ALMOST OVER YOU

SHEENA EASTON

SONGWRITER: Jennifer K. Kimball & Cindy Diane Richardson

COUNTRY: SCOTLAND

ALBUM: BEST KEPT SECRET

LABEL: ONE WAY RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1983

 

         Sheena Shirley Easton(née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish singer and actress. Easton came into the public eye in an episode of the first British musical reality television programme The Big Time: Pop Singer, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.

         Easton's first two singles, "Modern Girl" and "9 to 5", both entered the UK Top Ten. She became one of the most successful British female performers of the 1980s.

         A six-time Grammy nominee in the US, Easton is a two-time Grammy Award winner, winning Best New Artist in 1982 and Best Mexican-American Performance in 1985, for her duet with Luis Miguel on the song "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres". She has received five US Gold albums and one US Platinum album. She has recorded 15 studio albums, released 45 singles total worldwide, and had 20 consecutive US singles, including 15 US Top 40 singles, seven US Top Tens and one US #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1981 and 1991. She had 25 top 40 hits internationally. In Canada, Easton scored three gold and two platinum albums. She has sold over 30 million records worldwide.

Easton became the first and only recording artist in Billboard history to have a top 5 hit on each of Billboard's primary singles charts: "Morning Train (Nine to Five)" (pop and AC), "We've Got Tonight" with Kenny Rogers(country and AC), and "Sugar Walls" (R&B and dance).

        Easton's other hits include the James Bond theme "For Your Eyes Only", "Strut", "U Got the Look" and "The Arms of Orion" with Prince, "The Lover in Me", and "What Comes Naturally". She has worked with prominent vocalists and producers, such as Prince, Christopher Neil, Kenny Rogers, David Foster, Luis Miguel, L.A. Reid & Babyface, Patrice Rushen, and Nile Rodgers.

        Best Kept Secret is the fourth album by Scottish singer Sheena Easton. It was released in 1983 on EMI Records.

            Easton's first album to be recorded entirely in the United States, Best Kept Secret was produced by Greg Mathieson, Jay Graydon, and Trevor Veitch. Easton had planned to collaborate again with Christopher Neil, the London-based producer of her previous three albums, but it had eventuated that she and Neil had disparate ideas regarding her new album's material and style. Easton had also hoped that David Foster, who had produced her interim hit duet with Kenny Rogers, "We've Got Tonight", would produce some solo tracks for her, but Foster's schedule did not permit this.

       The songs on Best Kept Secret alternated between dance tracks in the Eurodisco style of the recent Laura Branigan hit "Gloria"— which Mathieson/Graydon/Veitch had been responsible for— and ballads. The album's lead single was the dance track "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" which became Easton's third solo hit to reach the US Top Ten with a Nº 9 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Grammy nominated. The second single was the ballad "Almost Over You" (Nº 25) and another rock track "Devil in a Fast Car" was subsequently issued as a single to reach Nº 79.

I saw an old friend of ours today

She asked about you, I didn't quite know what to say

Heard you've been making the rounds 'round here

While I've been trying to make tears disappear

 

Now I'm almost over you

I've almost shook these blues

So when you come back around

After painting the town

You'll see I'm almost over you

 

You're such a sly one with your cold, cold heart

Maybe leaving came easy, but it tore me apart

"Time heals all wounds", they say, and I should know

'Cause it seems like forever, but I'm letting you go

 

Now I'm almost over you

I've almost shook these blues

So when you come back around

After painting the town

You'll see I'm almost over you

 

I can forgive you and soon I'll forget all my shattered dreams

Although you left me with nothing to show, full of misery

 

Now I'm almost over you

I've almost shook these blues

So when you come back around

After painting the town

You'll see I'm almost over you

 

When you come back around

After painting the town

You'll see I'm almost over you. 

ALWAYS AND FOREVER

KENNY ROGERS

SONGWRITER: RODNEY LYNN TEMPERTON

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: VOTE FOR LOVE

LABEL: QVC

GENRE: COUNTRY MUSIC

YEAR: 1996

 

       Kenneth Ray Rogers(August 21, 1938– March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted more than 120 hit singles across various genres, topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone. He sold more than 100 million records worldwide during his lifetime, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His fame and career spanned multiple genres: jazz, folk, pop, rock, and country. He remade his career and was one of the most successful cross-over artists of all time.

       In the late 1950s, Rogers began his recording career with the Houston-based group the Scholars, who first released "The Poor Little Doggie". After some solo releases, including 1958's "That Crazy Feeling", Rogers then joined a group with the jazz singer Bobby Doyle. In 1966, he became a member of the folk ensemble the New Christy Minstrels, playing double bass and bass guitar as well as singing. In 1967, he and several members of the New Christy Minstrels left to found the group the First Edition, with whom he scored his first major hit, "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)", a psychedelic rock song which peaked at number five on the Billboard charts. As Rogers took an increased leadership role in the First Edition following the success of 1969's "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", the band gradually changed styles to a more country feel. The band broke up in 1975–76, and Rogers embarked on a long and successful solo career, which included several successful collaborations, including duets with singers Dottie West, Dolly Parton, and Sheena Easton, and a songwriting partnership with Lionel Richie. His signature song, 1978's "The Gambler", was a crossover hit that won him a Grammy Award in 1980 and was selected in 2018 for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. He developed the Gambler persona into a character for a successful series of television films starting with 1980's Emmy-nominated Kenny Rogers as The Gambler.

       Vote for Love is a 1996 album by Kenny Rogers released exclusively for sale on QVC. It was later made available in retail stores under the title Always & Forever.

Always and forever, each moment with you

It's just like a dream to me that somehow came true

And I know tomorrow will still be the same

Cos we got a life of love that won't ever change.

 

Every day lend me your own special way

Melt my heart away with a smile

Take time to tell me you really care

And we'll share tomorrow together.

 

There's always be sunshine when I look at you

It's something I can't explain just the things that you do

If you get lonely, call me and take

A second to give to me the magic you make.

 

Every day ...

I'll always love you ...forever

Every day ...

Baby, baby, baby, I'll love you forever

I'll always love you forever

Together, forever.

YES SIR, I CAN BOOGIE

BACCARA

SONGWRITERS: ROLF SOJA & FRANK DOSTAL

COUNTRY: SPAIN

ALBUM: BACCARA

LABEL: RCA RECORDS

GENRE: DISCO

YEAR: 1977

 

        Baccara was a female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos (born 7 February 1951) and María Mendiola (4 April 1952 – 11 September 2021). The duo rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", which reached number one across much of Europe and became the best-selling single of all time by a female group, eventually selling more than 18 million copies worldwide. A successful follow-up single ("Sorry, I'm a Lady") and European tour led to a number of album releases, numerous television appearances and the duo's selection to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978.

      Despite a substantial following in Spain, Germany and Japan, by 1981 their blend of disco, pop and Spanish folk music was no longer fashionable, and by 1983 Mateos and Mendiola were both working on solo projects. Achieving little success as solo artists, the two formed duos of their own: separate incarnations of the original Baccara appeared during the middle of the decade, with Mendiola fronting New Baccara and Mateos keeping the duo's original name. During the 1990s, New Baccara reverted to Baccara and as a consequence both Mateos and Mendiola headed different duos with the same name. Both principals subsequently had prolonged but separate legacy careers based on nostalgia and their earlier fame.

         Mendiola's Baccara has seen more international recognition, releasing a string of Hi-NRG club hits such as "Fantasy Boy" and "Touch Me" in the late 1980s and the later UK club hit "Wind Beneath My Wings". Mateos' Baccara has released few new recordings, but has remained in demand for television and live appearances in countries such as Spain and Germany, where the original Baccara developed a loyal fan base, performing the duo's back-catalogue and modernised versions of traditional Spanish songs.

          Baccara is the debut studio album by Spanish duo Baccara, first released on RCA Victor in Germany in 1977. It contains the European hit singles "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" and "Sorry, I'm a Lady".

          The rights to the RCA-Victor back catalogue are currently held by Sony BMG Music Entertainment - the original Baccara album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc.

        There is an alternative cover for the album from Scandinavia featuring the girls standing with a black background. Some editions of this album feature a limited edition poster. The album was re-released in Germany in 1982 and featured an entirely different picture sleeve.

Mister

Your eyes are full of hesitation

Sure makes me wonder

If you know what your looking for

 

Umm, baby I wan't to keep my reputation

I'm a sensation

You try me once you'll beg for more

 

Oooohh! Yes sir, I can boogie

But I need a certain song

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long

 

Yes sir, I can boogie

If you stay, you can't go wrong

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long

 

No sir

I don't feel very much like talking

No neither walking

You wanna know if I can dance

 

Yes sir, already told you in the first verse and in the chorus

But I will give you one more chance

 

Ooohh! Yes sir, I can boogie

But I need a certain song

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long

Yes sir, I can boogie

If you stay, you can't go wrong

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long

 

Yes sir, I can boogie

If you stay, you can't go wrong

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long

 

Yes sir, I can boogie

But I need a certain song

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long

Yes sir, I can boogie

If you stay you can't go wrong

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long

 

Yes sir, I can boogie

If you stay you can't go wrong

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long

 

Yes sir, I can boogie

If you stay you can't go wrong

I can boogie, boogie woogie all night long.

SUSPICIOUS MIND

MARK JAMES

SONGWRITER: MARK JAMES

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SUSPICIOUS

LABEL: SGEPTER RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1968

 

    Mark James(born Francis Rodney Zambon; November 29, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote hits for singers B.J. Thomas, Brenda Lee, and Elvis Presley, including Presley's US number one hit single, "Suspicious Minds."

        "Suspicious Minds" is a 1968 song written and first recorded by the American songwriter Mark James. After this recording failed commercially, it was recorded by Elvis Presley with the producer Chips Moman. Presley's version reached Nº1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

     The song is about a mistrusting and dysfunctional relationship, and the need of the characters to overcome their issues in order to maintain it. Written in 1968 by Mark James, who was also the co-writer of "Always on My Mind" (which Presley would later record), the song was first recorded and released by James on Scepter Records in 1968. Chips Moman had asked James to come to Memphis to write songs for American Sound Studio. At the time, James was residing in Houston. He had written three songs that became Nº1 hits in the Southern United States. American Sound Studio was gaining a reputation in the industry, as the Box Tops had just recorded "The Letter" there, so James relocated to Memphis.

       James said that late one night, he was fooling around on his Fender guitar and using his Hammond organ pedals for a bass line and came up with what he thought was a catchy melody. At the time, he was married to his first wife but still had feelings for his childhood sweetheart, who was married back in Houston. James's wife had suspicions about his feelings. He felt it was a confusing time for him and that all three were "caught in this trap that they could not walk out of." At the recording session, James sang the lead vocals and the studio band backed him; Moman produced. The horns, strings, and vocals of the Holladay Sisters were later overdubbed. After the tape was mixed, James and Moman flew to New York, where James's manager had contacts with Scepter Records. The label loved the song and put it out, but Scepter did not have the money to promote new artists and the song did not make the charts.

We're caught in a trap

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Why can't you see

What you're doing to me

When you don't believe a word I say?

 

We can't go on together

With suspicious minds (suspicious minds)

And we can't build our dreams

On suspicious minds

 

So if an old friend I know

Stops by to say hello

Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?

Here we go again

Asking where I've been

You can't see the tears are real, I'm crying

(Yes I'm crying)

 

We can't go on together

With suspicious minds (suspicious minds)

And we can't build our dreams

On suspicious minds

 

Oh, let our love survive

I'll dry the tears from your eyes

Let's don't let a good thing die

When honey, you know I've never lied to you

Mmm, yeah, yeah

 

We're caught in a trap

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Why can't you see

What you're doing to me

When you don't believe a word I say?

 

Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

 

Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

 

Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?