STAND BY ME

TRACY CHAPMAN
SONGWRITERS: BEN E. KING; JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: GREATEST HITS
LABEL: ELEKTRA RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 2015
 
      Tracy Chapman(born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. Chapman is best known for her hit singles "Fast Car", "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Crossroads", and "Give Me One Reason".
          Chapman was signed to Elektra Records by Bob Krasnow in 1987. The following year she released her debut album, Tracy Chapman, which became a commercial success, boosted by her appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, and was certified 6×Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album received six Grammy Award nominations, including one for Album of the Year, three of which she won; Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her single "Fast Car", and Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 1989, Chapman released her second album, Crossroads, which earned her an additional Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Her third album, Matters of the Heart, followed in 1992.
       Chapman's fourth album, New Beginning, was released in 1995 and became another worldwide success. It was certified 5×platinum by the RIAA and yielded the hit single "Give Me One Reason", which earned Chapman the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Five years would pass before the release of her fifth album, Telling Stories(2000). Let It Rain and Where You Live followed in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Chapman's most recent studio album is Our Bright Future, released in 2008. The remastered compilation álbum Greatest Hits, which was curated by Chapman herself, was released in 2015.
        Greatest Hits is a greatest hits compilation from American folk musician Tracy Chapman, released by Elektra/Rhino on November 20, 2015. It is the second compilation of her career and the first available in the United States. All tracks were chosen by Chapman herself. The collection received positive reviews.

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
 
And darling, darling, stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh Stand
Stand by me
 
If the sky we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Oh and the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
 
Oh darling, darling, stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand
Stand by me
 
Whenever you're in trouble you just stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand
Stand by me
Stand by me
 
Oh darling darling stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand
Stand by me
Stand by me
Stand by me
Stand by me.

HOW CAN I TELL YOU

CAT STEVENS
SONGWRITER: YUSUF ISLAM(CAT STEVENS)
COUNTRY : U. K.
ALBUM: TEASER AND THE FIRECAT
LABEL: ISLAND RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK ROCK
YEAR: 1971
 
        Yusuf Islam(born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf/Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in his career, Islamic music. He returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
         His 1967 debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son" both reached top ten in the UK charts. Stevens' albums Tea for the Tillerman(1970) and Teaser and the Firecat(1971) were certified triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album Catch Bull at Four went to Nº1 on Billboard Pop Albums and spent weeks at the top of several major charts. He earned ASCAP songwriting awards in 2005 and 2006 for "The First Cut Is the Deepest", which has been a hit for four artists. His other hit songs include "Father and Son", "Wild World", "Moonshadow", "Peace Train", and "Morning Has Broken".
         In December 1977, Stevens converted to Islam and adopted the name Yusuf Islam the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all of his guitars for charity, and left his musical career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. He has since bought back at least one of these guitars as a result of the efforts of his son Yoriyos. He was embroiled in a long-running controversy regarding comments he made in 1989 about the death fatwa on author Salman Rushdie. His current stance is that he never supported the fatwa: "I was cleverly framed by certain questions. I never supported the fatwa." He has received two honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace as well as other humanitarian awards.
        In 2006, he returned to pop music by releasing his first new studio album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. With that release and subsequent ones, he dropped the surname "Islam" from the album cover art – using the stage name Yusuf as a mononym. In 2009, he released the album Roadsinger and, in 2014, he released the album Tell 'Em I'm Gone and began his first US tour since 1978. His second North American tour since his resurgence, featuring 12 shows in intimate venues, ran from 12 September to 7 October 2016. In 2017, he released the album The Laughing Apple, now using the stage name Yusuf/Cat Stevens, using the Cat Stevens name for the first time in 39 years. In September 2020, he released Tea for the Tillerman 2, a reimagining of his classic album Tea for the Tillerman to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
         Teaser and the Firecat is the fifth studio album by Cat Stevens, released in October 1971. English keyboardist Rick Wakeman played piano on "Morning Has Broken" and English musician Linda Lewis also contributed vocals on "How Can I Tell You".
          At the Australian 1972 King of Pop Awards the album won Biggest Selling L.P
How can I tell you
That I love you
I love you
But I can't think of right words to say
 
I long to tell you
That I'm always thinking of you
I'm always thinking of you
But my words just blow away
Just blow away
 
It always ends up to one thing, honey
And I can't think of right words to say
 
Wherever I am girl
I'm always walking with you
I'm always walking with you
But I look and you're not there
 
Whoever I'm with
I'm always, always talking to you
I'm always talking to you
And I'm sad that you can't hear
Sad that you can't hear
 
It always ends up to one thing, honey
When I look and you're not there
 
I need to know you
Need to feel my arms around you
Feel my arms around you
Like a sea around a shore
 
Each night and day I pray
In hope that I might find you
In hope that I might find you
Because heart's can do no more
Can do no more
 
It always ends up to one thing, honey
Still I kneel upon the floor
 
How can I tell you
That I love you
I love you
But I can't think of right words to say
 
I long to tell you
That I'm always thinking of you
I'm always thinking of you
 
It always ends up to one thing, honey
And I can't think of right words to say.

IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW

BOYCE AVENUE
SONGWRITERS: TRENTON BLAKE TOMLINSON; BRETT CHARLES YOUNG; KYLE SCHLIENGER & TYLER M REEVE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: COVER SESSIONS, VOL. 4
LABEL: 3 PEACE RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2017
 
            Boyce Avenue is an American cover band formed in Sarasota, Florida, by brothers Alejandro Luis Manzano, Daniel Enrique Manzano, and Fabian Rafael Manzano. The brothers attended Pine View School in Osprey, Florida. The band is named after a combination of two streets the brothers lived on as children. As of August 9, 2011, they are no longer signed to Universal Republic Records and have started their own independent record label called 3 Peace Records. Boyce Avenue releases original music as well as covers of contemporary and classic songs on YouTube. They have also collaborated with other YouTube artists such as Hannah Trigwell, Kina Grannis, Tiffany Alvord, Megan Nicole, Alex Goot, Megan and Liz, David Choi, Tyler Ward, Savannah Outen, Cobus Potgieter, John Robby Deleon and DeStorm Power and The X Factor season two finalists Fifth Harmony, Bea Miller, Diamond White, Carly Rose Sonenclar, Jennel Garcia, actress Sarah Hyland, and Connie Talbot.
       Boyce Avenue frequently tours in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
I can't count the times
I almost said what's on my mind
But I didn't
Just the other day
I wrote down all the things I'd say
But I couldn't
I just couldn't
 
Baby I know that you've been wondering
Oh, so here goes nothing
 
In case you didn't know
Baby I'm crazy bout you
And I would be lying if I said
That I could live this life without you
Even though I don't tell you all the time
You had my heart a long long time ago
In case you didn't know
 
The way you look tonight
That second glass of wine
That did it, mmm
There was something bout that kiss
Girl it did me in
Got me thinking
Oh, I'm thinking
 
All of the things that I've been feeling
Mmm, it's time you hear me
 
In case you didn't know
Baby I'm crazy bout you
And I would be lying if I said
That I could live this life without you
Even though I don't tell you all the time
You had my heart a long long time ago
In case you didn't know
 
You've got all of me
I belong to you
Yeah, you're my everything
 
In case you didn't know
I'm crazy bout you
And I would be lying if I said
That I could live this life without you
Even though I don't tell you all the time
You had my heart a long long time ago
Yeah, you had my heart a long long time ago, mmm
In case you didn't know, know, know
In case you didn't know.

PERFECT WORLD

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
SONGWRITER: ALEX CALL
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: SMALL WORLD
LABEL: CHRYSALIS RECORDS
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1988
 
            Huey Lewis and the News is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Rock charts.
      Their most successful album, Sports, was released in 1983. The album, along with its videos being featured on MTV, catapulted the group to worldwide fame. Their popularity expanded when the hit song "The Power of Love" was featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future. "The Power of Love" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The 1986 album Fore! produced two further number-one singles, "Stuck With You" and "Jacob's Ladder". The band's other top 10 hits include "Do You Believe in Love", "Heart and Soul", "I Want a New Drug", "The Heart of Rock & Roll", "If This Is It", "Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like", "Doing It All for My Baby" and "Perfect World".

Everybody's looking for the perfect world
Where you could have everything your heart desires
The perfect boy will meet the perfect girl
And the perfect love will set the world on fire
 
Well what you gonna do, when one and one makes three
And a vision of the future is impossible to see
Nobody's perfect, not even a perfect fool
If you'll have faith in me
I'll keep faith with you
 
Ain't no livin' in a perfect world
There ain't no perfect world anyway
Ain't no livin' in a perfect world
But we'll keep on dreamin' of livin' in a perfect world
Keep on dreamin' of livin' in a perfect world
 
Everybody's got secrets, now you know that it's true
They talk about me and they'll talk about you
Something happens to the pledges of trust
Down through the years they begin to rust
 
Now here we are amid the tears and the laughter
Still waiting for our happily ever after
We'll keep on dreamin' as long as we can
Try to remember and you'll understand
 
Ain't no livin' in a perfect world
There ain't no perfect world anyway
Ain't no livin' in a perfect world
But we'll keep on dreamin' of livin' in a perfect world
Keep on dreamin' of livin' in a perfect world.