A WOMAN’S PLACE

GILBERT O’SULLIVAN

SONGWRITER: GILBERT O’SULLIVAN

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: A STRANGER IN MY OWN BACK YARD

LABEL: U. S. M.

GENRE: POP MUSIC

YEAR: 1974

 

        Raymond Edward O'Sullivan(born 1 December 1946), known professionally as Gilbert O'Sullivan, is an Irish singer-songwriter who achieved his most significant success during the early 1970s with hits including "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair", and "Get Down". O'Sullivan's songs are often marked by his distinctive, percussive piano playing style and observational lyrics using word play.

        Born in Waterford, Ireland, O'Sullivan settled in Swindon, England, as a child. In 1967, O'Sullivan began pursuing a career in music. Worldwide, he has charted 16 top 40 records including six Nº 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's "Nothing Rhymed". Across his career, he has recorded 19 studio albums, up to his UK top 20 self-titled record in 2018. The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the top UK male singer of 1972. He has received three Ivor Novello Awards, including “Songwriter of the Year” in 1973.

       A Stranger in My Own Back Yard is the fourth studio album by British-Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan, originally released in October 1974 by MAM Records. Peaking at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart, it was O'Sullivan's fourth and, to date, final top ten album, although it received positive reviews from critics. After the funk-inflected I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter, A Stranger in My Own Back Yard marked a return to the style of O'Sullivan's first two albums. The album's only single, "A Woman's Place", was O'Sullivan's first since his breakthrough to miss the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Union Square Music reissued the album on the Salvo label in 2012 as part of the Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Singer & His Songs collection.

I may be old fashioned

So what if I am

I'm not any different

To any other man

I'm not one of those

Who look for blood from a stone

But I believe

A woman's place is in the home.

 

Now I'm not one to kid you

You know it's not my style

I wouldn't want to hurt you

Not even for a while

I'm all for a woman

Who can make it on her own

But I believe

A woman's place is in the home.

Ooh baby I believe, I do

A woman's place is in the home.

 

Wonder what would have happened

Had a woman flattened

Rocky Marciano's nose

Would there have been

A change of views

Would women no longer be used

The way they seem

To think they're being

 

I know what you're thinking

And you've every right to moan

But I believe, yes indeed, I do,

A woman's place is in the home.

Ooh baby I believe, I do

A woman's place is in the home.

SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER

THE SUPREMES

SONGWRITERS: BRISTOL JOHNNY WILLIAM; FUQUA HARVEY & BEAVERS ROBERT L

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CREAM OF THE CROP

LABEL: MOTOWN

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1969

 

      The Supremes were an American female singing group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful American vocal group, with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland. At their peak in the mid-1960s, the Supremes rivaled the Beatles in worldwide popularity, and it is said that their breakthrough made it possible for future African American R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success. Billboard ranked the Supremes as the 16th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time.

      Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, the original group, were all from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project in Detroit. They formed the Primettes as the sister act to the Primes (with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks, who went on to form the Temptations). Barbara Martin replaced McGlown in 1960, and the group signed with Motown the following year as The Supremes. Martin left the act in early 1962, and Ross, Ballard, and Wilson carried on as a trio.

   During the mid-1960s, the Supremes achieved mainstream success with Ross as lead singer and Holland–Dozier–Holland as its songwriting and production team. In 1967, Motown president Berry Gordy renamed the group Diana Ross & the Supremes, and replaced Ballard with Cindy Birdsong. In 1970, Ross left to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Jean Terrell and the group reverted to being The Supremes again. During the mid-1970s, the lineup changed with Lynda Laurence, Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene joining until, after 18 years, the group disbanded in 1977.

       Cream of the Crop is the eighteenth studio album released by Diana Ross & the Supremes for the Motown label. It was the final regular Supremes studio album to feature lead singer Diana Ross. The album was released in November 1969, after the release and rising success of the hit single "Someday We'll Be Together."

I say it, say it, say it, say it again

(Someday, we'll be together)

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah

 

You're far away from me my love

And just as sure my, my baby

As there are stars above

I wanna say, wanna say, wanna say

 

Yes we will, yes we will

(Say, someday, we'll be together) Some sweet day

I know, I know, I know, I know

 

My love is yours, baby

Oh, right from the start

You, you, you possess my soul now, honey

And I know, I know you own my heart

And I wanna say

 

Some sweet day

Oh, yes we will, yes we will

(Someday, we'll be together) Tell everybody

Yes we will, yes we will

 

Long time ago, my, my sweet thing

I made a big mistake, honey

I, I, I say, I said, goodbye

Oh, oh, baby, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever and ever since that day

All I wanna do, all I wanna do was cry, cry, oh

 

Hey, hey, hey

I long for you every, every night

Ooh, just to kiss your sweet, sweet lips, baby

Hold you ever, ever so tight

And I wanna say

 

Someday we'll be together

Yes we will, yes we will

Someday we'll be together

Yes we will, yes we will

Someday we'll be together

Someday we'll be together

Yes we will, yes we will.

LET'S PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

THE STYLISTICS

SONGWRITERS: GEORGE DAVID WEISS; HUGO PERETTI & LUIGI CREATORE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: LET’S PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

LABEL: AVCO

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1974

 

       The Stylistics are an American, Philadelphia soul group that achieved their greatest chart success in the 1970s. They formed in 1968, with a lineup of singers Russell Thompkins Jr., Herb Murrell, Airrion Love, James Smith and James Dunn. All of their US hits were ballads characterized by the falsetto of Russell Thompkins Jr. and the production of Thom Bell. During the early 1970s, the group had twelve consecutive R&B top ten hits, including "Stop, Look, Listen", "You Are Everything", "Betcha by Golly, Wow", "I'm Stone in Love with You", "Break Up to Make Up" and "You Make Me Feel Brand New", which earned them 5 gold singles and 3 gold albums

       Let's Put It All Together is the fourth studio album recorded by American R&B group The Stylistics, released in May 1974 on the Avco label. It was produced by Hugo & Luigi and recorded at Mediasound Studios in New York City. This was the group's first album recorded outside of Philadelphia.

…Your arms around me are tender and warm

My arms are meant to hold you

Your arms and my arms

What more is there to say

 

…Let's put it all together

Let's put it all together

Let's put it all together

Girl, 'cause lovin'is there is

 

…Your lips can thrill me just touching my cheek

My lips are meant to kiss you

Your lips and my lips

What more is there to say

 

…Let's put it all together

Let's put it all together

Let's put it all together

Girl, 'cause lovin'is there is

 

…Love like this never happened before

Perfect and true

Day by day we been feeling it more

You love me (you love me) and I love you

 

…Let's put it all together

Let's put it all together

Let's put it all together

Girl.

BACK FOR GOOD

TAKE THAT

Songwriter: gary barlow

Country: u. k.

Album: nobody else

Label: rca victor

Genre: pop

Year: 1995

 

     Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer and primary songwriter, with Owen and Williams initially providing backing vocals and Donald and Orange serving primarily as dancers.

       The group have had 28 top 40 singles and 17 top 5 singles on the UK Singles Chart, 12 of which have reached number one, including "Back for Good", "Never Forget", "Patience" and "Greatest Day". They have also had eight number one albums on the UK Albums Chart. Internationally, the band have had 56 number one singles and 39 number one albums. They have received eight Brit Awards—winning for Best British Group and Best British Live Act. In 2012 they received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. According to the British Phonographic Industry(BPI), Take That has been certified for 14 million albums and 11.4 million singles in the UK.

      Williams left the band in 1995 while the four remaining members completed their world tour and released a final single before splitting up in 1996. After filming a 2005 Take That: For the Record about the group and releasing a new greatest hits album, a four-piece Take That without Williams officially announced a 2006 reunion tour around the UK, entitled The Ultimate Tour. On 9 May 2006, it was announced that the group were set to record new material together once again; their fourth studio album, Beautiful World, was released in 2006 and was followed up with The Circus, in 2008. The group achieved new success as a four-piece, scoring a string of chart hits across the UK and Europe while selling over 45 million records worldwide. Williams rejoined Take That in 2010 for the band's sixth studio album, Progress. Released on 15 November of that year, it was the first album of new material to feature Take That's original line-up since their 1995 album, Nobody Else. It became the fastest-selling album of the 21st century and the second fastest-selling album in British history.

        Nobody Else is the third studio album by British boy band Take That. It would become Take That's last studio album to be recorded before they disbanded in 1996.

      The album includes the singles "Sure", "Back for Good" (which remains the group's most successful song to date) and "Never Forget".

        The album sold six million copies worldwide. 

I guess now it's time for me to give up, I feel it's time

Got a picture of you beside me

Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup, oh yeah

 

Got a fist of pure emotion

Got a head of shattered dreams

Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

 

Whatever I said, whatever I did

I didn't mean it

I just want you back for good

Want you back, want you back

I want you back for good

 

Whenever I'm wrong

Just tell me the song and I'll sing it

You'll be right and understood

Want you back, want you back

I want you back for good

 

Unaware but underlined

I figured out this story, it wasn't good

But in the corner of my mind I celebrated glory

But that was not to be

 

In the twist of separation

You excelled at being free

Can't you find a little room inside for me

 

Whatever I said, whatever I did

I didn't mean it

I just want you back for good

Want you back, want you back

I want you back for good

 

Whenever I'm wrong

Just tell me the song and I'll sing it

You'll be right and understood

Want you back, want you back

I want you back for good

 

And we'll be together, this time is forever

We'll be fighting and forever we will be

So complete in our love

We will never be uncovered again

 

Whatever I said, whatever I did

I didn't mean it

I just want you back for good

Want you back, want you back

I want you back for good

 

Whenever I'm wrong

Just tell me the song and I'll sing it

You'll be right and understood

Want you back, want you back

I want you back for good

 

Whatever I said, whatever I did

I didn't mean it

I just want you back for good

Want you back, want you back

I want you back for good

 

Whenever I'm wrong

Just tell me the song and I'll sing it

You'll be right and understood

Want you back, want you back

I want you back for good

 

Oh yeah

I guess now it's time

That you came back for good.