OCEAN EYES

BILLIE EILISH
SONGWRITERS: AARON CARL DAVEY;  BILLIE EILISH O'CONNELL & FINEAS BAIRD O'CONNELL   
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: COMMON CULTURE, VOL. V BY CONNOR FRANTA
LABEL: HEARD WELL
GENRE: INDIE
YEAR: 2016


       Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell(/ˈaɪlɪʃ/EYE-lish; born December 18, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. She first gained public attention in 2015 with her debut single "Ocean Eyes", which was subsequently released by Darkroom, an imprint of Interscope Records. It was written and produced by her brother, Finneas O'Connell, with whom she frequently collaborates on music and in live shows. Her commercially successful debut extended play Don't Smile at Me(2017) charted in the top 15 in numerous countries, including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
     Eilish's first studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?(2019), debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart. It was one of the best-selling albums of 2019, buoyed by the success of its fifth single, "Bad Guy", Eilish's first number-one on the US Billboard Hot 100. The following year, she co-wrote and performed the theme song "No Time to Die" for the James Bond film of the same name, which topped the UK Singles Chart and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2022. Her subsequent singles "Everything I Wanted", "My Future", "Therefore I Am", and "Your Power" each peaked in the top 10 in the US and UK; her second studio album, Happier Than Ever(2021), reached number one in 25 countries.
         Eilish has received several accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two Guinness World Records, three MTV Video Music Awards, three Brit Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. She is the youngest artist in Grammy history and second overall to win all four general field categoriesBest New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Album of the Year—in the same year. She was featured on Time magazine's inaugural Time 100 Next list in 2019 and the Time 100 in 2021. According to the RIAA and Billboard, Eilish is the 26th-highest-certified digital singles artist and one of the most successful artists of the 2010s.

I've been watchin' you for some time
Can't stop starin' at those ocean eyes
Burning cities and napalm skies
Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes
Your ocean eyes
 
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Fallin' into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
 
I've been walkin' through a world gone blind
Can't stop thinkin' of your diamond mind
Careful creature made friends with time
He left her lonely with a diamond mind
And those ocean eyes
 
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Fallin' into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
 
Da, da-da, da-da
Da-da-da, da, da
Da, da, da, da, da-da-da-da
Mm
Mm
Mm
 
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Fallin' into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes.

SHOT YOU DOWN

NANCY SINATRA & AUDIO BULLYS
SONGWRITERS: SIMON FRANKS; SONNY BONO & TOM DINSDALE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: GENERATION
LABEL: SOURCE UK
GENRE: ELETRONIC DANCE
YEAR: 2005
 
    Nancy Sandra Sinatra(born June 8, 1940) is an American singer and actress. She is the elder daughter of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra (née Barbato), and is best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".
         Nancy Sinatra began her career as a singer and actress in November 1957 with an appearance on her father's ABC-TV variety series, but initially achieved success only in Europe and Japan. In early 1966 she had a transatlantic number-one hit with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". A TV promo clip from the era features Sinatra in high boots, accompanied by colourfully dressed go-go dancers, in what is now considered an iconic Swinging Sixties look. The song was written by Lee Hazlewood, who wrote and produced most of her hits and sang with her on several duets. As with all of Sinatra's 1960s hits, "Boots" featured Billy Strange as arranger and conductor.
     Between early 1966 and early 1968, Sinatra charted on Billboard's Hot 100 with 14 titles, ten of which reached the Top 40. In addition to "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", defining recordings during this period include "Sugar Town", "Love Eyes", the transatlantic 1967 number one "Somethin' Stupid" (a duet with her father), two versions of the title song from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice(1967), several collaborations with Lee Hazlewood– including "Summer Wine", "Jackson", "Lady Bird" and "Some Velvet Morning" – and a non-single 1966 cover of the Cher hit "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)", which features in the opening credits of Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill Volume 1. In 1971 Sinatra and Hazlewood achieved their first collaborative success in the UK singles chart with the nº 2 hit "Did You Ever?", and the 2005 UK nº 3 hit by Audio Bullys, "Shot You Down", sampled Sinatra's version of "Bang Bang".
      Between 1964 and 1968 Sinatra appeared in several feature films, co-starring with Peter Fonda in Roger Corman's biker-gang movie The Wild Angels(1966) and alongside Elvis Presley in the musical drama Speedway(1968). Frank and Nancy Sinatra played a fictional father and daughter in the 1965 comedy Marriage on the Rocks.
     Generation is the second studio album by the electronic music group Audio Bullys, released on 31 October 2005. It features the singles "Shot You Down", which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and "I'm in Love" (released 24 October 2005).
         Two Promo versions of the album were released on CD by Source/EMI. One of these (CDSOURDJ107) features a different track order, a different shorter mix of I Won't Let You Down, and 3 extra tracks that were pulled before the final album release.
I was five and he was six
We rode on horses made of sticks
He wore black and I wore white
He would always win the fight
 
Bang bang, he shot me down
Bang bang, I hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby shot me down
 
Bang bang, I shot you down
Bang bang, you hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, I used to shoot you down
 
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
 
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
 
Down, down, d-down
My baby shot me down
My baby shot me down
 
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
 
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
Down, down, d-down
 
Bang bang, I shot you down
Bang bang, you hit the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, I used to shoot you down.

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.