THE BEAUTIFUL DREAM

GEORGE EZRA

SONGWRITERS: GEORGE BARNETT & JOEL POTT

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: STAYING AT TAMARA’S

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: ALTERNATIVE ROCK

YEAR: 2018

 

     George Ezra Barnett(born 7 June 1993) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. After releasing two EPs, Did You Hear the Rain? in November 2013 and Cassy O' in March 2014, Ezra rose to prominence with the release of his hit single, "Budapest", which reached number one in several countries. His debut studio album, Wanted on Voyage, was released in June 2014, reaching number one in the UK and the top ten in seven other countries. It was also the third-best-selling album of 2014 in the UK.

         Ezra's second studio album, Staying at Tamara's, was released in March 2018 and reached number one in the UK and the top ten in eight other countries. The second single from the album, "Paradise", reached number two on the UK, while the next single, "Shotgun", reached number one, becoming Ezra's first chart-topping single in the UK, Ireland and Australia. In February 2019, he won the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist.

            Staying at Tamara's is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter George Ezra. It was released on 23 March 2018. The album reached number one in the UK as well as the top ten of several other countries including Australia and New Zealand. The album includes the singles "Paradise" and "Shotgun", which peaked at number two and number one on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.

            It was the UK's best-selling artist album of the year in 2018 and was nominated for British Album of the Year at the 2019 Brit Awards.

          In support of the album, Ezra embarked on a 2018 world tour entitled, Staying at Tamara's Tour, mostly visiting cities across North America and Europe.

What a beautiful dream

I think I'll stay a while

Won't open my resting eyes

Court of God in between

Twilight was rocking me

Could not hear the symphony

Is the grass of Eden overrated?

The grass of Eden overrated

 

Somewhere off in the past

Morning is calling me

I missed it deliberately

Is the grass of Eden overrated?

The grass of Eden overrated

 

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream to me

 

With your fingers ablaze

You've got that hunger now

Take me, I'm going down

Underneath the debris

I'm calling out to you

Do with me what you choose

Is the grass of Eden overrated?

The grass of Eden overrated

 

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream to me

 

Oh

Can you hear me now?

Oh

I'm not going nowhere

When you wake up

I'll be around

When you wake up

I'll be around

 

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream

No one else is such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream to me

Such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream

Such a beautiful dream

A beautiful dream to me.

DON'T GIVE UP ON ME

ANDY GRAMMER

SONGWRITERS: SAM JOHN FARRAR; ANDREW GRAMMER; BRAM KATZ INSCORE & JACOB CASEY TORREY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: NAÏVE

LABEL: S-CURVE

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 2019

 

           Andrew Charles Grammer(born December 3, 1983, known to some as Scott Charles Grammer) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is signed to S-Curve Records.

           His debut album, Andy Grammer, was released in 2011 and spawned the singles "Keep Your Head Up" and "Fine by Me". His second album Magazines or Novels was released in 2014, and featured "Honey, I'm Good" which is his most successful song to date, peaking at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. This single has been certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) and was ranked one of the ten best-selling songs of 2015 by Nielsen SoundScan. The Magazines or Novels album also featured the certified gold single "Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah)"

        NaÏve is the fourth studio album by American singer Andy Grammer, released through S-Curve Records on July 26, 2019. It includes the lead single, "Don't Give Up on Me".

        In an interview with People, Grammer provided information on the album and its tracks, including "She'd Say", which was described as "a touching song about what his mom would say to his daughter if she were still alive." "It's really sweet, it's one of my favorites," Grammer explained, adding that "the whole song is about little pieces of advice, like 'You're beautiful, but don't overplay that card' or 'You're spiritual, so don't forget that part.'"

I will fight

I will fight for you

I always do, until my heart

Is black and blue

 

And I will stay

I will stay with you

We'll make it to the other side

Like lovers do

 

I'll reach my hands out in the dark

And wait for yours to interlock

I'll wait for you

I'll wait for you

 

'Cause I'm not givin' up

I'm not givin' up, givin' up

No not yet

Even when I'm down to my last breath

Even when they say there's nothin' left

So don't give up on

 

I'm not givin' up

I'm not givin' up, givin' up

No not me

Even when nobody else believes

I'm not goin' down that easily

So don't give up on me

 

And I will hold

I'll hold onto you

No matter what this world'll throw

It won't shake me loose

 

I'll reach my hands out in the dark

And wait for yours to interlock

I'll wait for you

I'll wait for you

 

'Cause I'm not givin' up

I'm not givin' up, givin' up

No not yet

Even when I'm down to my last breath

Even when they say there's nothin' left

So don't give up on

 

I'm not givin' up

I'm not givin' up, givin' up

No not me

Even when nobody else believes

I'm not goin' down that easily

So don't give up on me

 

Whoa, whoa

Whoa, whoa

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

 

I will fight

I will fight for you

I always do until my heart

Is black and blue. 

THAT'S WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO

THE TRAMMPS

SONGWRITER: RONALD BAKER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: WHERE THE HAPPY PEOPLE GO

LABEL: ATLANTIC RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1976

 

         The Trammps are an American disco and soul band, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands.

        The band's first major success was their 1972 cover version of "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", while the first disco track they released was "Love Epidemic" in 1973. However, they are best known for their song "Disco Inferno" which was included on the Grammy-winning, Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. When originally released in 1976, "Disco Inferno" became a UK pop hit and US R&B and Dance hit topping the Dance chart for 5 weeks in early 1977. After inclusion in the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, the song was re-released in 1978 and became a modest US pop hit peaking at number 11.

          Where the Happy People Go is the third studio album by American soul-disco group, The Trammps, released in 1976 through Atlantic Records.

        The album peaked at Nº 13 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached Nº 50 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "That's Where the Happy People Go", which peaked at Nº 12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, Nº 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Nº 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and "Disco Party", which charted at Nº 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

I used to spend most of my time

Just being alone, yes, I did

Nothing to do, no place to go

Just stayed at home

 

So I put my blues upon the shelf

And I made up my mind

To live a little myself

So I went on down to a disco

 

Disco, that's where

The happy people go

(Happy people go)

And they're just dancing along

To a perfect song at the disco

 

Disco, that's where

The happy people go

And they're just dancing along

To a perfect song at the disco

 

Now listen, all my friends

They wonder what's come over me

They all say I'm not the

Same old guy I used to be, yeah

 

First of all, I got myself together

I danced my blues away

They're gone forever

Then I ease on down to the disco

 

Disco, that's where

The happy people go

(Happy people go)

And they're just dancing along

To a perfect song at the disco

 

Clap your hands

Just stomp your feet, alright

Get on down, get on down

Just get on down

 

Sing the song, children

Boogie, boogie, boogie

Boogie, boogie

Boogie, boogie

Boogie, boogie

Boogie, boogie

Boogie, boogie

 

Oh, yeah

Keep on, keep on

Keep on

 

Disco, that's where

The happy people go

And they're just dancing along

To a perfect song at the disco.

YOU SAVED MY DAY

CHERYL LYNN

SONGWRITER: CHARLES MAY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CHERYL LYNN

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1978

 

          Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer. She is best known for her songs during the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, including the 1978 R&B/disco song "Got to Be Real". Lynn's singing career began with her church choir when she was a girl. Her professional singing career started in 1976 when she obtained a job as a backing vocalist for the national touring company of the musical drama The Wiz. Eventually, she obtained the role of Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, during the six-month national tour.

         Prior to her appearance in The Wiz, Lynn taped an episode of The Gong Show, a daytime entertainment show during June 1976, performing Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful". Impressing her celebrity judges Jaye P. Morgan, Rex Reed and Elke Sommer, Lynn scored a perfect 30 and was later declared the winner. However, Lynn ended up appearing on the show twice, due to the fact the producers were debuting a nighttime version. According to an interview conducted and appearing in the September 1980 periodical "Black Stars" magazine, Lynn indicated that she was invited back in September 1976 to tape the all-new prime time version. The judges - Della Reese, Avery Schreiber, and Jamie Farr - gave her a collective score of 21; a previous act (a singing juggler) had also scored 21 and in the audience applause tie-break (and also because of Lynn's prior win) the juggler was deemed the winner.

        Cheryl Lynn is the first studio album by the American singer Cheryl Lynn. It was officially released on October 13, 1978, by Columbia Records and included Lynn's first single and biggest hit "Got to Be Real". 

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

 

Today was one of those days

Cause nothing was going my way

And it is even for

I find it easy to recall

 

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

 

Tell me how you did your love

And I was feeling mighty low

And just like an S.O.S.

You came to my distress.

 

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

 

Your tender kiss wiped away my tears

You sudden smile made my blues disappear

 

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

 

I just want to say

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

 

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

You saved my day

Now that you love is here to stay

 

You saved my day

You saved my day

You saved my day

You saved my day

 

You came around where I was alone

Needed love and you came along

You came around where I was alone

Needed love and you came along

 

You came around where I was alone

Needed love and you came along

 

You saved my day

You saved my day

You saved my day

You saved my day.