoured with numerous awards and recording certifications. In 2012, a deluxe edition was released to celebrate the album's 35th anniversary. 

There is nothing that is wrong

In wanting you to stay here with me

I know you've got somewhere to go

But won't you make yourself at home and stay with me?

And don't you ever leave

 

Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms

Don't you think you want someone to talk to?

Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon

I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

 

Sun ain't nearly on the rise

We still got the moon and stars above

Underneath the velvet skies, love is all that matters

Won't you stay with me? Don't you ever leave

 

Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms

Don't you think you want someone to talk to?

Lay down, Sally, and no need to leave so soon

I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

 

I long to see the morning light

Color in your face so dreamily

So don't you go and say goodbye

You can lay your worries down and stay with me

And don't you ever leave

 

Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms

Don't you think you want someone to talk to?

Lay down, Sally, there's no need to leave so soon

I've been trying all night long just to talk to you

Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms

Don't you think you want someone to talk to?

Lay down, Sally, there's no need to leave so soon

I've been trying all night long just to talk to you.