ONE MOMENT IN TIME

WHITNEY HOUSTON

SONGWRITERS: Albert Louis Hammond & John Bettis

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: WHITNEY HOUSTON : I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

LABEL: SONY PICTURES RELEASING

GENRE: SOUNDTRACK

YEAR: 1988

 

      Whitney Elizabeth Houston(August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with over 200 million records sold worldwide. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked her second on their list of the greatest singers of all time. Houston influenced many singers in popular music, and was known for her powerful, soulful vocals and vocal improvisation skills. She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Saving All My Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in 1988. Houston also enhanced her popularity upon entering the movie industry. Throughout her career and posthumously, she has received numerous accolades, including two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 16 Billboard Music Awards, and 28 Guinness World Records. Houston has also been inducted into the Grammy, Rhythm and Blues Music, and Rock and Roll halls of fame.

         Houston began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at age 19. Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston(1985) and Whitney(1987), both peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and are among the best-selling albums of all time. Houston's third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight(1990), yielded two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "All the Man That I Need".

         Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a 2022 American biographical musical drama film directed by Kasi Lemmons, from a screenplay by Anthony McCarten, based on the life and career of American singer and actress Whitney Houston. The film stars Naomi Ackie as Houston with Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams, and Clarke Peters in supporting roles.

     An authorized biopic on Houston's life was announced in early 2020, with Ackie cast in the lead role that December, and the rest of the cast signing on later the next year. Produced on a $45 million budget, filming took place in Massachusetts and New Jersey from August to December 2021.

Each day I live

I want to be

A day to give

The best of me

I'm only one

But not alone

My finest day

Is yet unknown

 

I broke my heart

Fought every gain

To taste the sweet

I face the pain

I rise and fall

Yet through it all

This much remains

 

I want one moment in time

When I'm more than I thought I could be

When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away

And the answers are all up to me

Give me one moment in time

When I'm racing with destiny

Then in that one moment of time

I will feel

I will feel eternity

 

I've lived to be

The very best

I want it all

No time for less

I've laid the plans

Now lay the chance

Here in my hands

 

Give me one moment in time

When I'm more than I thought I could be

When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away

And the answers are all up to me

Give me one moment in time

When I'm racing with destiny

Then in that one moment of time

I will feel

I will feel eternity

 

You're a winner for a lifetime

If you seize that one moment in time

Make it shine

 

Give me one moment in time

When I'm more than I thought I could be

When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away

And the answers are all up to me

Give me one moment in time

When I'm racing with destiny

Then in that one moment of time

I will be

I will be

I will be free

I will be

I will be free.

HONEY

MARIAH CAREY

SONGWRITER: Mariah Carey; Steven Jordan; Mohandas Dewese; Malcolm Mclaren; Stephen Hague; Kammaal Fareed; Morgan Robinson; Larry Price;Ronald Larkins & Sean Justin Combs

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BUTTERFLY

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1997

 

          Mariah Carey(/məˈraɪə/; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, improvisation skills, her signature use of the whistle register, and songwriting. Carey is famous for the enduring popularity of her holiday music, particularly the 1994 song "All I Want for Christmas Is You", and she has been dubbed the "Queen of Christmas". Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her debut album Mariah Carey. She was the first artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions". An inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she is credited for inspiring several generations of pop and R&B artists, and for merging hip hop with pop music through her crossover collaborations.

       Carey's self-titled debut album was released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola in 1990, and the two married in 1993. She gained further worldwide success with the albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995). Their singles include "Hero", "Without You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", and "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s) and was the longest running number one song of the decade. After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new urban image and incorporated more elements of hip hop with the album Butterfly(1997). She left Columbia in 2001 after eleven consecutive years of US number-one singles and signed a $100 million record deal with Virgin Records.

        Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on September 10, 1997, by Columbia Records. The album contains both hip hop and urban adult contemporary sounds, as well as some softer and more contemporary melodies. Throughout the project, Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she had written and produced most of the material from her previous albums. She also worked with many famed hip hop producers and rappers, such as Sean "Puffy" Combs, Q-Tip, Missy Elliott and the Trackmasters. With the latter acts producing most of the album, Butterfly deviated from the adult contemporary sound of Carey's previous albums.

       With Butterfly, Carey continued the transition that began with previous album, Daydream(1995), which pushed her further into the R&B and hip hop market and away from the pop background of her previous work. Carey was able to reflect her creative maturity and evolution in the album's writing and recording. Carey writes in the booklet of her twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel(2009), that she considers Butterfly her magnum opus and a turning point in both her life and career.

Oh-oh, honey got me hooked on you (I like that)

Oh, oh

 

La da da da da da da da, da da (Yeah)

La da da da da da da da, la da da da da

La da da da da da da da, da da da da da

La da da da da da da da

La da da da da, da da da da

 

Oh honey, you can have me when you want me

If you simply ask me to be there

And you're the only one who makes me come runnin'

'Cause what you got is far beyond compare, oh

 

And it's just like honey

When your love comes over me

Oh baby, I've got a dependency

Always strung out for another taste of your honey

 

It's like honey when it washes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darlin', don't you see?

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

 

Honey, I can't describe (La da da da da da)

How good it feels inside (La da da da da da)

Honey, I can't describe (La da da da da da)

How good it feels inside (La da da da da da)

 

I can't be elusive with you, honey

'Cause it's blatant that I'm feelin' you

And it's too hard for me to leave abruptly

'Cause you're the only thing I wanna do

 

And it's just like honey

When your love comes over me

Oh baby, I've got a dependency

Always strung out for another taste of your honey

 

It's like honey when it washes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darlin', don't you see?

 

(I can't wait for another)

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

 

Honey, I can't describe

How good it feels inside (Gotta have another taste)

Honey I can't describe (I gotta have you now, come on, baby)

(I need your honey right now) How good it feels inside

(Come sweet to me with your honey)

 

Every little thing you do (I like that)

Oh-oh, honey got me hooked on you

 

It's like honey when it washes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet (Oh sugar, you know)

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

(Oh, I need your love right now, baby)

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darlin', don't you see?

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

(I need a taste of honey)

It's like honey when it rushes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darling, don't you see?

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

 

It's like honey when it rushes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darling, don't you see?

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey.

IT’S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW

CÉLINE DION

SONGWRITER: JIM STEINMAN

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: FALLING INTO YOU

LABEL: 550 MUSIC

GENRE: EASY LISTENING

YEAR: 1996

 

      Céline Marie Claudette Dion (/seɪˌliːn diˈɒn/say-LEEN dee-ON; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her music has incorporated genres such as pop, rock, R&B, gospel, and classical music. Her recordings since have been mainly in English and French, although she has also sung in Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, Japanese, and Chinese.

        Born into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in her home country with a series of French-language albums during the 1980s. She gained international recognition by winning the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland with "Ne partez pas sans moi". After learning to speak English, she signed with Epic Records in the United States. Her debut English-language album, Unison(1990), established her as a viable pop artist primarily in North America and several English-speaking markets, while The Colour of My Love(1993) gave her global superstardom.

      Falling into You is the fourth English-language and fourteenth studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released on 11 March 1996 by Columbia/Epic Records. The follow-up to her commercially successful album The Colour of My Love(1993) and French-language D'eux(1995), Falling into You showed a further progression of Dion's music. Throughout the project she collaborated with Jim Steinman, who wrote and produced "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", among others. Several songs were produced by David Foster, including Diane Warren's "Because You Loved Me". In total, Dion worked on the album with fourteen producers and a variety of songwriters and musicians.

    Falling into You won many awards around the world, including two Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album at the 39th annual ceremony, during which Dion performed live. In April 1997, she also won three World Music Awards for World's Best Selling Artist of the Year, World's Best Selling Pop Artist of the Year and World's Best Selling Canadian Artist of the Year. The album is on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Definitive 200 list.

       Falling into You became Dion's best-selling album and one of the best-selling albums in history, with sales of more than 32 million copies worldwide, including twelve million copies in the US, over two million in the United Kingdom, and over one million in Germany, France, Canada and Australia. In Europe, it has sold over nine million units. It topped the charts around the world, including number one in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Australia and many more. It became one of the best-selling albums of 1996 and 1997 in various countries and also one of the top-selling albums of the decade. It was certified Diamond, Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold around the world.

There were nights when the wind was so cold

That my body froze in bed

If I just listened to it right outside the window

There were days when the sun was so cruel

That all the tears turned to dust

And I just knew my eyes were drying up forever

I finished crying in the instant that you left

And I can't remember where or when or how

And I banished every memory you and I had ever made

 

But when you touch me like this

And you hold me like that

I just have to admit

That it's all coming back to me

When I touch you like this

And I hold you like that

It's so hard to believe but

It's all coming back to me

It's all coming back

It's all coming back to me now

There were moments of gold

And there were flashes of light

There were things I'd never do again

But then they'd always seemed right

There were nights of endless pleasure

It was more than any laws allow

 

Baby, baby

If I kiss you like this

And if you whisper like that

It was lost long ago

But it's all coming back to me

If you want me like this

And if you need me like that

It was dead long ago

But it's all coming back to me

It's so hard to resist

And it's all coming back to me

I can barely recall

But it's all coming back to me now

 

But it's all coming back

 

There were those empty threats and hollow lies

And whenever you tried to hurt me

I just hurt you even worse and so much deeper

There were hours that just went on for days

When alone at last we'd count up all the chances

That were lost to us forever (Forever)

 

But you were history with the slamming of the door

And I made myself so strong again somehow

And I never wasted any of my time on you since then

But if I touch you like this

And if you kiss me like that

It was so long ago

But it's all coming back to me

If you touch me like this

And if I kiss you like that

It was gone with the wind

But it's all coming back to me

 

It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now

There were moments of gold

And there were flashes of light

There were things we'd never do again

But then they'd always seemed right

There were nights of endless pleasure

It was more than all your laws allow

 

Baby, baby, baby

When you touch me like this

And when you hold me like that

It was gone with the wind

But it's all coming back to me

When you see me like this

And when I see you like that

Then we see what we want to see

All coming back to me

The flesh and the fantasies

All coming back to me

I can barely recall

But it's all coming back to me now

 

If you forgive me all this

If I forgive you all that

We forgive and forget

And it's all coming back to me now

 

When you see me like this

And when I see you like that

Then we see what we want to see

All coming back to me

The flesh and the fantasies

All coming back to me

I can barely recall

But it's all coming back to me now

 

And when you kiss me like this

(It's all coming back to me now)

And when I touch you like that

(It's all coming back to me now)

And if you do it like this

(It's all coming back to me now)

And if we.

WOMAN FROM TOKYO

DEEP PURPLE

SONGWRITERS: Ian Gillan; Ian Paice; Jon Lord; Ritchie Blackmore & Roger D Glover

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE

LABEL: PURPLE RECORDS

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1973

 

       Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, but their musical approach has changed over the years. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

     Who Do We Think We Are is the seventh studio album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1973. It was Deep Purple's last album with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover until 1984’s Perfect Strangers.

       Musically, the record showed a move to a more blues-based sound, even featuring scat singing. Although its production and the band's behaviour after its release showed the group in turmoil, with frontman Gillan remarking that "we'd all had major illnesses" and felt considerable fatigue, the album was a commercial success. Deep Purple became the top-selling U.S. artist in 1973. The album featured the energetic hard-rock single "Woman from Tokyo," a live staple of the band's since the album's release.

Fly into the rising sun,

Faces, smiling everyone

Yeah, she is a whole new tradition

I feel it in my heart

 

My woman from Tokyo

She makes me see

My woman from Tokyo

She's so good to me

 

Talk about her like a queen

Dancing in a eastern dream

Yeah, she makes me feel like a river

That carries me away

 

My woman from Tokyo

She makes me see

My woman from Tokyo

She's so good to me

 

But I'm at home and I just don't belong ...

So far away from the garden we love

She is what moves in the soul of a dove

Soon I shall see just how black was my night

When we're alone in her city of light

 

Rising from the neon gloom

Shining like a crazy moon

Yeah, she turns me on like a fire

I get high

 

My woman from Tokyo

She makes me see

My woman from Tokyo

She's so good to me.