TAKE ME BACK

BONNIE TYLER

SONGWRITER: BILLY CROSS

COUNTRY: GALES(WELSH)

ALBUM: FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF NIGHT

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1983

 

    Gaynor Sullivan(née Hopkins; born 8 June 1951), known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer who is known for her distinctive husky voice. Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World Starts Tonight and its singles "Lost in France" and "More Than a Lover". Her 1978 single "It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.

      In the 1980s, Tyler ventured into rock music with songwriter and producer Jim Steinman. He wrote Tyler's biggest hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart", the lead single from her 1983 UK chart-topping album Faster Than the Speed of Night. Steinman also wrote Tyler's other major 1980s hit "Holding Out for a Hero". She had success in mainland Europe during the 1990s with Dieter Bohlen, who wrote and produced her hit "Bitterblue". In 2003, Tyler re-recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with singer Kareen Antonn. Their bilingual duet, titled "Si demain... (Turn Around)", topped the French charts.

    Rocks and Honey was released in 2013 and features the single "Believe in Me", which she performed representing the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. After reuniting with the producer David Mackay, she released Between the Earth and the Stars(2019) and The Best Is Yet to Come(2021).

    Her work has earned her three Grammy Award nominations and three Brit Award nominations, among other accolades.

       Faster Than the Speed of Night is the fifth studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was released first in Europe on 8 April 1983 and later that year in the US through Columbia Records. Tyler had changed musical direction and soon after began working with Jim Steinman, who produced the album and wrote its most successful single "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

       Faster Than the Speed of Night reached Nº 1 in the UK Albums Chart, and was certified Silver in the UK, Platinum in the US, and Double Platinum in Canada.

You said it's over now

It's just not right

You said there's a better place for you to be

It's not with me

Then you turned and walked away

I can't believe what I see

And I can't go to sleep at night when I think of how it used to be

 

She can't give you what I've got

And she can't stop your pain

And she can't love you the way I do

God I want you back again

Maybe she could try with money

Or she could buy you clothes

But baby when it's dark and you're home at night

Does she ever hold you close

 

She takes you out in style

She treats you right

She gives you all the things I never could, she's so good

But don't you think of me

Baby late at night

And I just can't take it boy, together we could be so right

 

She can't give you what I've got

And she can't stop your pain

And she can't love you the way I do

God I want you back again

Maybe she could try with money

Or she could buy you clothes

But baby when it's dark and you're home at night

Does she ever hold you close

 

Take me back

(Ooh you're gonna need me)

(Ooh you're gonna need me)

Take me back

(Ooh you're gonna need me)

All those things we did before

Whatever happened to them

And all those things I've been living for

Gotta start 'em all over again

 

You said it couldn't last

That we were meant to part

A guy like you and a girl like me didn't stand a chance - not from the

Start

But then you looked at me

I had to ask you why

As I see and try to find out why you left me for those hungry eyes

 

She can't give you what I've got

And she can't stop your pain

And she can't love you the way I do

God I want you back again

Maybe she could try with money

Or she could buy you clothes

But baby when it's dark and you're home at night

Does she ever hold you close

 

Take me back

(Ooh you're gonna take me)

Take me back

(Ooh you're gonna take me)

Take me back

(Ooh you're gonna take me)

Take me back.

I WANNA BE BY YOUR SIDE

SYREETA WRIGHT

SONGWRITER: STEVIE WONDER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: STEVIE WONDER PRESENTS SYREETA

LABEL: UNIVERSAL SOUND OF THE WORLD

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1974

 

         Syreeta Wright(August 3, 1946 – July 6, 2004), who recorded professionally under the single name Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights were songs in collaboration with her ex-husband Stevie Wonder and musical artist Billy Preston.

     Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, in 1946, and started singing at the age of four. Her father served in the Korean War and Wright and her sister Kim were raised by their mother Essie and their grandmother. The Wrights moved back and forth from Detroit to South Carolina, before finally settling in Detroit just as Wright entered high school. Money problems kept Wright from pursuing a career in ballet, so she focused her attention on a music career joining several singing groups, before landing a job as a receptionist for Motown in 1965. Within a year, she became a secretary for Mickey Stevenson, just as Martha Reeves had done before her.

At any given time

And at any given place

I wanna be by your side, baby

Just to put a little smile

On your sad but lovely face

You need me right by your side

 

To stay right there and love you

I won't ever let you down

I wanna be by your side

I don’t care

Right there by your side

 

To convince this heart of mine

Well that's gonna take some time

I have heard those sweet things before

But I'd like to get to know

If your love’s that wonderful

Then you should be by my side

To stay right there and love me

I won't ever, ever, ever let you down

I wanna be by your side, I don't care

Right there by your side

 

I'll stay right here and love you

I won't ever let you down

I wanna be by your side

I don't care, right there by your side

 

I wanna be by your side, yeah, yeah, yeah

I wanna be by your side baby

C'mon

I wanna be, oh, baby

Yeah, c'mon, woah, baby

I wanna be by, ooh, by your, by your

Show me what you can do

I wanna, I wanna.

IT’S TOO LATE

BILLY PAUL

SONGWRITERS: DAVID JOHANSEN & JOHNNY THUNDERS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: 360 DEGREES OF BILLY PAUL

LABEL: PHILADELPHIA INTERNACIONAL RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1972

 

     Paul Williams(December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was a Grammy Award-winning American soul singer, known for his 1972 Nº 1 single "Me and Mrs. Jones", as well as the 1973 album and single War of the Gods, which blends his more conventional pop, soul, and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences.

       He was one of the many artists associated with the Philadelphia soul sound created by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell. Paul was identified by his diverse vocal style, which ranged from mellow and soulful to low and raspy. Questlove of the Roots equated Paul with Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, calling him "one of the criminally unmentioned proprietors of socially conscious post-revolution '60s civil rights music."

      360 Degrees of Billy Paul is an album by soul singer Billy Paul. It was produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and arranged by Bobby Martin, Lenny Pakula and Norman Harris. Released in 1972, it includes the Grammy Award-winning number 1 pop and soul single "Me and Mrs. Jones" and its follow-up "Am I Black Enough for You?" which reached number 29 on the soul chart and number 79 on the pop chart. The album was expanded and remastered by Big Break Records for compact disc in 2012 with three bonus tracks, new liner notes by Andy Kellman, and new quotes from Billy Paul.

Stayed in bed all mornin' just to pass the time.

There's somethin' wrong here, there can be no denyin'.

One of us is changin', or maybe we've just stopped tryin'.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,

Though we really did try to make it.

Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,

And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no.

It used to be so easy, livin' here with you.

You were light and breezy, an' I knew just what to do.

Now you look so unhappy, and I feel like a fool.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,

Though we really did try to make it.

Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,

And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no.

There'll be good times again for me and you,

But we just can't stay together; don't you feel it too?

Still I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you.

And it's too late, baby now, it's too late,

Though we really did try to make it. (we can't make it)

Somethin' inside has died, and I can't hide,

And I just can't fake it, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

 

It's too late baby, it's too late now darling

It's too late.

BORN TO LOSE

RAY CHARLES

SONGWRITERS: MICHAEL SCHENKER; PETE WAY & PHIL MOGG

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: RAY CHARLES MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC

LABEL: UNIVERSE REMASTERING

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1962

 

       Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray". Charles was blinded during childhood, possibly due to glaucoma.

         Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records. He contributed to the integration of country music, rhythm and blues, and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, notably with his two Modern Sounds albums. While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first black musicians to be granted artistic control by a mainstream record company.

       Charles's 1960 hit "Georgia On My Mind" was the first of his three career Nº 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. His 1962 album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music became his first album to top the Billboard 200. Charles had multiple singles reach the Top 40 on various Billboard charts: 44 on the US R&B singles chart, 11 on the Hot 100 singles chart, 2 on the Hot Country singles charts.

     Charles cited Nat King Cole as a primary influence, but his music was also influenced by Louis Jordan and Charles Brown. He had a lifelong friendship and occasional partnership with Quincy Jones. Frank Sinatra called Ray Charles "the only true genius in show business," although Charles downplayed this notion. Billy Joel said, "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley".

         For his musical contributions, Charles received the Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Arts, and the Polar Music Prize. He was one of the inaugural inductees at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. He has won 18 Grammy Awards (5 posthumously), the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, and 10 of his recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone ranked Charles Nº 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and Nº 2 on their list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2022, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, as well as the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame

          Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is a studio album by American singer and pianist Ray Charles. It was recorded in February 1962 at Capitol Studios in New York City and United Western Recorders in Hollywood, and released in April of that year by ABC-Paramount Records.

          The album departed further stylistically from the rhythm and blues music Charles had recorded for Atlantic Records in the 1950s. It featured country, folk, and Western music standards reworked by Charles in popular song forms of the time, including R&B, pop, and jazz. Charles produced the album with Sid Feller, who helped the singer select songs to record, and performed alongside saxophonist Hank Crawford, a string section conducted by Marty Paich, and a big band arranged by Gil Fuller and Gerald Wilson.

         Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music was an immediate critical and commercial success. The album and its four hit singles brought Charles greater mainstream notice and recognition in the pop market, as well as airplay on both R&B and country radio stations. The album and its lead single, "I Can't Stop Loving You", were both certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1962, as each record had sold at least 500,000 copies in the United States.

      The album's integration of soul and country challenged racial barriers in popular music at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. In the process of recording the album, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to exercise complete artistic control over his own recording career. In retrospect, it has been considered by critics as his best studio record and a landmark recording in American music. According to Robert Christgau, the album "transfigured pop, prefigured soul, and defined modern country & western music." It has been called one of the greatest albums of all time by publications such as Rolling Stone and Time.

Born to lose, I've lived my life in vain

Every dream has only brought me pain

All my life I've always been so blue

Born to lose and now I'm losing you

 

Born to lose, it seems so hard to bear

When I wake, and find that you're not there

You've grown tired and now you say we're through

Born to lose and now I'm losing you

 

All my life I've always been so blue

Born to lose and now I'm losing you

Born to lose and now I'm losing you.