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- Your Cheatin' Heart - Roy Orbison
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- You're My Baby - Roy Orbison
- You'll Never Be 16 Again - Roy Orbison
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- The Same Street - Roy Orbison
- Sweet Mama Blue - Roy Orbison
- Sweet and Easy To Love - Roy Orbison
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- Oh Such A Stranger - Roy Orbison
- Maybe - Roy Orbison
- Lovestruck - Roy Orbison
- Love hurts - Roy Orbison
- Lonesome Number One - Roy Orbison
- It's Over - Roy Orbison
- It's Too Late - Roy Orbison
- In Dreams - Roy Orbison
- Im Hurtin - Roy Orbison
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Roy Orbison
- I Like Love - Roy Orbison
- I Drove All Nightro - Roy Orbison
- Hung Up On You - Roy Orbison
- House Without Windows - Roy Orbison
- Far, Far Away - Roy Orbison
- Fallingro - Roy Orbison
- Goodnightro - Roy Orbison
- Gigolette - Roy Orbison
- Fool's Hall Of Fame - Roy Orbison
- Dream Baby (how Long Must I Dream) - Roy Orbison
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- Crying Time - Roy Orbison
- Crying (Duet with Kd Lang) - Roy Orbison
- Crying - Roy Orbison
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- Breaking Up Is Breaking My Heart - Roy Orbison
- Blues In My Mind - Roy Orbison
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- A True Love Goodbye - Roy Orbison
- Zig-Zag - Roy Orbison
- Your Cold Cold Heart - Roy Orbison
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- Wondering - Roy Orbison
- Why Hurt the One Who Loves You? - Roy Orbison
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- Tryin to Get To You - Roy Orbison
- Try To Remember - Roy Orbison
- Truly Truly True - Roy Orbison
- Too Soon To Know - Roy Orbison
- Tired Old Country Song - Roy Orbison
- Time To Cry - Roy Orbison
- Time and again - Roy Orbison
- Till The Heart Caves In - Roy Orbison
- This Is Your Song - Roy Orbison
- This Is My Land - Roy Orbison
- There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight - Roy Orbison
- The Morning After - Roy Orbison
- The Last Song - Roy Orbison
- The Eyes Of Texas - Roy Orbison
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- She - Roy Orbison
- Shahadaroba - Roy Orbison
- Seems To Me - Roy Orbison
- Sasson Woman (from Tv Ad) - Roy Orbison
- San Fernando - Roy Orbison
- Run The Engines Up High - Roy Orbison
- Run For The Sun - Roy Orbison
- ROLLIN' ON - Roy Orbison
- River - Roy Orbison
- Rip It Up - Roy Orbison
- Remember The Good - Roy Orbison
- Rattled - Roy Orbison
- Raindrops - Roy Orbison
- Rainbow Love - Roy Orbison
- Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
- Pretty One - Roy Orbison
- Precious - Roy Orbison
- Paper Boy - Roy Orbison
- Only You - Roy Orbison
- Only With You - Roy Orbison
- Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
- One More Time - Roy Orbison
- Not Alone Any More - Roy Orbison
- No One Really Cares - Roy Orbison
- Nite life - Roy Orbison
- Never Love Again - Roy Orbison
- My Friend - Roy Orbison
- Mother - Roy Orbison
- More - Roy Orbison
- Money - Roy Orbison
- Memories - Roy Orbison
- Medicine Man - Roy Orbison
- Margarita - Roy Orbison
- Love Star - Roy Orbison
- Love In Time - Roy Orbison
- Looking for love - Roy Orbison
- Lay It Down - Roy Orbison
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Roy Orbison
- Lavender Lace - Roy Orbison
- Laugh - Roy Orbison
- Last Night - Roy Orbison
- Land Of 1000 Dances - Roy Orbison
- Kiss of Love - Roy Orbison
- Kaw-Liga - Roy Orbison
- Just One Time - Roy Orbison
- Jambalaya - Roy Orbison
- It Takes One To Know One - Roy Orbison
- It Aint No Big Thing - Roy Orbison
- Indian Wedding - Roy Orbison
- In Time - Roy Orbison
- I'm In A Blue, Blue Mood - Roy Orbison
- I'll Say It's My Fault - Roy Orbison
- I'll Never Tell - Roy Orbison
- I'd Be A Legend In My Time - Roy Orbison
- I Was A Fool (alt Version) - Roy Orbison
- I Wanna Live - Roy Orbison
- I Recommend Her - Roy Orbison
- I Never Knew - Roy Orbison
- I Got Nothing - Roy Orbison
- I Give Up - Roy Orbison
- I Fought the Law - Roy Orbison
- I Can Read Between The Lines - Roy Orbison
- I Belong To Him - Roy Orbison
- How Are Things In Paradise - Roy Orbison
- Hey Good Lookin' - Roy Orbison
- Hey - Roy Orbison
- Help Me - Roy Orbison
- Heavy Load - Roy Orbison
- Good Morning Dear - Roy Orbison
- Flowers - Roy Orbison
- Falling - Roy Orbison
- Evergreen - Roy Orbison
- Easy Way Out - Roy Orbison
- Dream - Roy Orbison
- Don't Take Her From Me (recorded By Don Gant) - Roy Orbison
- Don't Be Cruel - Roy Orbison
- Distant Drums - Roy Orbison
- Dirty World - Roy Orbison
- Defeated - Roy Orbison
- Darkness - Roy Orbison
- Cry Softly Lonely One - Roy Orbison
- Cry - Roy Orbison
- Communication Breakdown - Roy Orbison
- Coming Home - Roy Orbison
- Come Back To Me My Love - Roy Orbison
- Cold, Cold Heart - Roy Orbison
- Close Again - Roy Orbison
- City Life - Roy Orbison
- Child Woman Woman Child - Roy Orbison
- Cheyanne - Roy Orbison
- Changes - Roy Orbison
- Casting My Spell On You - Roy Orbison
- Cast Iron Arm - Roy Orbison
- Can't Wait - Roy Orbison
- Can't Forget - Roy Orbison
- California Sunshine Woman - Roy Orbison
- Bye Bye Love - Roy Orbison
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Roy Orbison
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Roy Orbison
- Break My Mind - Roy Orbison
- Born To Be Loved By You - Roy Orbison
- Boogie Baby - Roy Orbison
- Blue Suede Shoes - Roy Orbison
- Blue Angel - Roy Orbison
- Big Hearted Me - Roy Orbison
- Beyond The End - Roy Orbison
- Belinda - Roy Orbison
- Beautiful Dreamer - Roy Orbison
- Amy - Roy Orbison
- Almost - Roy Orbison
- All I Have To Do Is Dream - Roy Orbison
- After All - Roy Orbison
- Afraid To Sleep - Roy Orbison
- A Mansion On The Hill - Roy Orbison
- A Love So Beautiful - Roy Orbison
- 16 Candles - Roy Orbison
- (say ) You're My Girl - Roy Orbison
- (i Get So) Sentimental - Roy Orbison
- Words - Roy Orbison
- What Now My Love - Roy Orbison
- You May Feel Me Crying - Roy Orbison
- You Lay So Easy On My Mind - Roy Orbison
- You Got It - Roy Orbison
- Yo Te Amo - Roy Orbison
- Yesterday's Child - Roy Orbison
- Yes, I'm Hurting - Roy Orbison
- Working For The Man - Roy Orbison
- With The Bug (rca Version) - Roy Orbison
- With The Bug - Roy Orbison
- Wings of Glory - Roy Orbison
- Windsurfer - Roy Orbison
- Wild Hearts Run Out Of Time - Roy Orbison
- Why A Woman Cries - Roy Orbison
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Roy Orbison
- Where Does All The Money Go? - Roy Orbison
- When The Blue Hour Comes - Roy Orbison
- When I Stop Dreaming - Roy Orbison
- What'd I Say? - Roy Orbison
- What Kind of Love - Roy Orbison
- What About Me - Roy Orbison
- We'll Take The Night - Roy Orbison
- Waymore's Blues - Roy Orbison
- Warm Spot Hot - Roy Orbison
- That's a No No - Roy Orbison
- Waltzing Matilda - Roy Orbison
- Tweeter And The Monkey Man - Roy Orbison
- Today's Teardrops - Roy Orbison
- This Little Bird - Roy Orbison
- There Wont Be Many Coming Home - Roy Orbison
- The World You Live In - Roy Orbison
- The Three Bells - Roy Orbison
- The Only One - Roy Orbison
- The Great Pretender - Roy Orbison
- The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison
- The Defector (unreleased) - Roy Orbison
- The Comedians - Roy Orbison
- The Cause Of It All - Roy Orbison
- That Loving You Feeling Again - Roy Orbison
- Tennessee Owns My Soul - Roy Orbison
- Tears - Roy Orbison
- Take Care Of Your Woman - Roy Orbison
- Sweet Dreams - Roy Orbison
- Sunset - Roy Orbison
- Oh Lonesome Me - Roy Orbison
- Singing The Blues - Roy Orbison
- She Won't Hang Her Love Out On The Line - Roy Orbison
- She Wears My Ring - Roy Orbison
- See Ruby Fall - Roy Orbison
- Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair) - Roy Orbison
- Sad Eyes - Roy Orbison
- Run Baby Run (back Into My Arms) - Roy Orbison
- Rockabilly Gal - Roy Orbison
- Rock And Roll (fais Do Do) - Roy Orbison
- Rita - Roy Orbison
- Rings Of Gold - Roy Orbison
- Remember When - Roy Orbison
- Problem Child - Roy Orbison
- Plain Jane Country (come To Town) - Roy Orbison
- Pistolero - Roy Orbison
- Penny Arcade - Roy Orbison
- Party Heart - Roy Orbison
- Pantomine - Roy Orbison
- Ooby Dooby - Roy Orbison
- Only Alive - Roy Orbison
- Old Love Song - Roy Orbison
- Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
- No I'll Never Get Over You - Roy Orbison
- No Chain At All - Roy Orbison
- Never - Roy Orbison
- My Prayer - Roy Orbison
- Movin' - Roy Orbison
- Move on Down the Line - Roy Orbison
- Lonely Wine - Roy Orbison
- Loneliness - Roy Orbison
- Memphis Tennessee - Roy Orbison
- Mean Woman Blues - Roy Orbison
- Mean Little Mama - Roy Orbison
- Mama - Roy Orbison
- Loving Touch - Roy Orbison
- Love Is A Cold Wind - Roy Orbison
- Losing You - Roy Orbison
- Indian Summer - Roy Orbison
- In The Real World - Roy Orbison
- If You Cant Say Something Nice - Roy Orbison
- If Only For A While - Roy Orbison
- If I Had A Woman Like You - Roy Orbison
- I've Had My Moments - Roy Orbison
- How Do You Start Over - Roy Orbison
- I'm The Man On Suzie's Mind - Roy Orbison
- I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep - Roy Orbison
- I Drove All Night - Roy Orbison
- I Don't Really Want You - Roy Orbison
- I Care - Roy Orbison
- I Can't Stop Loving You - Roy Orbison
- I Can't Help It (if I'm Still In Love With You) - Roy Orbison
- Help! - Roy Orbison
- Heartbreak Radio - Roy Orbison
- Heartache - Roy Orbison
- Heading South - Roy Orbison
- Heading For The Light - Roy Orbison
- Harlem Woman - Roy Orbison
- Handle Me With Care - Travelling Wilburys - Roy Orbison
- Growing Up - Roy Orbison
- Goodnight - Roy Orbison
- Good Time Party - Roy Orbison
- Going Back To Gloria - Roy Orbison
- God Love You - Roy Orbison
- Go On - Roy Orbison
- End Of The Line - Roy Orbison
- Drift Away - Roy Orbison
- Dream Baby - Roy Orbison
- Down the Line - Roy Orbison
- Double Date - Roy Orbison
- Domino - Roy Orbison
- Devil Doll - Roy Orbison
- Careless Heart - Roy Orbison
- Candy Man - Roy Orbison
- California Blue - Roy Orbison
- Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart - Roy Orbison
- Borne On The Wind (alt Version) - Roy Orbison
- Born To Love Me - Roy Orbison
- Bobby And The Boys (recorded By Gene Thomas) - Roy Orbison
- Blackie Dalton (unreleased) - Roy Orbison
- Birth Of Rock And Roll - Roy Orbison
- BIG TRAIN (FROM MEMPHIS) - Roy Orbison
- Big As I Can Dream - Roy Orbison
- Best Friend - Roy Orbison
- Beaujolais - Roy Orbison
- Anything you want - Roy Orbison
- Almost Eighteen - Roy Orbison
- All Mama's Chioldren - Roy Orbison
- All By Myself - Roy Orbison
- After The Love Has Gone - Roy Orbison
- A New Star - Roy Orbison
- (love Me Like You Did) Last Night - Roy Orbison
- (all I Can Do Is) Dream You - Roy Orbison
All down the street they're standin in line
with white lipstick and one thing on their mind
hey little freak with the lunch pail purse
underneath the paint you're just a little girl
Dancin at the zombie zoo, dancin at the zombie zoo
Painted in a corner and all you wanna do
Is dance down at the zombie zoo
Cute little dropout, how come you pack a rod?
Is your mother in a clinic? Has your father got no job?
Sometimes you're so impulsive you shaved off all your hair
you look like Boris Karloff and you don't even care
You're dancin at the zombie zoo dancin at the zombie zoo
She disappears at sunrise, I wonder where she goes until
The night comes fallin down again she shows
up with her friends half-alive
You can make a big impression or go through life unseen
You might wind up restricted and over seventeen
It's so hard to be careful, so easy to be led
Elvis Presley
cheatin' heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
but sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
chorus
When tears come down like fallin' rain
you'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk that floor the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
verse 2
Your cheatin' heart, will pine some day,
And grave the love, you threw away.
The time will come,that you'll be blue,
Your cheating heart will tell on you.
chorus
When tears come down like falling' rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk that floor, the way I do
Your cheatin' heart will tell on you
You give me the feeling of ascending.
Touching down and lifting off on feeling.
Rising through the thunder and the lightning.
Til i kmow the wonder so exciting.
The world below us doesn’t know us.
Still they try to follow where we run.
Between you and me.
Ooh, you’re the one.
You, kissing my breath away.
You, sharing our yesterdays.
You tomorrow.
Lead i’ll follow.
When i hold you, i am undone.
You’re the one.
You’re the one.
Ridingd trough the heaven of sensation
Taken in your sunshine,sweet vibration.
Holding nothing back,you’re my elation.
Trough the night my sighless fascination.
You hold me in and out of dreams.
Awake,asleep and loving leaves me stunned.
Between you and me.
Ooh you’re the one.
You,kissing my breath away.
You, sharing our yesterdays.
You tomorrow.
Lead i’ll follow.
When i hold you, i am undone.
You’re the one.
You’re the one.
You’re the one.
I love that hair, long an' black
Hangin' down to the middle of your back
Don't cut it off whatever you do
I need it to run my fingers through
'Cause you're my baby, ah-ah, you're my sugar
Don't mean maybe, you're my baby
Got me a dollar that I saved
Saved it up for a rainy day
Everybody's callin' for bills that's due
But they don't catch me, I'll spend it on you
'Cause you're my baby, ah-ah, you're my sugar
Don't mean maybe, you're my baby
Got me a guitar, got a six strings
And a picker to make 'em ring
Every string's gotta know what to do
'Cause I'm gonna use 'em to serenade you
'Cause you're my baby, ah-ah, you're my sugar
Don't mean maybe, you're my baby
Well I had me a gal, she said she's mine
But she run around on me all the time
Now she's gone an' I'm glad we're through
'Cause I-I'm plum-flipped over you
'Cause you're my baby, ah-ah, you're my sugar
Don't mean maybe, you're my baby
Oh, baby-baby, yeah you're my baby
Well I don't mean maybe
You drive me crazy
Look out now, love has done you wrong
You can be weak, you can be strong
But if you go on you can't look back, dont look back
For you'll never be sixteen again
It might be easy to stop and cry
And let the rest of the world roll by
But if you run for the golden sun, run now, run
For you'll never be sixteen again
Oh no, you'll never be sixteen again, you'll never be sixteen again
No no no no, don't be lonely, there'll always be new romance
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, love is only a win, lose or draw game of chance
And you'll never be sixteen again
Remember the rainbow always follows the rain
True love may be just around the bend
So make time your friend, hearts take time to mend
And you'll never be sixteen again, someday you won't regret, and you'll forget
Ah, but you'll never be sixteen again
You were there when it started I remember it all so well
The lights for my stage were coming on at last
I waited for so long to have my chance at fortune
I guess I forgot about you
The light from the glitter blinded me, and I went after all who came
There were many ladies there all looking for me
They all seemed to love my singin', their beauty kept my head a-ringin'
I guess I forgot about you
The lights that were so bright started to flicker the ones that said they cared slowly disappeared
But who was there when I needed help? the one I'd forgotten all about, you were there
Yes, you were there through everything you believed me from the start
I don't see how I could have been so blind
Tell me why you left me, tell me why you cry
Tell you why I stayed around, tell me why she lied
I'll tell why my heart's broken, tell me why she said goodbye
Tell me why she left me, I'll tell you why you cry
You tell me, then I'll tell you, I'll tell you why I love her
Tell me why she said goodbye, tell me why she left me
I'll tell you why I cry
Tell me why I'm lonely, I'll tell why I'm alone
Tell you why I stayed around, tell me why she has gone
I'll tell why my heart's broken, tell me why she was untrue
Tell me why she left me, I'll tell you why I'm blue
You tell me then I'll tell you, I'll tell you why I love her
Tell me why she said goodbye, Tell me why she left me
Look at me walking free, day and night
Here I come, I'm the one to treat you right
I'll make your dreams come true, I'll do what I can
Baby when I do, you can say you knew the sugar man
I can make lemon sweet, yes I can
I can make trick a treat, yes I can
I'm a walkin' honeycomb, complete with candy kisses
Woman come along, you don't want to miss this sugar man
When the temperature drops, call the heater man
When the water stops, call the plumber man
When you're feelin' lonely, you know who to see
Look in the yellow pages of your directory, look for me
Sugar in the mornin', sugar every night
Sugar in between times, sugar anytime
Take me by the hand I wanna be your sugar man
Baby understand, I gotta be your sugar man
Let me be your sugar man, I wanna be your sugar man
This lackadaisical mood is driving me mad, I'm feeling so lazy
Flowers in bloom, and I'm humming a tune
I've looked at the moon till I'm crazy
The temperature is a little bit warm, and though I know he meant no harm
Oh, spring fever has got me in love with you, with you, with you, oh, spring fever
Church bells are ringing and the birdies are singing, cute little cupid is calling
The birds and the bees and the budding trees have made the love bug come calling
I feel just like a love sick fool, Mother Nature, now don't be cruel because oh,
Spring fever has got me so in love with you, with you, with you, oh, spring fever
Spring has sprung, well I've really been stung, there's no reason to doubt it
I'm really in love, Cupid gave me the shove, there ain't no two ways about it
By this beautiful sky of blue I swear I'll never get over you, oh spring fever
Harley Spanish nights
are still on my mind
In a small café
we danced all night away
dont lost in love in time
When I left that day I heard you cry and say
if you find someone new
You'll break your heart in two
You know what to do
Come back I still be too
with Spanish nights and you
I can't forget the day it's almost been away
begging me to see a world not mend for me
now my search is true I'm coming home
to Spanish nights and you
Magic Spanish moons
sleepy afternoons
Fill my memory
walking handing hands
by the sea and sand
I know you'll wait for me
Feeling all alone now I'm almost homeless
It's time I know I'll stay
The Lord has heard me pray
I have heard Him say
Lover on your day
Bring your Spanish nights away
I can see the summer light
enlights and holding you
There's a place I call Sleepy Hollow
Where I go when you're not around
There's a brook running clear in the meadow
I lose my blues in it's sound
The wind and the trees from the hollow
Whisper secrets of life in my ear
When I lay down in their shadows
I dream that you're still here
The bubbling babbling brook is your laughter
The wind blowing softly,your touch
I've found the one thing I'm after
Your love, your love means so much
Until you say that you love me
And make all my dreams come true
I'll go down to my Sleepy Hollow
And dream my dreams of you
I'll go down to my Sleepy Hollow
No one will ever know my heart is breaking although a million teardrops start
to flow
I'll cry myself to sleep and wake up smiling I'll miss you but no one will ever
know
I'll tell them we grew tired of each other and realized our dreams could never
I'll even make believe I never loved you then no one will ever know the truth
but me
No one will ever know how much I'm pining
Each time the past comes back to haunt me so
No one will ever see the tears I'm hiding
Yes you've hurt me but no one will ever know
I'll tell them I've found true love with another
And that I was glad the day you set me free
I'll even make believe I never loved you then no one will ever know the truth
They criticise me for loving you, for seeing you
Giving no reason, they don't know you Lillian
Be a mystic figure, shed your feelings from within
Let it go unnoticed where you've been Lillian
So take from me what I have to give
For I have taken from you
The crystal world in which you live
Shall fall and tumble too
Let me see, set you free
From the life you live
You have shared, Lillian
I know not why you want me
But I know why I want you
I don't need a reason
It's just you, Lillian
So take from me what I have to give
For I have taken from you
The crystal world in which you live
Shall fall and tumble too
And let you see, set you free
From the life you live
You have shared, Lillian
My time has come the clouds are calling.
December wind has came my way.
And now i feel the world falling.
All at once, it’s too late.
Life fades away.
The night is my day.
All thoughts slip away
And even though, i must leave you.
Remember i love you.
I’ll always be in your memories.
I will always be with you when i’m gone.
Hey, life fades away.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,yeah.
Life fades away.
I’m tired on tomorrow.lost for today.
I long to be at peace forever.
My dull peace
and even though, i will miss you.
I must leave you.
Hey, life fades away.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,yeah, yeah.
Life fades away.
So please forgive me.and try not to cry.
I long to be at peace forever more.
Forever more.
Oh yeah, yeah , yeah ,yeah ,yeah.
Oh yeah, yeah ,yeah , yeah, yeah.
Life fades away.
Life fades away.
Life fades away.away.
One last thing to say
Come a little closer
Don't you tell me "no sir"
Let's make a memory
Come on now
Come on and give me your kiss now
What are you gonna miss now
Let's make a memory, a memory
Let's make a memory
Make a memory
Yes let's make a memory together
One that will last and last forever
Sweet baby
Baby hold me tight then
Squeeze with all your might then
Let's make a memory
Come on now
Just have a little fun for
What do you think we're young for?
Let's make a memory
Make a memory
Yes let's make a memory together
One that will last and last forever
Come on now
Let yourself let go now
Don't let love grow cold now
Let's make a memory
Sweet baby
Forget about the past now
We've got a love that'll last for
Now and forever we will be
Making memories....
Come on baby let the good times roll, come on baby let me thrill your soul,
Come on baby let the good times roll, roll all night long
Come on baby and a listen to this, this is a somethin you just can't miss
Come on baby let the good times roll, roll all night long
Come on baby while the thrill is on, come on baby rock me all night long
Come on baby let the good times roll, roll all night long
Come on baby just a close the door, come on baby lets a rock some more
Come on baby let the good times roll, roll all night long
Feels so good when you're home come on baby rock me all night long
Come on baby let the good times roll, come on baby let me thrill your soul,
Come on baby let the good times roll, roll all night long
Feels so good when you're home come on baby rock me all night long
Come on baby let the good times roll, come on baby let me thrill your soul,
Come on baby let the good times roll, roll all night long
I’ve been loving you since you were sweet 16
Good lookin’ woman Jerry Lee ever seen
C’mon girl you got my heart a really jamming
Go ahead and keep my mother humping motor running
Lets go why don’t you put it on the floor
Woman you really got me humming keep my motor running
I got fuel injections Jerry Lee’s got front wheels
I've got completed systems on this time
you'll really love the feel
Satin sheets crawl up and down my lovely bed
If you lift the pillow you can lay your lovely head
lets go, whooooo, put it on the floor
really got me humming, keep my motor running
Oh go Rock and roll baby
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let me go, I got mother humping on the floor
yeah, you really got ol’ killer humming
why don’t you keep my motor running
If your love for me is just temporary
I'd rather not know
Just let me make believe a while
And if I'm not in your plans for a lifetime
I'd rather not know
Just let me make believe a while
Just like a child at play
I'll make believe you'll stay
And if you go away
I'll always miss my best playmate
So if your sweet kiss is just for the moment
I'd rather not know
Just let me make believe a while
Well you can act like a monkey, shake your hands do the limbo till you can't stand,
Well you can mash your potata, hippy hippy shake, but the beats' still wild and your feet still ache
I say it's just another name for rock and roll everybody, everybody sing
It's just another name for rock and roll, rock and roll
Well you can do the duck, walk your dog down the street, loop the loop to a swingin beat,
You can twist and shout and do the stomp, a chase a chicken on a pony romp ah but
It's just another name for rock and roll everybody, everybody sing,
It's just another name for rock and roll, rock and roll
Well they all try to shake it another way, but they rock, they roll just the same
They only call it by another name and I don't care what they say, woah,oh,oh
Down in the jungle where the tree tops are steep, they get the fever for a bongo beat,
They do the ubangie stomp, the safari hop, do the monkey until they drop
Ah but it's just another name for rock and roll everybody,everybody sing
It's just another name for rock and roll, everybody,everybody sing
It wasn’t very long ago.
I met you,I saw you.
It wasn’t very long ago.
You whispered "I love you"
Look at us now.
Crying our hearts out through the night.
Trying to remember what love was like, although...
It wasn’t very long ago.
I thrilled when I kissed you.
It wasn’t very long ago.
I cried when I missed you
Look at us now.
Crying at hearts out through the night.
Trying to remember what love was like
Although It wasn’t very long ago.
Look look my eyes aren't shining with love
And they won't.
Look I’m not crying ‘cause I need you,
I’m crying ‘cause I don’t, oh
It wasn’t very long ago.
I held you, so closely.
It wasn’t very long ago.
I dreamed of,you mostly
Look us now.
Crying at hearts out through the night.
Trying to remember what love was like.
Although it wasn’t very long ago.
It wasn’t very long ago.
It wasn’t very long ago.
Man by himself lives in a world a world of his own
But there's no one who can live in the world all alone
For it takes all kinds of people
It doesn't matter where they come from
Yes it takes all kinds of people
The good, the bad, and everyone
On the way up, a man can walk over his friends
What goes up comes down
One day he may need them again
For it takes all kinds of people
It doesn't matter where they come from
Yes it takes all kinds of people
The good, the bad, and everyone
Therell come the day when everyone passes him by
What will he say when nobody answers his cry?
That it takes all kinds of people
It doesn't matter where they come from
Yes it takes all kinds of people
It may take some time
But each man will find
That he needs all kinds of people
That he must believe in people
Yes it takes all kinds of people
The sand and the sea are inseperable
And nothing can take them apart
And that's how you will be, forever with me
Inseperable from my heart
The powers that be are unchangeable
And somehow, somewhere are the stars
That can send you to me, and then you will be
Inseperable from my heart
Like the birds in flight
Drifting clouds of white
Shining stars at night
Are fulfilling their destiny
And so are we
For we are born to be inseperable
And nothing can take us apart
Like my heartbeat and me, you will always be
Inseparable from my heart
Here comes Fanny walking down the street
Walks so groovy and she talks so sweet
Hey Miss Fanny you sure look fine
Tell me please, won't you be mine?
Hey now Miss Fanny
Hey now please be mine
Well come on baby let's go downtown
Rock, jump and mess around
We'll hang out and raise some fun
We'll stay out till after one
Hey now Miss Fanny
Hey now please be mine
Well sugar us sweet and so are you
I'm plumb crazy 'bout what you do
My heart string it does go zing zing
Everytime you start that thing
Hey now Miss Fanny
Hey now please be mine
Well listen to me baby please
You've become my heart's ...
You've got me just wild for you
Please don't drive me crazy too
Hey now Miss Fanny
Hey now please be mine
Hey Miss Fanny, please wont you be mine
(Newbury)
Here comes the rain baby
Guess it's goodbye again baby
For awhile it was fun, we could walk in the sun
But you never could stand the rain, could you baby.
See the rain in my eyes, baby
I never could stand goodbyes, baby
For awhile you were mine
But the sun can't always shine
And you never could stand the rain could you baby.
[Whistling interlude]
For awhile you were mine
But the sun can't always shine
And you never could stand the rain could you baby.
I tried to keep the rain from falling
You know I tried to keep the rain from falling
It's not the rain in the skies
It's the rain in my eyes
Here comes that song again
They're playing that song again
I guess it will never end
They're playing it again
Here comes that song again
Here comes that old ache again
The story of my life begins
They're telling it again
I'll have to leave
I can't bear it anymore
There must be a place where
They'll play a different score
Here comes that song again
The jukebox must have found a friend
My heart will never mend
They're playing it again
Here comes that song again
The jukebox must have found a friend
My heart will never mend
Well since she put me down I 've been out doin' in my head
I come in late at night and in the mornin' I just lay in bed
Well, Rhonda you look so fine (look so fine)
And I know it wouldn't take much time
For you to help me Rhonda, Help me get her out of my heart
Help me Rhonda. Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda, Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda, Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda, Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda, Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda, Help, help me Rhonda
Help me Rhonda yeah, Get her out of my heart
She was gonna be my wife, And I was gonna be her man (Oh Rhonda)
But she let another guy come between us, And it shattered our plans, (Oh Rhonda)
Well, Rhonda you caught my eye (caught my eye)
And I can give you lotsa reasons why
You gotta help me Rhonda, Help me get her out of my heart
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
And I can see Daniel waving goodbye
Ooh, it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
They say Spain is pretty, though I've never been
And Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen
And he should know, he's been there enough
I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much
Oh, Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky
Oh, Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
And I can see Daniel waving goodbye
Ooh, it looks like Daniel, it must be the clouds in my eyes
I really wouldn't mind it might be fun.
At any other time with any other one.
But lovers can’t be friends.
And there’s only one way it can end.
I would lose you,I would lose you.
There are not many girls I can talk with.
There are not many girls I can walk with.
And I don’t have many friends if any,
So stay my friend and go away my friend.
I'm really wanting you to go away.
Everything you do, the things you say.
Confuse me now and then,
And I think I love you, my friend.
Go away,go away.
You’re the only girl I have fun with.
You’re the only girl I can run with.
You know friendship ends where love begins.
So stay my friend and go away my friend.
You know firendship ends where love begins,
So stay my friend and go,go away.
I've got alot of memories,
To last me the rest of my life
So if you don't want to love me,
Well baby that'll be alright
I'm gonna take all the lovin'
That I had for you
Gonna take all the loneliness
And sit right down with the blues.
I'm gonna give myself a party
Serve old memories
I'll give myself a party
Think of how it used to be
Remember all the happiness
That we once knew
I'll give myself a party
Just me and the blues.
A few of your love letters
A photograph or two
The gift you gave me on my birthday
With words of I love you
There's lots of things to think about
When you're happy being blue
I'm gonna take all the heartache
And sit right down with the blues.
I'm gonna give myself a party
Serve old memories
I'll give myself a party
Think of how it used to be
Remember all the happiness
That we once knew
I'll give myself a party
There's a girl in my life
The best little girl that I could ever find
Her lips are warm when the nights are cold
In the summertime she can make it snow
She's alright, she's alright
If you want to get a girl that's really fine
You gotta get a girl, a girl like mine
She's alright, she's alright.
You take your girl to a show
You got to stand in line but she says no
You finally get your ticket and you walk in
There she's standing with a silly grin
But not mine, she'll stand in line
If you want to get a girl that's truly fine
You gotta get a girl, a girl like mine
Cause she's alright, she's alright.
You buy your girl a fancy dress
That's the only way she'll look her best
I give my girl bell-bottom slacks
A big wide belt and she's a gas
She's alright, she's alright
If you want to get a girl that's really fine
You gotta get a girl, a girl like mine
Oh, my darling, sweet sweet darling, here am I
on my knees, begging please, realize,
yeah, now I know, I love you so, dry your eyes
and forgive me.
I was wrong for so long, now I see
that you're the one and only one love for me
and suddenly I knew our love was meant to be,
Yeah, Forgive me.
Oh, forgive me,
for all the things that I have done to you,
for all the times that I have made you blue.
These are not just empty words that I say,
I really mean everything that I say,
I'm yours, yes I'm yours, comfort me,
Please forgive me.
Oh, forgive me,
and nevermore will you belove me,
I'll make it up to you if you'll forgive me.
Gonna call out the army, gonna call out the navy
Gonna call out the cavalry
Pray on high, call the F.B.I.
Find my baby for me
Get all the butchers, gonna get all the bakers
Gonna get all the cooks I see
They won't be cooking, they'll all be looking
Find my baby for me
Find my baby for me
Get some loving you'll see
United Nations, all the radiostations
Find my baby for me
All the well diggers, get all the cotton pickers
Gonna get all the farmers too
Call my neighbours, gather the labourers
Find my baby for me
Gonna get all the rockers, gonna get all the rollers
Gonna get everybody I see
Pray on high, call the F.B.I.
Find my baby for me
Find my baby for me
Get some loving you'll see
United Nations, all the radiostations
Well Fancy Dan, he's a bright young man
He's a lover
Well Fancy Dan, he's ahead of the clan
He's a lover
Well the word's around that all the boys in town
Are gonna tear his playhouse down
But that don't bother young Dan, he's not a fighting man
He's the swingingest lover around
Well don't underestimate Fancy Dan
He's the leader of a local band
Don't you dare leave your baby alone
He's a modern Pied Piper on the saxophone
Well Fancy Dan, man oh man
He's a smoothie
Well Fancy Dan, don't you understand
He's groovy
Well the boys don't like him but the girlies do
And that's all a part of the plan
They're looking for a romance and they haven't a chance
In the arms of Fancy Dan
Well Fancy Dan, round and round he goes
Where he stops, nobody knows
You better not leave your baby alone
Daydream, daydream, daydream
Well, day-day-daydream
Well i got troubles on my mind
And time on my hands and i'm lonely
I leave the world behind
And i spend all my time with you only
Well there's a place i know
Where we can go
So we can be alone
Sometimes i live in a dream world of my own
Well here i go, away up high
And daydream, daydream, daydream
Well i run away on the milky way
And daydream of you
Well, when things are not so hot
And i've got the blues
I dream a lot
Yeah, when i'm not with you
Well it's so much fun to be the one
On a flight through fantasy
Well, when i dream
Yuo're always with me
Well here i go, away up high
And daydream, daydream, daydream
??? ???, and i catch a shooting star
And daydream of you
you, you, you
The valley is hushed
The flowers are all dying
The meadow is white with the winter snow
Lord as I stand at the place where daddies lying
I say a silent prayer and somehow I know
He hears me there, though soft I tread above him
So now he sleeps in peace
His Danny boy's come home
................. the pipes the pipe are calling
From glen to glen and down the moutainside
The summers gone and all the leaves are falling
Its you, its you must go and I must bide
O come ye back when the sun shines on the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
For I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, Oh Danny boy I love you so
I close my eyes and still I can see
Him standing there on the hill
Tears filled his eyes as he waved goodbye to me
I can't forget, I guess I never will
He said, the valley is hushed
The flowers are all dying
The meadow is white with the winter snow
Come find the place
Where you know that I'll be lying
Say a silent prayer
Well they're dancin' down the corner put your best dress on
Get with it baby we're gonna go all night long
Yeah yeah, uh-uh, yeah yeah
Get ready right now we gonna dance on and on
Well, put those rings on your fingers bells on your toes
Get with that feeling baby body and soul
Yeah yeah, uh-uh, yeah yeah
Well I got the dancing fever we gonna dance all night
Well dance baby dance yeah dance baby dance
Uh-uh-uh, dance baby dance yeah yeah, dance baby dance
Oh yeah, alright, let's dance
Put those rings on your fingers bells on your toes
Get with that feeling baby body and soul
Yeah yeah, uh-uh, yeah yeah well I got the dancing fever
Baby let's dance all night
....yeah........yeah yeah yeah, don't stop
Come on now, dance baby dance I said dance baby dance
Come on dance baby dance yeah, dance baby dance
Come on dance baby yeah yeah, I said dance
.Come on now, dance baby dance I said dance baby dance
Congratulations for breaking my heart
Congratulations for tearing it all apart
Congratulations you finally did succeed
Congratulations for leaving me in need
This morning I looked out my window and found
A bluebird singing but there was no one around
At night I lay alone in my bed
With an image of you goin' around in my head
Congratulations for bringing me down
Congratulations now I'm sorrow bound
Congratulations you got a good deal
Congratulations how good you must feel
I guess that I must have loved you more than I ever knew
My would is empty now cause it don't have you
And if I had just one more chance to wind your heart again
I would do things differently but what's the use to pretend
Congratulations for making me wait
Congratulations now it's too late
Congratulations you came out on top
Congratulations you never did know when to stop
My girlfriend slipped and fell
Now she's hanging from a cliff
I can't come to her rescue
But these flowers I must sniff
You see I'd really like to save her
but I aint got the nerve
I'm chicken hearted
I'm chicken hearted
I'm tryin' to kiss my girl
And it makes me want to faint
I'm scared of my own shadow
And afraid of what I ain't
I've no inspiration
I'm kinda yellow...
I'm chicken hearted,
I'm chicken hearted
Mama's in the workshop
Daddy's in the jail
I seem to be afraid
To go to work and make their bail
I guess my folks will have
I'm chicken hearted,
Blue teardrops are falling
What lonely shades of blue teardrops
From a silent heartache deep inside
Comes a lonely feeling I can't hide
I can't remember just how long I've cried
Blue teardrops, blue teardrops
Blue teardrops, blue teardrops all night long
Blue teardrops, blue teardrops since you've gone
Remember baby, I need you
Remember baby, my love for you will never die
Believe me baby, I can't stop it
Believe me baby, I can't help but cry
Blue teardrops are falling
What lonely shades of blue teardrops
Blue teardrops, tears
Blue teardrops, tears in my heart
Tears on my pillow
When those blue, blue teardrops start, they never stop!
Falling, falling all of the time
Falling, falling, filling my mind
Ev'ry time I think of you
Teardrops, blue teardrops
Blue teardrops come around
Blue teardrops are falling
Silently i hear the sound of the blue rain coming down.
It’s late tonight and i just saw you walking by.
Without one word of hello or goodbye.
Just one look at you with someone new,
And then i knew i’d see you go around in the blue blue rain.
I didn’t know one moment ago it could rain this way
You use to run straight to my arms now you turn away.
Oh I never knew such of feeling of blue.
Blue rain blue rain.
Blue rain.
Why did you make me love you than break my heart in two.
Then leave me alone here in the rain to cry for you.
Tomorrow will be filled with the lonely.blue rain.
Blue rain.Blue rain.
I remember you all alone,walking on,
And crying,losing you,
Blue Avenue
Where I spend my lonely days without you
Blue Avenue
Why did you go and tell me we were through?
You've stolen my heart and my love
And now you say we're through
I'm walkin' down
Yeah, walkin' down on Blue Avenue
Oh, Blue Avenue
Yeah I'm feeling so bad
Blue Avenue
I lost the very best woman that I ever had
Alone so alone
But I pray that someday I'll find you
Down at the end
Down at the end of Blue Avenue
Oh, Blue Avenue
Yay yay I'm feeling so bad
Blue Avenue
I lost the very best woman that I ever had
Alone so alone
But I pray
That someday I'll find you
Down at the end
Each time I hear some poor girl cry
See the tears in her eyes
It always breaks my heart in two
When there's nothing I can do for her
She's just another lonely girl
If I could take them one by one
And teach them how to have lots of fun
Make them fall in love with me
Mmm mmm, there'd never be another lonely girl
Another lonely girl, another lonely girl
Mmm mmm, there'd never be another lonely girl
Now it's not fair that they should cry
And be so all alone
Love should treat them tenderly
Never treat them wrong
Ooh no, there should never be another lonely girl
I know how it feels to love someone
I know how it feels to part
So if some lonely girl gives me her heart
I'll never break her heart
Oh no, she'll never be another lonely girl
Another lonely girl, another lonely girl
One lonely night at this drive-in
And now i know what a fool i've been
She was to meet me, we had a date
A date at seven, i dreamed of heaven
Now it's way past eight
She just drove by with another guy
No wonder i cant help but cry
To think she never cared just tears me up
Now all I have to show for love
Is this empty cup
Just like this Coke, my love is gone
When I see you walking with some other guy.
I know that I’m a man I’m not supposed to cry.
But when I see you I cry inside.
I guess I’m a loner I don’t run with your crowd.
You only smile at me when there’s no one around.
We have to meet in secret ‘cause we know the town,
They’ll talk of me,they’ll talk of you.and they’ll say
"Oh what a shame,he's ruining her name."
Some people say when you’re alone like me.
Life has no meaning, but I know.
The reason you love me.is because I’ll never be
Never be,what you want me to be.
So go on laugh and walk and talk with other guys.
I’ll never let them see the love that's in my eyes.
We'll meet tonight you’ll make it right, when you say
Leah, Leah.
Leah, Leah.
Here I go
From the hut to the boat to the sea
For Leah.
I've got to go diving in the bay.
Got to get a lot of oysters, find some pearls today.
To make a pretty necklace for Leah, Leah.
I've got to go deep and find the ones just right.
I'll bet my Leah will be surprised tonight.
I'll place the pearls around the only girl for me, Leah.
But something's wrong, I cannot move around.
My leg is caught, it's pulling me down.
But I'll keep my hands shut tight, for if they find me,
They'll find the pearl for Leah.
And now it's over. I'm awake at last.
All heartaches and memories from the past.
It was just another dream about my lost love, Leah.
Leah, Leah.
Leah, Leah.
Here I go, back to sleep and my dreams.
It Ain¡¯t No Big Thing
A & N Merrit/Hall
You¡¯re losing interest in me, and it¡¯s showing.
It ain¡¯t not big thing but it¡¯s growing.
The pain of heartbreak I've just starting knowing.
It ain¡¯t not big thing but it¡¯s growing.
Everyday the hurt grows bigger than before.
But I¡¯ll pretend that I don¡¯t notice,
If I can hold you one day more. You got the look of someone who is going.
You¡¯re gonna leave me and it¡¯s showing.
A little tear I can feel, start to flowing.
It ain¡¯t not big thing but it¡¯s growing.
You got the look of someone who is going.
You¡¯re gonna leave me and it¡¯s showing.
A little tear I can feel, start to flowing.
It ain¡¯t not big thing but it¡¯s growing.
It ain¡¯t not big thing but it¡¯s growing.
Transcribed by Alberto
(Orbison)
ROY ORBISON (Sun, 1956)
There's a cat in town that you might know
Goes by the name of Domino
A long key chain and a diamond ring
A blue sport car, he's a crazy king
That guy can go
That cat called Domino, Domino, Domino
Well the girls all think that he's a real gone guy
They all flip when he walks by
Long sideburns and cool white shoes
Ready to go and never sings the blues
That guy can go
That cat called Domino, Domino, Domino Well he's six foot two with a real dark tan
Got all the women in the palm of his hand
Coal black hair and a solid style
Baby blue eyes and a crazy smile
That guy can go
That cat called Domino, Domino, Domino
Well Domino, fool man's gold
Domino, oh-oh
Domino, fool man's gold
Domino, oh-oh
Well Domino, cool man go, Domino, they love him so
That cat called Domino, Domino, Domino
Send me a pan of corn bread with some turnip greens on the side
And if you really want to mess with my head give me anything southern fried
Give me some faded blue jeans and a pair of old cowboy boots
and I'm gonna tell you where I come from tell you somethin about my roots
I'm a southern man, I'm a southern man,
I'm a southern man, (spoken) I'm a southern man
Send me a woman to love me with a lot of meat on her bones
there's something about a big lady I just can't leave em alone
I'd like to take her down to the river go skinny dippin in the night
aint nothin like being with my lady and makin love in the pale moon light
cause I'm a southern man, a hah ah I'm a southern man, I'm a southern
man, southern man, I'm a southern man
Give me that soulful music it sure makes me feel so nice
so I can do the alligator and get it on every Saturday night
Give me that Southern Comfort, give me Annie Greensprings wine
take me on down to the bayou and I'll sure have a real good time
I never thought it could be like this
Give me another kiss if you don¡¯t mind, one more time
To flatter you with many stories
Used cliches that would be boring
Would just waste time, precious time
I don¡¯t have to say a thing
It¡¯s written on my face
Any doubt that you still have
Let our love erase
CHORUS
We¡¯re into something good and you know it
We¡¯re into something good don¡¯t be afraid to show it
We¡¯re into something good, baby
I don¡¯t see how you conceal it
There¡¯s no way that you can¡¯t feel it,when we do what we do
Now you can¡¯t get this close to me
Send all these vibrations through me
And not know what to do
So wipe the tears away
Don¡¯t be afraid of me
Love between us should come
Oh so free and easy
CHORUS
We¡¯re into something good,baby
CHORUS
Glittery eyes; witchy smiles
A good time is all you are after
Skin tight thighs; little white lies
Put you in the center of the laughter
But your reign of queen is over
Your fortress has been broken down
You’re still the center of the laughter
But your role has changed to the clown
CHORUS
Ooh poor baby
Someone broke your heart in two
Ooh poor baby
Who would have thought it could happen to you
Poor baby
A pretty face; sweet talkin’ ways
Got you a part of the action
A come-over-touch, glances and such
You always had to be the main attraction
Now you’re the one who’s crying
You lost at your own lonely game
You’re still the center of attraction
But now i’m gone, you’ve got yourself to blame
CHORUS
Ooh poor baby
Someone broke your heart in two
Ooh poor baby
You let someone get much too close to you
Poor baby
Poor baby,poor baby
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
cryin' all the time.
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
cryin' all the time.
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
and you ain't no friend of mine.
When they said you was high classed,
well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was high classed,
well, that was just a lie.
You ain't never caught a rabbit
Well i was driving in my car
With fourteen women after me
Down Fifth Avenue
A friday night it just to be
She was standing on the corner
Thumbing a ride
I said,: “Hop in baby
I feel so bad I've got a worried mind
I'm so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou
Savin' nickels, savin' dimes
Workin' till the sun don't shine
Lookin' forward to happier times on Blue Bayou
I'm goin' back some day, come what may, to Blue Bayou
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on Blue Bayou
All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat, if I could only see
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes how happy I'd be
Oh, to see my baby again
And to be with some of my friends
Maybe I'd be happy then on Blue Bayou
I'm goin' back some day, gonna stay on Blue Bayou
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou
Ah, that girl of mine by my side, the silver moon and the evening tide
Ah, some sweet day gonna take away this hurtin' inside
I'll never be blue, my dreams come true
Every sleepy dawn wakes to find you gone,and it’s lonely.
All my sunny days, laugh and run away, it’s lonely.
(Oh so lonely)
The sun don’t really shine,it’s lonely.
Always to remind me that it's only another day,
To feel this way.it’s lonely.Lonely.
I am lonely all the time, you’re not mine.
Without you I find,it’s lonely.
Each new starry sky, smiles and says goodbye,it’s lonely.
Dreams we used to share tell me you don’t care, it’s lonely.
The moon has lost its glow, it’s lonely.
It is there to show me that it's only another night,
I can’t hold you tight, it’s lonely.Lonely.
I know why I cry, for all the world to see.
You’re not here with me. it’s lonely,Lonely,Lonely.
Zuhm-ma zhum-ma-zhum-ma
Zuhm-ma zhum-ma-zhum-ma
Zuhm-ma zhum-ma-zhum-ma
Zuhm-ma zhum-ma-zhum-ma
Zuhm-ma zhum-ma-zhum-ma
Zuhm-ma zhum-ma-zhum-ma
Ma-ma-ma-ma ma-ma-ma-ma-ma
Oh, beautiful Lana, I told it my mama
And my dad, what I had
Was the sweetest and the neatest
Little girl in the world
Oh, La-La-Lana
La-La-Lana
Hey, hey, Lana
He-he-hey
Ohh, Lana, don't make me blue
Ohh, Lana, don't you know
Don't you know, I love you
Ling-a ling-a-ling-a
Ling-a ling-a-ling-a
Ling-a ling-a-ling-a
Ling-a ling-a-ling-a
Ling-a ling-a-ling-a
Ling-a ling-a-ling-a
Ma-ma-ma-ma ma-ma-ma-ma-ma
Oh, beautiful Lana, don't you know that I wanna
Hug and kiss you, let you know that I miss you
While we're apart, oh, my heart
All it can say is L A N A, L A N A
L A N A, L A N A, hey
Oh, La-La-Lana
La-La-Lana
Oh, La-La-Lana
La-La-Lana
Hey, hey, Lana
Orbison/Melson
Well they're dancin' down the corner
Put your best dress on
Get with it baby we're gonna go all night long
Yeah yeah, uh-uh, yeah yeah
Get ready right now we gonna dance on and on
Well now hurry hurry mama
Don't forget your shoes
You're gonna need 'em baby
When they play the Harlem Blues
Uh-uh, yeah yeah, uh-uh
I got the dancin' fever
We're gonna go on and on
Well dance baby dance
Come on and dance baby dance
I said dance baby dance
Come on and dance baby dance
Come on baby
Come on baby, let's dance Put those rings on your fingers
Bells on your toes
Get with that feeling baby
Body and soul
Oh-oh, yeah... uh-uh
Get ready right now
We're gonna dance all night
....yeah........yeah yeah yeah, don't stop
Yeah, dance baby dance
I said dance baby dance
Uh-uh-uh dance baby dance
I said, dance baby dance
Come on baby, baby let's dance
Come on now, dance baby dance
I said dance baby dance....
I was a clown when I thought I had found
a love for me and only me but she laughed at the clown
turned him down turned him down
I never frown ah, ah, ah, I'm the clown
for it breaks my heart I play the part of a clown
runnin round trouble bound I'm the clown
I wander all around wondering if you ever cared
I go from place to place, I look from face to face
hoping that you will be there
All over town the word is out It's all around
that I love her still guess I always will I'm the clown
(Bill Justis)
My girlfriend slipped and fell
Now she's hanging from a cliff
I can't come to her rescue
But these flowers I must sniff
You see I'd really like to save her
but I aint got the nerve
I'm chicken hearted
I'm chicken hearted
I'm tryin' to kiss my girl
And it makes me want to faint
I'm scared of my own shadow
And afraid of what I ain't I've no inspiration
I'm kinda yellow...
I'm chicken hearted,
I'm chicken hearted
Mama's in the workshop
Daddy's in the jail
I seem to be afraid
To go to work and make their bail
I guess my folks will have to stay there
Cos I'm just like a snail
I'm chicken hearted,
I'm chicken hearted
(Roy Orbison)
ROY ORBISON (Sun, 1957)
Well my heartbeat is running wild
Because of you my problem child
Oh-oh baby, don't be running wild
Well cool off baby, don't be a problem child
Well don't you see this shakin' spree
Is bound to be the death of me
Oh baby, don't be running wild
Well cool off baby, don't be a problem child
Well my heartbeat is runnin' wild
Because of you my problem child
Oh baby, don't be running wild
Control yourself, don't be a problem child Well don't you see this shakin' spree
Is bound to be the death of me
Oh baby, don't be running wild
Well cool off baby, don't be a problem child
Well then I'm gone, that's all she wrote
You'll sing this same song note for note
Oh baby, don't be running wild
Control yourself, you're a problem child
Ooh, Problem child
Yeah, Problem child
Well, Problem child
Yeah, Problem child
Oh baby,you're a problem child
Slow down girl, down
Slow down girl, down
down girl, down
Slow down girl, down......
Our summersong lingers on in my memory
Since you've been gone from me
Summer's come again, and again I'm alone
Wish you were near when I hear our summersong
Our summersong lives on and on and on
Inside of me, and it will, yes
Until you return to me
Oh, when the leaves fall away from the trees
I'll still be blue all winter long
And I'll sing our summersong and dream of you
Still, still.I’m still in love with you.
Still, still.I can’t love someone new.
No one can take your place.No one ever will.
Oh my darling, I love love you still.
Still, still.I miss your magic touch.
Still, still.I need you oh so much.
No one shares my embrace, No one ever will.
Oh my darling I love you, love you still.
Why did you have to go? Why did you decieve me?
Come back my darling and never leave me.
Oh still, still.My heart still aches for you.
Still, still.It almost breaks in two.
No one can take your place.No one ever will.
Try to keep from thinking, thinking means remembering
Remembering means hurtin' hurtin' ain't so funny
Funny how it hits you, hits you out of nowhere
Nowhere to hide from it, it will last forever
Forever is a long time, time keeps on a-creeping
Creeping toward tomorrow, tomorrow starts it over
Over all the lovin', lovin' and the good times
Good times turn to bad times, bad times start me thinking
Thinking is remembering, remembering starts the circle
Circle in a circle, circle rounding circle
Circle is unbroken, unbroken is the circle
Never ending circle, circle without ending
Thinking in a circle, circle empty circle
CANDY MAN
Roy Orbison
Come on baby, let me take you by the hand
come on sugar, let me take you by the hand
go for me, let me be,
all your own candy, your candy, candy man
come on baby, I love your honey lovin ways
baby sweet thing, I love your honey lovin, your honey lovin ways
come to me, let me be
all your own candy, your candy, candy man
Come on woman, gonna treat you right
give you candy kisses every single night
candy man, candy man, candy man, candy man,
go for me, let me be
all your own candy, your candy, candy man.
From: russ gould
You wink your eye at every guy
Don't you know you'rere gonna cry
You say hello to every Joe
You're gonna know, I told you so
You're everybody's baby, everybody's knockin' on your door
But then one day, they're gonna say
That you're nobody's baby no more
Ah-ah, you'll cry when they say bye-bye
Ah-ah, you're gonna cry
Then dry your eyes, and quit your cryin'
The news is out all over the town,
That you,ve been seen a-runnin’ round,
I know that i should leave, but then,
I just can’t go- you win again.
This heart of mine could never see,
what everybody knew but me,
just trustin’ you was my great sin,
what can i do? You win again.
I’m sorry for your victim now,
‘cause soon his head, like mine, will bow,
he’ll give his heart, but all in vain,
and someday say, “you win again”.
You have no heart, you have no shame,
You take true love and give the blame,
I guess that i should not complain,
Wonder how long it will take.
For this heart of mine to break
There’s I watch you walk away.
This was to be our wedding day.
I won't hear the choir sing.
While I hold your golden ring.
Might as well throw it away.
With my dreams of wedding day.
Oh,Oh,Oh,Oh.Oh,Oh,Oh,Oh.
Oh to hold you in my arms again.
I watched my whole world fade away.
On this our wedding day.
Who was right and who was wrong,
Makes no difference when you’re all alone.
As I watch you walk away.
Uptown, in penhouse number three
Uptown, there lives a doll just made for me
She's the finest thing that you've ever seen, oh ho ha
Uptown, I see her most every day
Uptown, but she never ever looks my way
I'm just a bellhop, you see I can't stop
And tell her what I wanna say
That one of these days, I'm gonna have money
She'll wanna be my ever-lovin' honey
It won't be long, just wait and see
I'll have a big car, fine clothes
And then I'll be
Uptown, in penthouse number three
Uptown, just my baby and me
Yeah, one of these days, I'm gonna have money
She'll wanna be my ever-lovin' honey
It won't be long, just wait and see
I'll have a big car, fine clothes
And then I'll be
Uptown, in penthouse number three
The town is not the same
My friends don't know my name
Lots of things have changed
Things seem so wrong
Since I've come home
It's been a year or so
Since I had to go
I wonder if she's waiting
Or has she betrayed
the promise she made
Now as I'm walking to her
My doubts are too much to bear
Was she faithful or untrue?
If I've lost her, what will I do
Now, we're face to face
As her eyes meet mine
The answer I find is
Time Changed Everything
Time Changed Everything
Time Changed Everything
Our Love, our love, won't die, can't die
This kind of love was meant for you and I
This kind of love was meant for you and I
Your love, my love young love, true love
This kind of love was meant for you and I
This kind of love was meant for you and I
One dream through life, one day my wife
This kind of love was meant for you and I
This kind of love was meant for you and I
One dream through life, one day my wife
This kind of love was meant for you and I
This kind of love was meant for you and I
I still live on the same street,that we lived on.
The same old street,where memories were made on.
I shouldn’t stay,why don’t I go?.
Each day hurts a little more.
It won’t be the same street anymore, since you’ve gone.
It won’t be the same street anymore.
Each day I walk alone,where we once walked before.
See all familiar places, where we talked before.
But I can’t run,from memories.
They’re mine and they belong to me.
It won’t be the same street anymore.since you’ve gone.
Written by Orbison/Melson.
I know a place in New Orleans.
They call The Castle of Kings and Queens.
Where an old sweet black woman sings.
And plays piano like a dream.
She puts out all her beautiful heart and soul for you.
Sweet mamma blue.
Sweet mamma blue will only sing about the truth.
And it will get to you.
Sweet mamma blue will sing of love as only she can do.
Sweet mamma blue.Sweet Mamma Blue
One night I stayed past closing time.
";Sweet mamma blue my troubled mind.";
She sang the night away for me.
She made me see what I couldn¡¯t see.
That only by loving life will all your dreams come true.
Sweet mamma blue.
Sweet mamma blue will only sing about the truth.
And it will get to you.
Sweet mamma blue will sing of love as only she can do.
Sweet mamma blue.Sweet mamma blue.
They say she¡¯s gone from misery.
But she still lives in my memory.
I still can see her smile and say
";I¡¯ll bet you make it all the way.";
If you will try the Lord will surely see you through
.
Sweet mamma blue,
The world sure will miss you.
And when I feel blue I think of you.
Sweet mamma blue.Sweet mamma blue.
Sweet mamma blue...
Orbison
Well it's so sweet and easy to love you
like I do yes it's true I love you
and it's so sweet and easy to want you
on my mind all the time say you're mine
I want you to say you'll always stay and be my love so true
because I know if you ever go I won't get over you
Cause it's so sweet and easy to love you
like I do yes it's true I love you
Instrumental
Well it's so sweet and easy to love you
like I do yes it's true I love you
and it's so sweet and easy to hold you
close to me, lovingly, tenderly
Now I will never love another I want only you
I want to say in every way that you're my dream come true
Cause it's so sweet and easy to love you
like I do yes it's true I love you
Darkness falls and she will take me by the hand
take me to some twilight land
where all but love is grey
where I can't find my way without her as my guide.
Night falls
I'm cast beneath her spell
daylight comes
our heaven turns to hell
am I left to burn and burn eternally ? - She's a mystery to me.
She's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl.
In the night of love words tangled in her hair
words soon to
disappear.
A love so sharp it cuts like a switchblade to my heart
words tearing me apart.
She tears again my bleeding heart
I wanna run
she's pulling me apart
fallen angel cries and I just melt away.-She's a mystery to me.
She's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl.
Haunted by her side
it's the darkness in her eyes
that so enslaves me.
But if my love is blind then I don't want to see
she's a mystery to me.
Night falls
I'm cast beneath her spell
daylight comes
our heaven turns to hell
am I left to burn and burn eternally. - She's a mystery to me.
She's a mystery girl
she's a mystery girl
Just runnin' scared, each place we go
So afraid that he might show
Yeah, runnin' scared, what would I do
If he came back and wanted you
Just runnin' scared, feelin' low
Runnin' scared, you love him so
Just runnin' scared, afraid to lose
If he came back which one would you choose
Then all at once he was standing there
So sure of himself, his head in the air
My heart was breaking, which one would it be
Blue light, big crowd
Jukebox plays loud
No fear, no care
Everybody's rockin' everywhere
Rockhouse, rockhouse, rockhouse
We're goin' to the rockhouse
Well rock it in the mornin'
Rock it in daylight
Rockin' through the evening
And I won't be home at night
Rockhouse, we're goin' to the rockhouse
Rock-a-rockhouse
Heartache, you lose
No trouble, no booze
Come one, come all
Well rock it up and have a ball
Rockhouse, rockhouse, rockhouse
Two wheels a turnin'
One girl a yearnin'
Big motor burnin' the road
I'll ride the highway
I'm going my way
I'll leave a story untold
Pretty girls behind me but pretty girls are everywhere
Big motor wind up, ride away from here
Ride away
She won't approve of things I do or what I am
And I don't really give a ...... I understand
But she'll never see that I'll never be
Any one but me
She thinks she needs me, she cries for me
But I know she's lying, crying for others to see
What can I say, I'll just ride away
Big motor run run (background) ride ride away
Ride on away from big motor run run
Heart-ache and misery
I'm bound to wander
Way over yonder
Someone be waitin' just for me
True love to cling to, I need a dream to share
Someone to know me, Someone to show me they care
Ride away, ride away
>From tears and sorrow
Like there's no tomorrow
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write I love you
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Crowded street, busy feet, hustle by him
Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh
There he sits all alone on the sidewalk
Hoping that you won't pass him by
Should you stop? Better not, much too busy
You're in a hurry, my how time does fly
In the distance the ringing of laughter
And in the midst of the laughter he cries
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write I love you
Forever my darling our love will be true
Always and forever I'll love only you
just promise me darling your love in return
May this fire in my soul dear forever burn
My heart's at your command dear
To keep love and to hold
Making you happy is my desire dear
Keeping you is my goal
I'll forever love you
For the rest of my days
I'll never part from you
Or your loving ways
Just promise me darling your love in return
May this fire in my soul dear forever burn
My heart's at your command dear
To keep love and to hold
Making you happy is my desire dear
loving you is my goal
I'll forever love you
For the rest of my days
I'll never part from you
Or your loving ways
Just promise me darling your love in return
Oh, such a stranger, you don't even know me,
It's just as though we never even met.
Oh, such a stranger, you don't even see me
Tell me was I that easy to forget?
Don't you remember, please won't you try?
Was it that long ago you brought tears to my eyes?
Oh, such a stranger, we're not even friends
Don't you even remember me when?
Oh, such a stranger, we're not even friends
Crazy heart your baby's gone, don’t you know?.
Empty arms give up, give up, come on let go.
And maybe I will be alright.
And maybe I’ll get through tonight.
Then maybe I will see you tomorrow.
Misty eyes don’t see that face in every tear.
Longing lips don’t speak that name, there’s no one here.
And maybe I will see the dawn.
And maybe i’ll get by alone.
Then maybe I will lose my sorrow.
In a hundred years through a million tears,
Maybe,maybe.
Maybe I’ll be loving you.
And maybe when my life is through
Then maybe i’ll get over you.
What a life what a day I'm in love all the way
I'm in good with lady luck ah hah baby I've a been lovestruck
I'm in love ah hah I'm in love oh yeah
Well I feel like I was hit by a truck ah hah baby I've a been lovestruck
Well true love came just in time, in time to save this heart of mine
Cupid came and I forgot to duck ah hah baby I've a been lovestruck
I'm in love ah hah I'm in love oh yeah
Well look at me grin and watch me strut ah hah baby I've a been lovestruck
Well.....it's a great life everything's o.k.
But there's a 1 or 2 things I forgot to say
I'm glad that I met lady luck, I'm glad that I forgot to duck
Love hurts, Love scars
Love wounds, and marks any heart
Not tough or strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud, holds a lot of rain
Love hurts......ooh, ooh love hurts
I'm young , I know, But even so
I know a thing or two, and I learned from you
I really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a stove, it burns you when it's hot
Love hurts......Ooh, ooh love hurts
Some fools rave of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess
They're not foolin' me
I know it isn't true , know it isn't true
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
Love hurts......
Ooh, ooh love hurts,Ooh, ooh love hurts
I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie,Made to make you blue
Love hurts......
Lonesome Number One,just call me Lonesome Number One
Although no titles have I won,I surely must be Lonesome Number One
Every love I've had has faded like the dew
Every one I've wanted,has wanted someone new
Heartaches hang around and always come
I surely must be Lonesome Number One
Lonesome Number One,just call me Lonesome Number One
Although no titles have I won,I surely must be Lonesome Number One
It seems I'm always losing,love just can't come near
Just when love gets close it always disappears
Sorrow always keeps me on the run
I surely must be Lonesome Number One
Lonesome Number One, just call me Lonesome Number One
Although no titles have I won, I surely must be Lonesome Number One
Your baby doesn't love you any more.
Golden days, before they end,
Whisper secrets to the wind.
Your baby won't be near you any more.
Tender nights, before they fly,
Send falling stars that seem to cry.
Your baby doesn't want you any more.
It's over.
It breaks your heart in two,
To know she's been untrue.
But oh, what will you do,
When she says to you,
"There's someone new.
We're through.
We're through."
It's over, it's over, it's over.
All the rainbows in the sky
Start to weep and say good-bye.
You won't be seeing rainbows any more.
Setting suns, before they fall,
Echo to you, "That's all, that's all."
But you'll see lonely sunsets, after all.
It's over, it's over, it's over....
It's too late, she's gone
It's too late, my baby's gone
Wish I had told her she was my only one
But it's too late, she's gone
It's a weak man that cries
So I guess I'd better dry my eyes
Guess I will miss her more than anyone
But it's too late she's gone
She's gone yeah she's gone
She's gone my baby's gone
She's gone yeah she's gone
Where can my baby be?
I wonder does she know
When she left me it hurt me so
I need your lovin
Please don't make me wait
A candy-colored clown they call the Sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper
"Go to sleep, everything is all right"
I close my eyes, then I drift away
Into the magic night, I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you
In dreams I walk with you
In dreams I talk to you
In dreams you're mine all of the time
We're together in dreams, in dreams
But just before the dawn
I awake and find you gone
I can't help it, I can't help it, if I cry
I remember that you said goodbye
It's too bad that all these things
Can only happen in my dreams
Only in dreams
Dum-dee-dum-dee-dum-ooh-yeah-yeah,
Dum-dee-dum-dee-dum-ooh-yeah-yeah,
Oh, I'm hurtin'.
Felt this way,Yesterday,
Today, I keep hurtin', Yeah, hurtin'.
Time goes by, Right on by,
And I, I'm still hurtin', Yeah, hurtin'.
You walked away, And the pain began.
I knew I'd never, Love again.
Oh, my heart, Tore apart
and I'm Sure hurtin' Yeah hurtin'.
You walked away, And the pain began.
I knew I'd never, Love again.
Seems to me My destiny
Is to be Just hurtin'
Did you hear that lonesome whippoorwill?
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
And I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a night so long
When time goes crawlin' by?
The moon just went behind a cloud
And I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost the will to live
And I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a fallin' star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Yeah I-I could cry-eye-eye
I could cry-eye, eye-eye-eye, I-I could cry-eye
I could cry-eye, oh-oh-oh-oh
well everyday and every way
I know that love is a here to stay
cause I like it, mmmm I like it
I'm in a stew over what to do
but I like makin love to you
yeah I like love and I like lovin you.
They say that love will make you blind
that may be true yeah but I don't mind
cause I like it ooooh I like it
I'm kinda mixed up it's awful tough
but I like love and that's enough
yeah I like love and I like lovin you
well I found out I saw the light
lovin you is sure alright
cause I like it, ooooh I like it
I'm in a stew over what to do
but I like makin love to you
yeah I like love and I like lovin you
(instrumental break)
How did I ever get this way
just wanna love you both night and day
cause I like it oooh I like it
I'm all mixed up, you treat me rough
but I like love, and that's enough
yeah I like love and I like lovin you
Now ever since you looked at me
I've been barkin up your tree
cause I like it, oooh I like it
I'm all fouled up it may be true
but I like makin love to you
yeah I like love and I like lovin you
oooooh I like it, I like love
I Drove All Night
Roy Orbison
I had to escape
The city was sticky and cruel
Maybe I should have called you first
But I was drying to get to you
I was dreaming while I drove
The long straight road ahead
Uh-huh, yeah
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you was just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
What in this world keeps us from falling apart?
No matter where I go
I hear the beating of our one heart
I think about you when the night is cold and dark
Uh-huh, yeah
No one can move me the way that you do
Nothing erases this feeling between me and you
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you was just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Is that all right?
I drove all night
From: Deise Zandona
Hooked on the touch of your hand, high on how you understand
Lost when you whispered "hello" ,something in your eyes said "don't go"
I just had to stay, couldn't go away from you, you knew what to do to get me
Hung up on you,hung up on you,hung up on you,hung up on you
You knew, the first time we met that I could never forget
You held me so close to you, I could never get over you
You were so aware how to make me care and keep me
Hung up on you,hung up on you,hung up on you,hung up on you
Yeah, you got me where you wanted me, I am where I really want to be
Hung up,hung up,hung up on you
I'm so hung up on you that I don't know what I would do without you
Oh it will take me forever to get enough of you and I can't help it if I'm
Hung up on you,hung up on you,hung up on you baby,hung up on you
I'm gonna move into
A house without windows
So I won't see you walking by, walking by
With your new love
There in the darkness of
My house without windows
I will never see the stars that shine
Shine on you, and your new love
I'd rather wonder through this endless night
Than to face the light of another lonely day
Knowing that you won't be there
There to share, these two arms ever again
I'll take all my broken dreams
And I'll take my broken heart
And from now on you will find me there
Crying there, trying to forget
In my house without windows
In my house without windows
Far, far away is my love of yesterday
She's gone, gone, gone, gone, from me, from me
Far, far away is my life, my love my way
Wonder where, where, where, where
Where oh where can she be?
Days, endless days nights, dark dismay
Lonely, I'm lonely where can she be?
Far, far away is my love of yesterday
Wonder where, where, where, where where
Oh where can she be?
Far, far away is my love of yesterday
Wonder where, where, where, where where
Oh where can she be?
Where where, where, where, where where
Falling
Roy Orbison
I'm faling, I'm falling
Falling in love with you
Baby come closer, closer to me
And listen, listen so carefully
Remember all the nights that I told you
I loved you
It wasn't true, I used you, and you were
Just someone new
To thrill this lonely heart of mine
I was lying all the time
Pretending to be falling in love with you
But it's different now, I've kissed you now
So forgive me, forgive me somehow
Hold me tight for tonight, and tell me true
If you still love me
Say that you love me
Don't leave me now
Now that I'm falling for you
I'm falling, I'm falling
Falling in love
Falling in love with you
From: Deise Zandona
Goodnight
Roy Orbison
My lovely woman child
I found you out running wild with someone new
You've been untrue
And everybody knows we're through
But I can't say good-bye to you
No matter what you do
My heart won't let you go
Although I know you go with someone new
I think of you
I think of how you kiss
Your tenderness, with all of this
I miss the way you say goodnight
Bittersweet your kisses
When my heart still misses
The way that things used to be
But I know you're strong for other arms you long for
And you can never come back to me
Not just for yesterday
Tonight or tomorrow
Ah, but forever, I'll hear you say goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight turned out to be a lie
And I can't help it if I cry
Goodnight, my love, sleep tight, my love, goodnight
From: Deise Zandona
Oh, they call you Gigolette,they say that you’re the Devil’s pet.
They say beware for you destroy,the heart and soul of everyboy.
They say that your lips are soft and warm.and they say that your touch has a magic charm
But that you’re a butterfly flying from guy to guy.
Yes you’re known as Gigolette,oh love and them and leave them Gigolette,
They say you’re laugh when lovers cry they say it’s a kiss and then goodbye.
They say that your heart is made of stone and they say stay away leave you alone.
Ah, that you're a fly by night many arms to hold you tight.
But it’s too late for me.too late now to forget,I’m under the spell of Gigolette.
*My chance to run away is past, I’m in your arms at last.
So come on and hold me.oh hold me close to you.
oh kiss me,don’t break my heart in two.
Well if I live to be a hundred, I won't forget the day
I broke the heart you gave me and let you walk away
That's when they hung my name in the fool's hall of fame
Ah baby since we've been apart, I can't console my heart
It cries and cries all night long
Can't I ever make you see this change you've made in me
Just give me a chance to tell you I was wrong
Yes they say that you'll forgive me and end this misery
you know I'll keep on a beggin till you come back to me
don't leave me here in chains in the fool's hall of fame
Ah baby since we've been apart I can't console my heart
it cries and cries all night long
Baby can't you ever see the change you've made in me
just give me a chance to tell you I was wrong
Yes they say that you'll forgive me and end this misery
You know I'll keep on beggin till you come back to me
don't leave me here in chains in the fool's hall of fame
Roy Orbison
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams the whole day through
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams night time too
I love you and I'm dreaming of you but that won't do
Dream baby make me stop my dreamin', you can make my dreams come true
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
How (sha-da-da-da) long (sha-da-da-da) must I dream
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams the whole day through (dream baby)
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams night time too (dream baby)
I love you and I'm dreaming of you but that won't do (dream baby)
Dream baby make me stop my dreamin', you can make my dreams come true
Aww, sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Yea-eh-ah, sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
How long must I dream
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby
I got a brand new baby and I feel so good
She loves me even better than I thought she would
I'm on my way to her house and I'm plumb out of breath
When I see her tonight
I'm gonna squeeze her to death
Claudette
pretty little pet
Claudette
Never makes me fret
Claudette
Well she's the greatest little girl
that I've ever met
I get the best loving
that I'll ever get from Claudette
Pretty little pet
Claudette
Claudette.
Well
I'm a lucky man
my baby treats me right
She's gonna let me hug and kiss and hold her tight
When the date is over and we're at her front door
When I kiss her goodnight
I holler
More, more, more
(Buck Owens)
Oh, it's cryin' time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin' Oooh
That it won't be long before it's cryin' time
Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder (fonder)
And that tears are only rain to make love grow
Well my love for you could never grow no stronger (stronger)
If I lived to be a hundred years old
Oh, it's cryin' time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin'. Yeah now
That it won't be long before it's cryin' time
Now you say you've found someone that you love better (better)
That's the way it's happened every time before
And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow ('morrow)
Cryin' time will start when you walk out the door
Oh, it's cryin' time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin'. Alright now
That it won't be long before it's cryin' time
(That it won't be long before it's cryin' time)
Roy Orbison
Roy: I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
KD: But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
When you stopped to say hello
Roy: You wished me well
You couldn't tell that
I've been crying over you,
crying over you And you said ";So long";
Left me standing all alone,
alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand
KD: But the touch of your hand can start me crying
Roy: I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more than I did before
But darling, what can I do?
For you don't love me
KD: And I'll always be
crying over you, crying over you
Roy: Yes now you're gone
Both: And from this moment on, I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying over you
I was all right for awhile
I could smile for awhile
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say, "Hello"
Oh, you wished me well
You, you couldn't tell
That I'd been crying over you
Crying over you
When you said, "So long"
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying
Crying, crying
It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying
I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before
But, darling, what can I do?
For you don't love me
And I'll always be crying over you
Crying over you
Yes, now you're gone
And from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying
Crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying
The Crowd
Artist: Roy Orbison (peak Billboard position # 26 in 1962)
Words and Music by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson
I go out with the crowd, I play the game
Pretending out loud but it don't seem the same
For the heart of the crowd is gone from sight
My part of the crowd is not with me tonight
I remember the prom, every dance with you
All the crazy things that we used to do
Sometimes we'd wait for a chance
And then we'd steal away
From the crowd and the dance to our hideaway
Aww, but you're gone and it's not the same old game
I fall apart each time I hear your name
Guess I'll go along with the crowd, I'll make believe
That you'll come back to me, run back to me
Hurry back to the crow-ow-ow-owd a-and me-e-e-e-e.
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronhontz
worldnet.att.net
Only you and no one else
Can keep me crawling back
You know I cant help myself
And now I'm crawling back
After all you've done to me
The times you've turned me down
I still will be your clown
Because I love you
I'm crawling back
You know I would die for you
Heaven knows how I have cried for you
But what else can I do
But crawl on back to you, ooh
Crawling back to you
People stop they talk and they stare
But they don't know that you really care
That you're only lonely, and making believe
And you need me around
When the world turns you down
Whenever you might need me
I will come crawling back
Wherever you will lead me
BREAKIN' UP IS BREAKIN' MY HEART
Roy Orbison
I wonder why you threw your diary away
When you walk back I nearly die
What can I say
Things were fine, you were mine just yesterday
Now we're apart
Breaking up is breaking my heart
I find myself alone at night, and then I cry
No tenderness
My happiness just said goodbye
Now your gone, and I'm alone
I wonder why we had to part
Breaking up is breaking my heart
Baby, breaking up is breaking my heart
The love affair we used to share
Is cold, and still I loved you then
I love you now, I always will
The day that you found someone new
My lonely world just fell apart
Out of your arms drives me out of my mind
Baby, breaking up is breaking my heart
I ought to hate you for these blues in my mind
What makes me love you, am I losing my mind?
I wonder where I'm gonna wind up
I just can't make my crazy mind up
Too many kisses brought me too many tears
Tears that I'll carry with me all through the years
I'm just the broken hearted kind
Worrying blues in my mind
I'm going crazy with these blues in my mind
How can you just keep on confusing my mind?
You've got a jealous air about you
Maybe I'm better off without you
Still I can't make my heart believe that it's true
Trouble with me is having trouble with you
I'm just the broken hearted kind
Worrying blues in my mind
It's been a blue blue day, I feel like running away
I feel like running away from it all
My love has been untrue, she's found somebody new
It's been a blue blue day for me
I feel like crying, dying, what can I do
I feel like playing, saying I'm glad we're through
It's been a blue blue day, I feel like running away
I feel like running away from the blues
How can I make believe, that I don't sit and grieve
It's been a blue blue day for me
I can't pretend and say, that I don't love her anyway
It's been a blue blue day for me
I feel like crying, dying, what can I do
I feel like praying, saying I'm glad we're through
It's been a blue blue day, I feel like running away
All I need is time, then I'll get over you
A little at a time, a bit each day
All I need is time to mend a dream or two
Then I'll forget the love you took away
Morning's here again, just like the day before
But the only change is that I love you more
All I need is time, maybe a thousand years
Maybe a million tears, but I need time
Everybody says the pain won't last too long
Have a lot of fun and time will fly
It took a lot of time till love was born in me
And it'll take some time for love to die
Each and every day I spend forgetting you
Brings another night I never quite get through
All I need is time, maybe a thousand years
A young couple stood under stars in the sky
They pledged their love with tears in their eyes
For this was a true love goodbye
They stood there trembling and couldn't speak
She tip toed and kissed his cheek
For this was a true love goodbye
A true love goodbye, they tried not to cry
With words so true, they both said "I love you"
Then they parted both broken hearted
But they'll meet again some day some way
Beyond this true love goodbye
A true love goodbye, they tried not to cry
With words so true, they both said "I love you"
Then they parted both broken hearted
But they'll meet again some day some way
Beyond this true love goodbye
True love, True love goodbye
You have got me going zig zag
gets my mind to blowing zig zag
you can't lose me if you try zig zag zig zag
pass it on by
I don't need no highing zig zag
girl you got me flying zig zag
I can nearly touch the sky zig zag zig zag
pass it on by
You have got my heart turned on
Why don't you push it on ahead
Till your heart turns on
You've got love and our lovin' is dead
Instead of wishing for the knowing zig zag
the way you got me going zig zag
I'm so glad you caught my eye zig zag zig zag
Pass it on by
You have got my heart turned on
Why don't you push it on ahead
Till your heart turns on
You've got love and our lovin' is dead
Instead of wishing for the knowing zig zag
the way you got me going zig zag
I'm so glad you caught my eye zig zag zig zag
Pass it on by
I try so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart.
Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn't do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart.
You'll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love, yet you're afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from life, to try it just ain't smart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart.
There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care fore you, the more we drift apart
You fool you, That's what my friends all say
You fool you, Don't throw your love away
You fool you, Remember yesterday
Your baby walked away, away, from you.
So there you go, Come running back again
Stars in your eyes, Be leading lights
Your hungry heart still longs for love
You think she'll win, And so you pretend
You fool you, That's what my friends all say
You fool you, Don't throw your love away
You fool you, Remember yesterday
Your baby walked away, away, from you.
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ooh ooh,
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, Ooh ooh ooh ooh,
You give your hand to me and then you say hello
And I can hardly speak, my heart is beating so
And anyone could tell, you think you know me well
But you don't know me
No you don't know the one who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight
To you I'm just a friend, and that's all I've ever been
No, you don't know me
For I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too
You give your hand to me and then you say good-bye
I watch you walk away beside the lucky guy
To never, never know the one who loves you so
Do I l-l-l-l-love you?, Oh yes
Do I w-w-w-w-want you?, Oh yes
Yes, I want you, Yes, I need you
Yes, truly I do, Yes
Does the touch of your hand
Take me through wonderland?
Will my love be deeper than the sea?
Y-y-y-yes, yes, oh yes
Do you re-re-re-remember?
The night we met?
Won't you please remember?
How could you forget?
I vowed it then
I vow it now
I vow to make you mine somewhere
**My head is in a spin**
**is it just the mood I'm in ?**
**could it be your kiss ?**
**I never feld like this**
Wondering, wondering, I wonder what to **DO**
Wondering, wondering, I wonder what to **SAY**
Will your love be true,
or will you run away
When you have been alone,
without love all alone
You wonder what you'll feel
when new love comes along
Is it really real?
Ah . . aaaah . . aaah,
I wonder.
**Ah . . aaaah . . aaah, **
**I wonder.**
Wondering, wondering, I wonder all the time
Wondering, wondering, are you really mine?
Will your love be true or will I wonder
If you really love me, and you say that you do
If you're thinking of me, like you know I think of you
Why hurt the one who loves you?
If you ever leave me, and you say that you will
Then why deceive me, is it just for a thrill?
Why hurt the one who loves you?
You hardly know I'm around, and I need you more and more
I beg you please stay with me and you walk out the door
Why hurt the one who loves you?
Have you got nothing better to do?
Why hurt the one who loves you
When you know I don't want to hurt you?
When your new love leaves you, and you want me back again
When you really need me, and you want me for a friend
I'll walk away from you, and darling when I do
You'll wonder why, why
You're the figure of a woman
You're the mind of a child
A pretty whirlwind
You don't know just what you're doing
When you lure me with your smile
A lovely whirlwind
A whirlwind Of warm desire
Whirlwind, Burning fire Woman, realize
That the devil in disguise, Is a whirlwind
Born to be running wild and free
Whirlwind
Born to make fools of guys like me
You pick me up like a whirlwind
You put me down like a whirlwind
Each time you touch me I'm trouble-bound
Whirl,whirl,whirlwind, Whirl,whirl,whirlwind
Whirl,whirl,whirlwind, Whirl,whirl,whirlwind
Where is tomorrow ? An island of dreams.
Where is tomorrow ? Flying on golden wings,tomorrow.
Where is tomorrow ? The end of time.
Where is tomorrow ? You're no longer mine.
Tomorrow, tomorrow.I'll get over you.
Tomorrow,tomorrow.when tomorrow comes,
Then I'll stop loving you,tomorrow.
Where is tomorrow ? Tomorrow is gone.
Gone,lost in stardust,hiding from the dawn.
Tomorrow,tomorrow.tomorrow.
I long for tomorrow.I'll be strong tomorrow.
I won't cry for you tomorrow.
Where is tomorrow?
Where is tomorrow?
When I do things my way for pride or for show
Deep down within me I know, yes I know
When I hurt others with things I say or do
With remorse my voice calls out to you
It's me Lord, I'm asking what I'm worth?
Just a man made from clay to return to the earth
Through shame I hear you whisper you may walk through down in Hell
But faith can still move mountains amazing grace has never failed
When I want to do right I do wrong anyway
But Jesus, I love you always, yes always
You made it alone on Calvery and you hold my hand
Alone I can't make it but with you, I can
It's me Lord, I'm asking what I'm worth?
Just a man made from clay to return to the earth
Through shame I hear you whisper you may walk through down in Hell
I never thought it could be like this
Give me another kiss if you don’t mind, one more time
To flatter you with many stories
Used cliches that would be boring
Would just waste time, precious time
I don’t have to say a thing
It’s written on my face
Any doubt that you still have
Let our love erase
CHORUS
We’re into something good and you know it
We’re into something good don’t be afraid to show it
We’re into something good, baby
I don’t see how you conceal it
There’s no way that you can’t feel it,when we do what we do
Now you can’t get this close to me
Send all these vibrations through me
And not know what to do
So wipe the tears away
Don’t be afraid of me
Love between us should come
Oh so free and easy
CHORUS
We’re into something good,baby
Walk on
If we should meet
Walk on
On down the street
Walk on
Don't even look
Walk on
Close up the book
We don't want the world to see as we are
We should never have even gone this far
Brush away that lonely tear drop
Walk away please don't stop
Don't look back for me
Baby walk on
Walk on
Don't look around
Walk on
To higher ground
Take the love we shared together
Keep it in your heart for ever
Don't forget me, baby walk on
If you ever loved me
We walk in shadows, we talk in shadows
We date in shadows dark and cold
But wait, it will be alright
Wait, baby hold me so tight
I hate to break your loving heart in two
But wait, I can't stay away from you.
I promise you I'll be with you tomorrow night
I have to wait until the time is right
Yeah wait a little longer now
Wait a little stronger now
Wait a little longer now for me
Oh what you do to me
Wait now until I am free
Yeah Yeah Yeah wait a little longer now
Wait a little stronger now for me
Wait, come on come on girl
Well I've been mistreated
Lied to and cheated
Misled and abused
Like an old rag you threw away
First you fill me with thunder
Then you let me go under
You can run, you can hide
But you ain't gonna get away
Cos you're under suspicion
Of leavin' the scene of a broken heart
Under suspicion of a hit and run love affair
Well you ain't got a conscience
And you've made me the victim
Of a cruel and unusual crime
Now you're under suspicion, under suspicion
Under suspicion of a hit and run love affair
No matter where you'll be going
I got ways of knowing
Somewhere down the line
You're gonna pay
Cos you're under suspicion
Of leavin' the scene of a broken heart
Under suspicion of a hit and run love affair
Well you ain't got a conscience
And you've made me the victim
Of a cruel and unusual crime
Now you're under suspicion, under suspicion
Under suspicion of a hit and run love affair
Under suspicion,Under suspicion
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by, so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh:
Wait for me, wait for me
I'll be coming home
They say we're searching for love we'll never find
They say we're foolish kids we're two of a kind.
We know we've found our love when your lips meet mine
That's when we know they're right we're two of a kind.
No matter what they say when it's all said and done
When we are old enough we two will be one.
And when they pass me by with your hand in mine
Then they'll just smile and say they're two of a kind.
No matter what they say when it's all said and done
When we are old enough we two will be one.
And when they pass me by with your hand in mine
Hey boys, gather round boys, the money's right
Go down to low town for me tonight
Walk onto forty four and knockon that big black door
Lay some money on that man
And get the very best table you can
Well,there's a soul band’s wailing behind the beat,
And they cook when the blue lights spin.
There's a “go-go girl” yeah,
She works it out,now.
Look when you walk in,
Yeah, yeah, yeah,yeah.
Everybody knows
To see her dance,now
My TwinkleToes.
Twinlke Toes you move and you go,
And you know you do it right.
Up and down,now you dance around, now.
You’re look in good tonight,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Come on, come on now.
Twinlke Toes,
Dance on and on, now.
Yeah, but Twinkle Toes,
I know you’re trying
To hide your broken heart;
You act so gay.
Yeah,behind the smile,
I know you’re crying.
Your big great lonely eyes
Give you away.
Hey, hey,hey.
Hey, hey ,hey.
Twinkle Toes,
You know you must hang on, girl.
Hnag on tight;
Don’t let your feelings show.
Twinkle Toes,
You know you must dance on,girl.
If you work it right,
They’ll never know.
Twinkle Toes,
It’s tough to forget,
But every thing’s all right.
Yeah, Twinkle Toes,
Get set, ‘cause i bet i take your home tonight,
Yeah, yeah,yeah,yeah.
Yeah, you’re allright, now.
Yeah, Twinkle Toes
You’re out of sight,now.
Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,
Yeah, you’re so fine, girl.
Yeah, Twinkle Toes,
You’ve hurt my mind, girl.
Twinkle Toes,
Come on,carry on,
Now when the dance is through.
You won’t be lonely,
you won’t be blue tonight;
i’ll be with you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah,yeah
Oh it's been 22 lonely blue days without a word from you
and 44 million more tears I've cried since you walked through that door
The sun never reaches my doorstep each empty day seems to be the same
You've broken your vow but I still love you now, oh this love of mine is a one way losing game
And it's been 22 lonely blue days without a word from you
and 44 million more tears I've cried since you walked through that door
The dreams that we share are gone forever but I still have a little hope in my heart
Is this the way it ends? Are we to be both friends? Oh I can't go on if we're to be apart
And it's been 22 lonely blue dayswithout a word from you
and 44 million more tears I've cried since you walked through that door
yeah 22 days since you walked through that door
ah 22 days since you walked through that door
yeah 22 days since you walked through that door
Wop-bop-a-loom-a-boom-bam-boom tutti frutti
au rutti tutti frutti au rutti tutti frutti
au rutti tutti frutti au rutti tutti frutti
au rutti wop-bop-a-loom-bop-a-boom-bam-boom
Got a gal named Sue
She knows just what to do
She rocks to the east
She rocks to the west
She's the gal I love best
I got a gal named Daisy
She almost drives me crazy
She knows how to love me
Yes indeed, boy you don't know
Turn some more, turn some more
Turn some more lights on
Turn some more, turn some more
Turn some more lights on
I came by your house last night
I was feeling so blue
We didn't have a date
I was lonely for you
I walked all the way
To break my heart in two
I saw the lights turned way down low
Oh, someone else was kissing you
Turn some more, turn some more
Turn some more lights on
Turn them all, turn them all
Turn them all back on
Make him leave, make him leave
Make him leave, leave you alone
I'm standing in the rain
See you there with him
Oh there's so much pain
See the lights so dim
I see you smile that same old smile
In that same old way
But you smiled, you smiled, you smiled at me
Oh yesterday, yesterday
Turn some more, turn some more
Turn some more lights on
Turn them all, turn them all
Well, I've been travelin over mountains,
now even through the valleys too,
well I've been travelin night and day
runnin all the way
baby tryin to get to you
Well since I read your lovin letter
where you said you love me true
well I been travelin night and day
runnin all the way
baby tryin to get to you
Well now theres nothin that could hold me
or to keep me way from you ooooh
since your lovin letter told me
ah that you really love me true oooooh
I just had to reach you baby
back of all that I've been through
I'll keep travelin night and day
runnin all the way baby
tryin to get to you
Well if I had to do it over,
well thats exactly what I'd do,
I'd keep travelin night and day
runnin all the way baby
tryin to get to you
Well since I read your lovin letter
well my heart began to sing
there are many miles between us
ah but they didn't mean a thing
Lord's above he knows I love you
well it was he who brought me through,
when my way was black as night
he'd still shine bright as light
Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain so yellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a young and a callow fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow--follow, oh-oh
Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow
Try to remember when life was so tender
That love was an ember about to billow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow--follow, oh-oh
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Without a hurt, the heart is hollow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made you mellow
Deep in December our hearts should remember
Then follow--follow, oh-oh
I love you I do.
I love you truly truly true.
Truly true.
If the world should end today.I could say.
At least I've had my day with you.
Truly true.
Truly baby.I love you
Truly, truly, truly,true.
And for some the world may end.
But for us it will begin again.and again.
Truly true.I love you I do.
I love you truly truly true.
It's too soon to know if I can forget her
My heart's been broken in too many pieces
And It's too soon to know
Time passes slow will I ever know
If I can forget her and not let it show
But it's too soon to know
News travels fast when a love affair ends
People keep asking what happened to them
But it's too soon to know it I can forget her
My heart's been broken in too many pieces
And It's too soon to know
My heart's been broken in too many pieces
Another day, another night
Another tired old country song
You know, I sing of love delight
But I know it's all wrong
The life I live out on the road
Is one I swear no one could love
Yet I feel I must go on
And sing this tired
This tired old Country song
I move around from place to place
But all the towns look just the same
I see the same old face
Losin' still my claim to fame
I'll sing the guitar blues
Drink my drink and pay the dues
Then I guess I'll ramble on
And sing this tired
This tired old country song
Why did I have to compromise
To reach my piece of the fame?
Life could have been so different
In that eight to five game
So I guess I'll settle down
Get my feet back on the ground
Once a country star
Now I'm just a country clown
Hang my guitar on the wall
I won't need it anymore
For I think the time has come
To end this tired
This tired old country song
To end this tired
I see through teardrops
That old clock on the wall
The hands are far apart
They tell me that my heart misses you
And you're not with me
Guess it's time to cry
Yes it's time to cry
I hear the doorbell
The postman just came by
All he ever brings
Are bills and nothing things
Oh no, he returned your letter
And it's time to cry
Yes it's time to cry
Time to cry
Ever since you said goodbye
Time to cry
What else can I do but cry over you?
I just can't stand it
The telephone won't ring
The sun is out of sight
Another lonely night begins
And you're not mine
Guess it's time to cry
Time and again I've come back to you
Even though I know what you'll do
You'll break my heart right in two
But time and again I've come back to you
Time and again I've been a fool for you
Time and again what else can I do
I'll be right there waiting, yeah, waiting
Though it's all in vain, time and again
Time and again I've come back to you
Even though I know what you'll do
You'll break my heart right in two
Stood together in an open field
And shared the secrets that the night revealed
Then we'd chase the light racing through the sky
Can we untangle guilt and innocence?
How hard we torture this ambevolence
Night will bring no dawn where's the power gone?
For I'll steal your dreams while you are sleeping
And sell them for dust and cheap lust
And I'll turn your hope while you are weeping
And cover your eyes with sad lies and dark skies
Come closer to me, on your hands and knees, alone when your will's gone
How much is not enough?, how much is through?
How long will I be getting over you?
How much grief and sin
This is your song, to let you know how much I love you
You have my heart and I know I can't live without you
This is your song, to keep you when the nights are lonely
Only for you darling, you're all that I've waited for
And this song, my love is yours for evermore
And through the years you can be sure that I'll be faithful
My love for you will ever grow and this I will do
The sun on the rim of the hill overlooking all that I love
Lights up every leaf and blade, birds circling high above
With trembling hand I reach down and say "This is my land"
This land will pass on to my child, when he's grown
To love it as much as I, for all the sons gone by
And when he's a man he'll do what he can
For this my land, this is my land
When young men die in glory and for freedom take their stand
May they sing this same proud story, this is my land
When life fades away, and my body is laid to rest in the ground
May this comfort fill my soul here on the land, I know
That those after me say with much dignity
[C] I'll pretend I'm free from sor-[G7] row
Make believe that wrong is [C] right
Your wedding day [C7] will be to-[F] morrow
But There'll [C] Be No [G7] Teardrops To-[C] night.
Why, oh [F] why - should you de-[C] sert me
Are you [F] doin' this for [G7] spite
If you [C] only [C7] want to hurt [F] me
Then There'll [C] Be No [G7] Teardrops To-[C] night.
I'll believe that you still love me
When you wear your veil of white
But you think that you're above me
So There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight.
Shame, oh shame - for what you're doin'
Other arms will hold you tight
You don't care whose life you ruin
There's got to be a morning after, if we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine let's keep on looking for the light
Oh can't you see the morning after? it's waiting right outside the storm
Why don't we cross the bridge together and find a place that's safe and warm?
It's not too late, we should be giving, only with love can we we climb
It's not too late, not while we're living, let's put our hands out in time
There's got be a morning after, we're moving closer to the shore
I know we'll be there by tomorrow and we'll escape the darkeness
We won't be searching anymore
There's got be a morning after, we're moving closer to the shore
I know we'll be there by tomorrow and we'll escape the darkeness
We won't be searching anymore
There's got be a morning after
There's got be a morning after
This is the last song
The very last song tonight
And the song is blue
This is the last song
Yeah, the last song, hold me tight
Though i shouldn't be with you
This is the last time
The very last time i'll see you
Hold me close and don't you cry
This is the last song
The very last song tonight
And this song means goodbye
I won't forget the melody
That takes your love away from me
But i guess what will be will be
And tonight, in your arms
Is like heaven to me
But i belong to someone else
And she's waiting, waiting
Waiting for me
Goodbye, goodbye
And remember, remember me
And this song will be our song
And this song will be our song
The eyes of Texas are upon you
All the live long days
The eyes of Texas are upon you
And you cannot get away
Do not think you can escape them
From night till early in the morn
The eyes of Texas are upon you
Till Gabriel blows his horn
The eyes of Texas are upon you
All the live long days
The eyes of Texas are upon you
And you cannot get away
Do not think you can escape them
From night till early in the morn
The eyes of Texas are upon you
I go out with the crowd, I play the game
Pretending out loud but it don’t seem the same
For the heart of the crowd is gone from sight
My part of the crowd is not with me tonight
I remember the FUN, every dance with you
All the crazy things that we used to do
Sometimes we’d wait for a chance
And then we’d steal away
From the crowd and the dance to our hideaway
Aww, but you’re gone and it’s not the same old game
I fall apart each time I hear your name
Guess I’ll go along with the crowd, I’ll make believe
That you’ll come back to me, run back to me
Well you should be an actress
You play your part so well
Your act is so believable
That no one else can tell
You say the lines, but I see
That you don't really love me
You keep me around to be your faithful clown
Till someone you can love comes along
You'll keep on pretending
Because the show must go on
Yes, you should be an actress
As lovely as you are
The way you play on emotion
You'd shame the brightest star
You're acting all the time
No, you're not really mine
I'm just another scene in your play acting scheme
No, you dont love me at all
But when you walk away
That's when the curtain will fall
But I'll go all the way to the end of the play
I'll be a part of your masquerade
Although I know it may be the saddest show
Sweet mama, come love me, Sweet mama, come hug me, Sweet mama, i want your love
Sweet mama, come hold me, Sweet mama, don't scold me, Sweet mama, i need your love
Sweet mama, i love you mama, Come squeeze me, i know you wanna
Sweet mama, sweet mama, Sweet mama, i need your love
Sweet mama, you're fine, Sweet mama, i know you're mine, Sweet mama, i love your love
Sweet mama's like candy, My mama's a real jam candy, Sweet mama, sweet mama
Where it began, I can't begin to know when
But then I know it's growing strong
Oh, wasn't the spring, whooo
And spring became the summer
Who'd believe you'd come along
Hands, touching hands, reaching out
Touching me, touching you
Oh, sweet Caroline
Good times never seem so good
I'm inclined to believe it never would
And now I, I look at the night, whooo
And it don't seem so lonely
We fill it up with only two, oh
And when I hurt
Hurting runs off my shoulder
How can I hurt when holding you
Oh, one, touching one, reaching out
Touching me, touching you
Oh, sweet Caroline
Good times never seem so good
Oh I'm inclined to believe it never would
Lots of loves are precious
Lots of loves are true
But they can't make the kind of love
I get from loving you
Sweet and innocent is your love to me
The way you hold me not too tight
The tender way you kiss goodnight
Makes you the one exactly right for me
Young and beautiful
Is the love I get from you
They say that you dont know the score
For this I love you even more
Young and beautiful, sweet and innocent
Sweet and innocent
Like the love I get from you
They say that you don't know the score
For this I love you even more
I used to be so shy
I'd just sit home and cry
And wish that i could die
Till lately, my oh my
I met that certain guy
He makes me feel so alive
Well i wake up every mornin' in a different world
I look in the mirror and i say "hey girl
Oh well, you're comin' out of your shell"
I say to myself "hey Sue
There's such a change in you
For you're no longer blue
Since he made your dreams come true
So Suzie, Sue, Suzie Q
What are you gonna do?"
Gonna treat my baby like a king
For him i'd do most anything
Ah Suzie, ring-a-ding-ding-ding
Suzie girl, i can tell
You're completely out of your shell
Autumn Leaves, when they fall
Whisper to the wind, ringing out, telling all
Of the summer's end.
Now you're gone far away, how I long to hear you say
"I love you."
Whirling leaves, swirling leaves tell me I'm alone
Wishing you were here with me longing for you home.
Winter nights are lonely nights how I long to hold you tight
I miss you.
A gentle breeze in the trees will tell me spring is here
And I feel anxiety knowing you'll be near.
Summer nights, I'll hold you tight
Under the moon above you'll be my summer love.
When summer's here and you are near every day I'll pray
Autumn leaves will never come and with me you'll stay
You will mean more to me, yes, you'll be
Sugar love
Sugar love, you're my rainbow
When it's cloudy and i feel bad
You're the only sunshine i ever had
Sugar love, sugar love
Hurry up my sugar love
Cheer me up my sugar love
Love it up my lovey-dove
Oh sugar love
Sugar love
Yes, you are the moon and stars
When it's raining and i feel blue
Who do i always turn to?
It's you, sugar love, sugar love
Hurry up my sugar love
Cheer me up my sugar love
Love it up my lovey-dove
Oh, sugar love
Sugar love
Yes, you are the moon and stars
When it's raining and i feel blue
Who do i always turn to?
It's you, sugar love, sugar love
Every night, fascination
You're not just temptation
You're my inspiration
Sugar love, sugar love
Sugar and honey, is what I cry for
Sugar and honey, is what I'd die for
And darlin' doll you make my life worthwhile
Because I want you Sugar and honey.
Sugar and honey, keep me goin
Sugar and honey, I been a-knowin'
Well everytime your lovin' lips meet mine
You know I want you Sugar and honey.
A little bit-a sugar, a whole lotta honey
It's alright Sugar and honey mornin' noon and night
Give me sugar and honey anytime.
Sugar and honey, is what I live for
Sugar and honey, for the flavor
Every little bitty thing you do
Just makes me love you, Sugar and honey.
A little bit-a sugar, a whole lotta honey
It's alright Sugar and honey, mornin' noon and night
Yeah sugar and honey anytime, ah sugar and honey all the time
Suddenly, my heart stood still
Suddenly, the sight of you gave me a thrill
Suddenly
Suddenly, i see you everywhere
Suddenly, all at once i seem to care for you
Suddenly
So suddenly i found you
To think you were near all the time
I've often been around you
I don't know how i could have been so blind
Suddenly, my world is new
Suddenly, suddenly there's only you
Suddenly
So suddenly i found you
To think you were near all the time
I've often been around you
I don't know how i could have been so blind
Suddenly, suddenly you're my dream come true
Suddenly, suddenly there's only you
There was a man whose memories
were made up of nothing.
He'd push the elevator button,
and go home to nothing.
Yes his business had prospered
but women get lonely sometimes,
now she has the house
His son in college had dropped out,
To expand his mind.
And Sarah, his daughter
had not spoken to him.
Maybe he’d raised her
the wrong way he wondered.
He checked his mailbox,
with fingers a-tremblin’
No mail, from anyone.
“I’m home” he said softly,
as he opened the door
and gazed at his empty apartment.
Aching, thinking.
Southbound jericho parkway
Is what you call a one-way street.
Southbound jericho parkway
Is what you call a one-way street.
At 7:20, Monday after New Year,
Mister Henry Johnson
leaned against the pedal
Aimed his Lincoln steady
and drove himself into a wall.
How could a thing
such as this ever happen?
All the community
said it was a shame
He was a good man,
he was a clean man. yeah,
that was it: he was a good, clean man
And his landlady said
he was an exemplary tenant.
They’re always nice and quiet
when they’re all alone at his age.
The young man sat
on a small woven mat.
While the silken smoke
it circled overhead.
The cigarettes were there
to prove he didn’t care
‘Bout the contents of
the telegram he’d just read.
Father, father, father.
You always seemed
to be so out of reach.
And the psychedelic sign read: peace
Apartment in New York,
a girl closes the door,
And leans against it
with her head bowed low.
Thoughts raced through her mind
Of when she was a child.
Raised warmly by a man
she didn’t know.
Father, father, father.
She wished she had
phoned him yesterday
There were so many things
she had to say
Henry, the check is in my hands
Brought by the insurance man
to cover all my plans
We’ll have flowers,
your broker will be there
And Sarah, if she cares,
and our boy with all his hair
And the sun rose, and the sun set
As it always has,
And people yet unknown,
were busy being born,
Sooner or later, I knew you’d win.
Sooner or later, you would be close to me again.
Sooner or later, I knew I would break down and call.
Sooner or later I'd hear your voice and fall in love with you again.
Yeah right or wrong my lonely heart just let you in.
Didn’t take long being alone to fall again.
Sooner or later, it had to be.
Sooner or later, you would be close to me.
Sooner or later I knew that I’m not over you.
Sooner or later, I knew I’d fall back in love with you.
It’s up to you
Let me know what to do.
All too soon we were blown upon our seperate ways again
And our warm summer dreams
Joined the fallen leaves that tumbled in the wind
With the echoes and traces of voices and faces
And places that I've left behind
But there's times in the morning
And there's times at the close of day
When your memory comes easy as smiling
And that's something they can't take away
I may die without ever knowing happiness again
Leaving nothing behind but a line of lonely footprints in the sand
But I know that wherever I go, I will never trade anything I'll ever find
For the times in the morning and the times at the close of day
When your memory comes easy as smiling, and that's something they can't take away
Dawn comes up so young, dreams begin so young
And if you live just for today the day may soon be done
But there's a place where dreams always stay so young
A place to hear the sun go down and fade away
To see the wind just run away with yesterday
Anyplace for those who care Zabriskie Point is anywhere
Time runs out so fast on love too good to last,so young
A time to look forever's there or never found
To touch the sky and really feel the world go round
To live to love to laugh to cry to be alone
Young,so young love was meant to be wild and free
So young young,so young love is space in life
A place in time a state of mind too late I find
Well I called you for the last time, I won't hang around no more
I don't even remember the number on your door
I don't need you any longer, I don't want your devil's charm
So go and cry your heart out, In your other lover's arm
So long, I'm gone, you won't forget me
I hope you recall all of our fun
So long, be sweet and remember
When you want me back, think of what you've done
You've lost a guy who loved you, don't say I didn't try
This time I'm gone forever, I've said my last goodbye
So long, I'm gone, you won't forget me
I hope you recall all of our fun, so long, be sweet and remember
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba so good, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba so good
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba so good, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba so good
It's so good to have you near me. it's so good to be with you
It's so good to have you touch me, it's so good it can't be true
Good, so good, sweet and fine, good so good everytime
You got good, good love, so good and whether or not we marry or not
I'll feel the same 'cos what you got, I love a lot
And I'll never change you're so good, you're so good
It's so good to be close to you when you do the things you do
I'm out of my mind for you you're so good, you're so good, you're so good
Have you got it, baby? yeah you got it, baby
Everything you say to me is beautiful, everything you do suits me fine
You're so good, you're so good, you're so good, you're so good
You're so good, you're so good, you're so good, you're so good
So good, so good, so good, so good
Sleepy head isn't it time that you were in your bed?
The sandman will be coming soon, with a dream or two
Perhaps tomorrow they will all come true
Ooh sleepy head whispering all the things that we left unsaid
And so it's time to make your weary way into a brand new day, tomorrow
The little pigs were certain that the wolf was here to stay
But in your dreams you'll chase that wolf away
Hey Sleepy head the princess has been saved and the dragon's dead
Goodnight, and may God keep you in his sight
Oh my darling, I fear everytime you're near
I will hurt you again, so don't wait till then
Shy away, shy away, shy away from me
There's a shadow of doubt and my mind can't work it out
I' not sure of myself, so put me on your shelf
And shy away, shy away, shy away from me
You're too much of a woman, when will you understand?
I've got a lot of the Devil in me, so never hold my hand again
Shy away, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
If I reach out for you, I'll break your heart in two
And I want you to stay so please hear what I say
Shy away, shy away, shy away from me
Please keep away from me, far away, safe from me
She wakes me every morning
With the touch of her hand.
A soft voice says “good morning dear”.
Lips like great roses whisper my name.
As I thrill to her presence so near.
She’s hiding a secret that I help her keep.
To lose her I couldn’t conceive.
My tears are almost show but she must never know,
That I know she Cheats on me.
I come Home in the evening
she meets me at the door.
Her smile melts my anger away.
A warm cup of coffee
My slippers by the chair.
It's the end of another long day.
I can't fight the feeling I have for my wife.
Such beauty to lie and decieve
I can’t let her go so she must never know,
She was the wind, the earth and sky
She was the one who made me laugh and cry
She was cake and she was wine
She was fun and she was mine
She'd lie lie lie to me
And I'd believe her
She'd cry and cry and cry for me
I couldn't leave her
No one could hurt, no one could flirt
And no one could smile like she could
She was misery and sorrow
She was reason for tomorrow
The smile of the cat was on her face
A Chaparral she love to run the race
The style of the fox men embrace
To know her was to love her
And no one could treat me like she could
She was just a little girl
She was a woman of the world
She was all my dreams
She was many things
But she is, she was, she'll always be
Where the Nile flows
And the moon glows
On the silent sand
Of an ancient land
When a dream dies
And the heart cries
Shahadaroba
Is the word they whisper low
Shahadaroba, Shahadaroba
Means the future
Is much better than the past
Shahadaroba, Shahadaroba
In the future
You will find a love that lasts
So when tears flow
And you don't know
What on earth to do
And your world is blue
When your dream dies
And your heart cries
Shahadaroba
Fate knows what's best for you
Shahadaroba, Shahadaroba
Face the future
And forget about the past
Shahadaroba, Shahadaroba
In the future
You will find a love that lasts
It seems to me that love will drive me crazy
It's not at all what I thought it would be
Instead of being happy, I'm wild with jealousy
Afraid someone will steal your heart from me
It seems to me that all the boys adore you
And you don't know what torture that can be
Our love is filled with sweetness
But it's mixed with misery
At least that's how it seems to me
Our love is filled with sweetness
But it's mixed with misery
Sasson woman, walkin' down the street
Sasson woman, the kind i'd like to meet
Sasson woman
Can i believe you?
Could you be true?
Should someone look as good as you?
Mercy
Weit im Sueden, liegt ein Hafen
Es war wunderbar, dort vor einem Jahr
Tausend Wunder, dort im Hafen sind die Gruende
dass ich bald nach Sueden fahr.
San Fernando, San Fernando
Ich komm wieder, wenn die Rosen wieder bluehn
San Fernando, gruess Maria
Gruess die Sterne und die Liebesmelodie
Weit im Sueden, liegt ein Hafen
Der voll Zauber ist, den man nie vergisst
Doch das schoenste dort im Hafen
Sind die Lippen, die mich tausendmal gekuesst
San Fernando, San Fernando
Ich komm wieder, wenn die Rosen wieder bluehn
San Fernando, gruess Maria
Standing in this airport waiting all alone
Listening to the falling raindrops playing a lonely song
I didn't want to leave that girl, but I couldn't stay
But when the feeling's gone, you know it's gotta end just this way
Run the engines up high, get her ready to fly
Take me up and away, gonna find some better days
Run the engines up high, get her ready to fly
Leaving yesterday's sorrow, gonna chase tomorrow
When I step up on board this plane, I'll never look behind
I'll close my eyes and let the whining engines ease my mind
I may get off in Dallas, or go on to L.A.
But anyway, I've got some time to think a while along the way
Run the engines up high, get her ready to fly
Leaving yesterday's sorrow, I'm gonna chase tomorrow
Run the engines up high, get her ready to fly
I've heard some people say that you should live just for today
And not let your life just drag on and on
Now since you've come along I know that they're not wrong
And together we'll make a run for the sun
I've wasted my time living line by line, taking it sure, taking it slow
But since you touched my hand, now I can understand
And I know why that we can fly and we will have fun
While we make a run for the sun, a run for the sun
Too shy at the start, to open my heart, I couldn't chance getting hurt
You showed me the way, how to live for today
You were the key, you came to me and now I am free
Now look what we've done, we've had our fun
We made our run all the way to the sun
Wagons loaded full up ain't got time to pull up
On my way to Frisco back to San Fransisco
Rolling on Rolling on to San Fransisco
Rolling on to Frisco bay
Rolling on and lady luck is getting bolder
the high sheriff man looking over my shoulder yeah
Rolling on, Rolling on, Rolling on
Kicking up the hot dust San Fransisco or bust
Don't want to delay now hey I'm on my way now
Rolling on Rolling on to San Fransisco
Rolling on to Frisco bay
Rolling on and lady luck is getting bolder
the high sheriff man looking over my shoulder yeah
Rolling on,Rolling on, Rolling on
Born a loser not me ain't no troubles got me
Can't afford to be late San Fransisco won't wait
Roly-oly on now, river
Roly-oly on your way
Roly-oly on now river
Wash my cares away
River so wide and so deep
Wake the sandman from his sleep
River remind him
He has a promise to keep
Roll on, mighty river
Running wild and free
Get along now, river
Bring a dream to me
Hey now, river
Go down, River
Don't slow down, river
Bring a dream for me
Roly-oly on now, river
Roly-oly on your way
Roly-oly on now river
Take my troubles away
Robin Hood river, roll on
Go steal a dream from the dawn
River, you'll find me
Where all the dreamers have gone
Roll on, mighty river
Running wild and free
Get along now, river
And bring a dream to me
Hey now, river
Go down, River
Don't slow down, river
1956 released 1995 The Teenkings: "Are You Ready"
'Cause it's Saturday nite and I just got paid
Fool about my money don't try to save
My heart says go, go
Have a time 'cause it's Saturday nite
And I'm feelin' fine
I'm gonna rip it up
I'm gonna rock it up
I'm gonna shake it up
I'm gonna ball it up
I'm gonna rip it up
And ball tonite
I got a date and I won't be late
Pick her up in my '88'
Shag it on down to the union hall
When the music starts jumpin'
I'll have a ball
Along about 10 I'll be flying high
Rocking on out into the sky
I don't care if I spend my gold
Yes, I suppose at times
I think about her
She was once so much a
part of me
Heaven knows I've learned to
live without her
And hell, it was, at times
It was a painful memory
But for all it matters now, If it does
For all that tried to be, but never was
For all the times I've tried,
I wouldn't change it if I could
For all she meant to me, I'll remember the good
I'll forget the bad
All the good times we've had
won't make me quite so sad
When I'm remembering
And for all the times I've tried,
I wouldn't change it if I could
For all she meant to me, I'll remember the good
I get rattled every time we meet
I get rattled even in my sleep
I get rattled, baby, over you
I get twisted, I get turned around
I get twisted, and I'm up then I'm down
I get twisted, baby, over you
(Chorus)
Well, baby, baby, baby won't you save one night for me
Baby, baby, baby is there something wrong with you
Baby, baby, baby this is out of my control
It may look like nothing's wrong but deep down in my soul
I'm twisted - shaken - rattled
I get rattled, baby, over you
(Chorus)
I get shaken, I'm torn up by the roots
Yeah, I'm shakin', way down in my boots
I get rattled, baby, over you
I get rattled, baby, over you
Raindrops, Raindrops
I look out my window and what do I see
Raindrops, Raindrops
they mark the pathway to my destiny
Raindrops, Raindrops
Yes rain like the tears that fell from my heart
the day you said we'd have to part
and now what's left for me to do
but watch those raindrops and cry over you
Instrumental
You've stolen my love and my heart away
Raindrops, Raindrops
And I'll feel the same for the rest of my days
Raindrops, Raindrops
Well I've tried yes I've tried I want you to know
I did what you asked I loved you so
but I knew in my heart it wouldn't be long
till I'd look up and you'd be gone
I looked behind a silver cloud, I found a pretty rainbow there
I walked out to the rainbow's end and found a rainbow love
The one that I was looking for, the dream that I was dreaming of
There, down at the rainbow's end I found a rainbow love
I found my pot of gold, my rainbow love
Just you and all your loving, charming rainbow love
I searched, hoped someday I'd find someone to bring me peace of mind
I found what I've been dreaming of when I found my rainbow love
I found my pot of gold, my rainbow love
Just you and all your loving, charming rainbow love
I searched, hoped someday I'd find someone to bring me peace of mind
Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman
I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you
Mercy
Pretty woman, won't you pardon me?
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman
Then you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?
Pretty woman, stop a while
Pretty woman, talk a while
Pretty woman, gave your smile to me
Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah
Pretty woman, look my way
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me
'Cause I need you, I'll treat you right
Come with me baby, be mine tonight
Pretty woman, don't walk on by
Pretty woman, don't make me cry
Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey, okay
If that's the way it must be, okay
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see
Is she walking back to me
Yeah, she's walking back to me
Oh, oh, pretty woman
Hey there, pretty one,
Take a look at what you’ve done.
You’ve broken my heart in two.
You told a hundred lies
to as many other guys,
Oh lovely, unfaithful pretty one.
Someday,when you’re older
and your future has past,
You will find that your beauty
and loveliness won’t last.
When the traces of time
Show in every line,
Remember i still love you
Pretty one, pretty one, pretty one.
Hey there pretty one,
take a look at what you’ve done.
You’ve broken my heart in two.
You told a hundred lies
To as many guys,
Oh lovely, unfaithful pretty one.
Someday, when you’re older
And you future has passed
You will find that your beauty
And your loveliness won’t last.
When the traces of time
Show in every line,
Remember i still love you
You are not just another sweet human
You're precious, precious to me
you are not just my love for the moment
You're precious, precious to me
Are you some kind of angel
Who lost your way to a star?
Wonder why, why me?
Don't you even see how wonderful you are?
You are not just someone I can talk with
You're precious, precious to me
You are not just someone i can talk with
I walk down to the blue side of town
Where there's no happiness, no joy
Down at the end of a long dark street
I saw a little paper boy
Paper boy paper boy
I've got bad news for you
Paper boy paper boy
Me and my baby are through
She was my love my one and only
I feel so bad I'm oh so lonely
I'm looking for my love
I've got my own headlines for today
They've been the same since she went away
"One dark haired angel disappears
Seems like She's been gone a million years"
Paper boy Paper boy
So long goodbye
Paper boy paper boy
Thanks for listening while I cry
I feel a little better now that someone knows
But I will go on looking forever, I suppose
I'm looking for my love
Extra extra read all about it
My baby's gone and I wanna shout it
I'm looking for my love
I'm looking for my love
I'm looking for my love
Only you can make, ALL, this world seem right
Only you can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you,
Only you can make, ALL, this change in me
For it's true you are my destiny
When you hold my hand I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true, my one and only you ]
[ repeat ]
I can paint a sunset across the sky of blue
Only with you, Only with you
I can be a master at anything I do
Only with you, Only with you
I found the end of the rainbow my golden treasure too
Only with you, Only with you
The sun looks good in the morning and I love the night time too
Only with you, Only with you
All my world would end dear my rising star would fall
If ever I should lose you I would be nothing at all
All my world is heaven I'll be happy my whole life through
Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah
Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah
Oh oh oh, oh oh ah
Only the lonely, only the lonely
Only the lonely
(Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah)
Know the way I feel tonight
(Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah)
Only the lonely
(Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah)
Know this feeling ain?t right
(Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah)
There goes my baby, there goes my heart
They?re gone forever, so far apart
But only the lonely know why I cry
Only the lonely
Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah
Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah
Oh oh oh, oh oh ah
Only the lonely, only the lonely
Only the lonely
(Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah)
Know the heartaches I?ve been through
(Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah)
Only the lonely
(Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah)
Know I cry and cry for you
(Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah)
Maybe tomorrow, a new romance
No more sorrow but that?s the chance
You?ve got to take, if your lonely heart breaks
Only the lonely
(Dum dum dum, dummy doo wah)
Tell me one more time, with your hand in mine, that you love me like you used to do
Tell me one more time, that you want me one more time, break my heart in two
Tell me one more time, with your hand in mine, that you need a love so sweet and true
Tell me one more lie, I'll cry you one more cry, tell me that you love me one more time
One more time, tell me that you care, one more time, honey I'll be there
Tell me just once more, like you did before, that you need a love so sweet and true
You always said that I'd be back again
That I'd come running to you in the end
I thought that you were on your own
And now I find you're not alone
(Chorus)
I'll see you through the rain
Through the heartache and pain
It hurts like never before
You're not alone any more
You always said that I would know someday
Just how it feels when your love walks away
I let you down I let you go
I lost you, how was I to know
(Chorus)
I never knew I could feel this way
I never could see past yesterday
You feel that everything is gone
I feel it too, you're not alone
No one really cares if i cry
No one, no one since you said goodbye
No one
Nowhere to go, not a thing to do
Oh, that's what i get for loving you
No one
No one to dream about, no one
No one since love walked out on me
No one
No one to dream about, no one
No one since love walked out on me
Oh, nowhere to go, not a thing to do
Oh, that's what i get for loving you
When shadows fall, the day is done
The mountain tops hide the setting sun
The magic of the night is here, for all young lovers far and near
Nite life, ooh la la la, stars coming out to play
Nite life, rah rah rah rah
See how they light the milky way
At the end of day, mmm nite life
Nite life, aye aye aye aye look at the moon above
Nite life, ma ma ma ma, it's time to fall in love
Yeah, so come on, mmm nite life
Nite life, no need to be blue
The moon and the stars are belong to you
Nite life is so much fun when you're in love, and love is young
Nite life tra la la la, laughing and painting the town
Nite life, ha ha ha ha, it's just a merry go round
I KNEW MANY LOVES BEFORE I MET YOU
BUT I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
I COULD PROBABLY KNOW OTHERS TOO
BUT I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
THATS ENOUGH KNOWING YOUR LOVE
I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
I HELD MANY GIRLS BEFORE I HELD YOU
BUT I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
I COULD PROBABLY HOLD OTHERS TOO
BUT I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
THATS ENOUGH KNOWING YOUR LOVE
I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
If I my friend can't tell you.
When you my friend are wrong.
Not to do what you want to
Just because it’s wrong.
Well then my friend in passing.
We’ve been friends too long.
And I my friend must tell you,
Leave that woman alone.
Your little girls might not understand,
And you know the baby would cry.
And what would you do if their mommy knew,
And she told you "goodbye"?
Let it end my friend say it’s over,
And thank the stars above.
That you’ve got a home to run to,
And a sweet sweet woman to love.
I must say my friend if you stay my friend.
The eagle perched on the flying pole
He arched around the wire
This isn't what we intended for you
Wake up, no don't lie
Mother What have we done to you,
mother Can we make it up to you,
mother What can we do to start anew
Hear now what I am saying
If just for your own sake
To balance out your portion
You must put back what you take
Mother What have we done to you,
mother Can we make it up to you, mother
What can we do to start anew
And why can't it be Like it's been to mother
For each other to live We just all have to give
Mother What have we done to you,
mother Can we make it up to you, mother
More than the greatest love the world has known
This is the love I'll give to you alone
More than the simple words I try to say
I only live to love you more each day
More than you'll ever know
My arms long to hold you so
My life will be in your keeping
Waking, sleeping, laughing, weeping
Longer than always is a long, long time
But far beyond forever, you'll be mine
I know I never lived before
And my heart is very sure
No one else could love you more
They say the best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees
I need money, that's what I want
That's what I want, yeah that's what I want
Money don't get everything, it's true
Though what it won't buy I can't use
I need money, that's what I want
That's what I want, that's what I want
Your love gives me such a thrill
But your lovin' don't pay my bills
I need money, that's what I want
That's what I want, yeah that's what I want
Well gimme money, I want some money
Whole lotta money, I want some money
That's what I want, yeah that's what I want
I need some money, hey hey
I want some money, yeah yeah
Whole lotta money
I want some money, hey hey
Whole lotta money, that's what I want
In a cold December, memories can melt your heart away
In a warm September, you can still remember yesterday
Even in the darkest night when dreams fade away
When your love is gone, you'll never be alone in memories
Memories, while walking through a winter snow, memories, when summer breezes start to blow
When true love is far away it may be yours in memories
Memories, while falling leaves just fill the air, memories, when springtime comes and love's not there
Even when you cry, try not to say goodbye to memories
Golden memories can turn the night into day, teach your heart to smile
I'll bring you the talon from an eagle
A big black pearl from the sea
I'll bring one and twenty ponies
If you'll bring Wildflower to me
Medicine Man,Make your magic mine
Turn Wildflower to a clinging vine
Medicine man won't you please help me
Don't leave me down in misery
Rattle them bones,then roll them stones
And make Wildflower mine
I will bring you white buffalo
I'll bring honey from the bee
I'll keep fire-water flowing
If you'll get the big chief to agree
Medicine Man, Help me if you can
Write a secret message in the sand
Medicine man, please let her know
Tell Wildflower that I love her so
Take the breeze and shake the trees
And make Wildflower mine
Now she has no use for a white man
Helpless and worthless like me
Tell her father Big-Strong-Hand
To let Wildflower comfort me
Medicine man,medicine man
Let it be known throughout the land
Medicine man, medicine man
I have to have the hand of Wildflower
Take this piece of calico
Make a dress with a pretty bow
Tie it with a thread of lace
Take it to your secret place
Go into your sacred dance
Say a prayer for our romance
Margarita, ah
Margarita, ah
It was in Pittsburgh late one night
I lost my hat, got into a fight
I rolled and tumbled till I saw the light
Went to the big apple, took a bite
Still the sun went down your way
Down from the blue into the gray
Where I stood I saw you walk away
You danced away
I asked her what we're gonna do tonight
She said "Cahuenga Langa-Langa-Shoe Box Soup"
We better keep tryin' till we get it right
Tala mala sheela jaipur dhoop
She wrote a long letter on short piece of paper
Oh margarita don't stay away too long
Come on home
Oh margarita don't say you will when you won't
Love Star ,oh star of love have you forgotten me?
I'm so lonely for someone to love
Love Star ,so high above look down so you may see
Someone for me like I'm dreaming of
You see because my heart is shy
Somehow love has passed me by
And noone knows how much I cry
When I'm all alone for a love of my own
Love Star ,they say for every heart a love star shines
So please ,please shine for mine and let me find my love.
You see because my heart is shy
Somehow love has passed me by
and noone knows how much I cry
When I'm all alone for a love of my own
Love Star,they say for every heart a love star shines
They say the heart must feel it all.
Know every rise and everyfall.
To earn the right to stand in sunlight.
Someday the sun will always shine.
Deep down inside this heart of mine.
And it will be my time.
Rivers keep flowing.
Cold winds keep blowing inside me.
I walk alone.
Hard rain keep fallin’
Lost souls keep callin’ so lonely.
I hope i find.
Love in time
Love in time.
You know a man can’t always choose.
Love has its rythm and its blues.
I hope it’s there for me.
Rivers keep flowing.
Cold winds keep blowing inside me.
I walk alone.
Hard rains keep callin’ so lonely.
I hope i find .
Love in time.
Love in time.
I hope i find it.
Shinin’ somewhere
Somewhere out there.
There will be love in time.
In time.
Well I've been to a lot of places and I've seen a lot of things
But I ain't never found the girl of my dreams
Been coast to coast and back again but I'm as lonely as I've been
New York, 'Frisco too, old Chicago, even St.Lou'
Been to Dallas and New Orleans
But I ain't never found the girl of my dreams
Well I don't know where and where and don't know when
This lookin' for love will ever end, but I'll keep searchin' everywhere
Mmm to find a love that'll really care
New York, 'Frisco too, old Chicago, even St.Lou'
Been to Dallas and New Orleans
But I ain't never found the girl of my dreams
Well I rambled around and I never met the one true love you can't forget
You can take it to the country you can take it to town
Take it on the run in the back of some car
Take it too far if you leave it all around
Someday you’re gonna lose it baby now now
CHORUS
You better lay it down
Right where i can see it
Lay it down
You gotta lay it down
Show me that you mean it
Lay it down
You can see it on fire you can burn it to the ground
You can take it down to hell and back to heaven again
But i won’t take it back if you leave it all around
To all the king horses and all the king s men
You better lay it down
Right where i can see it
Lay it down
You gotta lay it downshow me that you mean it
Lay it down
You can take it to the country take it to town
You can take it too far if you leave it all around
You better lay it down
Right where i can see it
Lay it down
Lay it down
Right where i can see it
Lay it down
Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy Miss Clawdy
Well, you sure look good to me
Well, please don't excite me, baby
You know I can't be free
Well, I give you all my money
But you just don't treat me right
You like to ball every morning
Don't come home til late at night
I'm gonna tell, tell your mama
What you been doing to me
Well, please don't excite me, baby
I'm in misery
Oh, come on
verse 1
Well, a-bye, bye, bye, baby
You won't see me now more
Well, bye little darling
Down the road I go
Down the road I go
Lavender lace, tears on my face
Our love ??? to celebrate our first date
But i'm alone in lavender lace
Lavender lace, there's not a trace
Of that guy that i love so well
Now he won't see me in lavender lace
Why oh why didn't my baby show?
Why oh why, didn't he love me, no
I don't know if i've ever been so lonely
Lonely in lavender lace
Oh, lavender lace seems out of place
It's 2am, well what's with him, making me cry?
Love laughed at you and made you blue
Now here's what you should do
Well laugh, though your heart is breaking in two
Yeah laugh, don't let them know he hurt you
Well laugh and pretend true love will come again
Yeah laugh, laugh and laugh
Laugh, though the one you love is really gone
Yeah laugh, even though you'll be alone
Yeah laugh and pretend true love will come again
Yeah laugh, laugh and laugh
Well let me hear you laugh now
Though it's hard, so hard for you to do
Laugh with me, cos you see
I've been there too
Well laugh and pretend true love will come again
Yeah laugh and believe it's not the end
Yeah laugh like a clown
Don't let your heart break down
Yeah laugh, laugh and laugh
Love laughed, it's true
But look at you
She was there at the bar, she heard my guitar
She was long and tall, she was the queen of them all
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
She was dark and discreet, she was light on her feet
We went up to her room and she lowered the boom
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
(Bridge 1)
Down below they danced and sang in the street
While up above the walls were steaming with heat
Last night, thinking about last night
Last night, thinking about last night
I was feeling no pain, feeling good in my brain
I looked in her eyes, they were full of surprise
Last night, talking about last night
Last night, talking about last night
(Bridge 2)
I asked her to marry me she smiled and pulled out a knife
The party's just beginning she said, it's your money or you life
Last night, talking about last night
Last night, talking about last night
Now I'm back at the bar, she went a little too far
She done me wrong, all I got is this song
Last night, thinking about last night
One, two, three
One, two, three
Do you know how to bony
Like bony maronie
Can you mash potatoe
And do the alligator
Put your hand on your hip now
And let your backbone flip, yeah
And do the watusi
Like my little Lucy
Hey-Hey
Hey, na na na na na...
Hey, na na na na na...
Hey, na na na na na...
Hey, na na na na na...
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
Yeah yeah,
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah
yeah yeah
One, two, three, four
Your kiss of love is my desire
Your kiss of love sets my soul on fire
Oh, babe your kiss is so fine
It's oh, so divine
Please say you'll be mine
Yea,yea,yea,yea,yea
Mine, mine, mine all mine
Your kiss of love makes my heart sing
Your kiss of love is just the thing
Oh, babe to make me feel good
Like a good lover should
If you only would say you're mine
Mine mine, mine all mine
Your kiss leads me up to the sky
My head spins' round and around
Baby, you're the reason why
I ain't never, ever coming down
Your kiss of love is my desire
Your kiss of love sets my soul on fire
Oh, babe your kiss is so fine
It's oh, so divine
Please say you'll be mine
Yea,yea,yea,yea,yea
Mine, mine, mine all mine
Your kiss of love makes my heart sing
Your kiss of love is just the thing
Oh, babe to make me feel good
Like a good lover should
If you only would say you're mine
Kaw-Liga was a wooden indian standing by the door
He fell in love with an indian maid over in the antique store
Kaw-Liga just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer yes or no
He always wore his sunday feathers and held a tomahawk
The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk
Kaw-Liga, too stubborn to ever show a sign
Because his heart was made of knotty pine
Poor old kaw-liga, he never got a kiss
Poor old kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed
Is it any wonder that his face is red?
Kaw-Liga,that poor old wooden head
Kaw-Liga was a lonely indian, never went nowhere
His heart was set on the indian maid with the coal black hair
Kaw-Liga just stood there and never let it show
So she could never answer yes or no
Poor old kaw-liga, he never got a kiss
Poor old kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed
Is it any wonder that his face is red?
Kaw-Liga,that poor old wooden head
Then one day a wealthy customer bought the indian maid
And took her oh so far away, but old kaw-liga stayed
Kaw-Liga just stands there as lonely as can be
And wishes he was still an old pine tree
Poor old kaw-liga, he never got a kiss
Poor old kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed
Is it any wonder that his face is red?
Kaw-Liga,that poor old wooden head
If I could see you just one time
Oh, how it'd ease my troubled mind
If I could hold you just one time
And then pretend that you're still mine
Lips that used to thrill me so
They now thrill someone else I know
Gone is the love that once was mine
Wish I could see you just one time
Oh, oh, oh, oh I miss you so
Oh, I need you so
I’d, I’d, I’d give this heart of mine
If I could see you just one time
Wish I could relive just one time
Turn back the pages and there I'd find
That same old love that once was mine
Wish I could see you just one time
Oh, oh, oh, oh I miss you so
Oh, I need you so
I’d, I’d, I’d give this heart of mine
If I could see you just one time
Mmmm...
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh.
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou.
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé* gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin',
kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue
and I'll catch all the fish in the bayou.
Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,
Baby, my baby you accuse me of flirting and hurting you no end
You say baby I'm a cheater
You oughta know that cheaters never win
Because it takes one to know one who will hurt you
It takes one to know one who'll make you blue
It takes one to know one like I know you
You're my kind hold my hand, use your mind understand
Baby, my baby don't blame me for playing and saying things unkind
you think baby I'm a loser
but I could win if you were close behind me
Because it takes one to know one who will love you
It takes one to know one who will cry for you
It takes one to know one like I know you
You're my kind hold my hand, use your mind understand
Baby, baby we're birds of a feather, baby, baby we'll live together
baby I'm yours you are mine
And it takes one to know one, it takes one to know one
You tell me to find somebody new.
That you’re not for me i’m not for you.
It don’t matter if you’re right or wrong.
It ain’t not big thing just say "so long"
It’s been fun and laughter all the way.
I will live to love another day.
I will be alright can't you tell?.
It ain’t not big thing just say "farewell"
It ain’t not big thing I won't be blue.
Just so you're happy and your dreams come true.
It ain’t not big thing my losing you.
Just ain't no big thing, I’ll get over you.
It ain’t not big thing to see you go.
It ain’t not big thing that you don’t know.
It ain’t not big thing I’ve been lying.
It ain’t not big thing that I’m crying.
There once was an Indian brave by the name of Yellow Hand
He fell in love with a maiden know as White Sands
They vowed their love would last forever more
Then came the day that they had waited for.
Yellow Hand brought her a golden feather
White Sands said a prayer for good weather
The ceremonial dance grew loud and strong
Then Yellow Hand began their wedding song.
Oooooh Oooooh Oooh Ooooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Tonight, tonight, We will be one
We'll walk in the land of the midnight sun
Oh White Sands, come hold my lonely hand.
Then they left the warmth of the raging fire
And rode into the hills climbing higher
And suddenly the snow came swirling down
They were lost the trail could not be found.
Oooooh Oooooh Oooh Ooooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Tonight, tonight We will be one
We'll walk in the land of the midnight sun
Oh White Sands, Come hold my lonely hand.
They never returned from Paradise
They went to their places in the sky
And the old ones still say when the snowflakes fly
If you'll listen close you'll hear him cry:
Oooooh Oooooh Oooh Ooooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Tonight, tonight We will be one
We'll walk in the land of the midnight sun
Lonely and blue, waiting for someone like yu
To come by in time
This feeling is new, your love came through
You came along in time
In time to show which way to go
For the answer to my prayer
In time to give a reason to live
And to know you'll always be there
In time, in time
To know you'll be there in time
In time to show which way to go
For the answer to my prayer
In time to give a reason to live
And to know you'll always be there
In time, in time
I'm in a blue blue mood
Now that you're gone away
I'm in a blue blue mood
It's been a lonesome day
I'm in a blue blue mood
I see you everywhere
I reach out to hold you
But you're not there
It's just my blue blue mood.
Maybe, someday, yeah love will come
And stay, and things will turn
Out right, oh oh oh but for tonight
I'm in a blue blue mood.
I'm in a blue blue mood
I'm in a blue blue mood
Too many quarrels so now we break up.
No there’s no chance to ever make-up,
But when they ask me.
I’ll say it’s my fault.
I’ll taje all the blame.
I’ll say i was wild,
When i should have been tame.
I’ll say it’s my fault.
I’ll give a good show.
I’ll say i’m a needle
That just wouldn’t sew.
Ev’ry one will be wondering,
All our friends will inquire.
Which one did the blundering,
Who put out the fire?
So, i’ll say it’s my fault.
I’ll say there’s no doubt,
Then cry as i wonder,
Kiss me and I'll never tell a soul you did
For they'd only tell us we were only kids
Take my hand and lead me over hill and dale
Love me oh my darling and I'll never tell
How it matters if you will or won't
But I would never tell if you do or don't
Darling trust me just a little, how I pray you will
Don't be basful, kiss me, and I'll never tell
How it matters if you will or won't
But I would never tell if you do or don't
Darling trust me just a little, how I pray you will
If heartaches brought fame
In loves crazy game
I'd be a legend in my time
If they gave gold statuettes
For tears and regrets
I'd be a legend in my time
But they don't give awards
And there's no praise or fame
For a heart that's been broken
over love that's in vain
If lonliness meant world acclaim
Everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend in my time
If lonliness meant world acclaim
Everyone would know my name
I don't lose my blues
When I pretend you're with me
Though I make believe
I'm still alone
When I think of you
My empty arms remind me
That my one true love has gone
I was a fool, that's why I cried over you
I was a fool, I only wanted you
When I smile so gay, everybody knows
That I've lost my love
But that's the way it goes
When I think of you
My empty arms remind me
That my one true love has gone
I was a fool, that's why I cried over you
Flowers have blooms, the oceans have waves.
The sky has the clouds, people have babes
I wanna live, ‘till I get old
I wanna watch all of this grow.
I wanna live, live and let live.
I wan't the love this life has to give.
I wanna smile and be friendly with you.
I wanna live and let you live some too
Rover is big, Teddy is small.
Betty is short, Jimmy is tall.
They wanna live, live and let live.
They want all the love this life has to give.
They wanna smile be friendly with you.
Well, if you want someone to tear your world apart
Someone who will give it evrything she's got
If you wanna learn to cry, I recommend her
If you want someone who's really qualified, guaranteed broken heart every time
If you wanna learn to cry, don't let this chance pass you by
I recommend this girl to you, I recommend this girl to you
She's had plenty of experience along this line, oh so many times
She's torn apart this heart of mine, it's fascinating, the way she operates
She'll put you down when you think you're finally getting someplace
I recommend this girl to you, I recommend this girl to you, yes I do
If you want your dreams to end before they begin
someone who will ruin your life, and then laugh while you cry
Don't let this chance pass you by
I recommend this girl to you, I recommend this girl to you
I never knew how much I'd miss your touch till you said good bye
I never knew you'd hurt me too, till you made me cry
It never seemed you ever dreamed of hurting me this way
you said we're through what could I do I never knew
(never knew)
You left and you went away after saying never ever let me go oh
Now it's over and you're gone and I'm alone to cry
oh yes it's true how I love you I never knew
You left and you went away after saying never ever let me go oh
Now it's over and you're gone and I'm alone to cry
oh yes it's true how I love you I never knew
You left and you went away after saying never ever let me go oh
Now it's over and you're gone and I'm alone to cry
oh yes it's true how I love you I never knew
You got everything you want
you got everything to live for
but me, I got nothing
plain simple nothing
just the need for someone to love
Through the eyes of love you know
everything looks good around you
but me, I got nothing
plain simple nothing
just the need for someone to love
Where can I start,
can searching apart
to love me and need me ever more
tell me where can I go
and when will I know
if I found the one I'm looking for
Don't tell me what I know
for I don't need no reminding
tell me, I got nothing
plain simple nothing
just the need for someone to love
Me, I got nothing
plain simple nothing
I'm losin my mind completely
from you telling lies so sweetly
breaking my heart too neatly
I give up
You told me that you once loved me
and you placed yourself above me
now I know you never loved me
I give up
I give up I'm through with trying
I give up I'm through with your lying
I give up I'm through with you
I give up I've done all I can do
I don't want to share tommorrow
I don't want your love to borrow
my life is filled with sorrow
I give up
I give up I'm through with trying
I give up I'm through with your lying
I give up I'm through with you
I give up I've done all I can do
I don't want to share tommorow
my life is filled with sorrow
I don't want your love to borrow
I'm breakin' rocks in the hot sun, I Fought the law and the law won
I Fought the law and the law won, I needed money 'cos I had none
I Fought the law and the law won, I Fought the law and the law won
I left my baby and I feel so bad, I guess my race is run
She's the best girl I ever had, I Fought the law and the law won
I Fought the law and the law won, I was robbing people with a six gun
I Fought the law and the law won, I Fought the law and the law won
I miss my baby and good fun, I Fought the law and the law won
I Fought the law and the law won, I left my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run, She's the best girl I ever had
Girl I got your letter telling me you're coming home tonight
The lines were sweet and tender signed with all your love
Pretty words to make me feel alright
Then I read it over I got the feeling you're not completely mine
I held it to my chest, where you always rest
And I cried 'cos I can read between the lines
Between the lines I see you're making believe
But I can't help it, I still want you
Between the lines it's plain you're playing that old game
But I still love you, and I can't change
Baby I'll be waiting at the downtown station right on time
Reaching out to hold you, the way I always do
I'll pretend that you are only mine
And while I'm loving you I can't read between the lines
While I'm loving you I can't read between the lines
A thousand ways, a thousand days
The song of the world haunts a memory
I played my part, it broke my heart
But on the mend, I found a friend
I belong to him, I belong to him
Oh he'll sing a song, I'll even drive along
Cos the songs I hear are from forever
Another day, another way we both sing together
I belong to him, I belong to him
Take my hand, and let's hold his hand, let's stand together
I wash his feet as I wash your feet, let's all sing together
I belong to him, I belong to him
I belong to him, I belong to him
I belong to him, I belong to him
How are things in Paradise since you found a new romance?
Oh, how are things in paradise are you glad that you stood a chance?
Oh, how are things in paradise?
Do you miss me?
Do you ever cry?
Does he try to hold you like I used to do?
Are the stars still in your eyes?
How are things in paradise?
Uh, does he take you hand and whisper I love you?
Oh, don’t you know that I love you too?
Is there sunshine or rain?
Are you coming home again?
Oh, how are things in paradise?
How are things in paradise?
Hey good lookin' what you got cookin'?
How's about cookin' something up with me?
Hey good lookin' what you got cookin'?
How's about cookin' something up with me?
I'm free and ready so we can go steady
How's about keeping steady company
I'm gonna throw my name book over the fence
Buy myself one for five or ten cents
Keep it till it's covered with age
Cos I'm writing your name on every page
Hey good lookin' what you got cookin'?
How's about cookin' something up with me?
Hey good lookin' what you got cookin'?
How's about cookin' something up with me?
Hey good lookin' what you got cookin'?
How's about cookin' something up with me?
Hey sweet baby, don't you think maybe
we could find a brand new recipe?
I've got a hopped up Ford and a ten dollar bill
I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancing's free
So if you wanna have fun come along with me
Hey good lookin', Hey good lookin'
Hey good lookin', Hey good lookin'
Ah... hey, ah... hey
Hey, do you know that your eyes have a glow
That i know will melt your heart away?
Hey, do you know you got lips soft and warm
And in your arms i wanna stay
I am yours come what may
If you'll only let me love you
Hey, hey, hey, what do you say?
Ah... hey, ah... hey
Hey, do you know that i just wanna touch
Would that be too much for me?
Hey, do you know that i like ?? talk
And your walk's really something to see
I will love you night and day
If you'll only let me love you
Hey, hey, hey, what do you say?
I said hey, what do you say?
I said hey, hey, hey, what do you say?
I said hey, hey, hey, what do you say?
Baby baby baby
I saw her again today
She reached out to touch me again
But I turned and walked away
Singing goodbye was easy to do
I just thought how much I love you
Help me help me
please please help me, help me
Help me to keep from losing you
Honey honey honey
A man is only a man
She was my first and my last mistake
So try and understand
Forgive me and forget all you've been through
Let me find my way back to you
Help me help me
please please help me, help me
Help me to keep from losing you
At times it seems too rough, things just drag me down
It's hard to find the strength to just one more round
When I need help, I know where to go
'Cos you're the best friend that I could ever know
Being taught the words from you .... from what is true
Someone to share the pain that I'm going through
And it's a heavy load that I bear and it's a heavy crown that I wear
As I travel down this road, it's a heavy load, it's a heavy load
It's a heavy load that I bear and it's a heavy crown that I wear
So help me one more time, it's such an uphill climb
As I travel down this road, it's a heavy load
Lord it's a heavy load, Lord it's a heavy load, Lord it's a heavy load
Were the nights any sweeter
The mornings any cooler, when she was here?
Or was the mind grown accustomed to hearing "Good morning Dear"?
Should I still feel all the sunshine
That remembering brings to mind with my thoughts of her?
Lord, we both know things could never be the way they were
Her little girl illusions
built the wall of confusion between right and wrong
That stands between her and the dream I had cherished so long
Now faded and tattered, once all that mattered when she was here
And a mind grown accustomed to hearing "Good morning dear"
Were the nights any sweeter
The mornings any cooler, when she was here?
When I was a boy I ran among the flowers
Looking left and right at the bright array
I played through the spring, whiled away the hours
Lingered with the flowers every day
Flowers, pretty flowers, Flowers, life's bouquet
Flowers, pretty flowers, Flowers, along the way
When I became a man I felt the summer showers
When I learned to love I also learned to cry
When I came to know the beauty of the fowers
I wondered why the fowers had to die
Flowers, pretty flowers, Flowers, life's bouquet
Flowers, pretty flowers, Flowers, along the way
When the summer ends and the storms of life are over
When the winter comes and the petals fall away
They may write it on my stone, "He was just a roller
But he stopped to pick some flowers along the way"
Flowers, pretty flowers, Flowers, life's bouquet
I'm falling, I'm falling
Falling in love with you
Baby, come closer, closer to me
And listen, listen so carefully
Remember all the nights that I told you, I love you
It wasn't true, I used you and you were just someone new
To thrill this lonely heart of mine I was lying all the time
Pretending to be falling in love with you
But it's different now, I've kissed you now
So forgive me, forgive me somehow
Hold me tight for tonight then tell me true
If you still love me, say that you love me
Don't leave me now, now that I'm falling for you
I'm falling, I'm falling
Sometimes love will bloom in the springtime
Then like flowers in summer it will grow
Just to fade away in the winter
When the cold winds begin to blow
But when it's evergreen, evergreen
It will last through the summer and winter too
When love is evergreen, evergreen
Like my love for you
So hold my hand and tell me
You'll be mine through laughter or through tears
Then let the whole world see, our love will be
Evergreen through all the years
For when it's evergreen, evergreen
It will last through the summer and winter too
When love is evergreen, evergreen
Darlin’ all you do is decieve.
Always a heartache up your sleeve
What good does it do to be hidin’ the truth
(Hidin’ Hidin’)
The only one you really fool is you.
CHORUS:
Baby i’m teaking the easy way out
And i know that you know what i’m talking about
All these games that you play i can live without
I’m takin’ the easy way out
Your misbehavin’ is tto much to bear
You got me thinking that you just don’t care
All of your lyin’s so hard to believe
(Lyin’ Lyin’)
Why do you do these things to me.
CHORUS
Startin’ Tonight it’s gonna be much better
It’s gonna feel good to get you off my mind
Dream,When you're feeling blue
Dream,That's the thing to do
Just watch the smoke rings rise in the air
You'll find your share of memories there
So dream, When the day is through
Dream, And they might come true
Things never are as bad as they seem
So dream, Dream dream
Dream, When the day is through
Dream,0And they might come true
Things never are as bad as they seem
If you don't really love her
Don't take her from me
Because i really love her
And need her desperately
If you don't plan to give
All your love, for as long as you should live
Don't take her from me
If she's not something special
Don't take her from me
Because she's something special to me
Can't you see?
If she's not number one
Every day, till your whole life is done
Don't take her from me
There is only one for me
She is all there could ever be
You know i can be found.
Sitting home all alone.
If you can’t come around.
At least, please, telephone.
Don’t be cruel.
To a heart that’s true.
I don’t want no other love.
I hear the sound of distant drums
Far away, Far away
And if they call for me to come
Then I must go and you must stay
So Mary marry me, let's not wait
Let's share all the time we can
Before it's too late
And love me now
For now is all the time there may be
And if you love me Mary, Mary marry me
I hear the sound of bugles blow
Far away, far away
And if they call then I must go
Who knows where or who can say?
So Mary marry me, let's not wait
For those distant drums
Might change our wedding day
And love me now
For now is all the time there may be
And if you love me Mary, Mary marry me
He love your sexy body, he loves your dirty mind
He loves when you hold him when you grab him from behind
Oh baby, you're such a pretty thing
I can't wait to introduce you to the other members of my gang
You don't need no wax job, you're smooth enough for me
If you need you oil changed I'll do it for you free
Oh baby, the pleasure would be all mine
If you let me drive your pickup truck and park it where the sun don't shine
Every time he touches you his hair stands up on end
His legs begin to quiver and his mind begins to bend
Oh baby, you're such a tasty treat
But I'm under doctor's orders, I'm afraid to overeat
He love your sense of humor, your disposition too
There's absolutely nothing that he don't love about you
Oh baby, I'm on my hands and knees
Life would be so simple if I only had you to please
Oh baby, turn around and say goodbye
You go to the airport now and I'm going home to cry
(Chorus)
He loves your...
Electric dumplings
Red bell peppers
Fuel injection
Service charge
Five-speed gearbox
Long indurance
Quest for junk food
Big refrigerator
Trembling wilbury
Marble earrings
Porky curtains
Power steering
Bottled water
Parts and services
(Bridge)
Defeated, defeated
Defeated i've been
Defeated, defeated
I didn't win your love
I've played the game, my love was true
But just the same, i still love you
Defeated, defeated
Now i know the score
Defeated, defeated
Yet i love you even more
My opponent was lucky, didn't even try
Guess i'm a bad loser, that is why i cry
The game was fun, but oh, how i know
I should have won, i need you so
Defeated, defeated
The game is through
I've been defeated
Darkness, only darkness
Land of shadow
That's where my heart goes
Now I'm alone, I'm on my own
Voices, I hear voices
Sounds in the still night everywhere
But you're not there
No, you're not there
Imagination brings you so near
I reach for your lips, but they're not here
All of my memories are closing in as one
I walk a little faster, than I start to run
Darkness, only darkness
Land of shadow
That's where my heart goes
Now I'm alone, I'm on my own
I long to hold you, thrill to your charm
But how can I hold shadows in my arms?
I reach to find you, stumbling through the night
Searching in my sadness, looking for the light
But there's darkness, only darkness
Land of shadow
That's where my heart goes
Cry softly lonely one
It's over, it's said, it's done
Don't let your heart break down
He's not the only one
So you're blue, And lonely too
Don't fall apart
And when the teardrops start
You can cry;cry to me girl
Cry;cry to me girl
I'll be standing by
I will dry your eyes
But for now, cry softly lonely one
Cry softly lonely one
Your heartaches have just begun
And though they linger on
Carry on, be strong
You're baby's gone, Left you alone
But I'll stand by you
On the long nights through
You can cry, cry to me girl
C'mon and cry, cry to me girl
From this moment on
Don't cry all alone
You can run to me;come to me
You can cry to me
If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye
It's no secret you'll feel better if you cry
When waking from a bad dream
Don't you sometimes think it's real?
But it's only false emotions that you feel
If your heartaches seem to hang around too long
And your blues keep getting bluer with each song
Remember sunshine can be found behind a cloudy sky
We never walk We never talk
We never find the time To be close again
There it goes again
Communication breakdown
Communication breakdown
Too much concern for money to burn
Too many things to do Now you don't need me
And I don't need you
Communication breakdown
Communication breakdown
One by one They fail Now the leaves our lover
Cling to the ground
Communication breakdown
Communication breakdown
Too much too soon Too much temptation
In a hurry It's a sad situation
Too much worry I can tell Well it's over now
Communication breakdown
Communication breakdown
There it goes
Communication breakdown
Communication breakdown
When it's right, it's all right
When it's wrong, it's all wrong
When it's gone, it's all gone
It's too late
Communication breakdown
Communication breakdown
I can tell Well it's over now
Communication breakdown
It’s a long and lonely highway.
When you’re traveling all alone.
I was on my way to nowhere.
But now i’m coming home.
I’m coming home.
I’ve been running through the fire.
I’ve been running for so long.
If i took it any higher.
Baby i would be still be gone.
And now i’m coming home,
Coming home.
I’m coming home.
I’m coming home, coming home
Coming home.
Well my home was really never.
On a far and distant shore.
If i stayed away forever.
I could never miss you more.
And so i’m coming home,coming
Home.
I’m coming home.
I’m coming home,coming home,
Coming home.
I think of all these years gone by.
Never even wondered why.
I never touched the ground.
All the time that’s come and gone.
All the nights i’ve been alone.
And now i’m homeward bound.
I heard the thunder over Canaan.
And i heard the angels cry.
And their voices came revealing
As you live,so will you die.
I’m coming home,coming home,
I’m coming home.
I’m coming home,coming home,
Bum bum bum da de da oh oh oh yeah yeah
Bum bum bum da de da ah come back to me my love
Come back to me
16 years ago today early one Sunday morn
Just before the break of day a cute little girl was born
From that very moment on her life's been gay and free
Laughing eyes and loving ways as sweet as she could be
Bum bum bum da de da oh oh oh yeah yeah
Bum bum bum da de da ah come back to me my love
come back to me
We had a quarrel I can't forget the night I made her cry
Her tender heart just fell apart as she said good-bye
Now today is her birthday my baby's sweet 16
But someone else is in my place to hold my every dream
Bum bum bum da de da oh oh oh yeah yeah
Bum bum bum da de da ah come back to me my love
I tried so hard my dear to show
That you're my every dream
Yet you're afraid each thing I do
Is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past
Keeps us so far apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold cold heart?
Another love before my time
Made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now
For things I didnt do
In anger unkind words are said
That makes the teardrops start
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
And melt your cold cold heart?
There was a time when I believed
That you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled
To a memory
The more I learn to care for you
The more we drift apart
Why can't I free your doubtful mind
Close again.
Now I’m alright, tonight we’re close again.
Touching your hand means that we’re close again.
Reaching each other now within
At last we’re two are really close again.
How long has it been since we loved like this?,
I'll never ever know.
It seems like only yesterday.
Yet it seems so long ago.
Close again.
Down deep inside we’re both are close again.
A love that died can be alive again.
I can survive because you’ve let me in.
Into your heart so very close again.
So love me,like you loved me when you loved me,
And say that’s all you want to do.
I am what I am,and all that I am.
Is in love with you,and only you.
So close again.
That’s all that matter,we’re close again.
Dreams that were scattered are close again.
Hearts that were shattered begin to mend.
Can’t help but cry.
Coffer cafe's dizzy with city lights, concrete sidewalks busy with friendly fights
But that's alright baby, it's alright come go with me and you will see city life, city life
Loud paper boys yelling yesterday's news, a pedlar man selling what you can't use
That's alright baby, it's alright come go with me, you will see city life, city life
I need you when the sun goes down, you pick me up when you're around
Come on, come on now, we can have a good time, this town ain't much unless you're here with me
It's like a woman, crazy just like a puppy, lazy
Just like a pretty jealous wife, I can't get free from city life
Secluded bars humming behind the scenes, hot wild guitars strumming, promising dreams
That's alright baby, it's alright come go with me and you will see city life, city life
I don't want to be alone, stay with me now, don't go home
It's a date, we'll stay out late and party, city lifes okay when you're with me
It's like a lion sleeping just like a willow weeping,
A melting pot for fun and strife can't get away from city life
Coo coo, that's you, wonder why I love you, you do voodoo, thunder clouds above you
Crazy, kooky, lazy spooky, oh what a clown, always around
And I have found you're a woman. child woman. woman child
Long legged woman when I see you walking you look good
Hey little woman when I hear you talking you sound good
Child woman, woman child you're driving me wild child woman woman child
You're into my mind then you're out of my mind child woman
You wind and unwind my mind, time after time child woman ooh child woman, yeah child woman
Flying uptight, don't know where you're going, trying your kite when the wind is blowing
funny lady, sunny, shady off to the fair, sun in your hair
Oh, you're aware you're a woman child woman, woman child
Strong minded woman when you start groovin' you look fine
My kind of woman when you start movin' you look fine
Child woman, woman child you're driving me wild child woman woman child
I don't see you there, I see you everywhere child woman
I don't even care -yes, I really do care child woman, ooh child woman,
I left Nabraska lookin' at sundown, needin' a shave and a bath
Wyoming night time could be a comedown, where do I go for a relapse?
Cheyanne, Cheyanne
Goofin' with the bar fly.pretty little green eyes sure can throw a smile
Head's in the right place, baby's got a sweet face, falls down western style
Cheyanne, Cheyanne get me high an' keep me that way
Cheyanne, Cheyanne still try an' steal my heart away
Cheyanne, Cheyanne
Annie is a cowgirl, a here and now girl, she says she can make me her man
She showed me how, I said "oh wow" I'll come again when I can
To Cheyanne, Cheyanne, get me high an' steal my heart away
Cheyanne, Cheyanne stop your cryin', cos I'm here to stay
Cheyanne, Cheyanne, Cheyanne, Cheyanne, Cheyanne,
My life changes all the time.
Things were diff’rent when you were mine.
You loved me yesterday.
Now these changes have come to stay.
There have been changes,
So many changes along the way.
(Too many changes,changes in the way).
(So many changes,changes in the how).
(To many changes, changes when you cry).
Time brings changes,right or wrong.
I still love you, but now you’re gone.
Maybe someday love will come,
But who can say what kind of changes,
What kind of changes come my way.
(Too many changes come along).
(Too many changes,leaving me alone).
I took a black cat, (a cave bat) threw 'em in a pot pot, pot pot pot pot
I took a green snake, (a blue snake), tied 'em in a knot knot, knot knot knot knot
I took the dog's paw, (a calve's jaw) hung 'em on the line line, line line line line
I took a horse hair, (a green bear) made a crazy sign sign, sign sign sign sign
I'm casting my spell on you, casting my spell on you, casting my spell on you
You'll never never be untrue, yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
I took a ghost too, an old shoe, put 'em in the ground ground, ground ground ground ground
I took and old dish, a dried fish, made a crazy sound sound, sound sound sound sound
I took in a goose egg, a frog leg, put 'em in a sack sack, sack sack sack sack
I got a Hindu, (a tattoo) a genie on my back back, back back back back
I'm casting my spell on you, casting my spell on you, casting my spell on you
You'll never never be untrue, yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah,yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
I took a black cat, (a cave bat) threw 'em in a pot pot, pot pot pot pot
I took a green snake, (a blue snake), tied 'em in a knot knot, knot knot knot knot
I took the dog's paw, (a calve's jaw) hung 'em on the line line, line line line line
I took a horse hair, (a green bear) made a crazy sign sign, sign sign sign sign
I'm casting my spell on you, casting my spell on you, casting my spell on you,you'll never never be untrue,
The other night me and my girl went bowling
The other night me and my girl went bowling
Went to a place called Joe's that's where everybody goes
When we walked in she turned every face in the place
When we walked in she turned every face in the place
A cool number jumped up and made a play for my girl
I said "Come on boy"
I said "Don't mess with me cos I got a cast iron arm"
I said "Don't mess with me cos I got a cast iron arm"
"Oh when you you mess with me that only rings my alarm"
Well the music was a-rockin' and the place was a-jumpin' with jive
Well the music was a-rockin' and the place was a-jumpin' with jive
Well the same cool number made the same wrong move
I hit him in the head
I said "Don't mess with me cos I got a cast iron arm"
I said "Don't mess with me cos I got a cast iron arm"
"Oh when you you mess with me that only rings my alarm"
I said "Don't mess with me cos I got a cast iron arm"
I said "Don't mess with me cos I got a cast iron arm"
Can't wait till we get back together
Can't wait, the sooner the better
It's late, I should have told you long ago
I hope that we can set things straight
What I've got in my heart won't wait
Tomorrow may be too late to apologise to you
Ooh I wish that it was tonight
With our troubles behind us, tonight
Go where no one can find us tonight
With no city to blind us tonight
As I sit here and say "oh gee"
As the feeling just sweeps over me
Takes me into the night floating free
In a skyward direction
My soul has been freed by your love and affection
Can't wait till we get back together
Can't wait, the sooner the better
It's late, and I still can't taste your kiss
And you know that a love like this
It just can't wait
It can't wait, no no no
It can't wait, no no no
It can't wait, no no no
Am i blue since you said forget
Forget that we ever met
It's too late, oh too late
Can't forget
This crazy thing was just a fling
But oh, i can't forget
Don't want it to end
Can't forget
Can't leave it, can't take it
Can't forget
Just remember, oh i still love you
Don't forget
It's over and done, i'm the lonely one
Because i can't forget
It's over and done, i'm the lonely one
California woman
Hanging heavy on my mind
Never found another like her
Guess she was just one of a kind
She never wrapped no strings around me
She could treat a man so fine
I still see her golden hair
And the Caliifornia sunshine
Mississippi rain falling on my head
No California woman sleeping in my bed
Makes me wanna move on, leave all this behind
I need my California woman and the California sunshine
Golden California beaches
Knocking on a beach house door
They say that California woman
She don't live here anymore
They say she left with a stranger
Leaving nothing left behind
She buried all my dreams here
In the California sunshine
Mississippi rain falling on my head
No California woman sleeping in my bed
Makes me wanna move on, leave all this behind
I need my California woman and the California sunshine
Bye bye love Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness I think I'm gonna cry
Bye bye my love goodbye
There goes my baby with someone new
She sure looks happy I sure am blue
She was my baby 'tlll he stepped in
Goodbye to romance that might have been
Bye bye love Bye bye sweet caress
Hello emptiness I feel like I could die
Bye bye my love goodbye
I'm free from romance I'm through with love
I'm through with counting the stars above
And here's the reason that I'm so free
My loving baby is through with me
Bye bye love Bye bye happiness
Hello loneliness I think I'm gonna cry
Bye bye my love goodbye
Arrested on charges of unemployment,
he was sitting in the witness stand
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
Said you free that brown eyed man
You want your job you better free that brown eyed man
Flying across the desert in a TWA,
I saw a woman walking across the sand
She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay.
To get a brown eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
Way back in history three thousand years
Back every since the world began
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear
For a brown eyed handsome man
That's what the trouble was brown eyed handsome man
Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
Her mother told her daughter go out and find yourself
A brown eyed handsome man
That's what your daddy is a brown eyed handsome man
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get brown eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
Two, three count with nobody on
He hit a high fly into the stand
Rounding third he was headed for home
It was a brown eyed handsome man
When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all
I'm on your side
When times get rough and friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on silvergirl Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
Baby oh baby
Tell the man at the ticket stand that you've changed your mind
Well let me run on out and tell the cab to keep his meter flying
Cause if you say goodbye to me babe you're gonna break my mind
Break my mind
Break my mind
Well I just can't stand to hear the big jet engines whine
Break my mind
Break my mind oh lord
Well if you leave you're gonna leave a babbling fool behind
Baby oh baby
Well let me take your suitcase off of that scale in time
Just tell the man that you suddenly developed a thing about high flying
Cause if you say goodbye to me you know you're gonna break my mind
Break my mind
Break my mind
Well I just can't stand to hear the big jet engines whine
Break my mind
Break my mind oh lord
Well if you leave you're gonna leave a babbling fool behind
Break my mind
Break my mind
Well I just can't stand to hear the big jet engines whine
Break my mind
Break my mind oh lord
Well if you leave you're gonna leave a babbling fool behind
Borne again.
Because have you at just being borne again.
At last I feel that I’m alive and more.
This is the moment I've waited for.
Born to be loved by you.Born to be loved by you.
Born to walk with you.Born to talk with you.
I was born for you.
Born to be with you, only you.
Born to be loved by you.
Born for you, born for you baby.
Born for you, born for you baby.
Born for you, born to be loved by you
(you and only you) Born to be with only you.
I look at you and all at once I know that dreams come true.
For there you are the other part of me.
I have found my destiny.
Born to be loved by you.Born to be loved by you.
Right or wrong for you.Weak or strong for you.
Faithful or untrue
Born chained forever and far beyond.
Born to be loved by you and only you
No one else will do.
Heart and soul,Born to be loved
Born to be loved.Born to be loved by you.
(you and only you,Born to be with only you)
Born for you.Born for you baby.
Born for you.Born for you baby.
How do you expect me, honey
To stand here so nonchalant
When the way you move your body
It's telling me what you are
You're a boogie baby, ain't no maybe
And you're driving me crazy, ooh tonight
It's just not fair, no
That look in your eyes when you smile
You're a liberated woman
But you still know how to use your feminine wiles
You're a boogie baby, ain't no maybe
And you're driving me crazy. ooh tonight
Woman, you are already a star
And what you're doing is tearing me apart
You'd better find yourself another man
If you're not out to tease
Cos this here man is looking to please
Lights flickering 'cross the floor
Making my light head spin
Or is it just you. you sexy lady
Winkin' my way again
You're a boogie baby, ain't no maybe
And you're driving me crazy, ooh tonight
Woman, you are already a star
And what you're doing is tearing me apart
You'd better find yourself another man
If you're not out to tease
Well, it's one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go.
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my Blue suede shoes.
Well, you can knock me down,
Step in my face,
Slander my name
All over the place.
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my Blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
You can burn my house,
Steal my car,
Drink my liquor
From an old fruitjar.
Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
Sha la la, dooby wah
Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um
Sha la la, dooby wah
Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um
Oh blue angel, don't you cry
Just because he said goodbye
Oh, ahh ahh ahh
No don't cry
Oh blue angel, have no fear
Brush away lonely teardrops
Hey hey, whoa whoa
Well, love's precious flame can just burn in vain
But you're not to blame
You thought love was a game and it's oh such a shame
But don't you cry, don't sigh, I'll tell you why
I'll never say goodbye blue angel
Sha la la, dooby wah
Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um
Wah wah wah wah
Dum dum dum dum dum dum
We'll have lovin' so fine
Magic moments divine
If you'll just say you're mine
I'll love you till the end of time
Don't you worry your pretty head
I'll never let you down
I'll always be around
Blue angel
Sha la la, dooby wah
Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um
Blue angel
Big hearted me,big hearted me
big hearted me
I had to give my love away
I give it to a girl
that broke it in two like it was clay
I should have known better
I should have never let her
But I couldn't break free
I gave her all my love so generously
big hearted me
Big hearted me,big hearted me
I bought her everything
A mink and a ring
A home so fine
I thought she loved me so
There never was a doubt that she was mine
Until one day I opened my eyes and plain as could be
My love was all gone
She left me all alone
Big hearted me
Big hearted me
big hearted me
Mayan moon was burning
We saw visions of the past returning
On the shore the band was playing
We all heard what the moon was saying
The world keeps closing in
It has before, it will again
A voice beyond the wind
Says we must go beyond the end
So follow beyond the end
A sea of friends are singing
"Vaya con dios mis amigos"
We take their hopes and feelings
To some new world we'll be revealing
Old worlds keep closing in
They have before they will again
Voices call beyond the wind
Say we must go beyond the end
And follow beyond the end
Old worlds keep closing in
They have before they will again
Voices call beyond the wind
Say we must go beyond the end
Old worlds keep closing in
They have before they will again
Voices call beyond the wind
Say we must go beyond the end
Oh sweet, sweet Belinda
They say that you are looking for a home
Fresh out of a love affair
Fresh out of hope
Fresh out of dreams
I know you're as strong as any human can be
But you need love, why don't you take it from me?
I know I ain't much, but you can have me for free
Belinda
Oh sweet, sweet Belinda
You don't owe me no gratitude or love
We're just two souls stuck here
Two lonely rivers filled with light
Two lights shining on the darkness ahead
Two feet touching in a cold winters bed
I promised you safety, but I loved you instead
Belinda
Oh-oh Belinda I'd die of loneliness
If you ever left, Belinda
Oh-oh Belinda I'd die of loneliness
Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
starlight and dewdrops are awaiting thee.
Sounds of the rude world heard in the day,
led by the moonlight have all passed away.
Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
list while I woo the with soft melody.
Gone are the cares of life's busy throng,
Beautiful dreamer awake unto me.
Beautiful dreamer awake unto me!
Beautiful Dreamer, out on the sea,
Mermaids are chaunting the wild lorelei,
Over the streamlet vapors are borne,
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.
Beautiful Dreamer, beam on my heart,
E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea,
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart,
Beautiful Dreamer, awake unto me,
Wish that I could wish away love
Every memory
All the things young dreams are made of
That ever used to be
Cos if I could leave it all behind me
There'd be nothing left to constantly remind me
Of Amy, of Amy
She comes and goes just like the seasons
Keeping me on the run
Between the fever and the reason
I'm not the only one
And I guess I'll always feel the same about love
And I'll find it hard to even live without the love
Of Amy, Amy, oh Amy
Almost, you fell in love with me
Almost, you were my bride to be
But someone new came by
And you left me here to cry
Oh how close we were, almost
Almost, I heard the church bells ring
Almost, I heard the choir sing
Well, each promise that was made
You have broken and betrayed
Oh how close we were, almost
Almost, my every dream came true
Almost, I heard you say "I Do"
But I hear now instead
All those unkind words you said
Oh how close we were, almost
Oh how close we were, almost
when i want u in my arms when i want u and all your charms whenever i want u
all i have to do is drea-ea-ea-m,dream,dream,dream
when i feel blue in the night and i want u to hold me tight whenever i want u
all i have to do is drea-ea-ea-m
i can make u mine taste your lip some wine anytime night or day
only trouble is gee whiz(?)
i'm dreamin' my life away
i need u so that i could die i love u so
and that is why whenever i want u all i have to do is
drea-ea-ea-m,dream,dream,dream,drea-ea-ea-m,dream,dream
whenever i want u all i have to do is drea-ea-ea-m
i need u so that i could die i love u so and that is why whenever i want u all
i have to do is drea-ea-ea-m,dream,dream,dream,drea-ea-ea-m
dream,dream
You betrayed me after all
Built me up to let me fall
I still love you after all
Mmm, after all
After all is said and done
All the teardrops, all the fun
Guess you're still the only one
After all
After all, i want you
And i need you so
After all, all we've been through
There you go, oh-oh-oh, i...
I leave you now with some regret
And though i can't forget
I still bless the day we met
After all
After all, i want you
And i need you so
After all, all we've been through
There you go, oh-oh-oh, so...
So goodbye, and here's to you
Even though you made me blue
I still wish the best for you
The night is still the wind is chilled
I hear the rain falling on my window pane
Can't close my eyes, afraid to sleep
Cause when I do I would only dream of you
I'm trying to forget that we ever met
But how can I forget and dream of you?
Afraid to sleep because I'd dream of you
Afraid to sleep because I'd wake up feeling blue
If I stay awake forever,we'd never be together
So I'll close my eyes and go ahead and dream
Sweet dreams
Sweet dreams
Tonight down here in the valley
I'm lonesome and oh, how I feel
As I sit here alone in your cabin
I can see your mansion on the hill
Do you remember when we parted?
The story to me you revealed
You said you could live without love, dear
In your loveless mansion on the hill
I've waited all through the years. love
To give you a heart true and real
Cos I know you are living in sorrow
In your loveless mansion on the hill
The light shines bright from your window
The trees stand so silent and still
I know you're alone with your pride, dear
The summer sun looked down
On our love long ago
But in my heart I feel
The same old afterglow
A love so beautiful
In every way
A love so beautiful
We let it slip away
We were too young to understand
To ever know
That lovers drift apart
And that’s the way love goes
A love so beautiful
A love so sweet
A love so beautiful
A love for you and me
And when I think of you
I fall in love again
A love so beautiful
In every way
A love so beautiful
We let it slip away, away
A love so beautiful
In every way
A love so beautiful
Happy birthday, happy birthday, baby
Oh, I love you so
Sixteen candles make a lovely light
But not as bright as your eyes tonight (as your eyes tonight) (Oh)
Blow out the candles, make your wish come true
For I'll be wishing that you love me, too (that you love me, too)
You're only sixteen (sixteen)
But you're my teenage queen (you're my queen)
You're the prettiest, loveliest girl I've ever seen (I've ever seen) (OH!)
Sixteen candles in my heart will glow
For ever and ever for I love you so (for I love you so)
You're only sixteen (sixteen)
But you're my teenage queen (you're my queen)
Oh, you're the prettiest, loveliest girl I've ever seen (I've ever seen) (OH!)
Sixteen candles in my heart will glow
For ever and ever for I love you so (for I love you so)
Hello, may I have this dance with you?
How have you been, girl?
Hold me, and then girl
just let me look at you.
Tell me, now, is it true?
Oh, did you break up?
No chance to make up.
I hate to take up all your time,
but tell me.
Oh, no it won’t be repeated.
You mean to tell me he cheated?
Oh, what a fool he’s been
Though he is, my best friend
I hate it this way,
But I’ve waited for this day.
I’ve always wanted
You to be my girl.
Be my girl, you’re my girl.
I still don’t believe it
he played around on you.
When all the time he knew
I loved you too
With your big eyes,full lips,
High cheek bones,
And ev’rything about you, girl.
Personality girl,
Gimme a chance, come on,
Let’s dance,some
Dance the night awa--y;
You’re my girl.you’re my girl, you’re my girl.
Baby doll, baby, baby, hold me tight.
Be mine tonight, say it’s alright.
And I will never, ever let you go, oh...
Be my girl, be my girl,
you’re my girl.you’re mine,
I get so ooh sentimental
Darling when it comes to you,
I'm just too ooh sentimental
And its breaking my heart in two.
I said a-hey,hey now
at the end of the day now,
I get carried away now
thinking of you,ooh
How you looked that night,
you kissed goodbye just right,
then turned away
and i miss you night and day.
Hey,a-hey, hey now,
at the end of the day now,
I get carried away now,
thinking of you, ooh
who holds you tight?,
I wonder where you are,
are you alright
for you know, i still love you,
But I'm just so sentimental,
Baby because of you,
Yes I'm just too sentimental
Smile an everlasting smile
A smile can bring you near to me
Don't ever let me find you gone
'Cause that could bring a tear to me
This words have lost their glory,
Let's start a brand new story, now my love
Right now there'll be no other time
And I can show you all my love
Talk in everlasting words
And dedicate them all to me
I will give you all my life
It's here if you should call to me
You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say
It's only words and words are all I have
What now, my love, now that you've left me
How can I live through another day
Watching my dreams turning to ashes
And my hopes into bits of clay
Once I could see, once I could feel
Now I am numb, I've become unreal
I walk the night without a goal
Stripped of my heart, my soul
What now, my love, now that it's over
I feel the world closing in on me
Here come the stars tumbling around me
There's the sky where the sea should be
What now, my love, now that you've gone
I'd be a fool to go on and on
No one would care, no one would cry
If I should live or die
What now, my love, now there is nothing
When we made love, you know we're making love
To everyone we've ever made love to
So when you take him down inside
Just know I'm there with you
And you may feel me crying
And oh, I hope you do
I'm out there somehow all alone
with memories of you
And you may feel me crying
While you're reaching for more
I just hope someday I see you
Standing at my door
It's something I live for
They'll fill you up, I know. with shining dreams
To touch your heart, because you thrill them so
But there's a place they'll never touch
Just you and I can know
And you may feel me crying
And oh, I hope you do
I'm out there somehow all alone
with memories of you
You may feel me crying
While you're reaching for more
I just hope someday I see you
Standing at my door
It's something I live for
There are stronger men than me
And they'll take you on a mountain
And give you all you fear
And you'll do what they desire
You were born to see how long
Yout hand can stand the fire
You may feel me crying
And oh, I hope you do
I'm out there somehow all alone
with memories of you
You may feel me crying
While you're reaching for more
I just hope someday I see you
Standing at my door
You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
Whenever I need you, all I ever do is close my eyes
You lay so easy on my mind yes, so easy on my mind
Wrap me in your warmness, let me feel your body touching mine
Everything you say and do finds me wanting you
Each moment brings to light a million dreams
Having something real is something I can feel
When I feel you, angel, touching me
You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
There's not a part of me your sweet love won't reach to satisfy
Everyday I love you more, you're the one I'm living for
And the best you'll ever give you've given me
You completely satisfy every need inside
I pray you'll never take your love from me
You lay so easy on my mind oh so easy on my mind
There's not a part of me, your sweet love wont reach to satisfy
Everytime I look into your lovely eye
I see a love that money just can't buy.
One look from you
I drift away
I pray that you are here to stay.
Anything you want - you got it
Anything you need - you got it
Anything at all - you got it
baby!
Everytime I hold you I begin to understand
Everything about you tells me I'm your man.
I live my life to be with you
No one can do the things you do.
Anything you want - you got it
Anything you want - you got it
Anything you need - you got it - anything at all!
I'm glad to give my love to you
I know you feel the way I do.
Anything you want - you got it
Anything you want - you got it
I'm a poor peasant boy
I'm a dirt farmer's son
And I feel like a king
when I know that my work is all done
For at twilight I know
There's a place I must go
And sing my song over for one who waits all alone
Refr. Yo te amo Maria
Maria amoro
Yo te amo Maria
Maria mi amoro
All the beautiful sights
All the great city lights
Where most people must run
to try to have fun
not for me
For this woman of mine
Is much sweeter than wine
And I spend all the time I can find with my Maria
Refr.: Yo te amo Maria
All the joy of my life
Will one day be my wife
And we'll spend all our days
atching the world roll on by
When her time comes to fly
To that home in the sky
I pray the angels above will love her as much as I
I see the face of yesterday’s child,
Living in a state of in between.
Is there a place for yesterday’s child,
Searching for an unforgotten dream?
Looking for rainbows at midnight,
Hoping tomorrow will come.
Will time erase for yesterday’s child?
What will the child become?
I hear the voice of yesterday’s child
Echoing my name, my name, my name.
Is there a choice for yesterday’s child,
Seeking shelter from the falling rain?
Chasing a butterfly lover,
Making a run for the sun.
Who will rejoice for yesterday’s child?
What is the game to be won?
Will you draw?
Will you fold?
Will you start playing wild?
What is the future for yesterday’s child?
Will you turn to dust,
Or go to the sea, racing with destiny?
Oh,look at me,
Everywhere I go heartache just hurts me so
I can't escape from you, and I'm hurting
Sorrow is by my side, misery is my guide
Every minute is blue, and I'm hurting
Loving you from day to day, memories that make this poor fool pay
Time can't heal my yesterdays, loving you, loving you
I cry each tear in vain, my hopes are all the same
My future is nothing but blue and I'm hurting
Loving you from day to day, memories that make this poor fool pay
Time can't heal my yesterdays, loving you, loving you
I cry each tear in vain, my hopes are all the same
Hey now, you better listen to me every one of you
We got a lot of lot of lot of lot of work to do
Forget about your women and that water can
Today you're working for the man
Well pick up your feet, we got a deadline to meet
I'm gonna see you make it on time
And don't relax, I want elbows and backs
I wanna see everybody from behind
'Cause you're working for the man
Working for the man
Gotta make him a hand
When you're working for the man
Well, I'm pickin' em' up and I'm layin' 'em down
Believe he's gonna work me into the ground
I pulled to the left and I heaved to the right
I outta kill him but it wouldn't be right
'Cause I'm working for the man
Working for the man
Gotta make him a hand
When you're working for the man
Well, the boss man's daughter sneaks me water
Every time her daddy's down the line
She says "Meet me tonight, love me right
And every thing's gonna be fine"
So I slave all day, without much pay
I'm just abiding my time
'Cause the company and the daughter, you see
They both gonna be all mine
Yeah, I'm gonna be the man
Gonna be the man
Gotta make him a hand
If it gonna be the man
Working for the man
Working for the man
Gotta make him a hand
When you're working for the man
Working for the man
Working for the man
Gotta make him a hand
Well down through the ages. woman's had a time
Tryin' to get her man to walk the chalk line
To keep him on a string with a kiss and a hug
But there's never been a man who wasn't bitten by the bug
Yeah rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' with the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
Well Delilah loved Sammy, but he wouldnt stay home
Always runnin' and leavin' Dee home
She set out to find Sammy late one night
Found him down at the sand dune rockin' it right
He was rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' he had the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
Well Helen of Troy a cool smile on her face
She sported the face that launched a thousand ships
But she couldn't control the wiggle in her hips
She lost her fame and fortune, just one flip
Well rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' had the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
And Josephine, had trouble from the start
She couldn't keep her eye on little Bonoparte
Every single time that Josie looked around
She found her Bony runnin' round and round
He was rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' had the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
Well now, are modern times the same as history
Even in the twentieth century
And our future now, oh yes it's plain to see
If we don't look out, the bug will get you and me
We'll be rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' with the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' movin' and groovin'
Yeah with the bug
Yeah, with the bug
with the bug
with the bug
with the bug
with the bug
with the bug
Well down through the ages. woman's had a time
Tryin' to get her man to walk the chalk line
To keep him on a string with a kiss and a hug
But there's never been a man who wasn't bitten by the bug
Yeah rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' with the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
Well Delilah loved Sammy, but he wouldnt stay home
Always runnin' and leavin' Dee home
She set out to find Sammy late one night
Found him down at the sand dune rockin' it right
He was rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' with the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
Well Helen of Troy a cool smile on her face
She sported the face that launched a thousand ships
But she couldn't control the wiggle in her hips
She lost her fame and fortune, just one flip
Well rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' with the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
Well now Josephine, She had trouble from the start
She couldn't keep her eye on little Bonoparte
Every single time that Josie looked around
She found her Bony runnin' round and round
He was rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' with the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
Well now, are modern times the same as history
Even in the twentieth century
And our future now well it's plain to see
If we don't look out, the bug will get you and me
We'll be rockin' and rollin' with the bug
Rollin' and strollin' with the bug
Itchin' and twitchin' singin' and swingin'
Yeah with the bug
Yeah, with the bug
with the bug
with the bug
with the bug
with the bug
I could ride on wings of glory
To a mountain in the sky
With fantasies and dreams of love
Too beautiful to die
And step into the door
That time will never close
With promises of all desire
And love no other knows
no other knows
When am I gonna stop reaching for a rainbow?
You know I always wanted to fly
Could I reach the top, even with the moonglow
Blinding both of my eyes?
Some resist the urge
While tempted all the more
All can feel their weakness
Should they walk in the door
As we ride on wings of glory
Together we sill fly
To live our dreams and fantasies
To music in the sky
in the sky
When am I gonna stop reaching for a rainbow?
You know I always wanted to fly
Could I reach the top, even with the moonglow
(Roy Orbison/Bob Dees)
Windsurfer
Windsurfer
All he wanted was to ride out on the wind
Windsurfer
to be one of the guys and to look good in her eyes
He practiced in his dreams
Trying to coast the waves
Most of the time he sailed alone
Endless summer days
Flying in tje sim
He'd ride and wait for the wind
To take him home
Windsurfer
Windsurfer
Windsurfer
He said let's sail away together
She told him no no never no
Wind windsurfer
It was early one morning
On a lovely beach
He left a message and
He wrote it in the sand
Why do we always go for
Something we can't reach?
Nobody ever really understands
Windsurfer
All he wanted to do
Was outrun the sun
Windsurfer
To take her in his arms
When the lonely days was done
Windsurfer
You’re gone again this morning.
How long will you keep running on and on.
Can’t you see the warning.
I need you more than ever.
Before you’re gone forever.
Please don’t let your heart run out of time.
Wild hearts run out of time.
When you’re up against the night.
Don’t stand there all alone.
In the dying of the light.
Wild hearts run out of time.
And you’ll need a love like mine.
To show you hope is there.
In the sunshine of your mind.
Wild hearts run out of time.
Don’t let this old world turn you.
Dont’ let the wild life hurt you anymore.
Don’t let the bright lights burn you.
Please don’t stand there crying.
Because the time is flying.
I can’t let your heart run out of time.
Wild hearts run out of time.
When you’re up against the night.
Don’t stand there all alone.
In the dying of the light.
Wild hearts run out of time.
And you’ll need a love like mine.
To show you hope is there
In the sunshine of your mind.
Wild hearts run of time.
It could be yours or mine.
It happens all the time.
Wild hearts run out of time.
It could be yours or mine.
It happens all the time.
Wild hearts run out of time.
He calls you from the office and he tells you that he's sorry
But it looks like he'll be working late again and he asks you how your day went
But he didn't say he missed you and he'd rather be home with you and the kids
Then suddenly the day has lost it's meaning and you find it hard to hold the tears inside
And the tears begin to fall, and another day's gone by
As you dry the tears from your eyes, just another reason why a woman cries
You ask him if he'd call you when he's working late again
But it's nine o'clock and still he hasn't called and the dinner fixed with special care
Is getting cold, and he's not there - you wonder if he really cares at all
Another lonely night and he's not with you and you find it hard to hold the tears inside
And the tears begin to fall, and another day's gone by
As you dry the tears from your eyes, just another reason why a woman cries
Now you push aside the curtains and you're looking out the window
And the kids are playing with him in the yard, he takes you out occaisonally
And once more you're a family and he thought about your birthday after all
It's then you know the reason why you love him and he'll never know the joy you feel inside
And all the tears you've cried, just a part of a woman's life, when a woman's happy inside
Where have all the flowers gone? - long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone? - lone time ago
Where have all the flowers gone? - young girls picked them every one
When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone? - long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone? - long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone? - gone to young men every one
When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone? - long time passing
Where have all the young men gone? - long time ago
Where have all the young men gone? - they are all in uniform
When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone? - long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone? - long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone? - gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone? - long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone? - long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone? - covered with flowers every one
When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?
Where have all the flowers gone? - hm hm hm ......
Where have all the flowers gone? - lone time ago
Where have all the flowers gone? - young girls picked them every one
Well I love this business, it's been good to me
I've got a different shirt to wear every day can't you see?
The crowds, they respond to me they got my tickets
And you know my pictures ain't free, so I'm asking you, I really wanna know
Where does all the money go?
Well I dig applause, yeah, I get high from that sound
I got roadies, tailors, barbers and bodyguards hangin' round
I got a top rated tv show, they play my records on the radio
But won't you tell me true, there's one thing I've got to know
Where does all the money go?
I got expired credit cards, a pool in my back yard
I bought myself a lot of friends, I got a mortgage on a mansion
And a mid waist expansion and at forty the fun begins
I love this business but it might be the death of me
I've endorsed a lot of products but you don't get me name for free
I'm not really hard to please, just gimme top billing in every press release
And I'm asking you, just listen to my show, where does all the money go?
Well I'll be in this business till I'm under the old oak tree
and the folks will pay a lot of their money just to walk over me
I've got a hungry agent, gets a gig in every nation, and he books for my nominal fee
Well I never saw any cash, but I know somewhere there's got to be one hell of a stash
The good times are all gone
The night keeps coming on so strong
You can't hold on, no matter what you do
Will there be someone who cares for you
When the blue hour comes?
When the blue hour comes?
And when your restless heart
Tears your world apart
And everywhere you turn
It's falling down on you
Will there be a light that shines for you?
When the blue hour comes for you
If there's anything that you would have me do
Just call on me and i'll be coming through
I will always be there for you
When the blue hour comes
When the blue hour comes
Good times don't last forever
Sometimes it's now or never
Darling, reach out for me
You know where i'll be
I will always be there for you
When the blue hour comes
When the blue hour comes
When the blue hour comes for you
If there's anything that you would have me do
Just call on me and i'll be coming through
I will always be there for you
When the blue hour comes
When the blue hour comes
I will always be there
When the blue hour comes
When the blue hour comes
When I Stop Dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life
the first time I ever have wanted to die
was the night when you told me you loved someone new
and asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
you may take a pebble and teach it to grow
you may teach ALL the raindrops to return to the sky
but you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
Key change
Hey now mama, Don't you treat me wrong
Come and love your daddy all night long
Alright, hey-hey alright
mmm alright, hey-hey alright
See the woman with the diamond ring, yeah
She knows how to shake that thing
Alright, hey-hey alright
Alright, mmm alright
See the woman with the red dress on
She can boogie woogie all night long
Alright, hey-hey alright
Alright, mmm alright
Alright
Yeah, tell your Mama, tell your Pa
Gonna send you back to Arkansas
Oh-oh, alright
Alright, mmm alright
Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say
Oh I wanna know, oh baby I wanna know
Yeah i wanna know, oh I wanna know
Well i wanna know, oh baby I wanna know
Get a little bit louder
Get a little bit louder
A Little bit louder
A Little bit louder
A Little bit louder
Get a little bit louder
Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say, tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say
Tell me what'd I say, hey-hey
Tell me what'd I say, yeah
Tell me what'd I say, hey-hey
Tell me what'd I say
I'll give you the best I can give you, baby
That's all I can give
We'll live it the best we can live it, baby
As long as we live
What kind of love never turns you down
what kind of love lifts you off the ground
Turns your life around
What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
and the driving rain
What kind of love runs through your heart with
a pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love
Only this love that I have
I'll show you the best I can show you, baby
That's all I can show you
I'll know you the best I can know you baby
As long as I know you
What kind of love never turns away
what kind of love never makes you pay
Hears you when you pray
What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
and the driving rain
What kind of love runs through your heart with
a pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love
Only this love that I have
This love I know is all I have
This love I have is all I know
So I won't let go
What kind of love makes you go out in the wind
and the driving rain
What kind of love runs through your heart with
a pleasure so close to pain
What kind of love only this love that I have
You're happy now yes it's plain to see
You're not concerned with your old used-to-be
You've got no heartaches or misery
You're happy I see, what about me?
You pass me by with your head up high
You've no regrets since we said goodbye
You could at least show some sympathy
You're happy I see, what about me?
What about me? What about me?
I live with the promises you didn't keep.
What about me? What about me?
Those sweet words you said were just words to deceive.
One day you'll find your love untrue
You'll feel the same way I feel about you
You could at least show some sympathy
Baby it’s hard sometimes to wake and face this life
everyday.
Sometimes it’s bad enough to stop and throw the good
all away.
Tonight let’s put the world aside and let's go
together.
The night is one place we can hide in each others arms.
Dream on forever.
Come on baby, and we’ll take the night.
While the stars are willing and the moon is right.
Dreams are shining in a magic light.
Come with me, oh we’ll take the night.
You and me, oh we’ll take the night.
Baby, we’ll take the night.
Look up and let the night unfold.
Hold on to the feeling.
Reach out and let it touch your soul.
And give in to love,love is believing.
Come on baby, and we’ll take the night.
While the stars are willing and the moon is right.
Dreams are shining in a magic light.
Come with me, oh we’ll take the night.
You and me, oh we’ll take the night.
If every star should fall.
And tomorrow lose all meaning.
We would still have had it all.
It’s locked away inside our hearts.
There for the dreaming.
Come on baby, and we’ll tale the night.
While the stars are willing and the moon is bright.
Dreams are shining in the magic light.
Come with me, oh we’ll take the night.
You and me, oh we’ll take the night.
Come on baby, and we’ll take the night.
While the stars are willing and the moon is bright.
Dreams are shining in a magic light.
Come with me, oh we’ll take the night.
You and me,yeah let's take the night.
Class of 55
Early one morning it was drizzling rain round the curve came the Memphis train
Heard somebody holler, and a million more, the King is dead, but Lord he still ain't gone
But he still ain't gone, but he still ain't gone (my god, my god he still ain't gone)
If you wanna get to heaven, gotta D-I-E. You got to put on your coat and your T-I-E
If you wanna catch a rabbit in an L-O-G, You gotta make a commotion like a D-O-G
Like a D-O-G, Like a D-O-G (oh yes, just like a D-O-G)
Good Lord have mercy, what's the matter with me? what makes me wanna love every woman I see?
I'm rating one another, I'm rating again, everyone I see looks like the place I came in
Looks like the place I came in (hot dog) looks like the place I came in (the place I came in)
Lord I got my name printed on my shirt, I ain't no ordinary dude 'cos I don't have to work
I just got to town and I'm gone again, but it's a different track, but it's the same old train
You make my worm spot hot
You make my bells ring-too ding-ding
You make my warm spot hot
And the things i need a lot you got
Woah my little baby
You know you drive me crazy
You make me feel so good i say wow, yeah
This has got to be the only way for me
There ain’t nothing going to stop me now
You say your daddy don’t like me much
That’s ‘cause he knows i got that touch
And there’s some things of yours he knows
I been touching too much
But you make my worm spot hot
You make my bells ring too,ring-ding ding-a-ling
You make my warm spot hot
The things i need a lot you got
You’ve got me turning flips
When you kiss me in the lips
You turn the spark right into a fire
And the flame just won’t go out
‘Cause there can’t be any doubt
this love of yours is what i desire
The preacher said i ain’t no saint
Well he’s right, that’s one thing that i ain’t
But i pray that me and you
Can do the things we do all night long
‘Cause you make my worm spot hot
You make my bell ring too, brrrrrring ding-ding
You make my warm spot hot, baby
The things i need a lot you got come-on and burn me now
Well i’m letting all the people see
That what they say don’t bother me
‘Cause you’re the one i’m thinking of
When i get down ready to love
You make my worm spot hot
You make my bells rings too,ding-ding
You make my warm spot hot
And the things i need a lot you got
You make my warm spot hot
You make my bells ring too,brrrrrring ding
You make my warm spot hot
Baby, when we're walking by and we happen to meet another guy
Don't give him the eye... that's a no no, no no no no, no no no no no
Sugar, when another man wants you to understand
Don't hold his hand... that's a no no, no no no, no no no
No, don't be like some other girls, if you love me, come on let it show
If you ever get tired of me, baby just let me know: no no no no, no no no no no
Sweetheart, when it's party time and you're groovin', everything is fine
Don't forget you're mine... that's a no no, no no no, no no no, no no
Woman when the dance is through and the fella's wait around for you
Once a jolly swagman, camp´d by a billabong,
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watch´d and waited till his billy boiled,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he sat and waited till his billy boiled,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shaoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he shaoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down come the troopers, one, two, three,
Whose that jolly jumbuck you´ve got in your tucker bag?
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
Whose that jolly jumbuck you´ve got in your tucker bag?
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Up jumped the swagman, sprang into the billabong,
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You´ll come a waltzing Matilda with me,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man
Tweeter was a boy scout before she went to Vietnam
And found out the hard way nobody gives a damn
They knew that they found freedom just across the Jersey Line
So they hopped into a stolen car took Highway 99
(Chorus)
And the walls came down all the way to hell
Never saw them when they're standing
Never saw them when they fell
The undercover cop never liked the Monkey Man
Even back in childhood he wanted to see him in the can
Jan got married at fourteen to a rackateer named Bill
She made secret calls to the Monkey Man from a mansion on the hill
It was out on thunder road - Tweeter at the wheel
They crashed into paradise - they could hear them tires squeal
The undercover cop pulled up and said "Everyone of you's a liar
If you don't surrender now it's gonna go down to the wire
(Chorus)
An ambulance rolled up - a state trooper close behind
Tweeter took his gun away and messed up his mind
The undercover cop was left tied up to a tree
Near the souvenir stand by the old abandoned factory
Next day the undercover cop was hot in pursuit
He was taking the whole thing personal
He didn't care about the loot
Jan had told him many times it was you to me who taught
In Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught
(Chorus)
Someplace by Rahway prison they ran out of gas
The undercover cop had cornered them said "Boy, you didn't
think that this could last"
Jan jumped out of bed said "There's someplace I gotta go"
She took a gun out of the drawer and said "It's best if you dont' know"
The undercover cop was found face down in a field
The monkey man was on the river bridge using Tweeter as a shield
Jan said to the Monkey Man "I'm not fooled by Tweeter's curl
I knew him long before he ever became a Jersey girl"
(Chorus)
Now the town of Jersey City is quieting down again
I'm sitting in a gambling club called the Lion's Den
The TV set been blown up, every bit of it is gone
Ever since the nightly news show that the Monkey Man was on
I guess I'll to to Florida and get myself some sun
There ain't no more opportunity here, everything's been done
Sometime I think of Tweeter, sometime I think of Jan
Sometime I don't think about nothing but the Monkey Man
Todays teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows and tomorrow's rainbows we will
share me and you so dry your eyes, little girl, dry your eyes,
and we're gonna see skies of blue yeah, yeah, yeah
Had a tough time gettin started, maybe you're just a little downhearted
all you gotta do is a count to 10, baby you'll be smiling when,
Todays teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows and tomorrow's rainbows we will
share me and you so dry your eyes, little girl, dry your eyes,
And we're gonna see skies of blue yeah, yeah, yeah
Instrumental
Key Change-
Gonna be just a love of gladness, don't wanna hear nothin 'bout sadness
Come a little closer come a to me, with each kiss you're gonna see
Todays teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows and tomorrow's rainbows we will
share me and you so dry your eyes, little girl, dry your eyes,
And we're gonna see skies of blue yeah, yeah, yeah
Todays teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows and tomorrow's rainbows we will
There's a little bird that somebody sends
Down to the earth to live on the wind.
Born on the wind and he sleeps on the wind
This little bird that somebody sends.
He's light and fragile and feathered sky blue,
So thin and graceful the sun shines through.
This little bird who lives on the wind,
This little bird that somebody sends.
He flies so high up in the sky
Out of reach of human eye.
And the only time that he touches the ground
Is when that little bird
Is when that little bird
Listen all you people
Try and understand
You may be a soldier
Woman, Child or man
But there won't be many coming home
No, there won't be many coming home
oh, there won't be many
Maybe ten out of twenty
but there won't be many coming home
Now the old folks will remember
On that dark and dismal day
How their hearts were choked with pride
As their children marched away
Now the glory is all gone
They are left alone
And there won't be many coming home
No, there won't be many coming home
oh, there won't be many
Maybe five out of twenty
but there won't be many coming home
Look real closely at the soldier
Coming at you through the haze
He May be the younger brother who ran away
And before you kill another
Listen to what I say
Oh, there won't be many coming home
Oh, there won't be many coming home
Oh, there won't be many
There may not be any
but there won't be many coming home
If they all came back but one
He was still some mother's son
And there won't be many coming home
Oh, there won't be many coming home
Oh, there won't be many coming home
May the world you live in bring the good life
That grows sweeter as it mellows with time
May the world you live in be a world love lives in
A love like your love and mine
May the children you bear bring contentment
As you guide them with your gentle hand
May you know all the things true love can bring
Between a woman and a man
May the dreams that you build always be filled
Keep the love shining in your eyes
If the bad times or the sad times ever come to you
Let this man be the one that you always turn to
May the seasons of your life touch you gently
And may happiness you always find
May these arms that surround you always be around you
There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a sunny morning
Little Jimmy Brown was born
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
All the chapel bells were ringing in the little valley town
And the song that they were singing was for baby Jimmy Brown
Then the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, bless this hour of meditation"
"Guide him with eternal love"
There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Beneath the mountains high above
And there, twenty years thereafter
Jimmy was to meet his love
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
All the chapel bells were ringing, 'twas a great day in his life
'cause the songs that they were singing was for Jimmy and his wife
Then the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, bless, oh Lord this celebration"
"May their lives be filled with love"
>From the village hidden deep in the valley
One rainy morning dark and gray
A soul winged its way to heaven
Jimmy Brown had passed away
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
Just a lonely bell was ringing in the little valley town
'twas farewell that it was singing to our little Jimmy Brown
And the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, may his soul find the salvation"
Everyone you know's been through it
You bite the bullet, then you chew it
Tie a knot at the end of your rope
Buy a book to help you cope
But no consolation gonna come
You're the only one
Take a look at history
Recant some bits of poetry
You'll find the words still ring true
Some things don't change
Some things do
And you're the only one with a broken heart
the only one who's afraid of the dark
the only one in a crowded room
the only one who sees the blue moon
What you wouldn't give right now
To be another face in the crowd
And you're the only one who is all alone
the only one whose love is gone
the only one who has given in
the only one who will give again
And you're the only one with a broken heart
the only one who's afraid of the dark
the only one in a crowded room
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Pretending that I'm doing well
My need is such I pretend too much
I'm lonely but no one can tell
Oh-oh, yes I'm the great pretender
Adrift in a world of my own
I've played the game but to my real shame
You've left me to grieve all alone
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughin' and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Pretending that you're still around
Too real is this feeling of make-believe
Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal
Yes I'm the great pretender
Just laughin' and gay like a clown
I seem to be what I'm not, you see
I'm wearing my heart like a crown
Hey here I go a lucky so and so
Happy 'cos I know I've got my fast guitar
Singing pretty songs, knowing I belong
I am first and last, and always a fast guitar
The fastest guitar alive
Rattling strings like a gattling gun
Shaped like a lovely woman
Stay right where you are
My guitar is a fast guitar
The fastest guitar alive
I'm rolling on like a rolling stone
gathering no moss, I play a boss guitar
The fastest guitar alive
Strumming like a battling soldier's drum
Shaped like a lovely woman
Stay right where you are
My guitar is a fast guitar
The fastest guitar alive
Hey here I go a lucky so and so
Happy 'cos I know I've got my fast guitar
The fastest guitar
The fastest guitar
It's the Bonnie and Clyde days
Where the girls wear curls and lace
And the boys can't stand the pace of war
It's not the war but the cause the country's fighting for
The seed of discontent is sown
They're burning card back home, back home
The old folks just can't ignore
The posters with ink anymore
I'm not sure what to think
Now I wonder why I'm on this foreign shore
To find peace of mind
For now I walk alone
Amd it's no better to leave than stay
And give more than I had to give
My life was not my own the wife I've never known
I may never know I may never go back home
To the land of the free, back home
To the land of the free back home
Would there be a place for me back home back home?
Well I always wonder why
I sat there alone upon the ferris wheel
A pastel colored carriage in the air
I thought you'd leave me dangling for a little while
A silly twist upon a childish dare
Below I saw you whispering to another man
Who held the lever that could bring me down
He'd stop the world from turning at your command
It's always something cruel that laughter drowns
And I'm up while the dawn is breaking
Even though my heart is aching
I should be drinking a toast
To absent friends
Instead of these comedians
I can hardly hear the music from the carousel
The wind picks up, the carriage starts sway
As one by one the lights go out
It's closing time
I see you take his hand and walk away walk away
They say that you will always be the last to know
They say that all that glitters is not gold
It's not just that you're never coming back to me
It's the bitter way that I was told
And I'm up while the dawn is breaking
Even though my heart is aching
I should be drinking a toast
To absent friends
I stand alone in my room, too blue to even cry
So doggone tired of livin', I could lay right down and die
You're the cause of it all
You're my down fall
Don't blame me for what I do
Baby, you're the cause of it all
Well you promised me your love, a love that would be true
You didn't keep your promise and I don't care what I do
You're the cause of it all
You're my down fall
Don't blame me for what I do
Baby, you're the cause of it all
Well I file my fingernails, staring at the wall
Don't wanna see my friends or anyone that comes to call
You're the cause of it all
Well, you're my down fall
Don't blame me for what I do
Baby, you're the cause of it all
Well the low down dirty blues are closing in on me
My soul is wetted down with so much misery
You're the cause of it all
You're my down fall
Don't blame me for what I do
(Roy): When I saw you standing there on the street,
I found myself by your side.
I started wanting you again;
There’s just no way to hide
from that old lovin’ you feelin’ again,
It’s really got me reelin’ again.
It only seems to stop
To start all over again with you.
(Emmy): I remember how you always get
that certain look in your eye.
You’re not easy to resist,
but I just walked on by
with that old lovin’ you feelin’ again.(lovin’ you feelin’)
It’s really got me reelin’ again.(lovin’ you)
It only seems to stop
to start all over again with you, (Lovin' you feelin')
(both): Lovin’ you feelin’ with you.
(Roy): We were so close.
(Emmy): We were too far apart.
(Roy): I gave you my love.
(emmy): I wanted your heart.
(Both): Without yesterday caught in the way,
maybe we’d still be together,
Sharing that lovin’ you feelin’ again.
It’s really got me reelin’ again.
Will it ever stop and not start over again,
That lovin’ you feelin’ again?.
No matter how much I try,
This lovin’ you feelin’ is why
It’s taken such a long, long time
to say goodbye.
And getting over you.i’s so hard to do
with this feeling loving you.
That lovin’ you feelin’ again,
Lovin’ you feelin’ again...
That lovin' you feelin' again
Lovin’ you feelin’ again...
That lovin' you feelin' again
Lovin’ you feelin’ again...
That lovin' you feelin' again
Talk about troubles, I tell you I got 'em shovellin' sand on the Mississipi bottom
yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
I killed me a man in Shelby County, they turned me in for the government bounty
yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Tennessee owns my soul, that little Georgia gal just wouldn't listen
She tried to run away with Stoney Lee I caught him and I put him six feet under
I wonder if he misses me? Tennessee owns my soul
Rottin' in a cell I try to forget her, wishin' like hell I'd never ever met her
yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Gotta get away, gotta see my baby, gotta leave tonight, she's drivin' me crazy
yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Tennessee owns my soul, if I can get as far as Lookout Mountain
Highway twenty four will carry me to the girl I killed another man for
Even then I know I won't be free, Tennessee owns my soul
I make it to the top of the twenty foot wall, the guard - I'm hit, and I think I'm gonna fall
yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Laying on a broken back and cryin', everything's goin' black and I'm dyin'
When she was leaving, she didn’t make much sense
She said before i go, just give me one last kiss
I’d tried to tell her
That it would only add to the pain
That’s when those tears started to rain
As i look back i see mistakes we made
But i never thought, that we would lose our way
I tried to hold her
I tried to persuade her to wait
But those leavin’ tears are always too late
BRIDGE
I’d hate to try and count the tears that fall
Maybe you should never count tears at all
Something was lost and we never found it
No matter how hard we tried
And it seems that there’s no way to get around it
When tears tell you goodbye
Tonight i saw her, i didn’t know what to say
I just tried to smile, but had to walk away
I turned to tell her “i love you”
But she had faded into the rain
Now those lonely tears are all that remain
Now those lonely tears are startin’ over again
Take care of your woman, don't treat her mean
Make her feel like a woman and she won't ever leave
When She's walking in the darkness, be the light she needs
Give her dreams for tomorrow and she won't ever leave
Take care of your woman and make her know that you care
Let her know that you love her, you want her, you need her and she'll always be right there
Through the storms of emotion be the calm that she needs
Be a rock of devotion and she will never leave
Take care of your woman and make her know that you care
Let her know that you love her, you want her, you need her and she'll always be right there
Through the storms of emotion be the calm that she needs
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream
Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams the whole day through
Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams night time too
I love you and I'm dreaming of you but that won't do
Dream baby make me stop my dreaming, you can make my dreams come true
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
Sweet (sha-da-da-da) dream (sha-da-da-da) baby (sha-da-da-da) (sha-da-da-da)
How (sha-da-da-da) long (sha-da-da-da) must I dream
Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams the whole day through (dream baby)
Dream baby got me dreaming sweet dreams night time too (dream baby)
I love you and I'm dreaming of you but that won't do (dream baby)
Dream baby make me stop my dreaming, you can make my dreams come true
Ah sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Yeah, yeah, swee-ee-et dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
How long must I dream
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
Sweet dream baby (dream baby ah-huh-huh)
I see her when the sun is high
The clouds write her name across the sky
But, the boss man is giving me the eye
I'd better go to work, but I'll see her by and by
At sunset I'm gonna see my sweetheart
Gonna hold her so tight
At sunset I'm gonna see my baby
My baby tonight
I see the shadows on the run
I see the setting of the sun
At last my working day is done
The setting of the sun has finally come
It's sunset I'm gonna see my sweetheart
Gonna hold her so tight
It's sunset I'm gonna see my baby
My baby tonight
I see her in the twighlight standing there
The wind softly stirring in her hair
The sweetest fruit the earth can bear
So young so warm and so rare
It's sunset, at last I'm with my sweetheart
I'm holding her tight
It's sunset and now I'm with my baby
Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm a fool for staying home and having none.
I can't get over how she set me free.
Oh, lonesome me.
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about my past and find someone new
I've thought of everything from A to Z
Oh, lonesome me.
I'll bet she's not like me.
She's out and fancy free,
Flirting with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so,
And brother don't you know
Well I never felt more like singing the blues
Cos I never thought that I'd ever lose your love, dear
Why'd you do me this way?
Well, I never felt more like crying all night
Cos everything's wrong and nothing is right without you
You got me singing the blues
Well the moon and stars no longer shine
The dream is gone I thought was mine
There's nothing left for me to do
But cry over you
Well, I never felt more like runnin' away
But why should I go, 'cos I couldn't stay without you
You got me singing the blues
Well I never felt more like singing the blues
Cos I never thought that I'd ever lose your love, dear
Why'd you do me this way?
Well, I never felt more like crying all night
Cos everything's wrong and nothing is right without you
You got me singing the blues
Well the moon and stars no longer shine
The dream is gone I thought was mine
There's nothing left for me to do
But cry over you
Well, I never felt more like runnin' away
But why should I go, 'cos I couldn't stay without you
She come from Kansas City, lookin' mighty pretty
She's as sweet as Kansas City wine
Oh, it's such a pity, she won't wanna kiss me
She won't hang her love out on the line
No, she won't hang her love out on the line
A mystery to me, she's not what you see
She's a strong, mighty woman who loves to disagree
If I could just talk to her
I know that I could fool her
But she won't hang her love out on the line
She don't care for nothin' she holds onto her lovin'
I wonder if she'd ever change her mind?
I'll fall in behind her, hopin' that I find her
When she hangs her love out on the line
When she hangs her love out on the line
A mystery to me, she's not what you see
She's a strong, mighty woman who loves to disagree
If I could just talk to her
I know that I could fool her
But she won't hang her love out on the line
I'd take her lovin', I'd take her lovin'
I'd take her lovin' anytime
I want her lovin', I need her lovin'
but she won't hang her love out on the line
she won't hang her love out on the line
she won't hang her love out on the line
No,she won't hang her love out on the line
She wears my ring to show the world that she belongs to me
She wears my ring to show the world she's mine eternally
With loving care I placed it on her finger
To show my love for all the world to see
This tiny ring is a token of tender emotion
An endless pool of love that's as deep as the ocean
She swears to wear it with eternal devotion
That's why I sing, because she wears my ring
She swears to wear it with eternal devotion
That's why I sing, because she wears my ring
This tiny ring is a token of tender emotion
An endless pool of love that's as deep as the ocean
She swears to wear it with eternal devotion
That's why I sing, because she wears my ring
Well, I knew someday Ruby would be leavin’,
That she wasn’t happy livin’ quietly, quietly.
‘Cause she would get that bedroom look each mornin’,
and I felt Ruby pull away from me.
So go down-town at nine o’ clock this evenin’;
Walk under that red light then down the hall, down the hall.
Look for the highest flyin’ girl, that’s Ruby.
And if you wait your turn, you’ll see Ruby fall.
Don’t let her know that you even know me;
She’ll be tryin’ to forget it all.
And don’t tell me how it was tonight, tomorrow,
‘cause I don’t want to see Ruby fall.
Well, I didn’t hold her back when she got restless;
One man is not enough when she wants it all.
I let her go when I saw what she wanted,
I peeped in to say good night
When I heard my child in prayer
"Send for me, some scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for my hair"
All the stores were closed and shuttered
All the streets were dark and bare
In my town no scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
Through the night my heart was aching
Just before the dawn was breaking
I peeped in and on her bed
In gay profusion lying there
I saw ribbons, scarlet ribbons
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
If I live to be a hundred
I will never know from where
Came those lovely scarlet ribbons
Sad eyes, sad eyes, across the room
Sad eyes, crying in your gloom
Sad eyes, love has been untrue
Just look at me, oh just look at me
Just look at me, i'm lonely too
I'm like you, so like you, sad eyes
Oh sad eyes
Don't you know that tears can be erased?
Oh sad eyes Tears won't help
But maybe i can replace that other face
Sad eyes, sad eyes, this ain't just a line
Sad eyes, maybe we can find
Sad eyes, somewhere down the line
Happiness, oh happiness Happiness together, you and i
Run,Run Baby Run
Run Baby Run, Run Baby Run
Run Baby Run, Run Baby Run
Run Baby Run, back into my arms
Run Baby Run, Run Baby Run
Run Baby Run, back into my arms
Even though you hurt me
I still love you, it's true
Even though I know that you will hurt me again
I will love you as I did then
Run,Run Baby Run, Run Baby Run
Run Baby Run, back into my arms
Run,Run Baby Run, Run Baby Run
Run Baby Run, back into my arms
I'm not the kind of guy
To ever hurt you or let you down
So if that guy you're seeing ever makes you cry
Leave him, tell him goodbye
Run,Run Baby Run, Run Baby Run
Run Baby Run, back into my arms
Run,Run Baby Run, Run Baby Run
Rockabilly gal, runnin' after crazy rhythm
Rockabilly gal, woo-hoo-hoo
Rockabilly gal, runnin' after crazy rhythm
Rockabilly gal, please come back to me
Last night a certain rockabilly singer came to town
My gal says that she'd like to hear his crazy rhythm sound
So we went down to see him and he shook her up for sure
'Cause today he's gone and my Heather, she is following his tour
Rockabilly gal, runnin' after crazy rhythm
Rockabilly gal, woo-hoo-hoo
Rockabilly gal, runnin' after crazy rhythm
Rockabilly gal, please come back to me
This guy was just a hillbilly singer at the start
But when he added rock 'n' roll he tore the place apart
The moment my gal heard him, you'd swear an earthquake begins
Well when I first got to Memphis...
I was knocked out by those friendly people
They all said "howdy, howdy, come on in
we don't know the meaning of the word outsider"
I said "people, you gonna play this kinda music
well there's something I would surely like to know
When I was a boy I heard this wild kinda music
and I think they called it, oh, rock and roll
Can you tell me what you know about rock and roll?"
They said "son, it's just a feeling, way down in your soul"
Just a simple story with this wild rock and roll
Yeah, well all the boys in Louisiana called it rock and roll
But I'll tell you a secret, it drives the women crazy
And that's all you need to know about rock and roll
Well you could not imagine the shape my head was in
I took me a walk down by the Mississippi
When I heard this rockin' out of the harbour inn
I couldn't resist, I had me a drink, then I had me a listen
I said "people, you gonna play this kinda music
There's something that I'd really like to know
When I was a boy I heard this wild kinda music
and I think they called it, rock and roll
Can you tell me what you know about rock and roll?"
They said "son, it's just a feeling, way down in your soul"
Just a simple story with this wild rock and roll
Yeah, well all the boys in Louisiana called it rock and roll
But I'll tell you a secret, it drives the women crazy
Rita, darling Rita, you're my treasure
Sweeter than the sweetest wine to me
You don't know just how much you give me pleasure
I measure eternally
Rita, Rita, i love you
Rita, Rita, i want you
Rita, Rita, Rita i love only you
Rita, Rita, it's you
Rita, darling Rita, don't deceive me
My love for you has never been so strong
Rita, darling Rita, please believe me
Don't leave me alone
Rita, Rita, i need you
Rita, Rita, i want you
Rita, Rita, Rita i love only you
I remember when you said
"With this ring I thee wed"
Now you've gone betrayed my trust
Rings of Gold have turned to rust
Tears can't wash away the sin
Love that's dead can't live again
Knowing there's no hope for us
Turns those rings of gold to rust
Plans we made just yesterday
Sands of time have chipped away
Now they've crumbled into dust
Love before was clean and pure
Never more can I be sure
You will not betray my trust
Rings of gold have turned to rust
You think she's an angel
When she's close to you
But you better watch her, buddy
She'll break your heart in two
Yeah, you'll wake up one day, and then
You'll look back and say "my friend
Yeah, i-i-i-i-i remember when"
I remember those stars in my eyes
I remember she had me hypnotized
I thought our love would never end
But oh, what lies, and i remember when
I thought she was mine
I thought she was fine
I knew she was cool
But she played me for a fool
So don't be swayed by that pretty face
Very soon you're gonna be replaced
Yeah, i-i-i-i-i remember when
I remember when her lips were warm
I remember when she was in my arms
I remember her Devil's charm
The living end - oh, i remember when
So go on, believe
That she won't leave
Yeah, be smart and let her
Let her break your heart
Well mark my words, mark my words
You can believe everything you've heard
Cos i-i-i-i-i remember when
Yeah i-i-i-i-i remember when
Well my heartbeat is running wild
Because of you my problem child
Oh-oh baby, don't be running wild
Well cool off baby, don't be a problem child
Well don't you see this shakin' spree
Is bound to be the death of me
Oh baby, don't be running wild
Well cool off baby, don't be a problem child
Well my heartbeat is runnin' wild
Because of you my problem child
Oh baby, don't be running wild
Control yourself, don't be a problem child
Well don't you see this shakin' spree
Is bound to be the death of me
Oh baby, don't be running wild
Well cool off baby, don't be a problem child
Well then I'm gone, that's all she wrote
You'll sing this same song
Oh baby, don't be running wild
Control yourself, you're a problem child
Ooh, Problem child, running wild
Problem child, running wild
Problem child, running wild
Problem child, running wild
Oh baby,you're a problem child
Slow down girl, down
Slow down girl, down
down girl, down
I read your letter just this morning
The first you've wrote since you've been gone
You've finally found yourself a home
You've bought a new car, a great big red one
With a top that rolls right down
You must be something in San Fransisco
A dressed up, painted country clown
You're fakin' it well, but it's easy to tell
You're plain jane country come to town
The pace is too fast and you're out of your class
You're plain jane country come to town
You know I love you, at least you ought to
I've loved you all of my livin' days
You got no business makin' changes
Yeah girl, I love your country ways
Go sell that red car, catch an airplane
And I'll be waiting when you land
Yeah, get a white dress, find a preacher
We'll get some rings to fit your hand
You're fakin' it well, but it's easy to tell
You're plain jane country come to town
The pace is too fast and you're out of your class
You're plain jane country come to town
You're plain jane country come to town
Pistolero Pistolero.where do you ride? Pistolero Pistolero.you ride alone tonight.
One of brothers five one day vowed to try to make his way,
Joined the cattle drive to Mexico.threw in with some bandidos,
Here he learned the lingo. killed the man they call him Pistolero.
Five thousand pesos they put on your head.
Five thousand pesos to get you alive or dead.
Ride on ride hard in vaquero, fast as you can to her side.
Ah, but por mucho dinero, el noveno por nada have died.
Pistolero Pistolero.where do you roam? Pistolero Pistolero.on your way home.
Everytime a candle burns, waiting there for your return.
The candle is out Pistolero.I see the cabin down below.
Pistolero let her go.tonight you’re mine Pistolero.
Five thousand pesos they put on your head.
Five thousand pesos to get you alive or dead.
Ah Pistolero Look around you.your son has set in the sky.
Oh Pistolero I found you, kiss Maria tell Maria goodbye.
Pistolero Pistolero, lay your head down.
A light shone in the night some way ahead
Blue turned into green, then it was red
And stirring the night, love music played
The light I saw in the night was a Penny Arcade
"Hey, step up and play", each machine seemed to say
As I walked round and round the Penny Arcade
Just ring the bell on the big Bagatelle
And you'll make all those colored lights cascade
And music played at the Penny Arcade
Well, it played and it played, played all the time
Roll up and spend your last dime
At first I thought it a dream that I was in
Lost, lost in a sea of glass and tin
But no, so dipping my hand in the back of my jeans
I grabbed a handful of coins to feed the machine
"Hey, step up and play", each machine seemed to say
As I walked round and round the Penny Arcade
Just ring the bell on the big Bagatelle
And you'll make all those colored lights cascade
And music played at the Penny Arcade
Well, it played and it played, played all the time
Roll up and spend your last dime
"Oh, step up and play", each machine seemed to say
As I walked round and round the Penny Arcade
Just ring the bell on the big Bagatelle
And you'll make all those colored lights cascade
And music played at the Penny Arcade
Well, it played and it played, played all the time
Roll up and spend your last, roll up and spend your last
You've got a party heart, a gay time party heart
You're only happy when the party's going on
And it makes me sad because I know that party's have to end
And when this party's over, you'll be gone
I love your party heart your playful party heart
But though you make me laugh you also make me cry
Cos I know you only think of me as just a party friend
And when the party's done you'll say goodbye
A playtime girl like you plays lots of thrills in life it seems
But oh, what I'd ever give to be the playboy of your dreams
I'd tame your party heart, your fickle party heart
And someday that's just what some party boy will do
But I love you so, I guess that I'll cry just as much as you
When someone breaks your party heart in two
When someone breaks your party heart in two
Well thanks alot thank you
Now I'm the talk of the town
Of all the fools they drink to
I am the king of the clowns
I play the lonely joker
I take what fun I can find
I laugh when things aren't funny
I throw away my last dime
You're not mine so I waste my time in pantomine.
It's pantomine.
I'm ready for lonely funtimes, yeah
Loud music may dull my mind
Black coffee and electric sunshine
Get set for this pantomine.
I-ay-ay-ay cry inside cause you're not mine
I-ay die-ay-ay-ay inside cause you're not mine
I pantomine.
Laughing when I feel like crying
Crying when I feel like dying
You're not mine so I waste my time in pantomine
Bring on the girls and the parties, yeah
Guitars and drums beating time
Be merry, be gay and hardy, yeah
Don't go changing to try and please me
You never let me down before, mmm
And don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you any more
I would not leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far, mmm
I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times
I’ll take you just the way you are
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
Oh what will it take til you believe in me
The way that I believe in you
I said I love you and that's forever
And it’s a promise from the heart
I couldn’t love you any better
I love you just the way you are
I don't want clever conversation, no, no
I never want to work that hard, mmm
I just want someone that I can talk to
When you happened by my open eyes could see,
My sleeping hands awoke and almost reached,
I was full of life till you walked on by
Then I went right back to feeling sad and lonely
And only alive.
For a moment my heart began to beat,
My puppet legs responded to your strings,
And my shuffling feet started stepping high
Then I went right back to feeling sad and lonely
And only alive.
For all the things worth living for
Left me for someone new
And all of those things I lost
I was left condemned to a lonely life
Then I went right back to feeling sad and lonely
You know better and I know better, let's do it anyway
Throw our hearts into the wind and let the music play
One more time, for old time's sake where could we go wrong?
We know every word by heart, come on, let's sing our our love song
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, sha la la, love song we can find the harmony and sing it all night long
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, sha la la, love song sing it sweet and sing it low, till all the music's gone
There's no telling what could happen if it happens right
We may just turn the record over and let it play all night
It's got an old familiar feeling made you sing along
There's no sweeter melody come sing this old love song with me
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, sha la la, love song we can find the harmony and sing it all night long
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, sha la la, love song sing it sweet and sing it low, till all the music's gone
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, sha la la, love song
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, sha la la, love song
Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you, mercy
Pretty woman, won't you pardon me?
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman, you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?
Pretty woman, stop awhile
Pretty woman, talk awhile
Pretty woman, give your smile to me
Pretty woman, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pretty woman, look my way
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me
'Cause I need you, I'll treat you right
Come to me, baby, be mine tonight
Pretty woman, don't walk on by
Pretty woman, don't make me cry
Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey, okay
If that's the way it must be, okay
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see?
Is she walking back to me
Yeah, she's walking back to me
Oh, oh, pretty woman
Pretty woman, don't walk on by
Pretty woman, don't make me cry
I could find another girl to kiss m, I could find another girl to miss me.
I could find another girl who wants to be true, but I’ll never get over you.
I got over Marie Lou.I got over Suzie Q, I got over Connie too.
I get over losing you to somebody new, but I’ll never get over you.
No I’ll never get over you, ah ah, oh no, ah ah.
No I’ll never get over you oh no, my heart tells me so.
I don’t know just what there is about you, but I know that I can’t live without you.
I could find another girl to flirt with, I could find another girl to hurt with.
I could find another girl almost like you, but I’ll never get over you.
I got over Linda Lou, I got over Peggie Sue, I got over Betty too.
I got over losing you to somebody new, but I’ll never get over you.
No I’ll never get over you oh no, ah ah ah, oh no.
No I’ll never get over you, oh no, my heart tells me so.
Most women want to chain you to promises and such
They take a little freedom each time they let ya touch
She didn't try to chain me that's why I turned around
She let me taste my freedom and now I'm homeward bound
You know I'm headin' on back to her I'm hearing her call
The strongest chain in the world is no chain at all at all
That's why I'm headin' on back to her she won't let me crawl
The strongest chain in the world is no chain at all.
At least one pretty woman in every sleepy town
Would bargain with her lovin and try to tie me down
I took what I was offered like most men probably would
But teasin' in my memory was something twice as good
You know I'm headin' on back to her I'm hearing her call
The strongest chain in the world is no chain at all at all
That's why I'm headin' on back to her she won't let me crawl
The strongest chain in the world is no chain at all at all
That's why I'm headin' on back to her,
headin' on back to her,
headin' on back to her, lovin my baby,
A new sweet song of love has got you off my mind
I've found the new love who will walk the line
Every night and every day
I give all my love away
To someone who can love me all the time
Never again, to be lonely again
Never again
Heartaches have left me now forever
I've burned the old love letters that you wrote to me
Discovered love I thought could never be
A love as sweet as wine
Keeps you off my mind
I said goodbye to my misery
Memories will never bother me again
And when I think of things that might have been
I just pledge my love to my new love
And then we kiss again
And oh, what a feeling just to know
That never again, never again, never again
I've found a love to last forever
I true love who will leave me never
Never, never, never
Never, never, never
When the twilight is gone and no songbirds are singing
When the twilight is gone you come into my heart
And here in my heart you will stay while I pray
My prayer is to linger with you
At the end of the day in a dream that’s divine
My prayer is a rapture in blue
With the world far away and your lips close to mine
Tonight while our hearts are aglow
Oh tell me the words that I’m longing to know
My prayer and the answer you give
May they still be the same for as long as we live
Movin’, movin’ down the line, yeah
Movin’ all the ......‘in time, yeah
Movin’, movin down the line,yeah
Movin’, watchin’ for the road sign
Losin’, almost losin’ your mind
Losin' losin' all track of time
Movin’, hurry up and stay behind
Movin’ on down the line
Check into a hotel hour’ till showtime
Brother won’t you pass me the wine?
And those front row women are always lookin’ so fine
Movin’, take a french bath quick
Movin’, waiting for the wine kick
Movin’, countin’ every clock tick
Yeah i gotta get on the stick
Movin’, stealin’ all the hot licks
Movin’, where is my guitar pick?
Movin’, ain’t got time to get sick
Movin’ on down the road
Finally make it backstage ain’t no dressing room
Done forgot our last tune now the curtains risin’
I think it’s twenty minutes too soon
Tuning in a hurry gotta make that booker worry
Will we hit the stage on time?
This microphone’s a live wire goin’ like wild fire
The feedback is soundin’ just fine
Movin’, i think we stole the show,yeah
Movin’, i guess it’s time to go now
Movin’, i ain’t got time to slow down
I keep on feelin’ low down
Cruisin’, headin’ for a show town
Crin’, wich way do we go now
Movin’ on down the road
Check into a hotel hour ‘ til show time
Brother won’t you pass me the wine
And those front row women are always lookin’ so fine
Movin’, I din’t get the check,yeah
Movin’, ah but what the heck,yeah
Movin’, on down the road
Movin’, got to saty on top,yeah
Movin’, movin’ ‘til we drop yeah
Movin’ on down the road
Movin’, i didn’t get the chick,yeah
Movin’ on down the road
Movin’ down the line now
Well you can't be my lovin' baby
You ain't gotta style
I'm gonna get some real good love
Gonna drive those cool cats wild
I'm gonna move, move on down the line
Wanna get some love, a love that's truly fine
Oh I'm gonna show you a-way so hot
I'm gonna get what you ain't got
She'll be cool, she'll be wrong
She'll be cool and twice as strong
Gonna roll roll on down the line
Wanna get some love, a love that's truly fine
Why! come on now
Yeah, Move on down the line
Wanna get some love that's truly fine
She'll be cool, she'll be long
She'll be cool and twice as strong
Gonna roll, roll on down the line
Gonna get some love, a love that's truly fine
Oh let's sing it again one time now
Yeah, move on down the line
Wanna get some love that's truly fine
She'll be cool, she'll be long
She'll be cool and twice as strong
Gonna roll, roll on down the line
Wanna get some love, a love that's truly fine
Yeah, move (Yeah gonna move)
I'm gonna move (Yeah gonna move)
The night is bright and gay but I'm so blue
my heart must have it's way and dream of you
that's why I sigh and sip my lonely wine
Your picture on the wall your smiling face
brings back the memory of your embrace
I start to cry into my lonely wine
Teardrops fall but all they bring is heartache
It's better if I never think at all
Still they soothe the pain my lonely thoughts make
I never quite succeed in hiding all, so let them fall
Where ever you may be, I'll still be true
and when the clouds roll by I'll come to you
but until then I'll drink my lonely wine
Loneliness is the worst thing in the world
To be alone all the day long
No ring on the phone, yeah this is wrong
Low down loneliness
This loneliness, I must confess
Yes it's a mess of this loneliness
Low down loneliness, loneliness all around
Loneliness, you have found me loneliness
Oh loneliness, all of the time
Such loneliness, you're so unkind
Low down loneliness
Loneliness everywhere
Loneliness, I've got more that my share
Oh loneliness, my destiny
Yeah loneliness, was I born to be
Long Distance Information, give me Memphis, Tennessee.
Help me find the party that tried to get in touch with me.
They would not leave a number, but I know the place to call,
Cause my uncle took a message, and he wrote it on the wall.
Long Distance Information, get in touch with my Marie.
She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis, Tennessee.
Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge,
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge.
Long Distance Information, more than that I cannot add.
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had.
But we were torn apart because her Mom did not agree,
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennessee.
Now, last time I saw Marie, she was waving me goodbye,
With "hurry home" drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes.
Marie is only 6 years old. Information, please,
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee.
Yes, oh, yes, Long Distance, I'll accept the charge. I'll pay.
But which loved one is calling me? I did not hear you say.
Both are deep within my heart, her Mom and my Marie.
It's so good to hear your voice from Memphis, Tennessee.
Oh, you mean so much to me, more than you'll ever know.
Surely you have not forgot how much I love you so.
If you would remember, dear, and sometimes talk to me.
Maybe that would reunite our home in Tennessee.
Last time I saw you, just before I had to leave.
You didn't want to see me off, and promised not to grieve.
My heart was torn apart, as I looked back at Marie.
And there the pieces still remain with you in Tennessee.
I Guess I should stop talking, after all, you placed the call.
But any way that I can help. you know I'll help you all.
Then her mother told me to come back and see Marie,
Hmm, well I got a woman mean as she can be
Well I got a woman mean as she can be
Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me
She gotta ruby lips, she got shapely hips, yeah
Boy she makes ole Roy-oy flip
I got a woman mean as she can be
Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me
Well I ain't braggin', it's understood
Everything I do, well I sure do it good
Yeah I got a woman mean as she can be
Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me
Well!
She gotta ruby lips, she got shapely hips, yeah
Boy she makes ole Roy-oy flip
I got a woman mean as she can be
Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me, easy now
Ah-huh-huh-huh ....
Now let's go one time
Well I got a woman (sha la la la)
Yeah I got a woman (sha la la la)
Yeah I got a woman (sha la la la)
Well I got a woman (sha la la la)
Well why do you treat me so mean
You're the meanest thing I've ever seen
You won't let a-me hold you tight
You won't let a-me love you right
But you know I love you
So why do you do me like you do
Say maybe liffle baby, I'm nervous as a bug
You got me crazy little baby, you know you tear me up
You're a mean little mama, ah-ah
Yeah a mean little mama, ah-ah
Well I'm down on my knees for you
Well I'm beggin' and a-pleadin'
Mama, just had to call, oh, Mama
Your baby boy just had his heart
Broken in two, she said we're through
But to send her best to you.
Oh, Mama, I'd like to run to you, Mama.
I'd come home today, leave right away,
But things won't work that way
Gotta stay, be a man,
If I can, Mama.
No, Mom, I don't know. I called her tonight.
No, not at home. Yeah, you're probably right.
Yes, I'll take care of myself. No, I'll be alright.
I'll go to bed early tonight.
Oh, Mama, tell Dad I think of him, Mama.
How's Uncle Joe, my puppy, Coco,
Tell them hello, oh, better go
But gosh, I loved her so.
Umm, Mama, don't worry so much, darling Mama.
Now, Mama don't cry, just say goodbye,
Can't have us both in tears, oh, Mom, you know me.
You've got the loving touch that I need so much
You've got the loving touch that I need so much
No matter how I try your love I couldn't buy
Cause I need so much of your love
I've got the world at my fingers and it stands at my feet
I can fly to the moon or I can sleep in the street
there's nothing in this world I couldn't do
I get all that I want just by the wave of a hand
There's nothing on earth that won't obey my command
and now I find that all I need is you
Repeat chorus
I could give the world for you to hold and you know I could
Everything I'd touch would turn to gold and you know it would
But I need something else that's only yours for the giving
I need something else to make my life worth living
Love is a cold wind
When it blows away from you
As you watch it go, it hurts to know
There’s nothing you can do
You’re all alone again
And love is a cold wind
Love is a rain storm
But it only rains on you
And there’s no one there who seems to care
No one to pull you through
And inside you’re never warm
‘Cause love is a rain storm
But when she was here
Love was a breezy morning
Filled with the sun
Warm as her smile
But now it’s done
Love is a cold wind as it blows away from
So you find your way, to yesterday
What else is there to do
You’re all alone again and love is a cold wind
But when she was here
Love was abreezy morning
Filled with the sun
Warm as her smile
But now it’s done
Love is a cold wind
As it blows away from you
As you watch it go
It hurts to know
There’s nothing you can do
And you’re all alone again and love is a cold wind
Teardrops tell me that I'm losing you
Lost and lonely and I'm losing you
Dreams remind me that I'm losing you
Heartaches find me and I'm losing you
If you could forget that love affair
I wonder
If you could how much would you still care
It's no use now for I'm losing you
No excuse now yes I'm losing you
I love you much more than yesterday
In sorrow
I love you less than tomorrow
I love you with all my love today
But I guess I threw your love away
I'm losing you
What can I do?
You were a lady-like lady, I was a boy, running wild
The way that you used everything that God gave you
I gave you my heart like a child
One moment you took me to heaven
Took me back to earth and then
Before I woke up to the fact I was small
You took me back to heaven again
And I remember the Indian summer
How you held me, how you loved me
The world may give me a million reasons, but reasons don't make it wrong
Every lesson I learned has a price in return
I was lost in my youth and to tell you the truth
I was empty and you filled me with a glow of love
A loving loves may die just to hear you, that sees me through
Oh, what I'd give to re-live all the Indian summers with you
So many hearts have been broken
You had no trouble with mine
Like a fool I was there for the taking but then it was only a matter of time
You can lie in the sun with the warm wind blowing
Just knowing you've already paid
But you can't live alone in an Indian summer, at 110 in the shade
And I remember the Indian summer
How you held me in the moonlight
We were riding along on a silver dream
Never dreaming it off my head
And if I'd known I'd lose you the moment I found you
I'd love you all over again
'Cos I'm still empty, come fill me
With a fire of love
Your flame will follow flame 'cos it's all I want to do
Oh, what I'd give to re-live all the Indian summers with you
Oh, what I'd give to re-live all the Indian summers with you
Oh, what I'd give to re-live all the Indian summers with you
One more compromise I won't be making
One more easy way out I won't be taking
So many chances don't come twice
So many eyes are made of ice
One more cheating hand I won't be shaking
One more substitute I won't be trying
One more piece of the rock that I'm not buying
So many times we stand and fight
So many reasons can't be right
One more simple truth I'm not denying
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely nights in the real world
Too many fools who don't think twice
Too many ways to pay the price
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
One more sacrifice I won't be making
One more golden rule I won't be breaking
No one to let me state my case
No one to tell me to my face
One more sweet surprise I won't be faking
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely nights in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely nights in the real world
Too many games that I can't play
Too many windmills in my way
Don't talk about her, she does the best she can
Don't talk about her, Don't talk about her
She's just lost her man
She's lonely, just try and understand.
And if you can't say something nice
Don't say anything at all
Don't you know that she's had a bad, bad fall
And if you can't say something nice
Don't say anything at all.
Don't talk about her, because she feels that way
Don't talk about her, don't talk about her
She don't feel so good today
She's crying, because her baby walked away.
And if you can't say something nice
Don't say anything at all
Don't you know that she's had a bad, bad fall
And if you can't say something nice
For a while I can sing
All the world and everything is touching you
Knowing you are real a miracle beside me
For a while I can breathe
Life is you, and I can cling to fantasies
Seeing me with you keeps my soul alive now
Tomorrow, if I die
At least I'll know why I live
You're mine, if only for a while
For a while, for a while
You hold my world and you can spin it
For a while, for a while
Life is good because you're in it
Tomorrow, if I die
At least I'll know why I live
Hey young and innocent girl
You don’t even know that I’m around
One loving your world and he doesn’t know what he has found
Oh, I need you so
But you wear a gold wedding ring
If I had a woman, if I had a woman
If I had a woman, a woman like you.
True, you love your man
You love him true like no one can
Uh, what I would do to be in be in his shoes but I understand
You’re beautifully bound
Tied up to love’s silver chain
If I had a woman, if I had a woman
If I had a woman, a woman like you.
Twilight finds me alone
Midnight and I’m on my own
I have numbers to phone but I don’t have a woman like you
I don’t have a woman like you
Lie, I’d tell a lie
If I said I did not love you
I know very well why all of my dreams cannot come true
Here, I need you here
But you wear a clear diamond stone
If I had a woman, if I had a woman
Please, please, don't pity me
Some things are just meant to be
Don't, don't, don't cry for me
I've had my moments
And i guess what will be will be
Hey, hey, don't feel that way
Win or lose, there'll be another day
Don't, don't, don't disillude
I've had my moments
And i've had a dream or two
Don't worry 'bout me, don't shed one tear
Don't feel sorry, it's been a real good year
Ah, that's sweet of you, don't you cry now
I got along before, i'll get along right now
Don't worry 'bout me, don't shed one tear
Don't feel sorry, it's been a real good year
Ah, that's sweet of you, don't you cry now
I got along before, i'll get along right now
Please, please, don't pity me
Some things are just meant to be
Don't, don't, don't cry for me
I've had my moments
How do you start over again?
Tell me, where do you begin?
What does a loser do
When love seems lost?
When bridges are burning
can they still be crossed?
How do you start over,over again?
How do you begin what's already been?
When love was young,we knew our love would last
But now our dreams are somewhere in the past
And I don't know which way to go
I only know I miss you so
And wish somehow it could be
the way it was with you and me
Remember when
How do you start over,over again?
How do you make love when the feeling is gone?
How do you make wrong right,when right seems so wrong?
Just tell me you love me and then
Morning comes into my room, through pretty purple curtains
And looks upon a man so satisfied, I hold a woman in my arms
And watch her while she's sleeping, and I know that I'm the man on Suzie's mind
I'm the pretty dress she buys, I'm the little bug she drives
I'm the picture that she shows to everybody that she knows
I'm the wiggle in her walk, I'm the giggle in her talk
I'm the happy little song she sings, she wears my love for all to see
Sail on by, silver moon, I won't follow you this time
I've got heaven in my arms tonight, I'm the man on Suzie's mind
I'm the stops on her way home, I'm the dime in the telephone
I'm the honey that she talks about, I'm the old meanie when she pouts
I'm the carpet, need her feet every night before she sleeps
I'm the pillow where she lays her head, I'm the last word that she said
Sail on by, silver moon, I won't follow you this time
I've got heaven in my arms tonight, I'm the man on Suzie's mind
I've got heaven in my arms tonight, I'm the man on Suzie's mind
I know you tried your best to love me
You smiled when your heart told you to weep
You tried to pretend that you were happy
But last night I heard you crying in your sleep
You gave the best years of your life dear
And each precious vow you tried to keep
I love you so much I want you happy
But last night I heard you crying in your sleep
Your heart is yearning for an old love
With new love it's useless to compete
It hurts me to know you are unhappy
But last night I heard you crying in your sleep
You know that you are free to go dear
And don't mind me if I start to weep
I know I can never make you happy
I had to escape, the city was sticky and cruel
Maybe i should have called you first
But i was dying to get to you
I was dreaming while i drove
The long straight road ahead, uh huh yeah
Could taste your sweet kisses
Your arms opened wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you, is that alright?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep, to make love to you
Is that alright? I drove all night
What in this world keeps us from falling apart
No matter where i go i hear the beating of our one heart
I think about you when the night is cold and dark uh huh yeah
No one can move me the way that you do
Nothing erases this feeling between me and you oooh
I drove all night to get to you, is that alright?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that alright, I drove all night
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms opened wide
This fever for you is just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you, is that alright?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Is that alright? i drove all night
I drove all night to get to you is that alright??
We were going together for a long long time and it breaks my heart girl
to see you walking with some other guy
I been sitting alone here with a worried head
I've been talking to some downtown girls but don't believe the things that I have said
Cause girl don't you know I only tried to hide the pain when I said
I don't really love you, I don't really want you,
I don't want to have you, I don't really love you
Now we're hitting the daylight, morning looking sad
Never knew a guy could feel as lonely as I'm feelin oh so bad
Time is going slowly dragging like a weight
like to say I'm sorry but deep down in my heart it's just too late
Cause girl don't you know I only tried to hide the pain when I said
I don't really want you, I don't really need you,
I don't want to have you, I don't really love you
We were going together for a long long time
and it breaks my heart girl to see you walking with some other guy
Still I keep on trying lonely as I've been
Got to get your sweet, sweet smile to get that lovin feeling back again
Cause girl don't you know I only tried to hide the pain when I said
I don't really want you, I don't really need you, I don't want to have you,
I don't really love you, I don't really want you I don't really need you,
I don’t believe you when you say there’s nothing wrong
And you can’t hide the tears in your eyes from me
Don’t you know we’ve been together much too long
Please don’t hide it,oh baby can’t you see
CHORUS
That i care, Yes i care,And i swear i do, Oh i do, oh i do
I really do love you, Oh i care, Yes i care, And i swear i do
Oh i do, Yes i do, I really do want you
Would it matter if i told you i was sorry
For all the little things i didn’t do for you
And if you ever left me girl don’t you know i’d worry
You know all i ever wanted was you
And i care, Yes i care, And i swear i do, And i do, oh i do
I really do love you, Oh i care, Yes i care, And i swear i do
Oh i do, Yes i do, I really do want you
BRIDGE
Oh i want you to want me too
Just to love me just to love me
I Can't Stop Loving You
by Don Gibson
Those happy hours that we once knew,
Though long ago, still make me blue.
They say that time heals a broken heart.
But time has stood still since we've been apart.
I can't stop loving you
So I've made up my mind
To live in memory
Of old lone-some times.
I can't stop wanting you
It's use-less to say.
So I'll just live my life
In dreams of yesterday.
Those happy hours that we once knew,
Though long ago, still make me blue.
They say that time heals a broken heart.
But time has stood still since we've been apart.
I can't stop loving you,
There's no use to try.
Pretend ther's some one new;
I can't live a lie.
I can't stop wanting you
The way that I do.
Ther's only been one love for me,
Today I passed you on the street
And my heart was at your feet
I can`t help it if I`m still in love with you
Somebody else stood by you`re side
And he looked so satisfied
I can`t help it if I`m still in love with you.
A picture from the past came slowly stealing
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you.
And suddenly I got that old time feeling
I can`t help it if I´m still in love with you.
instrumental part
It`s hard to know that other lips will kiss you
And hold you close the way I used to do
Oh heaven only knows how much I miss you
I can`t help it if I`m still in love with you
Help! I need somebody.
Help! Not just anybody.
Help! You know I need someone.
Help!
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind,
I've opened up the door.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down,
And I do appreciate you being 'round.
Help me get my feet back on the ground.
Won't you please, please help me?
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down,
And I do appreciate you being 'round.
Help me get my feet back on the ground.
Won't you please, please help me?
When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind,
I've opened up the door.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down,
And I do appreciate you being 'round.
Help me get my feet back on the ground.
Won't you please, please help me?
Hometown sweetheart.Hung around in the dark.
Only make a move or two.I was just a young fool.
Never been to night school, Didn’t know enough to be cool.
So she found another lover, They went undercover.
The way she stole my heart was a Crime
In order to keep the peace Callin’ out the police
Find her’fore i lose my mind.
The woman i love done gone and Left me, no.
She’s got a bad big record on the Heartbreak radio.
A complete investigation, What’s her destination.
Did she leave a trace at all?
Book on her suspicion.Just look at my condition.
She left me here to take the fall.
That girl she sure can play it Rough.She oughta be in handcuffs.
Make her wear a ball’n chain.Oh, she’s just a heart stealer.
Sweetest kind’a love dealer.She knows how to flix a game.
The woman i love done gone and Left me, no.
She got a big bad record on the Heartbreak radio.
Lonely hearts in distress. Calling out an SOS.
All across the U.S of A. Come on back and serve your time.
Right here in these arms of mine. Gotta have you home today.
FBI, CID, help me, help me,help Me please.
The one i love has gone and left me alone.
She got a bad big record on the heartbreak radio.
The one i love has gone and left me alone.
She got a bad big record on the heartbreak radio.
The one i love has gone and left me alone.
She got a big bad record on the heartbreak radio.
1968 Version
Tonight at midnight you came by
I Shook my head, tried not to cry
Halfway weeping, halfway sleeping
Tossing, turning, trembling, burning
Here it comes, heartache
You wore your hair down
I love it that way
You reached out and touched me
And then you faded away
It's unreal, the way I feel
It's almost dawn and you are gone
Here it comes, heartache
Heartache of heartache
Deeper than blue
Teardrop on teardrop
I'm still in love with you
What a way to start a day
here it comes, heartache over you
Heartache for you
Everytime you walk through my mind
I get that old heartache
1974 version
At night I try not to cry
Each tomorrow brings more sorrow
All the time you're on my mind
My heart just aches, it almost breaks
It's almost dawn, heartache
I know it's over
But i don't know why
You reached out and touched me
And then you said goodbye
Oh it's unreal, the way I feel
It's almost dawn the night's too long
My dream is gone
I'm all alone with heartache
Heartache of heartache
Deeper than blue
Teardrop on teardrop
I'm still in love with you
Oh, what a way to start a day
Heartaches today like yesterday
Here comes the sun
I want to talk to folks back home again, to walk along a lonely country lane
To spend some time with that woman of mine, heading south, heading south
Things look bright and I feel alright yeah I'm heading south
Heading south to see the sun go down on camp fire light,to join the singing at night
Heading south to cotton rows and honeysuckle bloom
under the cumberland moon heading south, heading south
Give me room to travel on my way to a place where dreams all fade away
where the river flows and tobacco grows heading south heading south
Cause the sun is hot and people love a lot yeah I'm heading south
Heading south to see the sun go down on camp fire light, to join the singing at night
Heading south to cotton rows and honeysuckle bloom under the cumberland moon
I've wandered around with nothing more than time on my hands
I was lost in the night with no sight of you
And at times it was so blue and lonely
Heading for the light
Been close to the edge, hanging by my fingernails
I've rolled and I've tumbled through the roses and the thorns
And I couldn't see the sign that warned me, I'm
Heading for the light
(Bridge 1)
Ooh - I didn't see that big black cloud hanging over me
And when the rain came down I was nearly drowned
I didn't know the mess I was in
My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway
I don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change
And I get the strangest feeling, as I'm
Heading for the light
(Bridge 2)
Ooh - my hands were tired
Jokers and fools on either side
But still I kept on till the worst had gone
Now I see the hole I was in
My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway
I don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change
And I get the strangest feeling, as I'm
Heading for the light
I see the sun ahead, I ain't never looking back
All the dreams are coming true as I think of you
Now there's nothing in the way to stop me
Heading for the light
Now there's nothing in the way to stop me
The woman is out on her own.
Walking the streets, sad and alone.
Yes she sells herself for nickles and dimes.
These are hard times for a Harlem woman.
Harlem woman.
Yes you work at night.I have held you tight.
But you’re not aware of how much I care.
No you can’t see your baby's been hungry and cold.
So long nights through, go on and do what you must do,
I love you.I love you Harlem woman.
Harlem woman.
Sometimes I cry, but I'll get by till your mine alone.
So carry on to other arms,tender but strong.
Till you belong to me
Harlem woman hang on.
I’ll take you away.
Someday I'll set you free to be with only me.
Till then I'll know,...
Lord knows, I'll know
They can buy the body
But not the soul of my Harlem woman
Harlem woman, Harlem woman
Been beat up and battered around
Been sent up and I've been shut down
You're the best thing that I've ever found
Handle me with care
Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable
But baby you're adorable
Handle me with care
I'm so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won't you show me that you really care?
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine and dream on
I've been fucked up and I've been fooled
I've been robbed and ridiculed
Daycare census and night schools
Handle me with care
Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed commercialized
Handle me with care
I'm so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won't you show me that you really care
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine and dream on
I've been uptight and made a mess
But I'll clean it up myself I guess
Oh the sweet smell of success
Your life begins when teardrops start, a broken toy, a broken heart
All of these things are just a part of growing up
From kiddie cars to walking shoes from lullabyes to lonely blues
Somehow you never quite get used to growing up
Yeah Yeah you're growing up, yeah Yeah you're growing up
It's good to know you're growing up.
The wheel of fortune takes a spin
Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win
But you must play the game again
Drink another cup,You're growing up.
Yeah Yeah you're growing up, yeah yeah you're growing up
It's good to know you're growing up.
Heeeeey eeeeey now little one you're growing up
Heeeeey eeeeey now little one you're growing up.
To be a man, to be a woman to understand, takes a lot of growing, growing up
You'll live to learn, you'll learn to live, you'll give to love your love to give
My Lovely woman child
I found you out running wild with someone new
You've been untrue, And everybody knows we're through
But I can't say goodbye to you, No matter what you do
My heart won't let you go, Although I know you go
With someone new, I think of you
I think of how you kiss, Your tenderness
With all of this, I miss the way you say goodnight
Bittersweet, your kisses, When my heart still misses
The way that things used to be, But I know you're strong for
Other arms you long for, And you can never come back to me
Not just for yesterday, tonight or tomorrow
Ah, but forever
I'll hear you say goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight turned out to be a lie
And I can't help it if I cry
Goodnight my love, Sleep tight my love
Come on now, have some fun
Good time party
Livin' lovin' everyone
Good time party time
Grab that girl and hold her tight
Good time party
Don't you know tonight's the night?
Good time party time
Have a good time party
Dance the night away
Have a good time party
It's time to laugh and play
Good time party
Good time party
It's good time party time
Everybody come along, good time party
Time for women, wine and song
Good time party time
Have a good time party, dance the night away
Have a good time party, it's time to laugh and play
Good time party, good time party
Everybody come along
Good time party
Time for women, wine and song
Good time party time
Good time party, good time party,
Going back to Gloria,the girl I’m dreaming of.
Going back to Gloria,Gloria my love.
Forget about the letters that i wrote to you.
Forget about the many things we used to do.
I don’t want you to cry,but I must say goodbye.
So long you’re on your own.
Going home,going back to Gloria.
Going back to Gloria, the girl I’m dreaming of.
Going back to Gloria, Gloria my love.
I’ll keep on pretending that I never cared
And everytime we’ll meet I’ll act like you're not there.
I will write no more letters.I’ll make no more calls.
I can’t meet you anymore.
Going home,Going back to Gloria.
Going back to Gloria, going back to Gloria.Gloria.
Going back to Gloria.the girl I’m dreaming of.
I have been somebody on nobody’s mind.
A funny kind of winner losing all the time.
On my way to somewhere with no place to go.
Then you said hello.
And now i walk with you.I talk with you.
At last you’re here.In my arms, close to me, so very near.
Touching me, reaching me, with the everything you do.
Long nights through.God love you.
God love you.God love you.
You loving way will make me stay.God love you.
You’ve become the only one who’s always there.
In my dreams, on my mind, in every prayer.
By your side I’m satisfied no way to hide,
This feeling i have for you.
I'll swear it’s true.God love you.
God love you.God love you.
God loves you for being you.
And i thank you for loving me too.
Well i don't get excited
Each time that we're invited
To some social event
Cos with each glance you're stealing
I get that same old feeling
I know that he will be there
You look across the table
Straight at that other guy
I see that look in your eye
And even though i know it
I try hard not to show it
Go on and make me cry
Go on, go on, go on
Go on
Though you think he's playing
Sweeter than the wine
Don't let him steal a moment
I'm running out of time
I feel our love grow colder
As you touch your shoulder
Each time that we're dancing by
I've lost your love so tender
Very well, i will surrender
Go on and hear me cry
Go on, go on, go on
Go on
This looks like the last time
These arms will hold you tight
So if you're going to love me
We only have tonight
The final scene is over
Looks like you win again
You may think that you always will
But oh, he's gonna hurt you
Oh yeah, and when he hurts you
You know that i love you still
Go on, go on, go on
(Chorus 1)
Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, doing the best you can
Well it's all right, as long as you lend a hand
You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring
Waiting for someone to tell you everything
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring
Maybe a diamond ring
(Chorus 2)
Well it's all right, even if they say you're wrong
Well it's all right, sometimes you gotta be strong
Well it's all right, As long as you got somewhere to lay
Well it's all right, everyday is Judgement Day
Maybe somewhere down the road aways
You'll think of me, wonder where I am these days
Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays
Purple haze
(Chorus 3)
Well it's all right, even when push comes to shove
Well it's all right, if you got someone to love
Well it's all right, everything'll work out fine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line
Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive
I'm glad to be here, happy to be alive
It don't matter if you're by my side
I'm satisfied
(Chorus 4)
Well it's all right, even if you're old and grey
Well it's all right, you still got something to say
Well it's all right, remember to live and let live
Well it's all right, the best you can do is forgive
(Chorus 5)
Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, even if the sun don't shine
Day after day I'm more confused
So I look for the light in the pouring rain
You know that's a game that I hate to lose
I'm feelin' the strain, ain't it a shame
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away
Beginning to think that I'm wastin' time
I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
I'm countin' on you to carry me through
And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue
The guitar's comin' through to soothe me
Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know I believe in your song
Rhythm and rhyme and harmony
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream?
Dream baby
Got me dreamin' sweet dreams
The whole day through
Dream baby
Got me dreamin' sweet dreams
Nighttime too
I love you
And I really need you
You know I do
Dream baby, make me stop my dreamin'
You can make my dreams come true
Oh, sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream?
Dream baby
Got me dreamin' sweet dreams
The whole day through
Dream baby
Got me dreamin' sweet dreams
Nighttime too
I love you
And I really need you
You know I do
Dream baby, make me stop my dreamin'
You can make my dreams come true
Oh, sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream?
Oh, sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Well, you can't be my lovin' baby
You ain't got the style
I'm a-gonna get some real gone love
That'll drive a cool cat wild
I wanna move, move on down the line
Gonna get me a gal, then I go out on the town
Well, I wanna move on down the line
I'm gonna get me a gal, make some time
She can't be square, she can't be slow
And when she starts a-struttin' she's gotta go
I'm gonna move, move on down the line
Well, I'm in love, have been all the time
Yeah, I'm gonna show you ain't so hot
I'm gonna get what you ain't got
She'll be sweet, won't do me wrong
She'll be cool and twice as gone
We're gonna roll on, roll on down the line
I'm gonna get some love, lovin' that's truly fine
Well, I wanna move on down the line
I'm gonna get some lovin, truly fine
A love that'll be twice as gone
And when she starts a-struttin' she's gotta go
I wanna move on, move on down the line
Well, I'm gonna do right, do right all the time
Me and my buddy went on a double date
I was feeling great, I could hardly wait
I got my lovin' baby and introduced my friend
He fell for her, she fell for him
On a double date, on a double date
Now my baby's gone, I'm all alone
All because of a double date, of a double date
Then my one time buddy went on a double date
He was feeling great, he couldn't hardly wait
He got my loving baby and introduced his friend
Ha ha, and then that was the end
On a double date, on a double date
Now my baby's gone, I'm all alone
All because of a double date, of a double date
There's a cat in town that you might know
He goes by the name of Domino
A long tweed jacket and a diamond ring
A blue sport car, he's a crazy king
They love him so that cat called Domino, Domino, Domino
Well the girls all think that he's a real gone guy
They all flip when he walks by
Shanty clothes and cool white shoes
He's rearm' to go and never sings the blues
They love him so that cat called Domino, Domino, Domino
He's got cool black hair and a solid style
Long side-bums and a crazy smile
A thousand girls, they'll tell you so
They dig that cat called Domino
They love him so that cat called Domino, Domino, Domino
Well Domino, cool man go, Domino, they love him so
Devil Doll..........Devil Doll
We went steady in the fall,
we broke up in the spring
your young lovin blinds,
and you gave me back my ring
Well I see now what my friends saw then,
that you're just not the one
to love someone true
the way I love you,
oh devil doll
Now I'm not the first one
and I won't be the last,
you'll make my heart
just another heart you've broken in the past
Don't play a game with another guy,
don't make me feel so blue,
I'm a guy that's true and I love you
oh devil doll
Now I'm not the first one
don't let me be the last,
don't make my heart
just another heart you've broken in the past,
Don't play a game with another guy,
don't make me feel so blue,
I'm a guy that's true and I love you
(Roy Orbison/Diane Warren/Albert Hammond)
I had somebody
Somebody who loved me
Someone so good to me
You were my angel
You were my heaven
But I was too blind to see
I let you slip away
I guess I never knew
I had the world with you
I'd be there
Still be there
In your arms
If not for my
Careless heart
You'd still be loving me
If not for my
Careless heart
You'd still be mine
I wouldn't haave this hurt inside
I wouldn't have these tears to cry
If not for my
Careless heart
If not for my
Careless heart
I had my chances
I took advantage
I took it all too far
So now you're gone
And I'm all alone
Alone with my lonely heart
I let it fall apart
I didn't care enough
I lost your precious love
You'd be here
You'd be here
In my arms
If not for my
Careless heart
You'd still be loving me
If not for my
Careless heart
You'd still be mine
I wouldn't have this hurt inside
I wouldn't have these tears to cry
If not for my
Careless heart
If not for my
Careless heart
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Eric Wincentsen "Greetings from the Humungous-
267@ef.gc.maricopa.edu The Lord Humungous!"
Glendale Community College, -The Road Warrior
Glendale, Arizona
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Come on baby, let me take you by the hand
Come on sugar, let me take you by the hand
Go for me, let me be
All your own candy, your candy, candy man
Come on baby, I love your honey, lovin' ways
Baby, sweet thing, I love your honey, lovin', your honey, lovin' ways
Come to me, let me be
All your own candy, your candy, candy man
Come on woman, gonna treat you right
Give you candy kisses every single night
Candy man, go for me, let me be
All your own candy, your candy, candy man
Hey, candy, candy, candy
I've got a sweet, sweet juice for you
Yeah, candy, candy, candy
Working all day
And the sun don't shine
Trying to get by
And I'm just killin' time
I feel the rain
Fall the whole night through
Far away from you
California Blue
-CHORUS-
California Blue
Dreaming all alone
Nothing else to do
California Blue
Everyday I pray
I'll be on my way
Saving love for you
California Blue
One Sunny Day
I'll get back again
Somehow, some way
But I don't know when
California Blue
California Blue
Living my life
With you on my mind
Thinking of things
That I left far be hind
It's been so long
Doing all I can do
To get back to you
California Blue
Still missing you
I wonder why you threw your diary away
When you walk by I nearly died What can I say
Things were fine, you were mine just yesterday
Now we're apart ,Breakin' up is breakin' my heart
I find myself alone at night And then I cry
No tenderness My happiness just said goodbye
Now you're gone, I'm alone I wonder why we had to part
Breakin' up is breakin' my heart, baby
Breakin' up is breakin' my heart
The love affair we used to share Is cold and still
I loved you then I love you now I always will
The day that you found someone new
My lonely world just fell apart
Out of your arms drives me out of my mind
Baby, breaking up is breakin' my heart
Baby, breaking up is breakin' my heart
Breakin' up is breakin' my heart
Borne on the wind,
Borne on the wind
Between the sunset and the dawn.
So tenderly your memory
Lingers with me on and on
Borne on the wind,
Borne on the wind
You are still with me it seems
A life to live, a love to give,
And you will live in my dreams.
You don’t love me,
But you love for me to be in love with you.
You led me on,lured me on
But when I fell you were gone.
Borne on the wind,
Borne on the wind,
Now a song in my heart.
A soft refrain you will remain
to live again and again
Borne on the wind,
Borne on the wind,
Not many'd say she's pretty 'cause they don't realize
that beauty is often hidden from anothers eyes
But in a quiet moment her beauty starts to shine
and every night I'm thankful that she's mine
oh-oh that she is mine
And she was born to love me in her gentle way
born to love me each and everyday
Born to love me born to hold me tight
born to love me everynight, everynight
I've learned it doesn't matter what other people see
it's what I feel for her and what she feels for me
She's made my life worth living because she understood
that love is made for giving, she's so good
oh-oh she's so good
And she was born to love me in her gentle way
born to love me each and everyday
Born to love me born to hold me tight
born to love me everynight, everynight
Yes, she was born to love me in her gentle way
born to love me each and everyday
It's been so long since you dropped by the store
You're still as pretty as you were before
You've still got personality and poise
You were always such a hit with me and the boys
What - you need some candy
A magazine, some toys
To take back home
To Bobby and the boys
Yes i remember Bobby
Mr. Popularity
Do you ever tell him
How it was with you and me?
Here, take the candy
There'll be no charge for the toys
And give my best
To Bobby and the Boys
As i lock up, there my baby goes
How much i love that girl, nobody knows
Guess i'll go out to bright lights and noise
While she goes home to Bobby and the boys
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
They say that he was the fastest gun alive
Before you could draw your gun from the holster
You would surely die
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
He killed three men in abilone and four in Wichita
He wounded one in Kansas City
Let him live out of pity
He was tired of killing them all
Then one night in a brawl
His brother John got killed in Wichita
Defending his brother's name
The Blackie Dalton fame had brought his brother shame
He got word in Tucson about his brother John
They heard him say as he left that day
"I've got to hunt him down
Then I'll throw my gun away"
Lonely night on the trail
He'd listen to the coyotes wail
And sympathise with the cry
For one more man must die
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
The fastest gun alive is what they say
He caught that man shot him down
Turned and walked away
Yes, he threw his gun away
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
But he turned his back on the life that he had led
A man remembered from Kansas city
Didn't have any pity
He shot Blackie dead
Yes he shot Blackie dead
Lonely nights on the trail
The cowboys tell a different tale
Blackie didn't really die
No, Blackie didn't really die
Blackie Dalton was a gun fighter
The fastest gun alive is what they said
He changed his name and in his grave
The Kansas man instead
With this marker at his head
Well Nashville had country music but Memphis had the soul
Lord, the white boy had the rhythm and that started rock and roll
And I was here when it happened don’t you all think I ought to know
I was here when it happened, yeah, yeah, yeah
I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll, Lord, lord yeah.
Well the cat named Elvis Be-Bopped in to Sun right off the street
Sang “Blue Moon of Ole K-Y" but he did it with a brand new beat
Guess he sought him a sleeping world and out there by surprise
Jack ‘em up, you rang them out and he’ hung ‘em out to dry
I was there when it happened, don’t you all think I ought to know, lord, lord
Yeah I was here when it happened I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll
Here’s kinda the way it happened
Well the drummer boy was the beatin’ on the drums a rockin’ and a goin’ wild
The real city slicker was clickin’ and clackin’ and doin’ it in a different style
hit car strumming a beat and a pumpin' and the lead man picking out the blues
hip-shaking singer was a swinging and a swinging saying some style blue suede shoes
and I was here when it happened, Lord I think I ought to know, yeah, yeah
Folks I was here when it happened I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll
What you think about it little guitar c’mon son
Some folks called it the devil's music others said it wouldn’t last long
31 years since we started shakin’ proves somebody was wrong
the 64’s, the Beatles and the four were rock and roll's best friends
The Beatles and The Stones brought the old beat home
And world went crazy again I was here when it happened
My friend I think I ought to know, yeah , yeah
Well I was there when it happened
I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll
When I was young, I spent my summer days
Playin' on the track.
The sound of the wheels rollin' on the steel
Took me out, took me back.
Big Train from Memphis,
Big Train from Memphis,
Now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone.
Like no one before, he let out a roar,
and I just had to tag along.
Each night I went to bed with the sound in my head,
And the dream was a song.
Big Train from Memphis,
Big Train from Memphis,
Now it's gone gone gone, gone gone gone.
Well I've rode 'em in and back out again
You know what they say about trains;
But I'm tellin' you when that Memphis train came through,
This ol' world was not the same.
Big Train from Memphis,
Big Train from Memphis,
(Montgomery)
I know they don't think that I'll amount to much
But your love has given me the magic touch
Just put your faith in me and strange as it may seem
I will build a dream for you
Big as I can dream
I know that they want the best things for you
That is just what I have planned
If they only knew.
There's no mountain that's too high
I can ford any stream
For your love I can be
Big as I can dream.
There's no mountain that's too high
I can ford any stream
For your love I can be
Big as I can dream
Big as I can dream
LALALALALA...............
An old man on his death bed whispered to me "you are the master of your destiny"
A diamond is a diamond a stone a stone but a man's not all good nor all bad
call them as you see them you'll stand alone You're the best friend that you ever had oh yeah
you're the best friend that you ever had
So laugh when it's time to laugh, cry when it's time to cry, live while it's time to live
you'll die when it's time to die LALALALALALA....................
Then he closed his eyes and left me alone, my old friend's death brought his wisdom home
A diamond is a diamond a stone a stone but a man's not all good nor all bad
Call them as you see them you'll stand alone, you're the best friend that you ever had oh yeah
you're the best friend that you ever had
So laugh when it's time to laugh cry when it's time to cry
live while it's time to live you'll die when it's time to die
Ma la petit ca de bonee
Life could be sweet, sweet beaujolais
Beautiful dream on a beautiful day
Are you what you seem, sweet beaujolais
Oh girl, my heart is slipping away
Oh girl, I love beaujolais
Tres bon chamlee, ca sont verne
Ma fleur de lis, je t'aime beaujolais
Oh girl, my heart is slipping away
Oh girl, I love beaujolais
I love beaujolais
I love beaujolais
Anything You Want
Every time I look into your lovely eyes,
I see a love that money just can't buy.
One look from you, I drift away.
I pray that you are here to stay.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Every time I hold you I begin to understand,
Everything about you tells me I'm your man.
I live my life to be with you.
No one can do the things you do.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Anything you want
Anything you need
Anything at all
I'm glad to give my love to you.
I know you feel the way I do.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Anything you want, you got it
Anything you need, you got it
Anything at all, you got it
Baby
Anything at all
Baby
Almost Eighteen a lot of sugar and lace
Almost Eighteen with an angel face
She says I'm her kind of guy
and if I leave her she'll die uh uh
I'll flip upside down and all the way around
I'm acting like a clown because I think I've found
The cream of the crop, I know I'll never stop
Full Skirt, dont flirt, ballerina shoes
Pin slips, two lips that never sing the blues
Almost eighteen, a ribbon in her hair
Almost eighteen, my baby's young and fair
0h-oh, I'll never let her go
Because, oh i love her so, oh-oh
She's gonna have her birthday then we'll run away
We're gonna find a preacher, let him be the teacher
Gonna Honeymoon all through the month of June
Darlin' we'll have time until we're ninety nine, yeah yeah
Wedding bells gonna ring, we're gonna be together
I love her, she loves me, our love'll live forever
Almost eighteen, She's a swingin' queen
Almost eighteen, oh what a lovely dream
Until the end of time
My baby's mine, all mine, uh-uh
Almost Eighteen
Almost Eighteen
Almost Eighteen
There was an old woman that lived in a shoe
Had so many children, she didn't know what to do
They were doin' all right, till she took 'em to town
The kids started pickin' 'em up and puttin' 'em down
Now all your children wanna rock, mama
All your children wants to roll
They wanna roll, wanna rock, wanna bop till they pop
All your children wants to rock
Rock now, go!
Well, we're not tryin' to live too fast
And we might as well try to live in class
We better move out before the rent comes due
'Cause we wanna live in a blue suede shoe
All your children wanna rock, mama
All your children wants to roll
Wanna roll, wanna rock, wanna bop till they pop
All your children want to rock
Now rock, go!
Well, every night when it's quiet and still
You can hear it echoing through the hill
From a blue suede shoe on a mountain top
All of mama's youngens are doin' the bop
All them children wanna rock, mama
All your children wanna roll
They wanna roll, wanna rock, wanna bop till they pop
All your children wanna rock
Rock, go!
Hey let's rock it!
Well bop!
Well, all your children wanna rock, mama
All your children wanna roll
They wanna roll, wanna rock, wanna bop till they pop
Well girl, don't you understand
I wanna be your lovin' man
All by myself, all by myself
I don't want no one to love you
Wanna love you all by myself
Well, meet me on the corner 'bout half past one
We're goin' out to have some fun
All by ourselves, all by ourselves
We don't need nobody with us
We can do it all by ourselves
You're a fine little girl and you know it too
Don't you know I'm in love with you
All by myself, all by myself
I don't want no one to love you
Wanna love you all by myself
You're a fine little girl and you know it too
Don't you know I'm in love with you
All by myself, all by myself
I don't want no one to love you
When love’s light slowly starts to fade.
On dreams and promises we made.
What can we do to right this wrong.
After the love,after the love has gone.
When did our love began to die.
It seems too lata to wonder why.
This feeling seems so strong.
After the love, after the love has gone.
After the love has gone.
How can we still be friends.
How can we carry on.
After the love,after the love has gone.
And now it’s time to say goodbye.
Just walka way, try not to cry.
We’ll love again before too long.
After the love, after the love has gone.
After the love has gone.
After it finally ends.
There’ll be no sweet love songs.
After the love, after the love has gone.
How can we still be friends.
How can we carry on.
The evening sun is falling that old blue moon is calling
My guardian angel in the sky came through
To help all my dreams come true there's a new star.
There's a new star coming tonight, there's a new love burning
So bright for a new star of love is born between the earth and sky
for you and I.
There's a new star
The moon was dull, the sky was cold and gray
There were no stars to light my lonely way
And then I traced the lovelight in your eyes
To a new star twinkling in the sky burning bright, day and night
Now I'm alright, now we're together, lovers forever
A new star, a new star to light our way
There's a new star burning for us, there's a new world turning for us
There's a new star sparkling in the sky.
There's a new star shining somewhere and we know the reason why
There's a new star way up there for a true love
Last night, last night, last night, you loved me, how you loved me
Oh, you made me love you last night
Oh how you teased me like you did it, when you did it last night
Pleased me like you did it, when you did it last night
You stole my heart away from me last night
Holding you tight, did it mean as much to you as it meant to me, last night
Were you just lonely, was I just a friend?, did you want me only, or did you pretend?
Was it just one night to hold you tight? then make tonight just like last night
Come on and love me like you did it, when you did it last night
Hold me like you did it when you did it last night
I want you to stay and love me all the way
Say sweet things to me like you said last night, hang on so tight
Now it's alright, just like last night I feel so fine now, you are mine now
Yeah, just like last night, yeah kiss me like you did it
When you did it last night, yeah, touch me like you did it
When you did it last night, ah love me like you did it
(T. Bone Burnette/Dan Malloy)
I close my eyes
And love so warm and tender
Feel you touching me
I close my eyes
I don'teven have to try
It comes so easily
I don't know why
I ever let us drift apart
But look who's sorry now
Cause every time
I wake up and you're not around
It only brings me down
CHORUS
Oh baby
All I can do is dream you
All I can do is dream you
Oh baby
All I can do is dream you
All I can do is dream you
Everyday I pray
That somewhere down the line
We will meet again
I'll find a way
To get you back somehow
But baby until then
CHORUS
Famous quotes by Roy Orbison:
"Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy."
"I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire."
"Look how quickly he was outstripped by other white rockers,"
"As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell that I'd been crying over you."
"I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me."
"I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you."
"Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight."
"Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars."
"I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot."
"You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might."
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Uptown
- Only the Lonely
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- Running Scared
- Lana
- Crying
- Let the Good Times Roll
- Blue Bayou
- Dream Baby
- The Crowd
- Working for the Man
- In Dreams
- Falling
- It's Over
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Goodnight
- Pretty Paper
- Say You're My Girl
- Paper Boy
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Twinkle Toes
- Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)
- In Dreams
- Blue Bayou
- Mean Little Mama
- Lana
- Running Scared
- Falling
- Leah
- Indian Wedding
- Blue Angel
- Ooby Dooby
- Hey! Miss Fannie
- A True Love Goodbye
- An Empty Cup and a Broken Date
- Tryin' to Get to You
- Tutti Frutti
- [advertisement: overton park shell concert]
- Ooby Dooby
- Cat Called Domino
- Go! Go! Go!
- Rockhouse
- 1956 Guitar Pull Medley: I Want You, I Need You, I Love You / I Was the One / That's All Right / Mary Lou / You're My Baby
- You're My Baby
- Mean Little Mama
- Problem Child
- One More Time (demo recording)
- You're Gonna Cry
- It's Too Late
- Sweet and Easy to Love
- This Kind of Love
- Claudette (demo recording)
- You Tell Me (demo recording)
- Night Owl (demo recording)
- Bad Cat (demo recording)
- I Give Up (demo recording)
- Love Struck (demo recording)
- Baby Don't Stop (demo recording)
- Defeated (demo recording)
- Love Storm (demo recording)
- Almost Eighteen
- With the Bug
- Pretty One
- Ooby Dooby
- Go! Go! Go!
- Rock House
- Uptown
- Only the Lonely
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- Lana
- Love Hurts
- Crying
- Candy Man
- Dream Baby
- The Crowd
- Leah
- Falling
- Working for the Man
- Mean Woman Blues
- Blue Bayou
- Pretty Paper
- It's Over
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Only the Lonely
- Dream Baby
- Ooby Dooby
- Blue Angel
- Love Hurts
- Crying
- Running Scared
- Lana
- Uptown
- Go! Go! Go!
- Rock House
- Candy Man
- The Crowd
- Working for the Man
- Leah
- Mean Woman Blues
- Falling
- Pretty Paper
- Blue Bayou
- It's Over
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Crying
- Running Scared
- It's Over
- Candy Man
- In Dreams
- Mean Woman Blues
- Lena
- Leah
- Run for the Sun
- Blue Blue Day
- Baby Don't Stop
- Penny Arcade
- Blue Bayou
- Maybe
- In Dreams
- This Kind of Love
- Friday Night
- Heavy Load
- Poor Baby
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Lana
- Communication Breakdown
- Heartache
- Walk On
- Break My Mind
- Go, Go, Go (Down the Line)
- Uptown
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- She
- Time to Cry
- Crawling Back
- Falling
- Goodnight
- Only the Lonely
- Leah
- In Dreams
- Uptown
- It's Over
- Crying
- Dream Baby
- Blue Angel
- Working for the Man
- Candy Man
- Running Scared
- Falling
- Love Hurts
- Shahdaroba
- I'm Hurtin'
- Mean Woman Blues
- Pretty Paper
- The Crowd
- Blue Bayou
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Ooby Dooby
- You're My Baby
- Rockhouse
- Sweet & Easy to Love
- Go! Go! Go!
- Devil Doll
- I Give Up
- I Like Love
- Trying to Get to You
- Fools Hall of Fame
- Domino
- It's Too Late
- Chicken Hearted
- You're Gonna Cry
- I Never Knew
- Clown
- Mean Little Mama
- This Kind of Love
- You Tell Me
- I Was a Fool (feat. Ken Cook)
- Lovestruck
- Problem Child
- Cause of It All
- One More Time
- True Love Goodbye
- Claudette (demo)
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Falling
- Only the Lonely
- Pretty Paper
- Blue Bayou
- Mean Woman Blues
- Blue Angel
- All I Have Is to Dream
- In Dreams
- Lana
- Beautiful Dreamer
- The Great Pretender
- Candy Man
- Bye Bye Love
- Dream
- Cry
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- What'd I Say
- Love Hurts
- Born on the Wind
- Let the Good Times Roll
- I'd Be Legend in My Time
- Ride Away
- Crawling Back
- Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
- Twinkle Toes
- Too Soon to Know
- Communication Breakdown
- So Good
- Cry Softly Lonely One
- She
- Born to Be Loved by You
- Walk On
- Heartache
- Southbound Jericho Parkway
- Penny Arcade
- She Cheats on Me
- So Young
- Love Me Like You Did Last Night
- God Love You
- Remember the Good
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Blue Rain (Coming Down)
- I Wanna Live
- I Got Nothing
- Running Scared
- Crying
- Dream Baby (How long Must I Dream)
- In Dreams
- Blue Angel
- Falling
- Candy Man
- Leah
- I'm Hurtin'
- Uptown
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Lana
- Dream Baby
- It's Over
- Rockhouse
- Blue Bayou
- Problem Child
- Mean Woman Blues
- Ooby Dooby (Alt)
- Too Soon to Know
- I Never Knew
- The Clown
- Penny Arcade
- Leah
- Fools Hall of Fame
- Claudette
- Go Go Go
- Candy Man
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Only the Lonely
- Cryin'
- Running Scared
- It's Over
- Penny Arcade
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- Lana
- Leah
- Blue Bayou
- Hound Dog Man
- Too Soon to Know
- In Dreams
- Working for the Man
- Blue Angel
- Ooby Dooby (The Teen Kings)
- Trying to Get to You (The Teen Kings)
- Ooby Dooby (Sun Master)
- Go! Go! Go!
- Trying to Get to You
- You're My Baby
- Rock House
- Sweet & Easy to Love
- Devil Doll
- Love Dumb Baby (Fragment)
- Fools Hall of Fame
- A True Love Goodbye
- Chicken Hearted
- I Like Love
- Mean Little Mama
- Problem Child
- Cat Called Domino
- You Tell Me
- I Give Up
- One More Time
- Lovesick
- The Clown
- Claudette
- The Cause of It All
- You're Gonna Cry
- This Kind of Love
- It's Too Late
- I Never Knew
- Claudette
- Only the Loney (Know the Way I Feel)
- Uptown
- Blue Angel
- In Dreams
- My Prayer
- Seems to Me
- Claudette
- Goodnight
- Crying
- Pretty Paper
- (Say) You're My Girl
- (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
- I'm Hurtin'
- Mean Woman Blues
- Candy Man
- Only the Lonely
- Crying
- Dream Baby, How Long Must I Dream?
- Running Scared
- Candy Man
- Leah
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurting
- Uptown
- The Crowd
- Ooby Dooby
- Working for the Man
- Devil Doll
- Mean Little Mama
- A True Love Goodbye
- It's Too Late
- I Give Up
- Trying to Get You
- My Prayer
- Blue Bayou
- Crying
- Love Hurts
- The Great Pretender
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- Pretty One
- Falling
- What'd I Say
- Goodnight
- Only The Lonely
- Bye Bye Love
- Love Star
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Ooby Dooby
- Only the Lonley
- Go Go Go (Down the Line)
- Trying to Get to You
- Rockhouse
- Running Scared
- Blue Angel
- Candy Man
- It's Over
- Dream Baby
- Uptown
- Love Star
- Blue Bayou
- Lana
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Work for the Man
- In Dreams
- Problem Child
- It's to Late
- Bye Bye Love
- This Kind of Love
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Mean Little Man
- Pretty One
- Tryin' to Get to You
- Ooby Dooby
- Go, Go, Go
- Rock House
- You're My Baby
- Devil Doll
- Claudette
- Seems to Me
- Sweet and Innocent
- Almost Eighteen
- Jolie
- I'll Never Tell
- With the Bug
- Paper Boy
- Uptown
- Pretty One
- Only the Lonely
- Here Comes That Song Again
- Blue Angel
- Party Heart
- How Are Things In Paradise
- Darkness
- Yes
- Double Date
- Mama (German)
- San Fernando (German)
- Zig Zag
- Tired old country song
- Mother
- Boogie Baby
- Indian Summer (Larry Gatlin & Roy Orbison with The Gatlin Brothers)
- Only The Lonely
- I'm Hurtin'
- Dream Baby
- Oh Pretty Women
- It's Over
- In Dreams
- Blue Bayou
- (I'm A) Southern Man
- What'd I Say
- Wedding Day
- Lana
- Drifting Away
- Born To Love Me
- Old Love Song
- Sentimental
- Crying
- The Great Pretender
- Love Star
- Indian Wedding
- Borne On The Wind
- Mama
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- I'd Be a Legend in Time
- (Yes) I'm Hurting
- The Same Street
- Far Far Away
- Big Hearted Me
- Sweet Dreams
- Blue Blue Day
- What About Me
- Give Myself a Party
- Lonesome Number One
- Crawling Back
- It Ain't No Big Thing
- Time Changed Everything
- The Loner
- Maybe
- Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
- Go Away
- Why Hurt the One Who Love You
- Oh Such Stranger
- Too Soon to Know
- A New Star
- Never
- The Actress
- Paper Boy
- With the Bug
- Today's Teardrops
- Here Comes That Song Again
- Only With You
- Pretty One
- No Chain at All
- Blues in My Mind
- Drifting Away
- Wings of Glory
- Belinda
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Distant Drums
- No One Will Ever Know
- Beautiful Dreamer
- The Great Pretender
- Let the Good Times Roll
- Bye Bye Love
- Dream
- (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
- All I Have to Do Is Dream
- Cry
- What'd I Say
- Only the Lonely
- Leah
- In Dreams
- Uptown
- It's Over
- Crying
- Dream Baby
- Blue Angel
- Working for the Man
- Candy Man
- Running Scared
- Falling
- Claudette
- Ooby Dooby
- I'm Hurting
- Mean Woman Blues
- Lana
- Blue Bayou
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Why a Woman Cries
- Run, Baby, Run (Back Into My Arms)
- Take Care of Your Woman
- I'm the Man on Susie's Mind
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Run the Engines Up High
- It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)
- I Fought the Law
- The Three Bells
- Danny Boy
- (I'll Be) A Legend in My Time
- (Yes) I'm Hurting
- The Same Street
- Far, Far Away
- Big Hearted Me
- Sweet Dreams
- Oh, Such a Stranger
- Blue, Blue Day
- What About Me
- Give Myself a Party
- Too Soon to Know
- Lonesome Number One
- She
- Communication Breakdown
- Cry Softly, Lonely One
- Girl Like Mine
- It Takes One (To Know One)
- Just Let Me Make Believe
- Here Comes the Rain, Baby
- That's a No-No
- Memories
- Time to Cry
- Only Alive
- Crawling Back
- It Ain't No Big Thing (That I'm Crying)
- Time Changed Everything
- This Is My Land
- The Loner
- Maybe
- Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
- Go Away
- A New Star
- Never
- It Wasn't Very Long Ago
- Why Hurt the One Who Loves You
- Ride Away
- You Fool You
- Two of a Kind
- This Is Your Song
- I'm in a Blue, Blue Mood
- If You Can't Say Something Nice
- Claudette
- Afraid to Sleep
- Sugar and Honey
- Summer Love
- Big as I Can Dream
- Wondering
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Dance
- (Say) You're My Girl
- Goodnight
- Nightlife
- Let the Good Times Roll
- (I Get So) Sentimental
- You te amo Maria
- Wedding Day
- Sleepy Hollow
- 22 Days
- I'd Be a Legend in My Time
- This Kind of Love
- Devil Doll
- You're My Baby
- Rock House
- You're Gonna Cry
- I Never Knew
- Sweet and Easy to Love
- Mean Little Mama
- Ooby Dooby
- Problem Child
- Ooby Dooby
- Problem Child
- Trying To Get To You
- You're My Baby
- Rockhouse
- Domino
- Sweet And Easy To Love
- Devil Doll
- The Cause Of It All
- Fools Hall Of Fame
- A True Love Goodbye
- Chicken
- I Like
- Mean Little
- Ooby Dooby
- Go Go Go
- Rockhouse
- Trying to Get You
- This Kind of Love
- It's Too Late
- You're My Baby
- Domino
- Sweet and Easy to Love
- Devil Doll
- The Cause of It All
- Fools Hall of Fame
- A True Love Goodbye
- Ooby Dooby
- One More Time
- Problem Child
- Rock House
- Sweet and Easy to Love
- This Kind of Love
- Trying to Get to You
- You're Gonna Cry
- You're My Baby
- I Never Knew
- Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
- Indian Wedding
- Workin' For The Man
- The Crowd
- Blue Bayou
- On Pretty Woman
- Dream Baby (How long Must I Dream)
- My Prayer
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Crying
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
- Claudette
- Leah
- California Blue
- It's Over
- Blue Bayou
- Falling
- Heartache
- Blue Avenue
- Running Scared
- In Dreams
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Crying
- Running Scared
- It's Over
- Candy Man
- In Dreams
- Dream Baby
- Mean Woman Blues
- Lana
- Leah
- Wedding Day
- Indian Wedding
- Goodnight
- Yo Te Amo, Maria
- Blue Bayou
- Today's Teardrops
- Only the Lonely
- Blue Angel
- Running Scared
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- In Dreams
- Mean Woman Blues
- Blue Bayou
- It's Over
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Penny Arcade
- Leah
- Lawa
- Candy Man
- Go Go Go (Down the Line)
- Too Soon to Know
- Too Soon to Know
- Breaking' Up Is Breakin' My Heart
- Sweet Dreams
- Ooby Dooby (feat. The Teen Queens)
- Claudette
- I'm Hurting
- Devil Doll
- (I'd Be) A Legend in Time
- Crawlin' Back
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Only the Lonely
- It's Over
- Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- Running Scared
- Crying
- Candy Man
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- The Crowd
- Leah
- Workin' For The Man
- In Dreams
- Falling
- Mean Woman Blues
- Blue Bayou
- It's Over
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Lana
- Communication Breakdown
- Heartache
- Walk On
- Break My Mind
- Go, Go, Go
- Uptown
- Blue Angel
- I'm Hurtin'
- She
- Time To Cry
- Crawling Back
- Falling
- Goodnight
- Pretty Woman
- Mama
- Leah
- Running Scared
- The Great Pretender
- Born on the Wind
- What'd I Say
- Crying
- Doubele Date
- Candy Man
- Pretty Paper
- Today's Teardrops
- I'm Hurtin
- (Say) You're My Girl
- Indian Summer
- In Dreams
- Drifting Away
- The Crowd
- I'd Be a Legend in My Time
- Born to Love Me
- Running Scared
- Falling
- Love Hurts
- Shahadaroba
- I'm Hurting
- Mean Woman Blues
- Pretty Paper
- The Crowd
- Blue Bayou
- Oh Pretty Woman
- Devil Doll
- Sweet and Easy Love
- Ooby Dooby
- Go Go Go
- You're My Baby
- Rockhouse
- Mean Little Mama
- Chicken Hearted
- It's Too Late
- The Clown
- Claudette
- Domino
- Fools Hall Of Fame
- I Like Love
- You Got It
- Only the Lonely
- Love Hurts
- Running Scared
- Crying
- Blue Bayou
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
- Borne on the Wind
- In Dreams
- It's Over
- Oh, Pretty Woman
- Goodnight
- (Say) You're My Girl
- She's a Mystery to Me
- Tryin' To Get To You
- Ooby Dooby
- Down The Line (Go Go Go)
- You're My Baby
- Rockhouse
- Domino
- Sweet And Easy To Love
- Devil Doll
- The Cause Of It All
- Fools Hall Of Fame
- A True Love Goodbye
- Chicken Hearted
- I Like Love
- Mean Little Mama
- Problem Child
- This Kind Of Love
- It's Too Late
- I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody
- You're Gonna Cry
- One More Time
- Lovestruck
- The Clown
- Claudette
- Bye Bye Love
- The Great Pretender
- Love Hurts
- In Dreams
- I'm Hurting
- Raindrops
- Beautiful Dreamer
- Blue Avenue
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- Come Back to Me
- She Wears My Ring
- Gigoletto
- The Actress
- I'll Say It's My Fault
- Pretty One
- It's Over
Born: 1936-04-23
Died: 1988-12-06
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams
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- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 08 Jul 2008
Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night)
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- Duration: 6:19
- Updated: 16 Jul 2010
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Tom Waits, kd lang, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and Jennifer Warnes. Recorded September 30, 1987. Purchase the DVD here: http://bit.ly/9fLh7X
© 1999 Orbison Records, Inc.
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Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Tom Waits, kd lang, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and Jennifer Warnes. Recorded September 30, 1987. Purchase the DVD here: http://bit.ly/9fLh7X
© 1999 Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 16 Jul 2010
- views: 3160680
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, 01012011, HRT 1 (R), 720p
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- Duration: 64:32
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Black and White Night je posebna TV emisija emitirana 03.01.1988. (snimljena 30.09.1987.) u kojoj je nastupio Roy Orbison i prijatelji. U publici su bili brojni fanovi Roya Orbisona, kao i mnoge slavne osobe kao što su: Billy Idol, Patrick Swayze, Sandra Bernhard, Kris Kristofferson.
Pratio ga je TCB Band u sastavu: Glen D. Hardin (klavijature), James Burton (gitara), Jerry Scheff (bas), Ronnie Tutt (bubnjevi). Muški prateći vokali, od kojih su se neki pridružili u izvedbi sviranjem gitare, poznati su glazbenici, kao što su: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J. D. Souther i Steven Soles. Ženski prateći vokali bili su: K. D. Lang, Jennifer Warnes i Bonnie Raitt. Čut ćemo najpoznatije skladbe Roya Orbisona.
Jedna od njegovih najizvođenijih pjesama "Oh, Pretty Woman" u izvedbi iz ove emisije, na gitarama Springsteen i Burton, nominirana je za Grammy za najbolju izvedbu uživo. Godinu dana poslije emisije izdan je album "A Black & White Night Live", ali Roy Orbison nije doživio njegov izlazak.
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Black and White Night je posebna TV emisija emitirana 03.01.1988. (snimljena 30.09.1987.) u kojoj je nastupio Roy Orbison i prijatelji. U publici su bili brojni fanovi Roya Orbisona, kao i mnoge slavne osobe kao što su: Billy Idol, Patrick Swayze, Sandra Bernhard, Kris Kristofferson.
Pratio ga je TCB Band u sastavu: Glen D. Hardin (klavijature), James Burton (gitara), Jerry Scheff (bas), Ronnie Tutt (bubnjevi). Muški prateći vokali, od kojih su se neki pridružili u izvedbi sviranjem gitare, poznati su glazbenici, kao što su: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J. D. Souther i Steven Soles. Ženski prateći vokali bili su: K. D. Lang, Jennifer Warnes i Bonnie Raitt. Čut ćemo najpoznatije skladbe Roya Orbisona.
Jedna od njegovih najizvođenijih pjesama "Oh, Pretty Woman" u izvedbi iz ove emisije, na gitarama Springsteen i Burton, nominirana je za Grammy za najbolju izvedbu uživo. Godinu dana poslije emisije izdan je album "A Black & White Night Live", ali Roy Orbison nije doživio njegov izlazak.
- published: 11 Jan 2013
- views: 4767
Roy Orbison Live At Austin City Limits 5 Aug '82
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:05
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Roy Orbison Live In Austin
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Roy Orbison Live In Austin
- published: 26 Nov 2012
- views: 5228
Roy Orbison - "Running Scared" from Black and White Night
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:31
- Updated: 27 Feb 2013
Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Running Scared," recorded on the Monument Records label. This video is from "A Black and White Night," available on Blu-Ray and DVD at RoyOrbison.com!
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Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Running Scared," recorded on the Monument Records label. This video is from "A Black and White Night," available on Blu-Ray and DVD at RoyOrbison.com!
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 5745
"YOU GOT IT" - Official Video - Roy Orbison
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 11 Apr 2011
YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/id198798?uo=4), You Got It was written by Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. Recorded in 1988. Roy began his career at Sun Records with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950's. Becoming the biggest selling artist of the early 1960's with a string of hits like "Oh Pretty Woman", "Mean Woman Blues", "Love Hurts", "Only The Lonely" Crying", "Running Scared", "In Dreams", " It's Over", "Blue Angel", "Blue Bayou", and many more. Orbison single-handedly brought us the fashion of sunglasses, popularizing them for the masses. He suffered many tragedies in the late 1960's and in the 1970's retired and was ripped off by numerous music business companies and managers. When he decided to record again, it was one of the most anticipated comebacks in music history. Orbison smashed his way to the top of the modern music charts with "You Got It", "California Blue", She's a Mystery", and "A Love So Beautiful" and "I Drove All Night". The movie "Pretty Woman" became the biggest selling soundtrack to date. More music business lawsuits and record company embargoes pulled Orbison off the radio, off TV, and out of the record stores in the 1990's, but in recent years he has been slowly rising to his proper place at the top thanks to kids and teenagers who have recently rediscovered him. Called both "The True King" and "Rock & Roll's Man in Black", Roy Orbison in his day was called "The Big O"! Anything You Want...
For more information about Roy "The Soul of Rock and Roll" Orbison, please visit www.RoyOrbison.com
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YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/id198798?uo=4), You Got It was written by Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. Recorded in 1988. Roy began his career at Sun Records with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950's. Becoming the biggest selling artist of the early 1960's with a string of hits like "Oh Pretty Woman", "Mean Woman Blues", "Love Hurts", "Only The Lonely" Crying", "Running Scared", "In Dreams", " It's Over", "Blue Angel", "Blue Bayou", and many more. Orbison single-handedly brought us the fashion of sunglasses, popularizing them for the masses. He suffered many tragedies in the late 1960's and in the 1970's retired and was ripped off by numerous music business companies and managers. When he decided to record again, it was one of the most anticipated comebacks in music history. Orbison smashed his way to the top of the modern music charts with "You Got It", "California Blue", She's a Mystery", and "A Love So Beautiful" and "I Drove All Night". The movie "Pretty Woman" became the biggest selling soundtrack to date. More music business lawsuits and record company embargoes pulled Orbison off the radio, off TV, and out of the record stores in the 1990's, but in recent years he has been slowly rising to his proper place at the top thanks to kids and teenagers who have recently rediscovered him. Called both "The True King" and "Rock & Roll's Man in Black", Roy Orbison in his day was called "The Big O"! Anything You Want...
For more information about Roy "The Soul of Rock and Roll" Orbison, please visit www.RoyOrbison.com
- published: 11 Apr 2011
- views: 415433
ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS - LIVE1988 (HQ-856X480)
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- Duration: 3:03
- Updated: 09 Feb 2013
ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS - LIVE 1988 (HQ-856X480)
A candy colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle star dust and to whisper
"Go to sleep, everything is all right"
I close my eyes then I drift away
Into the magic night, I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you
In dreams I walk with you
In dreams I talk to you
In dreams you're mine all the time
We're together in dreams, in dreams
But just before the dawn
I awake and find you gone
I can't help it, I can't help it if I cry
I remember that you said goodbye
Too bad it only seems
It only happens in my dreams
Only in dreams
In beautiful dreams.
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ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS - LIVE 1988 (HQ-856X480)
A candy colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle star dust and to whisper
"Go to sleep, everything is all right"
I close my eyes then I drift away
Into the magic night, I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you
In dreams I walk with you
In dreams I talk to you
In dreams you're mine all the time
We're together in dreams, in dreams
But just before the dawn
I awake and find you gone
I can't help it, I can't help it if I cry
I remember that you said goodbye
Too bad it only seems
It only happens in my dreams
Only in dreams
In beautiful dreams.
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 1180
Roy Orbison - "California Blue"
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- Duration: 3:55
- Updated: 12 Apr 2011
"California Blue" - a single from Roy's "Mystery Girl" album, released in 1989.
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"California Blue" - a single from Roy's "Mystery Girl" album, released in 1989.
Visit us online!
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- published: 12 Apr 2011
- views: 781444
Roy Orbison - "Only the Lonely" from Black and White Night
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- Duration: 2:48
- Updated: 27 Jun 2011
Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Only The Lonely," recorded on the Monument Records label. This video is from "A Black and White Night," available on Blu-Ray and DVD at RoyOrbison.com!
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Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "Only The Lonely," recorded on the Monument Records label. This video is from "A Black and White Night," available on Blu-Ray and DVD at RoyOrbison.com!
- published: 27 Jun 2011
- views: 269835
Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:47
- Updated: 03 Oct 2009
Music video by Roy Orbison performing I Drove All Night. (C) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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Music video by Roy Orbison performing I Drove All Night. (C) 1992 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
- published: 03 Oct 2009
- views: 1517121
ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480)
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- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 09 Feb 2013
ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480)
I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But i saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
When you stopped to say hello
You wished me well
You couldn't tell that
I've been crying over you,
Crying over you and you said so long
Left me standing all alone,
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand can start me crying
I thought that i was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more than i did before
But darling, what can i do?
For you don't love me
And i'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you
Yes now you're gone
And from this moment on, i'll be crying, crying, crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying over you
.
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ROY ORBISON - CRYING - LIVE 1988 - (HQ-856X480)
I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But i saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
When you stopped to say hello
You wished me well
You couldn't tell that
I've been crying over you,
Crying over you and you said so long
Left me standing all alone,
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand can start me crying
I thought that i was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more than i did before
But darling, what can i do?
For you don't love me
And i'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you
Yes now you're gone
And from this moment on, i'll be crying, crying, crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying over you
.
- published: 09 Feb 2013
- views: 846
only the lonely (lyrics) - roy orbison
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- Duration: 2:27
- Updated: 18 Jan 2013
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- published: 18 Jan 2013
- views: 5483
Roy Orbison - Crying (from The Roy Orbison Show)
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- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 21 Jul 2010
Roy Orbison performs "Crying" on the Roy Orbison Show in 1964. © Orbison Records, Inc.
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Roy Orbison performs "Crying" on the Roy Orbison Show in 1964. © Orbison Records, Inc.
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- published: 21 Jul 2010
- views: 613247
Roy Orbison,Bruce Springsteen"Crying"Live,Jackson Brown,Elvis Costello,Bonnie Raitt,K.d.Lang.
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- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 22 Jan 2013
Roy Orbison Live"Crying"Bruce Springsteen,Jackson Brown,T Bone Burnett,Elvis Costello,K.d.Lang,Bonnie Raitt,Steven Soles,J.D.Souther,Tom Waits,Alex Acuna,James Burton,Glen D.Hardin,Jerry Scheff,Ron Tutt,Mike Utley,Jennifer Warnes.(A Black And White Night) Roy Orbison and Friends.
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Roy Orbison Live"Crying"Bruce Springsteen,Jackson Brown,T Bone Burnett,Elvis Costello,K.d.Lang,Bonnie Raitt,Steven Soles,J.D.Souther,Tom Waits,Alex Acuna,James Burton,Glen D.Hardin,Jerry Scheff,Ron Tutt,Mike Utley,Jennifer Warnes.(A Black And White Night) Roy Orbison and Friends.
- published: 22 Jan 2013
- views: 905
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
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Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 1951
Roy Orbison - Blue Bayou (Karaoke)
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- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 25 Feb 2013
The hit Pop song Blue Bayou - ITSO - Roy Orbison! Available now for download on www.KaraokeCloud.com
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The hit Pop song Blue Bayou - ITSO - Roy Orbison! Available now for download on www.KaraokeCloud.com
- published: 25 Feb 2013
- views: 310
roy orbison - california blue (with lyrics)
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- Duration: 3:56
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
roy sings california blue, with lyrics & pics of roy
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roy sings california blue, with lyrics & pics of roy
- published: 26 Dec 2012
- views: 3267
CRYING - Roy Orbison & K. D. Lang ( subtitulada )
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- Duration: 3:51
- Updated: 19 Jan 2013
"QUE canción"
El gran Roy Orbison haciendo este terrible tema junto a k. d. Lang. Con subtitulos.
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"QUE canción"
El gran Roy Orbison haciendo este terrible tema junto a k. d. Lang. Con subtitulos.
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 464
Roy Orbison - She's A Mystery To Me
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 07 Jul 2008
Roy Orbison - She's A Mystery To Me © Orbison Records, Inc.
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Roy Orbison - She's A Mystery To Me © Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 07 Jul 2008
- views: 1201734
Roy Orbison rare Australian interview January 1965
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- Duration: 2:08
- Updated: 19 Jan 2013
Rare interview from Australian television
Originally aired January 1st 1965
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Rare interview from Australian television
Originally aired January 1st 1965
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 546
"OH, PRETTY WOMAN" - Roy Orbison on American Bandstand 1966
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- Duration: 3:56
- Updated: 23 Apr 2012
Roy Orbison performs his hit "Oh, Pretty Woman" on American Bandstand on June 5, 1966, hosted by the late great Dick Clark.
Video © 1966 Dick Clark Productions
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Roy Orbison performs his hit "Oh, Pretty Woman" on American Bandstand on June 5, 1966, hosted by the late great Dick Clark.
Video © 1966 Dick Clark Productions
- published: 23 Apr 2012
- views: 27287
Roy Orbison & Friends - In Dreams (subtitulada en español)
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- Duration: 3:00
- Updated: 06 Dec 2012
Actuación tomada del concierto "A night in black and white", con las colaboraciones de Tom Waits, Bonnie Ratt, Elvis Costello y Bruce Springsteen entre otros.
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Actuación tomada del concierto "A night in black and white", con las colaboraciones de Tom Waits, Bonnie Ratt, Elvis Costello y Bruce Springsteen entre otros.
- published: 06 Dec 2012
- views: 1557
Roy Orbison - "It's Over" from Black and White Night
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:07
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "It's Over," recorded for the Monument Records label. This video is from "A Black and White Night," available on Blu-Ray and DVD at RoyOrbison.com!
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Roy Orbison and this all-star cast of friends (Bruce Springsteen, k.d. lang, Elvis Costello and more) perform Roy's "It's Over," recorded for the Monument Records label. This video is from "A Black and White Night," available on Blu-Ray and DVD at RoyOrbison.com!
- published: 29 Nov 2012
- views: 14305
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Roy Orbison Live At Austin City Limits 5 Aug '82
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:05
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Roy Orbison Live In Austin
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Roy Orbison Live In Austin
- published: 26 Nov 2012
- views: 5228
Roy Orbison on Saturday Night Live 1987 - "In Dreams"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:24
- Updated: 13 Apr 2012
Roy Orbison performs his classic Monument Records hit, "In Dreams" to the live audience of Saturday Night Live May 23, 1987 with host Dennis Hopper.
VIDEO USED COURTESY OF BROADWAY VIDEO INC. (www.broadwayvideo.com)
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Roy Orbison performs his classic Monument Records hit, "In Dreams" to the live audience of Saturday Night Live May 23, 1987 with host Dennis Hopper.
VIDEO USED COURTESY OF BROADWAY VIDEO INC. (www.broadwayvideo.com)
- published: 13 Apr 2012
- views: 28807
Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash: "Oh, Pretty Woman" Live on The Johnny Cash Show 1969
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:01
- Updated: 03 Jun 2011
Johnny Cash joins Roy Orbison on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Johnny's TV show! The two met in 1955 on Roy's radio show. Both were on Sun Records in Memphis and in the band the "Class of '55" with Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Johnny Cash joins Roy Orbison on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Johnny's TV show! The two met in 1955 on Roy's radio show. Both were on Sun Records in Memphis and in the band the "Class of '55" with Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
- published: 03 Jun 2011
- views: 111160
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (Live 1966)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 01 Nov 2011
Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1966)
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1966)
- published: 01 Nov 2011
- views: 139848
Roy Orbison - It's Over (Live 1966)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:51
- Updated: 01 Nov 2011
Roy Orbison - It's Over (1966)
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Roy Orbison - It's Over (1966)
- published: 01 Nov 2011
- views: 25502
Eagle Rock Sampled - Roy Orbison - Live at Austin City Limits
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 11:39
- Updated: 22 Oct 2010
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For the first time ever, some of the all-time greatest performances from one of history's most unique artists are collected in one show. Featuring his timeless classics "Only The Lonely", "Crying", & "Oh, Pretty Woman".
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For the first time ever, some of the all-time greatest performances from one of history's most unique artists are collected in one show. Featuring his timeless classics "Only The Lonely", "Crying", & "Oh, Pretty Woman".
- published: 22 Oct 2010
- views: 20044
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman (Live At Austin City Limits)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:59
- Updated: 20 Jun 2008
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Roy Orbison began his career at Sun Studios alongside Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley but took a very different route to rock 'n' roll success. Orbison's strength was his unique vocal style, which combined perfectly with the dramatic love stories told by his songs.
From his debut on Sun Records in 1956 Orbison at first struggled but went on to score a string of hit singles on Monument Records in the 60's following his breakthrough with Only The Lonely. Other hits included Running Scared, Crying, In Dreams, It's Over and his #1 Oh, Pretty Woman, all of which are included here.
Despite a dip in his career in the 70's, Orbison came back to prominence in the 80's as part of the Traveling Wilburys in which he lined up alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. This in turn lead to a reinvigorated solo career cut short only by his early death in 1988.
The show on this DVD was shot for the US TV series Austin City Limits in August 1982. It contains all of his best known songs and has been remixed into 5.1 sound from the original master tapes. It is an excellent concert that holds the audience enthralled from start to finish.
"Roy Orbison is the greatest singer in the world." -- Elvis Presley
"He was and always will be one of the greats of rock 'n' roll." -- Sir Paul McCartney
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Roy Orbison began his career at Sun Studios alongside Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley but took a very different route to rock 'n' roll success. Orbison's strength was his unique vocal style, which combined perfectly with the dramatic love stories told by his songs.
From his debut on Sun Records in 1956 Orbison at first struggled but went on to score a string of hit singles on Monument Records in the 60's following his breakthrough with Only The Lonely. Other hits included Running Scared, Crying, In Dreams, It's Over and his #1 Oh, Pretty Woman, all of which are included here.
Despite a dip in his career in the 70's, Orbison came back to prominence in the 80's as part of the Traveling Wilburys in which he lined up alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. This in turn lead to a reinvigorated solo career cut short only by his early death in 1988.
The show on this DVD was shot for the US TV series Austin City Limits in August 1982. It contains all of his best known songs and has been remixed into 5.1 sound from the original master tapes. It is an excellent concert that holds the audience enthralled from start to finish.
"Roy Orbison is the greatest singer in the world." -- Elvis Presley
"He was and always will be one of the greats of rock 'n' roll." -- Sir Paul McCartney
- published: 20 Jun 2008
- views: 8113163
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:34
- Updated: 15 Jun 2011
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
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Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- views: 131010
Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 23 Apr 2011
Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
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Roy Orbison LIVE- In dreams - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 80362
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (live)
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- Duration: 5:55
- Updated: 04 Feb 2013
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits
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A video anthology containing Roy Orbison Greatest hits and best loved songs, this program has been specially created to include additional, never before seen interviews and rare recently discovered performances. Songs included are his international hit 'Pretty Woman', mega hit song, 'You Got It', a rare solo performance of the Grammy award winning 'That Lovin' Feelin', plus 'Crying', 'Blue Bayou', and many more.
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iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits
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A video anthology containing Roy Orbison Greatest hits and best loved songs, this program has been specially created to include additional, never before seen interviews and rare recently discovered performances. Songs included are his international hit 'Pretty Woman', mega hit song, 'You Got It', a rare solo performance of the Grammy award winning 'That Lovin' Feelin', plus 'Crying', 'Blue Bayou', and many more.
- published: 04 Feb 2013
- views: 5243
James Burton/Bruce Springsteen guitar solos "Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison Live.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:07
- Updated: 28 Apr 2011
The late great Roy Orbison playing live (A Black and White Night) In The Coconut Grove club Los Angeles 30th September 1987! James Burton and Bruce Springsteen trading "licks" on the solo of "Pretty Woman".
What a "backing band eh!!? Wow!
Ronnie Tutt: drums,Jerry Scheff: bass,Glen D Hardin: Piano, James Burton: guitar. (The TCB band. was Elvis Presley's live backing band in Vegas!) Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello,J.D.Souther, backing singers!!: Bonnie Raitt,Jennifer Warnes,K.D.Lang.Tom Waits, Steven Soles. etc etc!
When music was real! and people could actually play live! (Not mime with backing tracks sequencers/computers etc!!)
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The late great Roy Orbison playing live (A Black and White Night) In The Coconut Grove club Los Angeles 30th September 1987! James Burton and Bruce Springsteen trading "licks" on the solo of "Pretty Woman".
What a "backing band eh!!? Wow!
Ronnie Tutt: drums,Jerry Scheff: bass,Glen D Hardin: Piano, James Burton: guitar. (The TCB band. was Elvis Presley's live backing band in Vegas!) Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello,J.D.Souther, backing singers!!: Bonnie Raitt,Jennifer Warnes,K.D.Lang.Tom Waits, Steven Soles. etc etc!
When music was real! and people could actually play live! (Not mime with backing tracks sequencers/computers etc!!)
- published: 28 Apr 2011
- views: 45447
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:44
- Updated: 22 Apr 2011
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
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Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- published: 22 Apr 2011
- views: 46573
Re: ONLY THE LONELY Roy Orbison live in Australia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 21 Jan 2008
Only the lonely - roy orbison in australia - live
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Only the lonely - roy orbison in australia - live
- published: 21 Jan 2008
- views: 139855
Roy Orbison - Crying (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:12
- Updated: 28 Sep 2010
Roy Orbison sings "Crying" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. The first Farm Aid benefit concert.
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid and serve on the board of directors. The three agreed that family farmers were in dire need of assistance and decided to plan a concert for America. The show was put together in six weeks and was held on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000 people. It raised over $9 million for America's family farmers. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and many more.
Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's Board of Directors in 2001 to help further Farm Aid's mission of keeping family farmers on their land.
For more, visit http://www.farmaid.org/youtube
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Roy Orbison sings "Crying" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. The first Farm Aid benefit concert.
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid and serve on the board of directors. The three agreed that family farmers were in dire need of assistance and decided to plan a concert for America. The show was put together in six weeks and was held on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000 people. It raised over $9 million for America's family farmers. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and many more.
Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's Board of Directors in 2001 to help further Farm Aid's mission of keeping family farmers on their land.
For more, visit http://www.farmaid.org/youtube
- published: 28 Sep 2010
- views: 283701
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
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Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 1951
Roy Orbison Oh , Pretty woman - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:39
- Updated: 23 Apr 2011
Roy Orbison LIVE - Pretty woman - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
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Roy Orbison LIVE - Pretty woman - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 71446
Roy Orbison - Running Scared live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:31
- Updated: 14 Apr 2011
Live on Austin City Limits 1982. Song requested by thutch12 :)
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Live on Austin City Limits 1982. Song requested by thutch12 :)
- published: 14 Apr 2011
- views: 46604
Roy Orbison - In Dreams ( live Black and white night).avi
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:57
- Updated: 17 Aug 2011
Good,old Roy....
Black and white night is a 1-class production and in my opinion one of the best music-dvd,s ever made...
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Good,old Roy....
Black and white night is a 1-class production and in my opinion one of the best music-dvd,s ever made...
- published: 17 Aug 2011
- views: 99902
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live 1966)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:29
- Updated: 01 Nov 2011
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (1966)
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Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (1966)
- published: 01 Nov 2011
- views: 29709
Roy Orbison - Lana live
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:24
- Updated: 09 Jan 2011
Live on Austin City Limits 1982.
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Live on Austin City Limits 1982.
- published: 09 Jan 2011
- views: 45587
ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480) 3D VIDEO
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:08
- Updated: 26 May 2012
ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480)
VIDEO CONVERTED IN 3D (Red & Blue - 480p)
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um)
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh)
Oh blue angel, don't you cry
Just because he said goodbye
Oh, ahh ahh ahh no-oo don't cry
Oh blue angel, have no fear
Brush away lonely teardrops
Hey hey, whoa whoa, oo
(Yeah yeah, dum wah wah wah wah)
Well, love's precious flame can just burn in vain
But you're not to blame
You thought love was a game, oh such a shame
But don't you cry, don't sigh
I'll tell you why
I'll never say goodbye blue angel
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um)
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh)
We'll have lovin' so fine
Magic moments divine
If you'll just say you're mine
I'll love you till the end of tiime
Don't you worry your pretty head
I'll never let you do-ow-ow-ow-ow-own
I'll always be around, blue angel
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um)
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh)
Blue angel (sha la la)
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ROY ORBISON - BLUE ANGEL - LIVE (HQ-856X480)
VIDEO CONVERTED IN 3D (Red & Blue - 480p)
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um)
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh)
Oh blue angel, don't you cry
Just because he said goodbye
Oh, ahh ahh ahh no-oo don't cry
Oh blue angel, have no fear
Brush away lonely teardrops
Hey hey, whoa whoa, oo
(Yeah yeah, dum wah wah wah wah)
Well, love's precious flame can just burn in vain
But you're not to blame
You thought love was a game, oh such a shame
But don't you cry, don't sigh
I'll tell you why
I'll never say goodbye blue angel
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um)
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh)
We'll have lovin' so fine
Magic moments divine
If you'll just say you're mine
I'll love you till the end of tiime
Don't you worry your pretty head
I'll never let you do-ow-ow-ow-ow-own
I'll always be around, blue angel
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh, um)
(Sha la la, dooby wah)
(Dum dum dum, yeh yeh)
Blue angel (sha la la)
- published: 26 May 2012
- views: 6330
Roy Orbison - Mean Woman Blues (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Roy Orbison performs "Mean Woman Blues" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
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Roy Orbison performs "Mean Woman Blues" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 1250
"HOUND DOG MAN" - Roy Orbison, from "Live at Austin City Limits"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:26
- Updated: 16 Aug 2012
"HOUND DOG MAN" live from Austin City Limits 1982. Available in the Official Roy Orbison Store:
http://http://store.royorbison.com/liveataustincitylimitsdvd.aspx
For More Information on "The Soul of Rock And Roll," please visit:
http://www.royorbison.com
For more videos check out Roy Orbison's YouTube Channel!
http://www.youtube.com/RoyOrbison
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"HOUND DOG MAN" live from Austin City Limits 1982. Available in the Official Roy Orbison Store:
http://http://store.royorbison.com/liveataustincitylimitsdvd.aspx
For More Information on "The Soul of Rock And Roll," please visit:
http://www.royorbison.com
For more videos check out Roy Orbison's YouTube Channel!
http://www.youtube.com/RoyOrbison
- published: 16 Aug 2012
- views: 6244
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Roy Orbison Live At Austin City Limits 5 Aug '82
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:05
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Roy Orbison Live In Austin
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Roy Orbison Live In Austin
- published: 26 Nov 2012
- views: 5228
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, 01012011, HRT 1 (R), 720p
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 64:32
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Black and White Night je posebna TV emisija emitirana 03.01.1988. (snimljena 30.09.1987.) u kojoj je nastupio Roy Orbison i prijatelji. U publici su bili brojni fanovi Roya Orbisona, kao i mnoge slavne osobe kao što su: Billy Idol, Patrick Swayze, Sandra Bernhard, Kris Kristofferson.
Pratio ga je TCB Band u sastavu: Glen D. Hardin (klavijature), James Burton (gitara), Jerry Scheff (bas), Ronnie Tutt (bubnjevi). Muški prateći vokali, od kojih su se neki pridružili u izvedbi sviranjem gitare, poznati su glazbenici, kao što su: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J. D. Souther i Steven Soles. Ženski prateći vokali bili su: K. D. Lang, Jennifer Warnes i Bonnie Raitt. Čut ćemo najpoznatije skladbe Roya Orbisona.
Jedna od njegovih najizvođenijih pjesama "Oh, Pretty Woman" u izvedbi iz ove emisije, na gitarama Springsteen i Burton, nominirana je za Grammy za najbolju izvedbu uživo. Godinu dana poslije emisije izdan je album "A Black & White Night Live", ali Roy Orbison nije doživio njegov izlazak.
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Black and White Night je posebna TV emisija emitirana 03.01.1988. (snimljena 30.09.1987.) u kojoj je nastupio Roy Orbison i prijatelji. U publici su bili brojni fanovi Roya Orbisona, kao i mnoge slavne osobe kao što su: Billy Idol, Patrick Swayze, Sandra Bernhard, Kris Kristofferson.
Pratio ga je TCB Band u sastavu: Glen D. Hardin (klavijature), James Burton (gitara), Jerry Scheff (bas), Ronnie Tutt (bubnjevi). Muški prateći vokali, od kojih su se neki pridružili u izvedbi sviranjem gitare, poznati su glazbenici, kao što su: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J. D. Souther i Steven Soles. Ženski prateći vokali bili su: K. D. Lang, Jennifer Warnes i Bonnie Raitt. Čut ćemo najpoznatije skladbe Roya Orbisona.
Jedna od njegovih najizvođenijih pjesama "Oh, Pretty Woman" u izvedbi iz ove emisije, na gitarama Springsteen i Burton, nominirana je za Grammy za najbolju izvedbu uživo. Godinu dana poslije emisije izdan je album "A Black & White Night Live", ali Roy Orbison nije doživio njegov izlazak.
- published: 11 Jan 2013
- views: 4767
Roy Orbison (BBC TV Broadcast)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 29:15
- Updated: 27 Feb 2013
BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975
1. Only The Lonely
2. Crying
3. Penny Arcade
4. Blue Bayou
5. Running Scared
6. Candy Man
7. In Dreams
8. Mean Woman Blues
9. It's Over
10. Oh, Pretty Woman
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BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975
1. Only The Lonely
2. Crying
3. Penny Arcade
4. Blue Bayou
5. Running Scared
6. Candy Man
7. In Dreams
8. Mean Woman Blues
9. It's Over
10. Oh, Pretty Woman
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 107
![Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130319065133im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UvZINj3MpyM/default.jpg "Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]")
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 31:18
- Updated: 02 Aug 2012
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life on stuff for example saying why he wore sunglasses and when he was a kid. Roy Orbison since 1966 was never again was going to appear without sunglasses. Only a view unclear pictures of him at home with clear glasses (Not Sunglasses) so Roy Orbison only wore sunglasses when he was around people. But at home he never wore prescription sunglasses he just wore Clear Proscription glasses. This interview was made in 1986 2 years before he sadly went to be with the lord. He did of a heart attack. But in 1977 he had the first heart attack. Unluckily the 2nd heart attack he passed away. Roy, before he died, he was planning on make a movie about his life with Martin Sheen playing the role and Roy was going to be in a movie with the traveling Wilburys. This was a sudden shock for Bob, Jeff, George & Tom. Shortly after Roy's death George sadly passed away. It was known that Roy Orbison was a christian. He said in one of his interviews. Well I hope you enjoy this 30 minute long video of this Rock n Rock Legend. He is very inspirational.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_In_Interview_1986_30_minute_Long_
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life on stuff for example saying why he wore sunglasses and when he was a kid. Roy Orbison since 1966 was never again was going to appear without sunglasses. Only a view unclear pictures of him at home with clear glasses (Not Sunglasses) so Roy Orbison only wore sunglasses when he was around people. But at home he never wore prescription sunglasses he just wore Clear Proscription glasses. This interview was made in 1986 2 years before he sadly went to be with the lord. He did of a heart attack. But in 1977 he had the first heart attack. Unluckily the 2nd heart attack he passed away. Roy, before he died, he was planning on make a movie about his life with Martin Sheen playing the role and Roy was going to be in a movie with the traveling Wilburys. This was a sudden shock for Bob, Jeff, George & Tom. Shortly after Roy's death George sadly passed away. It was known that Roy Orbison was a christian. He said in one of his interviews. Well I hope you enjoy this 30 minute long video of this Rock n Rock Legend. He is very inspirational.
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 1657
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, Orbison-Class of 55 Stereo re-edited
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 53:58
- Updated: 22 Nov 2012
Memphis 1985 remade with new clips and focus on the artists. Also with Rick Nelson, John Fogerty, The Judds, Elvis Tribute. Unlike the original broadcast, you will hear more complete songs here without all the interruptions in the middle as they usually do with documentaries.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Cash,_Jerry_Lee,_Orbison-Class_of_55_Stereo_re-edited
Memphis 1985 remade with new clips and focus on the artists. Also with Rick Nelson, John Fogerty, The Judds, Elvis Tribute. Unlike the original broadcast, you will hear more complete songs here without all the interruptions in the middle as they usually do with documentaries.
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 1590
![Bonnie Tyler - Heart Strings [Full Album]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130319065133im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2pArx6CMz6A/default.jpg "Bonnie Tyler - Heart Strings [Full Album]")
Bonnie Tyler - Heart Strings [Full Album]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 50:34
- Updated: 10 Nov 2012
1."Human Touch"
2."Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M. cover)
3."Amazed"
4."Against All Odds
5."And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
6."Lean on Me"
7."In My Life"
8."Learning to Fly" (Tom Petty cover)
9."Right Here Waiting"
10."I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
11."I Can't Make You Love Me"
12."Need Your Love So Bad"
13. "It's Over" (Roy Orbison cover)
http://wn.com/Bonnie_Tyler_Heart_Strings_Full_Album_
1."Human Touch"
2."Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M. cover)
3."Amazed"
4."Against All Odds
5."And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
6."Lean on Me"
7."In My Life"
8."Learning to Fly" (Tom Petty cover)
9."Right Here Waiting"
10."I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
11."I Can't Make You Love Me"
12."Need Your Love So Bad"
13. "It's Over" (Roy Orbison cover)
- published: 10 Nov 2012
- views: 1861
SUN RECORDS SPECHIAL 60 YEARS THIS YEAR PART 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 72:41
- Updated: 17 Apr 2012
http://www.facebook.com/groups/136097376533737/
This is my tribute to the Sun records company in Memphis tenneessee. The songs are from a CD so i dont own the songs. Only upload becaus i have nothing to do and want to share some of my favourit album.
1 Mystery Train (Little Junior's Blue Flames) SUN 192
2. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) SUN 234
3. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Jerry Lee Lewis) SUN 267
4. Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas) SUN 181
5. Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) SUN 232
6. Color And Kind (Look-A Here Baby) (Howlin' Wolf)
7. Flyin Saucers Rock n Roll (Billy Lee Riley) 260
8. Ten Cats Down (The Miller Sisters) 255
9. I Never Knew (Roy Orbison)
10. Your Cheatin' Heart (Cliff Gleaves)
11. Just Walkin In The Rain (The Prisonaires) 186
12. The Hucklebuck (Earl Hooker)
13. Shake 'Em Up Baby (Frank Ballard)
14. Willing And Ready (Ray Smith)
15. Rock 'n' Roll Ruby (Warren Smith) 239
16. Born To Lose (Carl McVoy)
17. Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich) PHILLIPS 3550
18. I Need A Man (Barbara Pittman) 253
19. Ubangi Stomp (Carl Mann)
20. Sadie's Back In Town (Sonny Burgess) PHILLIPS 3551
21. Groovy Train (Wade Cagle & Escorts) 360
22. Don't Be Runnin' Wild (Problem Child) (Ken Cook)
23. Go! Go! Go! (Roy Orbison) 242
24. Red Velvet (The Kirby Sisters)
25. Greyhound Blues (D. A. Hunt) 183
26. I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Charlie Feathers)
27. Lewis Boogie (Jerry Lee Lewis) 301
28. Peace In The Valley (Million Dollar Quartet)
29. Down By The Riverside (Million Dollar Quartet)
30. Who Will The Next Fool Be (Charlie Rich)
http://wn.com/SUN_RECORDS_SPECHIAL_60_YEARS_THIS_YEAR_PART_1
http://www.facebook.com/groups/136097376533737/
This is my tribute to the Sun records company in Memphis tenneessee. The songs are from a CD so i dont own the songs. Only upload becaus i have nothing to do and want to share some of my favourit album.
1 Mystery Train (Little Junior's Blue Flames) SUN 192
2. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) SUN 234
3. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Jerry Lee Lewis) SUN 267
4. Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas) SUN 181
5. Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) SUN 232
6. Color And Kind (Look-A Here Baby) (Howlin' Wolf)
7. Flyin Saucers Rock n Roll (Billy Lee Riley) 260
8. Ten Cats Down (The Miller Sisters) 255
9. I Never Knew (Roy Orbison)
10. Your Cheatin' Heart (Cliff Gleaves)
11. Just Walkin In The Rain (The Prisonaires) 186
12. The Hucklebuck (Earl Hooker)
13. Shake 'Em Up Baby (Frank Ballard)
14. Willing And Ready (Ray Smith)
15. Rock 'n' Roll Ruby (Warren Smith) 239
16. Born To Lose (Carl McVoy)
17. Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich) PHILLIPS 3550
18. I Need A Man (Barbara Pittman) 253
19. Ubangi Stomp (Carl Mann)
20. Sadie's Back In Town (Sonny Burgess) PHILLIPS 3551
21. Groovy Train (Wade Cagle & Escorts) 360
22. Don't Be Runnin' Wild (Problem Child) (Ken Cook)
23. Go! Go! Go! (Roy Orbison) 242
24. Red Velvet (The Kirby Sisters)
25. Greyhound Blues (D. A. Hunt) 183
26. I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Charlie Feathers)
27. Lewis Boogie (Jerry Lee Lewis) 301
28. Peace In The Valley (Million Dollar Quartet)
29. Down By The Riverside (Million Dollar Quartet)
30. Who Will The Next Fool Be (Charlie Rich)
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 13698
pretty woman - original soundtrack (full album)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 39:40
- Updated: 25 Sep 2012
(p) 1990 emi records.
tracklist:
1-natalie cole - wild women do
2- david bowie - fame`90
3-go west - king of wishful thinking
4-jane wiedlin - tangled
5-roxette - it must have been love
6-robert palmer - life in detail
7-peter cetera - no explanation
8-christopher otcasek - real wild child (wild one)
9-lauren wood - fallen
10-roy orbison - pretty woman
11-red hot chili peppers - show me your soul
http://wn.com/pretty_woman_original_soundtrack_full_album
(p) 1990 emi records.
tracklist:
1-natalie cole - wild women do
2- david bowie - fame`90
3-go west - king of wishful thinking
4-jane wiedlin - tangled
5-roxette - it must have been love
6-robert palmer - life in detail
7-peter cetera - no explanation
8-christopher otcasek - real wild child (wild one)
9-lauren wood - fallen
10-roy orbison - pretty woman
11-red hot chili peppers - show me your soul
- published: 25 Sep 2012
- views: 26688
Roy Orbison Concert xvid
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 32:44
- Updated: 19 Jan 2013
Eentje uit de oude doos 1965 met toen nog Jos Brink.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_Concert_xvid
Eentje uit de oude doos 1965 met toen nog Jos Brink.
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 36
![Johnny Cash & Family - [1977] Christmas Show [Complete]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130319065133im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jHuFslG6JAQ/default.jpg "Johnny Cash & Family - [1977] Christmas Show [Complete]")
Johnny Cash & Family - [1977] Christmas Show [Complete]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 44:49
- Updated: 22 Oct 2012
With Roy Clark, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Louis I Do Not Own The Rights For This.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Cash_Family_1977_Christmas_Show_Complete_
With Roy Clark, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Louis I Do Not Own The Rights For This.
- published: 22 Oct 2012
- views: 9963
Joe Piastrino Presents: Roy orbison and the legends of Rock
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 42:53
- Updated: 06 Mar 2013
This video is about Roy orbison and the legends of Rock
http://wn.com/Joe_Piastrino_Presents_Roy_orbison_and_the_legends_of_Rock
This video is about Roy orbison and the legends of Rock
- published: 06 Mar 2013
- views: 20
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave, Full abum (2012) HQ
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 27:29
- Updated: 22 Oct 2012
Buy It Now!....
00:00 "She"
02:41 "If I Loved You"
05:03 "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
07:36 "Mercy Mercy"
10:30 "Running Scared"
12:40 "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
15:01 "Smile"
17:33 "At Last"
20:07 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
22:38 "Let It Rock"
24:33 "Beyond the Sea"
Long Wave, the more interesting and surprising of the two new albums, shows Lynne fondly paying tribute to the songs that shaped him. In remaking the likes of If I Loved You and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered in his own musical image, he has accomplished what few of his standards-covering contemporaries have managed: made the originals beside the point.
If singers like Ella Fitzgerald and BIng Crosby have already tackled the Richard Rogers songs you're taking a whack at, or Roy Orbison has already sent chills up your spine with his own Running Scared, the most sensible option is to make them sound like Jeff Lynne songs. So break out the muddy, metronomic backbeats and the multiple guitar overdubs and celebrate.
Lynne doesn't limit his trip down memory lane to the pre-rock n' roll era. Apart from Orbison's pocket opera, Chuck Berry's Let It Rock and Don Covay's Mercy Mercy are tossed into the mix, sounding right at home.
The whole thing could have been a pointless exercise in the wrong hands, but Lynne brings enough unpretentious charm to the project to make it endlessly endearing. No one can touch Bobby Darin on Beyond the Sea, for example, but Lynne's joyous version actually brings something to the table.
http://wn.com/Jeff_Lynne_Long_Wave,_Full_abum_2012_HQ
Buy It Now!....
00:00 "She"
02:41 "If I Loved You"
05:03 "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
07:36 "Mercy Mercy"
10:30 "Running Scared"
12:40 "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
15:01 "Smile"
17:33 "At Last"
20:07 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
22:38 "Let It Rock"
24:33 "Beyond the Sea"
Long Wave, the more interesting and surprising of the two new albums, shows Lynne fondly paying tribute to the songs that shaped him. In remaking the likes of If I Loved You and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered in his own musical image, he has accomplished what few of his standards-covering contemporaries have managed: made the originals beside the point.
If singers like Ella Fitzgerald and BIng Crosby have already tackled the Richard Rogers songs you're taking a whack at, or Roy Orbison has already sent chills up your spine with his own Running Scared, the most sensible option is to make them sound like Jeff Lynne songs. So break out the muddy, metronomic backbeats and the multiple guitar overdubs and celebrate.
Lynne doesn't limit his trip down memory lane to the pre-rock n' roll era. Apart from Orbison's pocket opera, Chuck Berry's Let It Rock and Don Covay's Mercy Mercy are tossed into the mix, sounding right at home.
The whole thing could have been a pointless exercise in the wrong hands, but Lynne brings enough unpretentious charm to the project to make it endlessly endearing. No one can touch Bobby Darin on Beyond the Sea, for example, but Lynne's joyous version actually brings something to the table.
- published: 22 Oct 2012
- views: 88553
SAM PHILLIPS The Man who Invented Rock & Roll (PART 1)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 44:23
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E; Biography Channel UK Documentary of the man who changed the world of music. Profiling Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records in Memphis, TN., who discovered Elvis Presley and who has been called the "Father of Rock and Roll." Included: archival footage and comments from Ike Turner and Jerry Lee Lewis. Host: Billy Bob Thornton.
http://wn.com/SAM_PHILLIPS_The_Man_who_Invented_Rock_Roll_PART_1
This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E; Biography Channel UK Documentary of the man who changed the world of music. Profiling Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records in Memphis, TN., who discovered Elvis Presley and who has been called the "Father of Rock and Roll." Included: archival footage and comments from Ike Turner and Jerry Lee Lewis. Host: Billy Bob Thornton.
- published: 02 Feb 2013
- views: 929
George Harrison - "Cloud Nine" (Remastered) [Full Album]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 49:23
- Updated: 16 Jul 2012
George Harrison - "Cloud Nine" (Remastered) [Full Album]
01. 00:00 "Cloud Nine"
02. 03:17 "That's What It Takes"
03. 07:16 "Fish on the Sand"
04. 10:40 "Just for Today"
05. 14:47 "This Is Love"
06. 18:36 "When We Was Fab"
07. 22:36 "Devil's Radio"
08. 26:30 "Someplace Else"
09. 30:22 "Wreck of the Hesperus"
10. 33:58 "Breath Away from Heaven"
11. 37:32 "Got My Mind Set on You"
12. 41:27 "Shanghai Surprise" (Duet with Vicki Brown) (Bonus Track)
13. 46:36 "Zig Zag" (Bonus Track)
Cloud Nine is George Harrison's tenth studio album, recorded and released in 1987 after a five-year hiatus from his recording career. Including the hit single "Got My Mind Set on You", Cloud Nine re-established Harrison as a critically acclaimed and commercially significant recording artist. It was to be Harrison's final solo studio album released during his lifetime. Brainwashed is the final studio album by George Harrison, released in 2002, almost a year after his death at age 58.
Frustrated with the changing musical climate, George Harrison suspended his recording career in the early 1980s. He opted to pursue his other interests, such as film production with his own company, Handmade Films. The odd soundtrack or charity song would surface during this period, but otherwise it was a musically silent period for Harrison.
By late 1986 — after a substantial break — Harrison felt the desire to make music again. He asked former Electric Light Orchestra leader and fellow musician Jeff Lynne to co-produce the album with him. After having written a round of new compositions (including the songs already contributed to the 1986 film Shanghai Surprise), Harrison entered his home studio, Friar Park, in Henley-on-Thames on 5 January 1987 to begin recording his first new commercial album in five years. Besides Harrison and Lynne, other artists involved in the recording sessions included Jim Keltner and Ringo Starr on drums, Eric Clapton on guitar, and on piano both Gary Wright and Elton John (who was recovering from his vocal surgery at the time). With new-found enthusiasm, Harrison actively promoted the album, even appearing with Starr at the Prince's Trust Concert that June to perform "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
Harrison's cover of Rudy Clark's obscure song "Got My Mind Set on You" quickly reached #1 in the United States and #2 in the United Kingdom. It was a surprising hit for the former Beatle, who had not enjoyed a mainstream #1 hit in nearly fifteen years. A few weeks later, Cloud Nine was released to very high anticipation, and it was promptly lauded by many critics as Harrison's best work since All Things Must Pass. The album went to #10 in the UK; it also achieved #8 and platinum status in the US. The success of the single "Got My Mind Set on You" and its accompanying video re-introduced George Harrison to the mainstream.
The Beatles tribute song "When We Was Fab" also proved a successful follow-up single, reaching the Top 25 in both the UK and US. The next single, "This Is Love", was a minor hit in the UK.
While the success of Cloud Nine was not enough to spur Harrison into a tour, it inspired him to continue making music. In the spring of 1988, along with Lynne, he would call up friends Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison and begin recording a project ultimately released as the Traveling Wilburys.
In 2004, Cloud Nine was remastered and reissued both separately and as part of the deluxe box set The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 on Dark Horse Records with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus tracks "Shanghai Surprise" and "Zig Zag" (also released as "When We Was Fab"'s B-Side) from the film Shanghai Surprise.
The cover features George's first American made guitar, a 1957 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet that he purchased from a sailor for £75 in Liverpool in 1961. George called it his old black Gretsch. George gave the guitar to longtime friend, Klaus Voorman who kept it for twenty years. The guitar had been left in Los Angeles and had been modified. George had the guitar restored and used it for the cover shoot.
http://wn.com/George_Harrison_Cloud_Nine_Remastered_Full_Album_
George Harrison - "Cloud Nine" (Remastered) [Full Album]
01. 00:00 "Cloud Nine"
02. 03:17 "That's What It Takes"
03. 07:16 "Fish on the Sand"
04. 10:40 "Just for Today"
05. 14:47 "This Is Love"
06. 18:36 "When We Was Fab"
07. 22:36 "Devil's Radio"
08. 26:30 "Someplace Else"
09. 30:22 "Wreck of the Hesperus"
10. 33:58 "Breath Away from Heaven"
11. 37:32 "Got My Mind Set on You"
12. 41:27 "Shanghai Surprise" (Duet with Vicki Brown) (Bonus Track)
13. 46:36 "Zig Zag" (Bonus Track)
Cloud Nine is George Harrison's tenth studio album, recorded and released in 1987 after a five-year hiatus from his recording career. Including the hit single "Got My Mind Set on You", Cloud Nine re-established Harrison as a critically acclaimed and commercially significant recording artist. It was to be Harrison's final solo studio album released during his lifetime. Brainwashed is the final studio album by George Harrison, released in 2002, almost a year after his death at age 58.
Frustrated with the changing musical climate, George Harrison suspended his recording career in the early 1980s. He opted to pursue his other interests, such as film production with his own company, Handmade Films. The odd soundtrack or charity song would surface during this period, but otherwise it was a musically silent period for Harrison.
By late 1986 — after a substantial break — Harrison felt the desire to make music again. He asked former Electric Light Orchestra leader and fellow musician Jeff Lynne to co-produce the album with him. After having written a round of new compositions (including the songs already contributed to the 1986 film Shanghai Surprise), Harrison entered his home studio, Friar Park, in Henley-on-Thames on 5 January 1987 to begin recording his first new commercial album in five years. Besides Harrison and Lynne, other artists involved in the recording sessions included Jim Keltner and Ringo Starr on drums, Eric Clapton on guitar, and on piano both Gary Wright and Elton John (who was recovering from his vocal surgery at the time). With new-found enthusiasm, Harrison actively promoted the album, even appearing with Starr at the Prince's Trust Concert that June to perform "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
Harrison's cover of Rudy Clark's obscure song "Got My Mind Set on You" quickly reached #1 in the United States and #2 in the United Kingdom. It was a surprising hit for the former Beatle, who had not enjoyed a mainstream #1 hit in nearly fifteen years. A few weeks later, Cloud Nine was released to very high anticipation, and it was promptly lauded by many critics as Harrison's best work since All Things Must Pass. The album went to #10 in the UK; it also achieved #8 and platinum status in the US. The success of the single "Got My Mind Set on You" and its accompanying video re-introduced George Harrison to the mainstream.
The Beatles tribute song "When We Was Fab" also proved a successful follow-up single, reaching the Top 25 in both the UK and US. The next single, "This Is Love", was a minor hit in the UK.
While the success of Cloud Nine was not enough to spur Harrison into a tour, it inspired him to continue making music. In the spring of 1988, along with Lynne, he would call up friends Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison and begin recording a project ultimately released as the Traveling Wilburys.
In 2004, Cloud Nine was remastered and reissued both separately and as part of the deluxe box set The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 on Dark Horse Records with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus tracks "Shanghai Surprise" and "Zig Zag" (also released as "When We Was Fab"'s B-Side) from the film Shanghai Surprise.
The cover features George's first American made guitar, a 1957 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet that he purchased from a sailor for £75 in Liverpool in 1961. George called it his old black Gretsch. George gave the guitar to longtime friend, Klaus Voorman who kept it for twenty years. The guitar had been left in Los Angeles and had been modified. George had the guitar restored and used it for the cover shoot.
- published: 16 Jul 2012
- views: 67493
SUN RECORDS SPECHIAL 60 YEARS THIS YEAR PART 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 72:37
- Updated: 17 Apr 2012
This is my tribute to the Sun records company in Memphis tenneessee. The songs are from a CD so i dont own the songs. Only upload becaus i have nothing to do and want to share some of my favourit album.
1. Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis) 281
2. Matchbox (Carl Perkins) 261
3. Feelin' Good (Little Junior's Blue Flames) 187
4. Mona Lisa (Carl Mann) phillips 3359
5. Ooby Dooby (alternative version) (Roy Orbison) 242
6. Guess Things Happen That Way (Johnny Cash) 295
7. My Babe (Narvel Felts)
8. It's Me Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)
9. Paralyzed (Million Dollar Quartet)
10. I'll Wait Forever (Anita Wood)
11. Somebody Told Me (Little Milton) 200
12. Rockin' Bandit (Dubbed version) (Ray Smith) 319
13. Pearly Lee (Billy Lee Riley) 277
14. Red Hot (Billy 'The Kid' Emerson) 219
15. Uranium Rock (Alternate Take) (Warren Smith)
16. Raunchy (Bill Justis)
17. Got You On My Mind (The Miller Sisters)
18. Just In Time (Harold Jenkins)
19. Ain't Got No Home (Carl Mann) phillips alt take
20. Ain't Got A Thing (Sonny Burgess) 263
21. Cheese And Crackers (Rosco Gordon)
22. Got Love If You Want It (Warren Smith) 286
23. Feelin' Low (Ernie Chaffin)
24. There's Another Place I Can't Go (Charlie Rich)
25. Handsome Man (Barbara Pittman)
26. How Long Can It Be (Maggie Sue Wimberley)
27. Goin Crazy (Mack Self)
28. Rockin' Daddy (Eddie Bond)
29. Cloudy (Brad Suggs)
30. Goodnight Irene (Johnny Cash)
http://wn.com/SUN_RECORDS_SPECHIAL_60_YEARS_THIS_YEAR_PART_2
This is my tribute to the Sun records company in Memphis tenneessee. The songs are from a CD so i dont own the songs. Only upload becaus i have nothing to do and want to share some of my favourit album.
1. Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis) 281
2. Matchbox (Carl Perkins) 261
3. Feelin' Good (Little Junior's Blue Flames) 187
4. Mona Lisa (Carl Mann) phillips 3359
5. Ooby Dooby (alternative version) (Roy Orbison) 242
6. Guess Things Happen That Way (Johnny Cash) 295
7. My Babe (Narvel Felts)
8. It's Me Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)
9. Paralyzed (Million Dollar Quartet)
10. I'll Wait Forever (Anita Wood)
11. Somebody Told Me (Little Milton) 200
12. Rockin' Bandit (Dubbed version) (Ray Smith) 319
13. Pearly Lee (Billy Lee Riley) 277
14. Red Hot (Billy 'The Kid' Emerson) 219
15. Uranium Rock (Alternate Take) (Warren Smith)
16. Raunchy (Bill Justis)
17. Got You On My Mind (The Miller Sisters)
18. Just In Time (Harold Jenkins)
19. Ain't Got No Home (Carl Mann) phillips alt take
20. Ain't Got A Thing (Sonny Burgess) 263
21. Cheese And Crackers (Rosco Gordon)
22. Got Love If You Want It (Warren Smith) 286
23. Feelin' Low (Ernie Chaffin)
24. There's Another Place I Can't Go (Charlie Rich)
25. Handsome Man (Barbara Pittman)
26. How Long Can It Be (Maggie Sue Wimberley)
27. Goin Crazy (Mack Self)
28. Rockin' Daddy (Eddie Bond)
29. Cloudy (Brad Suggs)
30. Goodnight Irene (Johnny Cash)
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 4178
The Plough Inn Hickling, Tribute Night 2 - Brian Linnett sings Roy Orbison
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:01
- Updated: 12 Feb 2012
The second of the new tribute Music Nights at the Plough Inn Hickling on the alternate Thursday nights to our regular fortnightly 'Open Mic' Nights.
Featured: Brian Linnett sings - Roy Orbison, Russ Hamer and Ian Wilmot sing -Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Wainer sings - Rod Stewart.
Many thanks to Chris White (The 'Band'!)
Recorded by Steve Wainer at the Plough Inn Hickling 9th Feb 2012
http://wn.com/The_Plough_Inn_Hickling,_Tribute_Night_2_Brian_Linnett_sings_Roy_Orbison
The second of the new tribute Music Nights at the Plough Inn Hickling on the alternate Thursday nights to our regular fortnightly 'Open Mic' Nights.
Featured: Brian Linnett sings - Roy Orbison, Russ Hamer and Ian Wilmot sing -Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Wainer sings - Rod Stewart.
Many thanks to Chris White (The 'Band'!)
Recorded by Steve Wainer at the Plough Inn Hickling 9th Feb 2012
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 81
OLDIES CLASICOS 50-60-70....MEGAMIX**PARTE 11 **
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 26:31
- Updated: 01 Nov 2012
Parte 11 de lo mejor de la musica oldies de los 50-60-70
01 Sleigh Ride-The Carpenters
02 Judy-Elvis Presley
03 Fools fall in love-Rocky Sharpe
04 Last Train To Clarksville-The Monkees
05 Oh Marie-Michael Buble
06 Sugar Baby Love-Rubettes
07 Paper Moon-Natalie Cole
08 I only wanna be with you-Bay City Rollers
09 Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song-B J Thomas
10 Your baby ain't your baby anymore-Paul Da Vinci
11 Gonna Build a Mountain-Matt Monro
12 Pretty lttle angel eyes-Showaddywaddy
13 Lemon tree-Trini Lopez
14 Pretty paper-Roy Orbison
15 You Drive Me Crazy-Shakin Stevens
16 My Elusive Dream-Tom Jones
17 A Man Without Love-Engelbert Humperdinck
18 Song Sung Blue-Neil Diamond
19 Greased Lightin-John Travolta
20 Hallelujah-Gali Atari Milk and Honey
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Parte 11 de lo mejor de la musica oldies de los 50-60-70
01 Sleigh Ride-The Carpenters
02 Judy-Elvis Presley
03 Fools fall in love-Rocky Sharpe
04 Last Train To Clarksville-The Monkees
05 Oh Marie-Michael Buble
06 Sugar Baby Love-Rubettes
07 Paper Moon-Natalie Cole
08 I only wanna be with you-Bay City Rollers
09 Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song-B J Thomas
10 Your baby ain't your baby anymore-Paul Da Vinci
11 Gonna Build a Mountain-Matt Monro
12 Pretty lttle angel eyes-Showaddywaddy
13 Lemon tree-Trini Lopez
14 Pretty paper-Roy Orbison
15 You Drive Me Crazy-Shakin Stevens
16 My Elusive Dream-Tom Jones
17 A Man Without Love-Engelbert Humperdinck
18 Song Sung Blue-Neil Diamond
19 Greased Lightin-John Travolta
20 Hallelujah-Gali Atari Milk and Honey
- published: 01 Nov 2012
- views: 192
American Collection (parte 2)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 34:00
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
American Collection (parte 2)
1* ERIC CARMEN
2* ROY ORBISON
3* CARLY SIMON
4* THE BANGLES
5* KRAFT WORK
6* MAGIE
7* RICHARD MARK
8* IQ
9* BELINDA CARLISE
10* AMERICA
11* FLEETWOOD MAC
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American Collection (parte 2)
1* ERIC CARMEN
2* ROY ORBISON
3* CARLY SIMON
4* THE BANGLES
5* KRAFT WORK
6* MAGIE
7* RICHARD MARK
8* IQ
9* BELINDA CARLISE
10* AMERICA
11* FLEETWOOD MAC
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 15
![Return Of Sabata [Full Length Movie] (1971) [English]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130319065133im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-6pLjYaWBQg/default.jpg "Return Of Sabata [Full Length Movie] (1971) [English]")
Return Of Sabata [Full Length Movie] (1971) [English]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 101:34
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
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Best Western Movie Ever Made!
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Return of Sabata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Return of Sabata
(È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta)
DVD cover.
Directed by Gianfranco Parolini
Produced by Alberto Grimaldi
Written by Renato Izzo
Gianfranco Parolini
Starring Lee Van Cleef
Music by Marcello Giombini
Cinematography Sandro Mancori
Distributed by MGM/UA
Release date(s)
September 3, 1971
Running time 100 min.
Country Italy
Language Italian
Return of Sabata (Italian: È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta, roughly translated as Sabata is back ... to end another time) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in The Sabata Trilogy, it features the return of Lee Van Cleef as the title character, which he had played in the first film, Sabata, but was replaced by Yul Brynner in the second film, Adiós, Sabata, due to a scheduling conflict.
[edit]Plot
Sabata, a former Confederate army officer and steely eyed, quick-drawing impossibly accurate gunman with a trick gun is working for a travelling circus as a stunt marksman. The circus comes to a small Texas town, where a former subordinate officer, a lieutenant from the army is running a crooked casino. The man owes Sabata $5,000 from sometime ago. Then the circus manager runs off with the circus funds, so Sabata decides to stay in town and try to collect on the debt from his friend. Sabata then runs into conflict with the town's land baron, McIntock, who imposes high taxes on gambling, drinking and prostitution with the supposed idea of building the town up, using the money. Sabata who is after the money himself finds out that the townspeople's money in McIntock's safe is counterfeit and that he and the priest have hidden it elsewhere, in the form of gold coins. After a few attempts on his life and lots of badmen dying under his guns, Sabata and the lieutenant are apparently killed so McIntock goes for the money only to find them both still alive. Sabata is helped throughout by his friends; the acrobat, his partner and a fat, pompous man who is anything but what he seems.
[edit]Cast
Lee Van Cleef as Sabata
Reiner Schöne as Clyde
Giampiero Albertini as Joe McIntock
Ignazio Spalla as Bronco
Annabella Incontrera as Maggie
Jacqueline Alexandre as Jackie McIntock
Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
Lee Van Cleef ...
Sabata / Major
Reiner Schöne ...
Clyde / Lieutenant
Giampiero Albertini ...
Joe McIntock
Ignazio Spalla ...
Bronco (as Pedro Sanchez)
Annabella Incontrera ...
Maggie, Saloon Girl
Jacqueline Alexandre ...
Jackie McIntock
Aldo Canti ...
Angel, acrobat (as Nick Jordan)
Vassili Karis ...
Bionda, acrobat (as Karis Vassili)
Steffen Zacharias ...
Donovan
Pia Giancaro
John Bartha ...
Sheriff (as Janos Bartha)
Günther Stoll ...
Circus Show Man (as Gunther Stoll)
Carmelo Reale
Franco Fantasia ...
Circus owner
Ileana Rigano
Did You Know?
Trivia
In the song that is sung over the opening credits, Sabata is referred to as a "nine-fingered man." This was a reference to actor Lee Van Cleef who was missing a portion of a middle finger, the result of an accident when building a playhouse for his daughter. See more »
Tags
lee van cleef
spaghetti western
western
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Best Western Movie Ever Made!
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Return of Sabata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Return of Sabata
(È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta)
DVD cover.
Directed by Gianfranco Parolini
Produced by Alberto Grimaldi
Written by Renato Izzo
Gianfranco Parolini
Starring Lee Van Cleef
Music by Marcello Giombini
Cinematography Sandro Mancori
Distributed by MGM/UA
Release date(s)
September 3, 1971
Running time 100 min.
Country Italy
Language Italian
Return of Sabata (Italian: È tornato Sabata ... hai chiuso un'altra volta, roughly translated as Sabata is back ... to end another time) is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. The third film in The Sabata Trilogy, it features the return of Lee Van Cleef as the title character, which he had played in the first film, Sabata, but was replaced by Yul Brynner in the second film, Adiós, Sabata, due to a scheduling conflict.
[edit]Plot
Sabata, a former Confederate army officer and steely eyed, quick-drawing impossibly accurate gunman with a trick gun is working for a travelling circus as a stunt marksman. The circus comes to a small Texas town, where a former subordinate officer, a lieutenant from the army is running a crooked casino. The man owes Sabata $5,000 from sometime ago. Then the circus manager runs off with the circus funds, so Sabata decides to stay in town and try to collect on the debt from his friend. Sabata then runs into conflict with the town's land baron, McIntock, who imposes high taxes on gambling, drinking and prostitution with the supposed idea of building the town up, using the money. Sabata who is after the money himself finds out that the townspeople's money in McIntock's safe is counterfeit and that he and the priest have hidden it elsewhere, in the form of gold coins. After a few attempts on his life and lots of badmen dying under his guns, Sabata and the lieutenant are apparently killed so McIntock goes for the money only to find them both still alive. Sabata is helped throughout by his friends; the acrobat, his partner and a fat, pompous man who is anything but what he seems.
[edit]Cast
Lee Van Cleef as Sabata
Reiner Schöne as Clyde
Giampiero Albertini as Joe McIntock
Ignazio Spalla as Bronco
Annabella Incontrera as Maggie
Jacqueline Alexandre as Jackie McIntock
Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
Lee Van Cleef ...
Sabata / Major
Reiner Schöne ...
Clyde / Lieutenant
Giampiero Albertini ...
Joe McIntock
Ignazio Spalla ...
Bronco (as Pedro Sanchez)
Annabella Incontrera ...
Maggie, Saloon Girl
Jacqueline Alexandre ...
Jackie McIntock
Aldo Canti ...
Angel, acrobat (as Nick Jordan)
Vassili Karis ...
Bionda, acrobat (as Karis Vassili)
Steffen Zacharias ...
Donovan
Pia Giancaro
John Bartha ...
Sheriff (as Janos Bartha)
Günther Stoll ...
Circus Show Man (as Gunther Stoll)
Carmelo Reale
Franco Fantasia ...
Circus owner
Ileana Rigano
Did You Know?
Trivia
In the song that is sung over the opening credits, Sabata is referred to as a "nine-fingered man." This was a reference to actor Lee Van Cleef who was missing a portion of a middle finger, the result of an accident when building a playhouse for his daughter. See more »
Tags
lee van cleef
spaghetti western
western
- published: 30 Oct 2012
- views: 32293
![Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 1](http://web.archive.org./web/20130319065133im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BTGad5juje4/default.jpg "Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 1")
Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 1
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:12
- Updated: 29 Oct 2012
I do not own the Rights to this Video. This Video is for Educational purposes Only. I do Not Profit. Just a Dr Who Fan posting this. This Episode Features the First Ever Cyber men, with the first ever Doctor, William Hartnell .
The Tenth Planet is the second serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 8 October to 29 October 1966. It was William Hartnell's last regular appearance as the First Doctor, and the first story to feature the Cybermen. Patrick Troughton also makes his first, uncredited appearance as the Second Doctor.
Plot
The Doctor and his companions Ben and Polly arrive in the TARDIS at the South Pole in the year 1986, near the Snowcap base. The base is supervising the mission of the Zeus IV spaceship, running a routine probe on the Earth's atmosphere.
Unusual readings on the spaceship's instruments lead to the discovery of a new planet suddenly approaching Earth. The spaceship begins to experience power losses, and Snowcap personnel begin arrangements to abort its mission.
Back on the base, the Doctor reveals what he knows about the tenth planet: it is Mondas, Earth's former sister planet and its inhabitants will soon be visiting Earth. True to his prediction, three robotic creatures land outside, killing the guards and disguising themselves in the dead men's furs to gain access.
While everyone is distracted by their efforts to land Zeus IV safely, the creatures are easily able to take over the base. The base personnel and Polly plead with the invaders to allow them to save the lives of the Zeus IV crew, but the creatures say that their lives are irrelevant to them. They explain that they are Cybermen, who were once like human beings, but gradually replaced their bodies with mechanical parts, including eliminating the "weakness" of emotion from their brains. The Cybermen allow the men to make contact with Zeus IV, but it is too late as the ship is dragged away by Mondas and explodes.
The Cybermen explain that Mondas is absorbing energy from Earth and will soon destroy it. They propose to take humans back to Mondas and turn them into Cybermen.
Ben, who has been imprisoned in the projection room after attempting to kill a Cyberman, rigs up the projector to blind incoming Cybermen, allowing him to steal his guard's weapon and kill him. Sneaking back into the Tracking Room, he hands the cyberweapon to General Cutler, the base commander, who kills the remaining two Cybermen. Cutler contacts Space Command HQ in Geneva and is informed that they have sent his son on a mission to rescue the doomed Zeus IV.
Cutler decides it is time to take the fight to the Cybermen and decides to use the powerful Z-bomb to destroy Mondas. Ben argues against using the bomb, saying that Mondas might destroy itself anyway when it absorbs too much energy. The chief scientist at Snowcap, Dr. Barclay, is also concerned, saying that the radiation caused by the exploding planet would cause great loss of life on Earth. Unswayed, Cutler orders Ben to be imprisoned in a cabin with the Doctor, who is unconscious and seemingly ill.
Barclay goes to Ben and tells him how to sabotage the rocket to prevent it from reaching Mondas, but Cutler notices Barclay's absence and catches Ben in the act. Cutler attempts to fire the Z-bomb, but the engines fail on the launchpad thanks to Ben's sabotage. Cutler, enraged, threatens to kill Ben, Barclay, and the Doctor, who has now regained consciousness. Before he can shoot the Doctor, Cutler is killed by the leader of a newly arrived squad of Cybermen.
"Episode 1" 8 October 1966 23:08" 5.5 16mm t/r
"Episode 2" 15 October 1966 23:15" 6.4 16mm t/r
"Episode 3" 22 October 1966 23:31" 7.6 16mm t/r
"Episode 4" 29 October 1966 24:02" 7.5 Only stills and/or fragments exist
Doctor
William Hartnell (First Doctor)
Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor) (uncredited)
Companions
Anneke Wills (Polly)
Michael Craze (Ben Jackson)
Others
Robert Beatty — General Cutler
David Dodimead — Barclay
Dudley Jones — Dyson
Alan White — Schultz
Earl Cameron — Williams
Callen Angelo — Terry Cutler
John Brandon — American Sergeant
Shane Shelton — Tito
Steve Plytas — Wigner
Christopher Matthews — Radar Technician
Ellen Culler — Geneva Technician
Christopher Dunham — R/T Technician
Glenn Beck — TV Announcer
Roy Skelton, Peter Hawkins — Cybermen Voices
Harry Brooks, Reg Whitehead, Gregg Palmer — Cybermen
Other tags "Doctor Who" "First Doctor" "Care" "No" "Why" "Should" "I" "Care"
The Old Cyber men.
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I do not own the Rights to this Video. This Video is for Educational purposes Only. I do Not Profit. Just a Dr Who Fan posting this. This Episode Features the First Ever Cyber men, with the first ever Doctor, William Hartnell .
The Tenth Planet is the second serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 8 October to 29 October 1966. It was William Hartnell's last regular appearance as the First Doctor, and the first story to feature the Cybermen. Patrick Troughton also makes his first, uncredited appearance as the Second Doctor.
Plot
The Doctor and his companions Ben and Polly arrive in the TARDIS at the South Pole in the year 1986, near the Snowcap base. The base is supervising the mission of the Zeus IV spaceship, running a routine probe on the Earth's atmosphere.
Unusual readings on the spaceship's instruments lead to the discovery of a new planet suddenly approaching Earth. The spaceship begins to experience power losses, and Snowcap personnel begin arrangements to abort its mission.
Back on the base, the Doctor reveals what he knows about the tenth planet: it is Mondas, Earth's former sister planet and its inhabitants will soon be visiting Earth. True to his prediction, three robotic creatures land outside, killing the guards and disguising themselves in the dead men's furs to gain access.
While everyone is distracted by their efforts to land Zeus IV safely, the creatures are easily able to take over the base. The base personnel and Polly plead with the invaders to allow them to save the lives of the Zeus IV crew, but the creatures say that their lives are irrelevant to them. They explain that they are Cybermen, who were once like human beings, but gradually replaced their bodies with mechanical parts, including eliminating the "weakness" of emotion from their brains. The Cybermen allow the men to make contact with Zeus IV, but it is too late as the ship is dragged away by Mondas and explodes.
The Cybermen explain that Mondas is absorbing energy from Earth and will soon destroy it. They propose to take humans back to Mondas and turn them into Cybermen.
Ben, who has been imprisoned in the projection room after attempting to kill a Cyberman, rigs up the projector to blind incoming Cybermen, allowing him to steal his guard's weapon and kill him. Sneaking back into the Tracking Room, he hands the cyberweapon to General Cutler, the base commander, who kills the remaining two Cybermen. Cutler contacts Space Command HQ in Geneva and is informed that they have sent his son on a mission to rescue the doomed Zeus IV.
Cutler decides it is time to take the fight to the Cybermen and decides to use the powerful Z-bomb to destroy Mondas. Ben argues against using the bomb, saying that Mondas might destroy itself anyway when it absorbs too much energy. The chief scientist at Snowcap, Dr. Barclay, is also concerned, saying that the radiation caused by the exploding planet would cause great loss of life on Earth. Unswayed, Cutler orders Ben to be imprisoned in a cabin with the Doctor, who is unconscious and seemingly ill.
Barclay goes to Ben and tells him how to sabotage the rocket to prevent it from reaching Mondas, but Cutler notices Barclay's absence and catches Ben in the act. Cutler attempts to fire the Z-bomb, but the engines fail on the launchpad thanks to Ben's sabotage. Cutler, enraged, threatens to kill Ben, Barclay, and the Doctor, who has now regained consciousness. Before he can shoot the Doctor, Cutler is killed by the leader of a newly arrived squad of Cybermen.
"Episode 1" 8 October 1966 23:08" 5.5 16mm t/r
"Episode 2" 15 October 1966 23:15" 6.4 16mm t/r
"Episode 3" 22 October 1966 23:31" 7.6 16mm t/r
"Episode 4" 29 October 1966 24:02" 7.5 Only stills and/or fragments exist
Doctor
William Hartnell (First Doctor)
Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor) (uncredited)
Companions
Anneke Wills (Polly)
Michael Craze (Ben Jackson)
Others
Robert Beatty — General Cutler
David Dodimead — Barclay
Dudley Jones — Dyson
Alan White — Schultz
Earl Cameron — Williams
Callen Angelo — Terry Cutler
John Brandon — American Sergeant
Shane Shelton — Tito
Steve Plytas — Wigner
Christopher Matthews — Radar Technician
Ellen Culler — Geneva Technician
Christopher Dunham — R/T Technician
Glenn Beck — TV Announcer
Roy Skelton, Peter Hawkins — Cybermen Voices
Harry Brooks, Reg Whitehead, Gregg Palmer — Cybermen
Other tags "Doctor Who" "First Doctor" "Care" "No" "Why" "Should" "I" "Care"
The Old Cyber men.
- published: 29 Oct 2012
- views: 8002
![Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 2](http://web.archive.org./web/20130319065133im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XrbwofRRuoU/default.jpg "Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 2")
Doctor Who - The Tenth Planet 1966 [Full Length Episode] Part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:34
- Updated: 30 Oct 2012
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This Video is for Educational purposes Only. I do Not Profit. Just a Dr Who Fan posting this.
"Episode 3" 22 October 1966 23:31" 7.6 16mm t/r
In the opening credits for the first episode, Kit Pedler is incorrectly identified as "Kitt Pedler". In the opening credits for the third episode, Gerry Davis is incorrectly identified as "Gerry Davies."
William Hartnell did not appear in the third episode. On the Monday before the programme was due to be recorded, he sent a telegram to the production team informing them that he was too ill to work. Gerry Davis rewrote the script to explain the Doctor's absence (his sudden collapse) and gave his dialogue to other characters, most noticeably Ben. This was not as much of an interruption to the episode's production as it would seem, as all four episodes had been written so that Hartnell would have relatively little to do in case of just such an event.
The First Doctor's last words were originally scripted as something similar to "No... no, I simply will not give in!" Time was running short towards the end of production, and director Derek Martinus opted not to record the line, wanting to ensure that the regeneration sequence was recorded as well as possible. As a result, the First Doctor's last words were simply "Ah! Yes. Thank you. That's good, keep warm."
All four episodes of this story feature a specially designed graphics sequence used for the opening titles and closing credits. Designed by Bernard Lodge, they were intended to resemble a computer printout.
Track listing
Track # Composer Track name
1 Roger Roger "Blast Off!"
2 Walter Scott "Music for Technology"
3 Douglas Gamley "Power Drill"
4 Martin Slavin "Space Adventure Part 1"
5 "Space Adventure Part 2"
6 "Space Adventure Part 3"
7 Dennis Farnon "Drama in Miniature Part 1"
8 "Drama in Miniature Part 2"
9 Douglas Gamley "Machine Room"
10 Robert Farnon "Drumdramatics 7"
11 "Drumdramatics 10"
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This Video is for Educational purposes Only. I do Not Profit. Just a Dr Who Fan posting this.
"Episode 3" 22 October 1966 23:31" 7.6 16mm t/r
In the opening credits for the first episode, Kit Pedler is incorrectly identified as "Kitt Pedler". In the opening credits for the third episode, Gerry Davis is incorrectly identified as "Gerry Davies."
William Hartnell did not appear in the third episode. On the Monday before the programme was due to be recorded, he sent a telegram to the production team informing them that he was too ill to work. Gerry Davis rewrote the script to explain the Doctor's absence (his sudden collapse) and gave his dialogue to other characters, most noticeably Ben. This was not as much of an interruption to the episode's production as it would seem, as all four episodes had been written so that Hartnell would have relatively little to do in case of just such an event.
The First Doctor's last words were originally scripted as something similar to "No... no, I simply will not give in!" Time was running short towards the end of production, and director Derek Martinus opted not to record the line, wanting to ensure that the regeneration sequence was recorded as well as possible. As a result, the First Doctor's last words were simply "Ah! Yes. Thank you. That's good, keep warm."
All four episodes of this story feature a specially designed graphics sequence used for the opening titles and closing credits. Designed by Bernard Lodge, they were intended to resemble a computer printout.
Track listing
Track # Composer Track name
1 Roger Roger "Blast Off!"
2 Walter Scott "Music for Technology"
3 Douglas Gamley "Power Drill"
4 Martin Slavin "Space Adventure Part 1"
5 "Space Adventure Part 2"
6 "Space Adventure Part 3"
7 Dennis Farnon "Drama in Miniature Part 1"
8 "Drama in Miniature Part 2"
9 Douglas Gamley "Machine Room"
10 Robert Farnon "Drumdramatics 7"
11 "Drumdramatics 10"
- published: 30 Oct 2012
- views: 3732
Inglês com Música: Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (sábado)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 49:17
- Updated: 02 Dec 2011
Programa da 3ª temporada do Inglês com Música. Na edição diária Marisa Leite de Barros e Amanda Acosta trazem a pronúncia correta das palavras e a tradução de letras de canções famosas, além de divertidos games educativos.
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Programa da 3ª temporada do Inglês com Música. Na edição diária Marisa Leite de Barros e Amanda Acosta trazem a pronúncia correta das palavras e a tradução de letras de canções famosas, além de divertidos games educativos.
- published: 02 Dec 2011
- views: 19384
Mark 4, Tim Orbison, October 3, 2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 46:57
- Updated: 04 Oct 2012
Maysville Church of Christ, Wednesday Evening Bible Study
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Maysville Church of Christ, Wednesday Evening Bible Study
- published: 04 Oct 2012
- views: 16
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Roy Orbison Interview (British TV 1987)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:47
- Updated: 06 Aug 2012
Roy talks about his hits, only wearing the sunglasses when he wants to be recognised, his tragedies plus lots more.
Check out my channel for lots more rare music and interview videos with Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon plus more...
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Roy talks about his hits, only wearing the sunglasses when he wants to be recognised, his tragedies plus lots more.
Check out my channel for lots more rare music and interview videos with Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon plus more...
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 1529
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 1 (2 days before his death)
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- Duration: 6:00
- Updated: 04 Aug 2012
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
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Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 11568
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 31:18
- Updated: 02 Aug 2012
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life on stuff for example saying why he wore sunglasses and when he was a kid. Roy Orbison since 1966 was never again was going to appear without sunglasses. Only a view unclear pictures of him at home with clear glasses (Not Sunglasses) so Roy Orbison only wore sunglasses when he was around people. But at home he never wore prescription sunglasses he just wore Clear Proscription glasses. This interview was made in 1986 2 years before he sadly went to be with the lord. He did of a heart attack. But in 1977 he had the first heart attack. Unluckily the 2nd heart attack he passed away. Roy, before he died, he was planning on make a movie about his life with Martin Sheen playing the role and Roy was going to be in a movie with the traveling Wilburys. This was a sudden shock for Bob, Jeff, George & Tom. Shortly after Roy's death George sadly passed away. It was known that Roy Orbison was a christian. He said in one of his interviews. Well I hope you enjoy this 30 minute long video of this Rock n Rock Legend. He is very inspirational.
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Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life on stuff for example saying why he wore sunglasses and when he was a kid. Roy Orbison since 1966 was never again was going to appear without sunglasses. Only a view unclear pictures of him at home with clear glasses (Not Sunglasses) so Roy Orbison only wore sunglasses when he was around people. But at home he never wore prescription sunglasses he just wore Clear Proscription glasses. This interview was made in 1986 2 years before he sadly went to be with the lord. He did of a heart attack. But in 1977 he had the first heart attack. Unluckily the 2nd heart attack he passed away. Roy, before he died, he was planning on make a movie about his life with Martin Sheen playing the role and Roy was going to be in a movie with the traveling Wilburys. This was a sudden shock for Bob, Jeff, George & Tom. Shortly after Roy's death George sadly passed away. It was known that Roy Orbison was a christian. He said in one of his interviews. Well I hope you enjoy this 30 minute long video of this Rock n Rock Legend. He is very inspirational.
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 1657
Interview Roy Orbison and Kd Land
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:31
- Updated: 12 May 2008
ROY ORBISON AND KD LANG ON THE JAY LENO SHOW SONGS
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ROY ORBISON AND KD LANG ON THE JAY LENO SHOW SONGS
- published: 12 May 2008
- views: 91128
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 08 Jul 2008
Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
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Roy Orbison - In Dreams © Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 08 Jul 2008
- views: 5025933
Roy Orbison CBS Interview 1986
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:31
- Updated: 06 Aug 2012
CBS NEWS.
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CBS NEWS.
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 601
Roy Orbison speaks on success, the guitar, his voice and legacy
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- Duration: 1:56
- Updated: 11 Apr 2012
This small collection of interview clips gives you an inside look at Roy's famously humble nature - grateful for his voice and success, and still filled with a childhood-like joy of making music, even in his later days.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_speaks_on_success,_the_guitar,_his_voice_and_legacy
This small collection of interview clips gives you an inside look at Roy's famously humble nature - grateful for his voice and success, and still filled with a childhood-like joy of making music, even in his later days.
- published: 11 Apr 2012
- views: 7512
Roy Orbison Interview 1974
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 06 Aug 2012
Roy speaks about the early days and recent tours plus more...
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_Interview_1974
Roy speaks about the early days and recent tours plus more...
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 1117
Roy Orbison rare Australian interview January 1965
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:08
- Updated: 19 Jan 2013
Rare interview from Australian television
Originally aired January 1st 1965
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_rare_Australian_interview_January_1965
Rare interview from Australian television
Originally aired January 1st 1965
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 546
Roy Orbison Interview 1986
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 06 Aug 2012
Roy explains why he hasn't had many hits in recent years compared to the 1960s and also talks about touring, the sunglasses and Class of 55.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_Interview_1986
Roy explains why he hasn't had many hits in recent years compared to the 1960s and also talks about touring, the sunglasses and Class of 55.
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 918
Roy Orbison Live At Austin City Limits 5 Aug '82
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:05
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Roy Orbison Live In Austin
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_Live_At_Austin_City_Limits_5_Aug_'82
Roy Orbison Live In Austin
- published: 26 Nov 2012
- views: 5228
Roy Orbison 1988 footage a few weeks before his death (West 57 Tribute)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:03
- Updated: 23 Jul 2012
A tribute to Roy Orbison from his last band West 57. Includes clips of one of his last concerts, in the studio and rehearsing with his band.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_1988_footage_a_few_weeks_before_his_death_West_57_Tribute
A tribute to Roy Orbison from his last band West 57. Includes clips of one of his last concerts, in the studio and rehearsing with his band.
- published: 23 Jul 2012
- views: 3536
Dick Clark interviews Roy Orbison on The Rock N Roll Years
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:07
- Updated: 28 Sep 2012
Dick Clark talks to Roy Orbison after his performance on the show in 1974. He talks about touring with The Beatles and the experience of traveling around the world on different tours in the 1960's.
http://wn.com/Dick_Clark_interviews_Roy_Orbison_on_The_Rock_N_Roll_Years
Dick Clark talks to Roy Orbison after his performance on the show in 1974. He talks about touring with The Beatles and the experience of traveling around the world on different tours in the 1960's.
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 2119
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:19
- Updated: 16 Jul 2010
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Tom Waits, kd lang, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and Jennifer Warnes. Recorded September 30, 1987. Purchase the DVD here: http://bit.ly/9fLh7X
© 1999 Orbison Records, Inc.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_Oh,_Pretty_Woman_from_Black_White_Night
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Tom Waits, kd lang, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and Jennifer Warnes. Recorded September 30, 1987. Purchase the DVD here: http://bit.ly/9fLh7X
© 1999 Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 16 Jul 2010
- views: 3160680
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 2 (2 days before his death)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:34
- Updated: 04 Aug 2012
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison's_Final_Interview_Part_2_2_days_before_his_death
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 4549
Roy Orbison Interview 1963 Australian Television
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:23
- Updated: 29 Oct 2010
Roy Orbison speaks of his high heeled riding boots and rinsed hair.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_Interview_1963_Australian_Television
Roy Orbison speaks of his high heeled riding boots and rinsed hair.
- published: 29 Oct 2010
- views: 17805
Roy Orbison.The Big" O" In Britain. Part 4.Documentary.
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:40
- Updated: 17 Jul 2012
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976,
allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment,
news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research,
Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing,
Non-profit, education or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
This programme celebrates the extraordinary talent of 'The Big O' and his relationship with his most loyal and enduring fans, British musicians and the British public. Through a combination of interview and archive, it charts Orbison's career in Britain, from the sell-out tour with the Beatles that sky-rocketed him to international superstardom, right up to the collaboration with lifelong friend George Harrison on the Travelling Wilburys project in the late 1980s. Effortlessly cool, musically sophisticated, Orbison was a rock and roll legend, whose legacy continues to captivate both the listeners and performers of today.
http://wn.com/Roy_OrbisonThe_Big_O_In_Britain_Part_4Documentary
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976,
allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment,
news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research,
Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing,
Non-profit, education or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
This programme celebrates the extraordinary talent of 'The Big O' and his relationship with his most loyal and enduring fans, British musicians and the British public. Through a combination of interview and archive, it charts Orbison's career in Britain, from the sell-out tour with the Beatles that sky-rocketed him to international superstardom, right up to the collaboration with lifelong friend George Harrison on the Travelling Wilburys project in the late 1980s. Effortlessly cool, musically sophisticated, Orbison was a rock and roll legend, whose legacy continues to captivate both the listeners and performers of today.
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 4527
Roy Orbison 1980 interview 1-5
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:41
- Updated: 15 Sep 2010
From the picture disc
Roy Orbison The Life of a Legend
a rare 1980 interview with The Big O
VBAK 3002 Baktabak Records
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_1980_interview_1-5
From the picture disc
Roy Orbison The Life of a Legend
a rare 1980 interview with The Big O
VBAK 3002 Baktabak Records
- published: 15 Sep 2010
- views: 3419
"YOU GOT IT" - Official Video - Roy Orbison
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 11 Apr 2011
YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/id198798?uo=4), You Got It was written by Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. Recorded in 1988. Roy began his career at Sun Records with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950's. Becoming the biggest selling artist of the early 1960's with a string of hits like "Oh Pretty Woman", "Mean Woman Blues", "Love Hurts", "Only The Lonely" Crying", "Running Scared", "In Dreams", " It's Over", "Blue Angel", "Blue Bayou", and many more. Orbison single-handedly brought us the fashion of sunglasses, popularizing them for the masses. He suffered many tragedies in the late 1960's and in the 1970's retired and was ripped off by numerous music business companies and managers. When he decided to record again, it was one of the most anticipated comebacks in music history. Orbison smashed his way to the top of the modern music charts with "You Got It", "California Blue", She's a Mystery", and "A Love So Beautiful" and "I Drove All Night". The movie "Pretty Woman" became the biggest selling soundtrack to date. More music business lawsuits and record company embargoes pulled Orbison off the radio, off TV, and out of the record stores in the 1990's, but in recent years he has been slowly rising to his proper place at the top thanks to kids and teenagers who have recently rediscovered him. Called both "The True King" and "Rock & Roll's Man in Black", Roy Orbison in his day was called "The Big O"! Anything You Want...
For more information about Roy "The Soul of Rock and Roll" Orbison, please visit www.RoyOrbison.com
http://wn.com/YOU_GOT_IT_Official_Video_Roy_Orbison
YOU GOT IT by the great Roy Orbison! From Orbison's multi-platinum album "Mystery Girl" (Available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/roy-orbison/id198798?uo=4), You Got It was written by Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. Recorded in 1988. Roy began his career at Sun Records with Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950's. Becoming the biggest selling artist of the early 1960's with a string of hits like "Oh Pretty Woman", "Mean Woman Blues", "Love Hurts", "Only The Lonely" Crying", "Running Scared", "In Dreams", " It's Over", "Blue Angel", "Blue Bayou", and many more. Orbison single-handedly brought us the fashion of sunglasses, popularizing them for the masses. He suffered many tragedies in the late 1960's and in the 1970's retired and was ripped off by numerous music business companies and managers. When he decided to record again, it was one of the most anticipated comebacks in music history. Orbison smashed his way to the top of the modern music charts with "You Got It", "California Blue", She's a Mystery", and "A Love So Beautiful" and "I Drove All Night". The movie "Pretty Woman" became the biggest selling soundtrack to date. More music business lawsuits and record company embargoes pulled Orbison off the radio, off TV, and out of the record stores in the 1990's, but in recent years he has been slowly rising to his proper place at the top thanks to kids and teenagers who have recently rediscovered him. Called both "The True King" and "Rock & Roll's Man in Black", Roy Orbison in his day was called "The Big O"! Anything You Want...
For more information about Roy "The Soul of Rock and Roll" Orbison, please visit www.RoyOrbison.com
- published: 11 Apr 2011
- views: 415433
Roy Orbison - Will Jennings interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:38
- Updated: 13 Oct 2010
Songwriter/producer Will Jennings recounts Roy Orbison's 1984 studio recording of "Wild Hearts" for the 1985 film "Insignificance" in which he hears what sounds like nothing more than caterwauling coming from the voice booth and wonders if Orbison can sing anymore.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_Will_Jennings_interview
Songwriter/producer Will Jennings recounts Roy Orbison's 1984 studio recording of "Wild Hearts" for the 1985 film "Insignificance" in which he hears what sounds like nothing more than caterwauling coming from the voice booth and wonders if Orbison can sing anymore.
- published: 13 Oct 2010
- views: 2884
Tom Petty interview on Roy Orbison's success
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:36
- Updated: 14 Jun 2012
Tom Petty interview
http://wn.com/Tom_Petty_interview_on_Roy_Orbison's_success
Tom Petty interview
- published: 14 Jun 2012
- views: 322
Roy Orbison interviewed on the Tom Snyder Show - 1980
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:38
- Updated: 02 Jun 2011
Rare short interview about the tragedies in his life.
http://wn.com/Roy_Orbison_interviewed_on_the_Tom_Snyder_Show_1980
Rare short interview about the tragedies in his life.
- published: 02 Jun 2011
- views: 9566
Bruce Springsteen talks about Roy Orbison 1981
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:50
- Updated: 04 Aug 2012
6 years before Black and White Night.
http://wn.com/Bruce_Springsteen_talks_about_Roy_Orbison_1981
6 years before Black and White Night.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 3406
3:24
Roy Orbison on Saturday Night Live 1987 - "In Dreams"
Roy Orbison performs his classic Monument Records hit, "In Dreams" to the live audience of...
published: 13 Apr 2012
Roy Orbison on Saturday Night Live 1987 - "In Dreams"
Roy Orbison performs his classic Monument Records hit, "In Dreams" to the live audience of Saturday Night Live May 23, 1987 with host Dennis Hopper.
VIDEO USED COURTESY OF BROADWAY VIDEO INC. (www.broadwayvideo.com)
- published: 13 Apr 2012
- views: 28807
3:01
Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash: "Oh, Pretty Woman" Live on The Johnny Cash Show 1969
Johnny Cash joins Roy Orbison on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Johnny's TV show! The two...
published: 03 Jun 2011
Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash: "Oh, Pretty Woman" Live on The Johnny Cash Show 1969
Johnny Cash joins Roy Orbison on the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" for Johnny's TV show! The two met in 1955 on Roy's radio show. Both were on Sun Records in Memphis and in the band the "Class of '55" with Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
- published: 03 Jun 2011
- views: 111160
11:39
Eagle Rock Sampled - Roy Orbison - Live at Austin City Limits
http://www.eagle-rock.com/artist/2335D2/Roy+Orbison
For the first time ever, some of the ...
published: 22 Oct 2010
Eagle Rock Sampled - Roy Orbison - Live at Austin City Limits
http://www.eagle-rock.com/artist/2335D2/Roy+Orbison
For the first time ever, some of the all-time greatest performances from one of history's most unique artists are collected in one show. Featuring his timeless classics "Only The Lonely", "Crying", & "Oh, Pretty Woman".
- published: 22 Oct 2010
- views: 20044
3:59
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman (Live At Austin City Limits)
For more info -
http://www.eagle-rock.com/artist/2335D2/Roy+Orbison
http://smarturl.it/Roy...
published: 20 Jun 2008
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman (Live At Austin City Limits)
For more info -
http://www.eagle-rock.com/artist/2335D2/Roy+Orbison
http://smarturl.it/RoyOrbisonACLdvd
Roy Orbison began his career at Sun Studios alongside Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley but took a very different route to rock 'n' roll success. Orbison's strength was his unique vocal style, which combined perfectly with the dramatic love stories told by his songs.
From his debut on Sun Records in 1956 Orbison at first struggled but went on to score a string of hit singles on Monument Records in the 60's following his breakthrough with Only The Lonely. Other hits included Running Scared, Crying, In Dreams, It's Over and his #1 Oh, Pretty Woman, all of which are included here.
Despite a dip in his career in the 70's, Orbison came back to prominence in the 80's as part of the Traveling Wilburys in which he lined up alongside George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. This in turn lead to a reinvigorated solo career cut short only by his early death in 1988.
The show on this DVD was shot for the US TV series Austin City Limits in August 1982. It contains all of his best known songs and has been remixed into 5.1 sound from the original master tapes. It is an excellent concert that holds the audience enthralled from start to finish.
"Roy Orbison is the greatest singer in the world." -- Elvis Presley
"He was and always will be one of the greats of rock 'n' roll." -- Sir Paul McCartney
- published: 20 Jun 2008
- views: 8113163
2:34
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO...
published: 15 Jun 2011
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison - Running Scared - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- published: 15 Jun 2011
- views: 131010
5:55
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (live)
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits
http://www3.iconcerts.com/en/content/roy-orbison-g...
published: 04 Feb 2013
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (live)
iConcerts - Roy Orbison - Greatest Hits
http://www3.iconcerts.com/en/content/roy-orbison-greatest-hits-live-0
A video anthology containing Roy Orbison Greatest hits and best loved songs, this program has been specially created to include additional, never before seen interviews and rare recently discovered performances. Songs included are his international hit 'Pretty Woman', mega hit song, 'You Got It', a rare solo performance of the Grammy award winning 'That Lovin' Feelin', plus 'Crying', 'Blue Bayou', and many more.
- published: 04 Feb 2013
- views: 5243
4:07
James Burton/Bruce Springsteen guitar solos "Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison Live.
The late great Roy Orbison playing live (A Black and White Night) In The Coconut Grove clu...
published: 28 Apr 2011
James Burton/Bruce Springsteen guitar solos "Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison Live.
The late great Roy Orbison playing live (A Black and White Night) In The Coconut Grove club Los Angeles 30th September 1987! James Burton and Bruce Springsteen trading "licks" on the solo of "Pretty Woman".
What a "backing band eh!!? Wow!
Ronnie Tutt: drums,Jerry Scheff: bass,Glen D Hardin: Piano, James Burton: guitar. (The TCB band. was Elvis Presley's live backing band in Vegas!) Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello,J.D.Souther, backing singers!!: Bonnie Raitt,Jennifer Warnes,K.D.Lang.Tom Waits, Steven Soles. etc etc!
When music was real! and people could actually play live! (Not mime with backing tracks sequencers/computers etc!!)
- published: 28 Apr 2011
- views: 45447
2:44
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO...
published: 22 Apr 2011
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE - Only The Lonely -ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- published: 22 Apr 2011
- views: 46573
3:12
Roy Orbison - Crying (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Roy Orbison sings "Crying" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. The f...
published: 28 Sep 2010
Roy Orbison - Crying (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Roy Orbison sings "Crying" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. The first Farm Aid benefit concert.
Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp founded Farm Aid and serve on the board of directors. The three agreed that family farmers were in dire need of assistance and decided to plan a concert for America. The show was put together in six weeks and was held on September 22, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois before a crowd of 80,000 people. It raised over $9 million for America's family farmers. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and many more.
Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's Board of Directors in 2001 to help further Farm Aid's mission of keeping family farmers on their land.
For more, visit http://www.farmaid.org/youtube
- published: 28 Sep 2010
- views: 283701
Vimeo results:
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"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia ea...
published: 23 Aug 2011
author: Green Box
"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia eagerly stepped in for the main part. This 90sec are the best of that test.
Directed by:
Miguel Gaudencio & Tomasz Kuckowski
Edit by:
Miguel Gaudencio
Camera Operators:
Tomasz Kuckowski & Pawel Sroka
Studio light:
Grzegorz Skorny
Music : Roy Orbison "Love Hurts"
5:11
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Is...
published: 06 Oct 2011
author: VanguardVideo
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Isaak’s Vanguard Records debut, is a self-described labor of love. Since he fell in love with his parents’ 45s as a child, this passionate writer/artist has been obsessed with the glory days of Memphis’ Sun Studio and the visionary artists who got their starts there—including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by Sam Phillips. Now, at long last, Isaak recaptures the brilliance of Sun Studio, and beyond, by paying tribute to the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll with renditions of classics, plus new, original self-penned tunes.
Youtube results:
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Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinoi...
published: 17 Jan 2013
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" live at the Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.
For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube
Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 1951
6:39
Roy Orbison Oh , Pretty woman - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE - Pretty woman - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO...
published: 23 Apr 2011
Roy Orbison Oh , Pretty woman - LIVE - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
Roy Orbison LIVE - Pretty woman - ENHANCED TO DOLBY STEREO
- published: 23 Apr 2011
- views: 71446
2:57
Roy Orbison - In Dreams ( live Black and white night).avi
Good,old Roy....
Black and white night is a 1-class production and in my opinion one of t...
published: 17 Aug 2011
Roy Orbison - In Dreams ( live Black and white night).avi
Good,old Roy....
Black and white night is a 1-class production and in my opinion one of the best music-dvd,s ever made...
- published: 17 Aug 2011
- views: 99902
64:32
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, 01012011, HRT 1 (R), 720p
Black and White Night je posebna TV emisija emitirana 03.01.1988. (snimljena 30.09.1987.) ...
published: 11 Jan 2013
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, 01012011, HRT 1 (R), 720p
Black and White Night je posebna TV emisija emitirana 03.01.1988. (snimljena 30.09.1987.) u kojoj je nastupio Roy Orbison i prijatelji. U publici su bili brojni fanovi Roya Orbisona, kao i mnoge slavne osobe kao što su: Billy Idol, Patrick Swayze, Sandra Bernhard, Kris Kristofferson.
Pratio ga je TCB Band u sastavu: Glen D. Hardin (klavijature), James Burton (gitara), Jerry Scheff (bas), Ronnie Tutt (bubnjevi). Muški prateći vokali, od kojih su se neki pridružili u izvedbi sviranjem gitare, poznati su glazbenici, kao što su: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J. D. Souther i Steven Soles. Ženski prateći vokali bili su: K. D. Lang, Jennifer Warnes i Bonnie Raitt. Čut ćemo najpoznatije skladbe Roya Orbisona.
Jedna od njegovih najizvođenijih pjesama "Oh, Pretty Woman" u izvedbi iz ove emisije, na gitarama Springsteen i Burton, nominirana je za Grammy za najbolju izvedbu uživo. Godinu dana poslije emisije izdan je album "A Black & White Night Live", ali Roy Orbison nije doživio njegov izlazak.
- published: 11 Jan 2013
- views: 4767
29:15
Roy Orbison (BBC TV Broadcast)
BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975
1. Only The Lonely
2. Crying
3. Penny Arcade
4. Blue ...
published: 27 Feb 2013
Roy Orbison (BBC TV Broadcast)
BBC TV Broadcast July 11th 1975
1. Only The Lonely
2. Crying
3. Penny Arcade
4. Blue Bayou
5. Running Scared
6. Candy Man
7. In Dreams
8. Mean Woman Blues
9. It's Over
10. Oh, Pretty Woman
- published: 27 Feb 2013
- views: 107
31:18
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philoso...
published: 02 Aug 2012
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life on stuff for example saying why he wore sunglasses and when he was a kid. Roy Orbison since 1966 was never again was going to appear without sunglasses. Only a view unclear pictures of him at home with clear glasses (Not Sunglasses) so Roy Orbison only wore sunglasses when he was around people. But at home he never wore prescription sunglasses he just wore Clear Proscription glasses. This interview was made in 1986 2 years before he sadly went to be with the lord. He did of a heart attack. But in 1977 he had the first heart attack. Unluckily the 2nd heart attack he passed away. Roy, before he died, he was planning on make a movie about his life with Martin Sheen playing the role and Roy was going to be in a movie with the traveling Wilburys. This was a sudden shock for Bob, Jeff, George & Tom. Shortly after Roy's death George sadly passed away. It was known that Roy Orbison was a christian. He said in one of his interviews. Well I hope you enjoy this 30 minute long video of this Rock n Rock Legend. He is very inspirational.
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 1657
53:58
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, Orbison-Class of 55 Stereo re-edited
Memphis 1985 remade with new clips and focus on the artists. Also with Rick Nelson, John F...
published: 22 Nov 2012
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, Orbison-Class of 55 Stereo re-edited
Memphis 1985 remade with new clips and focus on the artists. Also with Rick Nelson, John Fogerty, The Judds, Elvis Tribute. Unlike the original broadcast, you will hear more complete songs here without all the interruptions in the middle as they usually do with documentaries.
- published: 22 Nov 2012
- views: 1590
50:34
Bonnie Tyler - Heart Strings [Full Album]
1."Human Touch"
2."Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M. cover)
3."Amazed"
4."Against All Odds
5."...
published: 10 Nov 2012
Bonnie Tyler - Heart Strings [Full Album]
1."Human Touch"
2."Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M. cover)
3."Amazed"
4."Against All Odds
5."And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
6."Lean on Me"
7."In My Life"
8."Learning to Fly" (Tom Petty cover)
9."Right Here Waiting"
10."I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
11."I Can't Make You Love Me"
12."Need Your Love So Bad"
13. "It's Over" (Roy Orbison cover)
- published: 10 Nov 2012
- views: 1861
72:41
SUN RECORDS SPECHIAL 60 YEARS THIS YEAR PART 1
http://www.facebook.com/groups/136097376533737/
This is my tribute to the Sun records comp...
published: 17 Apr 2012
SUN RECORDS SPECHIAL 60 YEARS THIS YEAR PART 1
http://www.facebook.com/groups/136097376533737/
This is my tribute to the Sun records company in Memphis tenneessee. The songs are from a CD so i dont own the songs. Only upload becaus i have nothing to do and want to share some of my favourit album.
1 Mystery Train (Little Junior's Blue Flames) SUN 192
2. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) SUN 234
3. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (Jerry Lee Lewis) SUN 267
4. Bear Cat (Rufus Thomas) SUN 181
5. Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) SUN 232
6. Color And Kind (Look-A Here Baby) (Howlin' Wolf)
7. Flyin Saucers Rock n Roll (Billy Lee Riley) 260
8. Ten Cats Down (The Miller Sisters) 255
9. I Never Knew (Roy Orbison)
10. Your Cheatin' Heart (Cliff Gleaves)
11. Just Walkin In The Rain (The Prisonaires) 186
12. The Hucklebuck (Earl Hooker)
13. Shake 'Em Up Baby (Frank Ballard)
14. Willing And Ready (Ray Smith)
15. Rock 'n' Roll Ruby (Warren Smith) 239
16. Born To Lose (Carl McVoy)
17. Lonely Weekends (Charlie Rich) PHILLIPS 3550
18. I Need A Man (Barbara Pittman) 253
19. Ubangi Stomp (Carl Mann)
20. Sadie's Back In Town (Sonny Burgess) PHILLIPS 3551
21. Groovy Train (Wade Cagle & Escorts) 360
22. Don't Be Runnin' Wild (Problem Child) (Ken Cook)
23. Go! Go! Go! (Roy Orbison) 242
24. Red Velvet (The Kirby Sisters)
25. Greyhound Blues (D. A. Hunt) 183
26. I Forgot To Remember To Forget (Charlie Feathers)
27. Lewis Boogie (Jerry Lee Lewis) 301
28. Peace In The Valley (Million Dollar Quartet)
29. Down By The Riverside (Million Dollar Quartet)
30. Who Will The Next Fool Be (Charlie Rich)
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 13698
39:40
pretty woman - original soundtrack (full album)
(p) 1990 emi records.
tracklist:
1-natalie cole - wild women do
2- david bowie - fame`90...
published: 25 Sep 2012
pretty woman - original soundtrack (full album)
(p) 1990 emi records.
tracklist:
1-natalie cole - wild women do
2- david bowie - fame`90
3-go west - king of wishful thinking
4-jane wiedlin - tangled
5-roxette - it must have been love
6-robert palmer - life in detail
7-peter cetera - no explanation
8-christopher otcasek - real wild child (wild one)
9-lauren wood - fallen
10-roy orbison - pretty woman
11-red hot chili peppers - show me your soul
- published: 25 Sep 2012
- views: 26688
44:49
Johnny Cash & Family - [1977] Christmas Show [Complete]
With Roy Clark, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Louis I Do Not Own The Rights For This....
published: 22 Oct 2012
Johnny Cash & Family - [1977] Christmas Show [Complete]
With Roy Clark, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Louis I Do Not Own The Rights For This.
- published: 22 Oct 2012
- views: 9963
27:29
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave, Full abum (2012) HQ
Buy It Now!....
00:00 "She"
02:41 "If I Loved You"
05:03 "So Sad (To Watch Good Love ...
published: 22 Oct 2012
Jeff Lynne - Long Wave, Full abum (2012) HQ
Buy It Now!....
00:00 "She"
02:41 "If I Loved You"
05:03 "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
07:36 "Mercy Mercy"
10:30 "Running Scared"
12:40 "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
15:01 "Smile"
17:33 "At Last"
20:07 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"
22:38 "Let It Rock"
24:33 "Beyond the Sea"
Long Wave, the more interesting and surprising of the two new albums, shows Lynne fondly paying tribute to the songs that shaped him. In remaking the likes of If I Loved You and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered in his own musical image, he has accomplished what few of his standards-covering contemporaries have managed: made the originals beside the point.
If singers like Ella Fitzgerald and BIng Crosby have already tackled the Richard Rogers songs you're taking a whack at, or Roy Orbison has already sent chills up your spine with his own Running Scared, the most sensible option is to make them sound like Jeff Lynne songs. So break out the muddy, metronomic backbeats and the multiple guitar overdubs and celebrate.
Lynne doesn't limit his trip down memory lane to the pre-rock n' roll era. Apart from Orbison's pocket opera, Chuck Berry's Let It Rock and Don Covay's Mercy Mercy are tossed into the mix, sounding right at home.
The whole thing could have been a pointless exercise in the wrong hands, but Lynne brings enough unpretentious charm to the project to make it endlessly endearing. No one can touch Bobby Darin on Beyond the Sea, for example, but Lynne's joyous version actually brings something to the table.
- published: 22 Oct 2012
- views: 88553
44:23
SAM PHILLIPS The Man who Invented Rock & Roll (PART 1)
This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E; Biograph...
published: 02 Feb 2013
SAM PHILLIPS The Man who Invented Rock & Roll (PART 1)
This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E; Biography Channel UK Documentary of the man who changed the world of music. Profiling Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records in Memphis, TN., who discovered Elvis Presley and who has been called the "Father of Rock and Roll." Included: archival footage and comments from Ike Turner and Jerry Lee Lewis. Host: Billy Bob Thornton.
- published: 02 Feb 2013
- views: 929
49:23
George Harrison - "Cloud Nine" (Remastered) [Full Album]
George Harrison - "Cloud Nine" (Remastered) [Full Album]
01. 00:00 "Cloud Nine"
02. 03:17...
published: 16 Jul 2012
George Harrison - "Cloud Nine" (Remastered) [Full Album]
George Harrison - "Cloud Nine" (Remastered) [Full Album]
01. 00:00 "Cloud Nine"
02. 03:17 "That's What It Takes"
03. 07:16 "Fish on the Sand"
04. 10:40 "Just for Today"
05. 14:47 "This Is Love"
06. 18:36 "When We Was Fab"
07. 22:36 "Devil's Radio"
08. 26:30 "Someplace Else"
09. 30:22 "Wreck of the Hesperus"
10. 33:58 "Breath Away from Heaven"
11. 37:32 "Got My Mind Set on You"
12. 41:27 "Shanghai Surprise" (Duet with Vicki Brown) (Bonus Track)
13. 46:36 "Zig Zag" (Bonus Track)
Cloud Nine is George Harrison's tenth studio album, recorded and released in 1987 after a five-year hiatus from his recording career. Including the hit single "Got My Mind Set on You", Cloud Nine re-established Harrison as a critically acclaimed and commercially significant recording artist. It was to be Harrison's final solo studio album released during his lifetime. Brainwashed is the final studio album by George Harrison, released in 2002, almost a year after his death at age 58.
Frustrated with the changing musical climate, George Harrison suspended his recording career in the early 1980s. He opted to pursue his other interests, such as film production with his own company, Handmade Films. The odd soundtrack or charity song would surface during this period, but otherwise it was a musically silent period for Harrison.
By late 1986 — after a substantial break — Harrison felt the desire to make music again. He asked former Electric Light Orchestra leader and fellow musician Jeff Lynne to co-produce the album with him. After having written a round of new compositions (including the songs already contributed to the 1986 film Shanghai Surprise), Harrison entered his home studio, Friar Park, in Henley-on-Thames on 5 January 1987 to begin recording his first new commercial album in five years. Besides Harrison and Lynne, other artists involved in the recording sessions included Jim Keltner and Ringo Starr on drums, Eric Clapton on guitar, and on piano both Gary Wright and Elton John (who was recovering from his vocal surgery at the time). With new-found enthusiasm, Harrison actively promoted the album, even appearing with Starr at the Prince's Trust Concert that June to perform "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
Harrison's cover of Rudy Clark's obscure song "Got My Mind Set on You" quickly reached #1 in the United States and #2 in the United Kingdom. It was a surprising hit for the former Beatle, who had not enjoyed a mainstream #1 hit in nearly fifteen years. A few weeks later, Cloud Nine was released to very high anticipation, and it was promptly lauded by many critics as Harrison's best work since All Things Must Pass. The album went to #10 in the UK; it also achieved #8 and platinum status in the US. The success of the single "Got My Mind Set on You" and its accompanying video re-introduced George Harrison to the mainstream.
The Beatles tribute song "When We Was Fab" also proved a successful follow-up single, reaching the Top 25 in both the UK and US. The next single, "This Is Love", was a minor hit in the UK.
While the success of Cloud Nine was not enough to spur Harrison into a tour, it inspired him to continue making music. In the spring of 1988, along with Lynne, he would call up friends Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison and begin recording a project ultimately released as the Traveling Wilburys.
In 2004, Cloud Nine was remastered and reissued both separately and as part of the deluxe box set The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992 on Dark Horse Records with new distribution by EMI, adding the bonus tracks "Shanghai Surprise" and "Zig Zag" (also released as "When We Was Fab"'s B-Side) from the film Shanghai Surprise.
The cover features George's first American made guitar, a 1957 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet that he purchased from a sailor for £75 in Liverpool in 1961. George called it his old black Gretsch. George gave the guitar to longtime friend, Klaus Voorman who kept it for twenty years. The guitar had been left in Los Angeles and had been modified. George had the guitar restored and used it for the cover shoot.
- published: 16 Jul 2012
- views: 67493
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"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia ea...
published: 23 Aug 2011
author: Green Box
"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia eagerly stepped in for the main part. This 90sec are the best of that test.
Directed by:
Miguel Gaudencio & Tomasz Kuckowski
Edit by:
Miguel Gaudencio
Camera Operators:
Tomasz Kuckowski & Pawel Sroka
Studio light:
Grzegorz Skorny
Music : Roy Orbison "Love Hurts"
5:11
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Is...
published: 06 Oct 2011
author: VanguardVideo
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Isaak’s Vanguard Records debut, is a self-described labor of love. Since he fell in love with his parents’ 45s as a child, this passionate writer/artist has been obsessed with the glory days of Memphis’ Sun Studio and the visionary artists who got their starts there—including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by Sam Phillips. Now, at long last, Isaak recaptures the brilliance of Sun Studio, and beyond, by paying tribute to the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll with renditions of classics, plus new, original self-penned tunes.
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SUN RECORDS SPECHIAL 60 YEARS THIS YEAR PART 2
This is my tribute to the Sun records company in Memphis tenneessee. The songs are from a ...
published: 17 Apr 2012
SUN RECORDS SPECHIAL 60 YEARS THIS YEAR PART 2
This is my tribute to the Sun records company in Memphis tenneessee. The songs are from a CD so i dont own the songs. Only upload becaus i have nothing to do and want to share some of my favourit album.
1. Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis) 281
2. Matchbox (Carl Perkins) 261
3. Feelin' Good (Little Junior's Blue Flames) 187
4. Mona Lisa (Carl Mann) phillips 3359
5. Ooby Dooby (alternative version) (Roy Orbison) 242
6. Guess Things Happen That Way (Johnny Cash) 295
7. My Babe (Narvel Felts)
8. It's Me Baby (Malcolm Yelvington)
9. Paralyzed (Million Dollar Quartet)
10. I'll Wait Forever (Anita Wood)
11. Somebody Told Me (Little Milton) 200
12. Rockin' Bandit (Dubbed version) (Ray Smith) 319
13. Pearly Lee (Billy Lee Riley) 277
14. Red Hot (Billy 'The Kid' Emerson) 219
15. Uranium Rock (Alternate Take) (Warren Smith)
16. Raunchy (Bill Justis)
17. Got You On My Mind (The Miller Sisters)
18. Just In Time (Harold Jenkins)
19. Ain't Got No Home (Carl Mann) phillips alt take
20. Ain't Got A Thing (Sonny Burgess) 263
21. Cheese And Crackers (Rosco Gordon)
22. Got Love If You Want It (Warren Smith) 286
23. Feelin' Low (Ernie Chaffin)
24. There's Another Place I Can't Go (Charlie Rich)
25. Handsome Man (Barbara Pittman)
26. How Long Can It Be (Maggie Sue Wimberley)
27. Goin Crazy (Mack Self)
28. Rockin' Daddy (Eddie Bond)
29. Cloudy (Brad Suggs)
30. Goodnight Irene (Johnny Cash)
- published: 17 Apr 2012
- views: 4178
23:01
The Plough Inn Hickling, Tribute Night 2 - Brian Linnett sings Roy Orbison
The second of the new tribute Music Nights at the Plough Inn Hickling on the alternate Thu...
published: 12 Feb 2012
The Plough Inn Hickling, Tribute Night 2 - Brian Linnett sings Roy Orbison
The second of the new tribute Music Nights at the Plough Inn Hickling on the alternate Thursday nights to our regular fortnightly 'Open Mic' Nights.
Featured: Brian Linnett sings - Roy Orbison, Russ Hamer and Ian Wilmot sing -Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Wainer sings - Rod Stewart.
Many thanks to Chris White (The 'Band'!)
Recorded by Steve Wainer at the Plough Inn Hickling 9th Feb 2012
- published: 12 Feb 2012
- views: 81
26:31
OLDIES CLASICOS 50-60-70....MEGAMIX**PARTE 11 **
Parte 11 de lo mejor de la musica oldies de los 50-60-70
01 Sleigh Ride-The Carpenters
0...
published: 01 Nov 2012
OLDIES CLASICOS 50-60-70....MEGAMIX**PARTE 11 **
Parte 11 de lo mejor de la musica oldies de los 50-60-70
01 Sleigh Ride-The Carpenters
02 Judy-Elvis Presley
03 Fools fall in love-Rocky Sharpe
04 Last Train To Clarksville-The Monkees
05 Oh Marie-Michael Buble
06 Sugar Baby Love-Rubettes
07 Paper Moon-Natalie Cole
08 I only wanna be with you-Bay City Rollers
09 Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song-B J Thomas
10 Your baby ain't your baby anymore-Paul Da Vinci
11 Gonna Build a Mountain-Matt Monro
12 Pretty lttle angel eyes-Showaddywaddy
13 Lemon tree-Trini Lopez
14 Pretty paper-Roy Orbison
15 You Drive Me Crazy-Shakin Stevens
16 My Elusive Dream-Tom Jones
17 A Man Without Love-Engelbert Humperdinck
18 Song Sung Blue-Neil Diamond
19 Greased Lightin-John Travolta
20 Hallelujah-Gali Atari Milk and Honey
- published: 01 Nov 2012
- views: 192
34:00
American Collection (parte 2)
American Collection (parte 2)
1* ERIC CARMEN
2* ROY ORBISON
3* CARLY SIMON
4* THE BANGLES
...
published: 17 Jan 2013
American Collection (parte 2)
American Collection (parte 2)
1* ERIC CARMEN
2* ROY ORBISON
3* CARLY SIMON
4* THE BANGLES
5* KRAFT WORK
6* MAGIE
7* RICHARD MARK
8* IQ
9* BELINDA CARLISE
10* AMERICA
11* FLEETWOOD MAC
- published: 17 Jan 2013
- views: 15
3:47
Roy Orbison Interview (British TV 1987)
Roy talks about his hits, only wearing the sunglasses when he wants to be recognised, his ...
published: 06 Aug 2012
Roy Orbison Interview (British TV 1987)
Roy talks about his hits, only wearing the sunglasses when he wants to be recognised, his tragedies plus lots more.
Check out my channel for lots more rare music and interview videos with Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon plus more...
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 1529
6:00
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 1 (2 days before his death)
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Oh...
published: 04 Aug 2012
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 1 (2 days before his death)
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 11568
31:18
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philoso...
published: 02 Aug 2012
Roy Orbison In Interview (1986) [30 minute Long]
Roy Orbison in this (Half an Hour Long Video) is being interviewed and goes into a philosophical aspect of his life career. Telling us about his early life on stuff for example saying why he wore sunglasses and when he was a kid. Roy Orbison since 1966 was never again was going to appear without sunglasses. Only a view unclear pictures of him at home with clear glasses (Not Sunglasses) so Roy Orbison only wore sunglasses when he was around people. But at home he never wore prescription sunglasses he just wore Clear Proscription glasses. This interview was made in 1986 2 years before he sadly went to be with the lord. He did of a heart attack. But in 1977 he had the first heart attack. Unluckily the 2nd heart attack he passed away. Roy, before he died, he was planning on make a movie about his life with Martin Sheen playing the role and Roy was going to be in a movie with the traveling Wilburys. This was a sudden shock for Bob, Jeff, George & Tom. Shortly after Roy's death George sadly passed away. It was known that Roy Orbison was a christian. He said in one of his interviews. Well I hope you enjoy this 30 minute long video of this Rock n Rock Legend. He is very inspirational.
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 1657
1:56
Roy Orbison speaks on success, the guitar, his voice and legacy
This small collection of interview clips gives you an inside look at Roy's famously humble...
published: 11 Apr 2012
Roy Orbison speaks on success, the guitar, his voice and legacy
This small collection of interview clips gives you an inside look at Roy's famously humble nature - grateful for his voice and success, and still filled with a childhood-like joy of making music, even in his later days.
- published: 11 Apr 2012
- views: 7512
2:08
Roy Orbison rare Australian interview January 1965
Rare interview from Australian television
Originally aired January 1st 1965...
published: 19 Jan 2013
Roy Orbison rare Australian interview January 1965
Rare interview from Australian television
Originally aired January 1st 1965
- published: 19 Jan 2013
- views: 546
3:52
Roy Orbison Interview 1986
Roy explains why he hasn't had many hits in recent years compared to the 1960s and also ta...
published: 06 Aug 2012
Roy Orbison Interview 1986
Roy explains why he hasn't had many hits in recent years compared to the 1960s and also talks about touring, the sunglasses and Class of 55.
- published: 06 Aug 2012
- views: 918
8:03
Roy Orbison 1988 footage a few weeks before his death (West 57 Tribute)
A tribute to Roy Orbison from his last band West 57. Includes clips of one of his last con...
published: 23 Jul 2012
Roy Orbison 1988 footage a few weeks before his death (West 57 Tribute)
A tribute to Roy Orbison from his last band West 57. Includes clips of one of his last concerts, in the studio and rehearsing with his band.
- published: 23 Jul 2012
- views: 3536
1:07
Dick Clark interviews Roy Orbison on The Rock N Roll Years
Dick Clark talks to Roy Orbison after his performance on the show in 1974. He talks about...
published: 28 Sep 2012
Dick Clark interviews Roy Orbison on The Rock N Roll Years
Dick Clark talks to Roy Orbison after his performance on the show in 1974. He talks about touring with The Beatles and the experience of traveling around the world on different tours in the 1960's.
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 2119
6:19
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night)
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. ...
published: 16 Jul 2010
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night)
Roy Orbison performs "Oh, Pretty Woman" as the finale of the Black & White Night Concert. Backed by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Tom Waits, kd lang, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, and Jennifer Warnes. Recorded September 30, 1987. Purchase the DVD here: http://bit.ly/9fLh7X
© 1999 Orbison Records, Inc.
- published: 16 Jul 2010
- views: 3160680
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"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia ea...
published: 23 Aug 2011
author: Green Box
"CAR WASH" with Klaudia Stec
The first of a web series that started as an afternoon of camara tests on which Klaudia eagerly stepped in for the main part. This 90sec are the best of that test.
Directed by:
Miguel Gaudencio & Tomasz Kuckowski
Edit by:
Miguel Gaudencio
Camera Operators:
Tomasz Kuckowski & Pawel Sroka
Studio light:
Grzegorz Skorny
Music : Roy Orbison "Love Hurts"
5:11
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Is...
published: 06 Oct 2011
author: VanguardVideo
Chris Isaak - Beyond the Sun EPK
Beyond The Sun
Available: October 18, 2011
The accurately titled Beyond the Sun, Chris Isaak’s Vanguard Records debut, is a self-described labor of love. Since he fell in love with his parents’ 45s as a child, this passionate writer/artist has been obsessed with the glory days of Memphis’ Sun Studio and the visionary artists who got their starts there—including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis—all of them discovered and nurtured by Sam Phillips. Now, at long last, Isaak recaptures the brilliance of Sun Studio, and beyond, by paying tribute to the roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll with renditions of classics, plus new, original self-penned tunes.
Youtube results:
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Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 2 (2 days before his death)
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Oh...
published: 04 Aug 2012
Roy Orbison's Final Interview Part 2 (2 days before his death)
Roy is interviewed just after his final concert on December 4 1988 in Highland Heights, Ohio.
- published: 04 Aug 2012
- views: 4549
0:23
Roy Orbison Interview 1963 Australian Television
Roy Orbison speaks of his high heeled riding boots and rinsed hair....
published: 29 Oct 2010
Roy Orbison Interview 1963 Australian Television
Roy Orbison speaks of his high heeled riding boots and rinsed hair.
- published: 29 Oct 2010
- views: 17805
10:40
Roy Orbison.The Big" O" In Britain. Part 4.Documentary.
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976,
allowance is made for "f...
published: 17 Jul 2012
Roy Orbison.The Big" O" In Britain. Part 4.Documentary.
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976,
allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment,
news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research,
Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing,
Non-profit, education or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
This programme celebrates the extraordinary talent of 'The Big O' and his relationship with his most loyal and enduring fans, British musicians and the British public. Through a combination of interview and archive, it charts Orbison's career in Britain, from the sell-out tour with the Beatles that sky-rocketed him to international superstardom, right up to the collaboration with lifelong friend George Harrison on the Travelling Wilburys project in the late 1980s. Effortlessly cool, musically sophisticated, Orbison was a rock and roll legend, whose legacy continues to captivate both the listeners and performers of today.
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 4527
9:41
Roy Orbison 1980 interview 1-5
From the picture disc
Roy Orbison The Life of a Legend
a rare 1980 interview with The B...
published: 15 Sep 2010
Roy Orbison 1980 interview 1-5
From the picture disc
Roy Orbison The Life of a Legend
a rare 1980 interview with The Big O
VBAK 3002 Baktabak Records
- published: 15 Sep 2010
- views: 3419
photo: White House / Pete Souza
17 Mar 2013
The schedule for President Barack Obama's first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week has just been released and it is no surprise that the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is not on his travel agenda. . And yet Israel put it on the international agenda less than a month ago with its award of a licence to a US energy firm to explore for oil in the Golan Heights ... The award puts the US on the spot ... 882. Source. ... Share....(size: 9.4Kb)
photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
18 Mar 2013
By JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent . March 18, 2013 . Updated. March 18, 2013 2.42am. Comments (0) E-mail Print. Tweet. Page 1 of 1. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama promises to explain in greater detail U.S. policy on the use of armed drones ... Frustration over the ambiguity has resulted in unlikely political alliances on Capitol Hill, with liberal Democrats like Oregon Sen ... Rand Paul ... Q ... A ... Q ... citizens overseas?. A ... Q ... A ... citizens ... Q ... ....(size: 10.6Kb)
photo: US DoD / Chad J. McNeeley
17 Mar 2013
Chuck Hagel said at the Pentagon. 'North Korea is engaged in a series of irresponsible and reckless provocations.' Photograph. Yuri Gripas/Reuters. The US is to strengthen its missile defence shield on the Pacific coast in response to North Korea's strides in developing nuclear weapons and threats of war, defence secretary Chuck Hagel announced on Friday ... But officials have also said that the North Korean regime is highly unpredictable ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)
photo: AP / L'Osservatore Romano
16 Mar 2013
The pope made his comment in an audience with journalists, explaining why he chose to call himself after St ... ....(size: 0.6Kb)
photo: AP / EyePress
18 Mar 2013
China has become the world’s fifth-largest arms exporter, a respected Sweden-based think tank said on Monday, its highest ranking since the cold war, with Pakistan the main recipient ... China replaces Britain in the top five arms-dealing countries between 2008 and last year, a group dominated by the United States and Russia, which accounted for 30 per cent and 26 per cent of weapons exports, SIPRI said ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
The Dallas Morning News
17 Mar 2013
Speaking of, we got the vintage honky-tonk gem “It Hurts Too Much,” the traditional country with dashes of Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison number “Where My Heart Used to Be,” the brooding “Sweet Relief,” the elegant country-meets-rock ‘n’ roll ballad “I Waved” and the rollicking country-rocker ......(size: 2.0Kb)
Detroit Free Press
15 Mar 2013
Country singer Jack Greene, who recorded such '60s favorites as "There Goes My Everything" and "Statue of a Fool" and was the Country Music Association's first male vocalist of the year, died Thursday ... He gave Greene the countrypolitan treatment, with gentle honky-tonk and waltz rhythms, sumptuous background choruses and dramatic melodies reminiscent of the pop records Roy Orbison had been making across town for Monument Records ... 2 ... ....(size: 2.7Kb)
Rollingstone
15 Mar 2013
Wednesday was the first coed competitive performance show of "American Idol" Season 12, but judge Nicki Minaj couldn't even be bothered to show up on time for this supposedly momentous occasion ... But that was the only "Idol" first this week ... ... Here's how everyone did. ... Her cover of "Crying" by Roy Orbison (sung during Season 4 by Carrie Underwood) was another stunner, with NO oversinging and just the right amount of tasteful flair ... ....(size: 13.3Kb)
my SA
14 Mar 2013
Stereogum
14 Mar 2013
The cover is an entirely goofy enterprise all around, what with the whistling and the shooby-doo backing vocals and all ... Listen to a radio rip below ... TweetTags. AlunaGeorge . You Might Also Like ... AraabMuzik - "Motion Picture"Download Major Lazer Lazer Strikes…Flatbush Zombies & The…Best Coast - "Crying" (Roy Orbison…Download Deniro Farrar The…Play The 'Gum Mix . More Songs » ... ....(size: 3.3Kb)
The Hollywood Reporter
14 Mar 2013
... Who Have Nothing” should be forever banned from the show after Candice Glover brought down the house with it and described in full detail how to prepare the perfect waffles after Kree Harrison’s performance of “Cryin’” by Roy Orbison ... Kree Harrison (“Cryin’” by Roy Orbison performed by Underwood)....(size: 12.7Kb)
Stereogum
14 Mar 2013
Newsom recorded the song for the L.A. fashion line Wren, and she also wears Wren’s clothes and co-stars with an owl in the song’s ethereal new video, which you can watch below ... TweetTags ... AraabMuzik - "Motion Picture"Download Major Lazer Lazer Strikes…Flatbush Zombies & The…Best Coast - "Crying" (Roy Orbison…Download Deniro Farrar The…Play The 'Gum Mix . More Songs » ... ....(size: 3.5Kb)
Stereogum
14 Mar 2013
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14 Mar 2013
America Idol pays tribute to former winners as the finalists perform for the first time. With advice from super producer Jimmy Iovine, early favorites like Lazaro Arbos stumble while Angie Miller gives a game-changing performance. American Idol hosted by Ryan Seacrest airs on FOX Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8.00 pm ET. The Way It Is. Worship leader Curtis Finch Jr ... Kree Harrison sang Roy Orbison's "Crying" in tribute to Carrie Underwood ... ....(size: 3.8Kb)
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14 Mar 2013
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14 Mar 2013
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Detroit Free Press
14 Mar 2013
There's just one problem with growing up watching "American Idol." You end up wanting to be an American Idol. That's not necessarily a bad thing, in and of itself ... "You just destroyed and annihilated." ... Miller managed to sing Celine Dion's "Surrender" without making everybody think of Dion or Clarkson, who sang the song in Season 1, while Harrison put her own twist on Roy Orbison's "Crying," previously covered by Carrie Underwood ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
| Roy Orbison | |
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 Orbison in 1965 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Roy Kelton Orbison |
| Born | (1936-04-23)April 23, 1936 Vernon, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 6, 1988(1988-12-06) (aged 52) Madison, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, rockabilly, pop, country |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica |
| Years active | 1954–1988 |
| Labels | Sun, Monument, MGM, London, Mercury/PolyGram, Asylum, Virgin/EMI Records |
| Associated acts | Traveling Wilburys, Teen Kings, The Wink Westerners, Class of '55 |
| Website | http://www.royorbison.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson ES-335 | |
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's Blue Velvet revived his career in the 1980s. In 1988, he joined the supergroup Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne and also released a new solo album. He died of a heart attack in December that year, at the zenith of his resurgence. His life was marred by tragedy, including the death of his first wife and his two eldest sons in separate accidents.
Orbison was a natural baritone, but music scholars have suggested that he had a three- or four-octave range.[1] The combination of Orbison's powerful, impassioned voice and complex musical arrangements led many critics to refer to his music as operatic, giving him the sobriquet "the Caruso of Rock".[2][note 1] Elvis Presley and Bono have stated his voice was, respectively, the greatest and most distinctive they had ever heard.[3] While most men in rock and roll in the 1950s and 1960s portrayed a defiant masculinity, many of Orbison's songs instead conveyed a quiet, desperate vulnerability. He was known for performing while standing still and solitary, wearing black clothes and dark sunglasses which lent an air of mystery to his persona.
Orbison was initiated into the second class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 by longtime admirer Bruce Springsteen. The same year he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame two years later. Rolling Stone placed Orbison at number 37 on their list of The Greatest Artists of All Time, and number 13 on their list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.[4] In 2002, Billboard magazine listed Orbison at number 74 in the Top 600 recording artists.[5]
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Early life[link]
Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic, and Nadine Shultz, a nurse. Both of Orbison's parents were unemployed during the Great Depression, so the family moved to Fort Worth for several years to find work, until a polio scare prompted them to return to Vernon. To find work, the family moved to Wink, Texas. Orbison would later describe the major components of life in Wink as "Football, oil fields, oil, grease and sand",[6] and in later years expressed relief that he was able to leave the desolate town.[note 2] All the Orbison children were afflicted with poor eyesight; Roy used thick corrective lenses from an early age. A bout with jaundice as a child gave him a sallow complexion, and his ears protruded prominently. Orbison was not particularly confident in his appearance; he began dyeing his nearly white hair black when he was young.[7] He was quiet and self-effacing, remarkably polite and obliging—a product, biographer Alan Clayson wrote, of his Southern upbringing.[8] However, Orbison was readily available to sing, and often became the focus of attention when he did. He considered his voice memorable if not great.[6]
On his sixth birthday, Orbison's father gave him a guitar. Orbison later recalled that, by the age of seven, "I was finished, you know, for anything else"; music would be his life.[9] Orbison's major musical influences as a youth were in country music. He was particularly moved by the way Lefty Frizzell sang, slurring syllables.[10] He also enjoyed Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. One of the first musicians he heard in person was Ernest Tubb playing on the back of a flatbed truck in Fort Worth. In West Texas, however, he was exposed to many forms of music: "sepia"—a euphemism for what became known as rhythm and blues (R&B); Tex-Mex; orchestral Mantovani, and zydeco. The zydeco favorite "Joli Blon" was one of the first songs Orbison sang in public. At eight, Orbison began appearing on a local radio show. By the late 1940s, he was the host.[11]
In high school, Orbison and some friends formed The Wink Westerners, an informal band that played country standards and Glenn Miller songs at local honky-tonks, and had a weekly radio show on KERB in Kermit.[12] When they were offered $400 to play at a dance, Orbison realized that he could make a living in music. Following high school, he enrolled at North Texas State College, planning to study geology so that he could secure work in the oil fields if music did not pay.[13] He formed another band called The Teen Kings, and sang at night while working in the oil fields or studying during the day. Orbison saw classmate Pat Boone get signed for a record deal, further strengthening his resolve to become a professional musician. His geology grades dropping, he switched to Odessa Junior College to consider becoming a teacher.
While living in Odessa, Orbison drove to Dallas to be shocked at the on-stage antics of Elvis Presley, who was only a year older and a rising star in the music scene.[14] Johnny Cash toured the area in 1955, playing on the same local radio show as the Teen Kings and suggested that Orbison approach Sam Phillips at Sun Records, home of rockabilly stars including Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Cash. In their conversation, Phillips told Orbison curtly, "Johnny Cash doesn't run my record company!"[note 3] but he was convinced to listen to a song composed by Dick Penner and Wade Moore in mere minutes atop a fraternity house at North Texas State, named "Ooby Dooby", that the Teen Kings had recorded on the Odessa-based Je–Wel record label.[6] Phillips was impressed and offered the Teen Kings a contract in 1956.
Sun Records and Acuff-Rose: 1957–1959[link]
The Teen Kings went to Memphis and although Orbison had grown weary of "Ooby Dooby", Phillips wanted to cut the record again in a better studio. Orbison rankled quietly at Phillips' dictating what the band would play and how Orbison was to sing it.[15] However, with Phillips' production, the record broke into the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 59 and selling 200,000 copies.[6] The Teen Kings toured with Sonny James, Johnny Horton, and Cash. Much influenced by Elvis Presley, Orbison performed frenetically, doing "everything we could to get applause because we had only one hit record".[16] The Teen Kings also began writing more material such as "Go! Go! Go!" and "Rockhouse", generally in standard rockabilly style. The band ultimately split over disputed writing credits and royalties, but Orbison stayed in Memphis and asked his 16-year-old girlfriend, Claudette Frady, to join him.[note 4] They stayed in Phillips' home, where they slept in separate rooms; in the studio Orbison concentrated on the mechanics of recording. Sam Phillips remembered being much more impressed with Orbison's mastery of the guitar than his voice;[17] a ballad Orbison wrote called "The Clown" was met with lukewarm appreciation at best. Sun Records producer Jack Clement told Orbison after hearing it that he would never make it as a ballad singer.[18]
He found a modicum of success at Sun Records and found his way into Elvis Presley's social circle, once going to pick up a date for Presley in his purple Cadillac. Orbison sold "Claudette", a song he wrote about Frady, whom he married in 1957, to The Everly Brothers and it appeared on the B-side of their smash hit "All I Have To Do Is Dream". The first and perhaps only royalties Orbison earned from Sun Records enabled him to make a down-payment on his own Cadillac. However, frustrated at Sun, Orbison gradually stopped recording, toured music circuits around Texas to make a living, and for seven months in 1958 quit performing completely.[19] His car repossessed and in dire financial straits, he often depended on family and friends for funds.[20]
For a brief period in the late 1950s Orbison made his living at Acuff-Rose, a songwriting firm concentrating mainly on country music. After spending an entire day writing a song, he would make several demo tapes at a time and send them to Wesley Rose, who would try to find the musical acts to record them. Orbison attempted to sell to RCA Victor songs he recorded that were written by other writers as well, working with and being completely in awe of Chet Atkins who had played guitar with Presley. Orbison tried one song penned by Boudleaux Bryant called "Seems to Me". Bryant's impression of Orbison was "a timid, shy kid who seemed to be rather befuddled by the whole music scene. I remember the way he sang then—softly, prettily but almost bashfully, as if someone might be disturbed by his efforts and reprimand him."[21]
Playing shows late into the night, and living with his wife and young child in his tiny apartment, Orbison often sought refuge by taking his guitar to his car and writing songs there. Songwriter Joe Melson, an acquaintance of Orbison's, tapped on his car window one day in Texas in 1958 and the two decided to try to write some songs together.[22] During three recording sessions in 1958 and 1959, Orbison and Melson recorded seven songs at RCA Nashville, with Atkins producing, but only two songs were judged worthy of release by RCA;[23] Wesley Rose maneuvered Orbison into the sights of producer Fred Foster at Monument Records.
Arrival: 1960–1964[link]
Orbison became one of the first recording artists to popularize the Nashville Sound, a trend of country and pop crossover music that used session musicians dubbed the A-Team: guitarists Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton, and Bob Moore; pianists Floyd Cramer or Hargus "Pig" Robbins; drummer Buddy Harman; and backup vocals by the Jordanaires or the Anita Kerr Singers. The Nashville Sound was developed by producers Atkins, Owen Bradley—who worked closely with Patsy Cline—Sam Phillips, and Fred Foster.[24][25] In his first session for Monument in Nashville, Orbison took on a song that RCA had refused, "Paper Boy", backed by "With The Bug" as the B-side, but neither charted.[26]
According to musician and author Albin Zak, the combination of the studio—engineered by Bill Porter, who experimented with close miking the doo-wop backup singers—production by Foster, and accompanying musicians, gave Orbison's music a "polished, professional sound...finally allow(ing) Orbison's stylistic inclinations free rein".[23] In addition to the Nashville Sound's core components, Orbison requested strings in the studio. With this combination, Orbison recorded three new songs, the most notable of which was "Uptown", penned by himself and Melson.[27] Impressed with the results, Melson later recalled, "We stood in the studio, listening to the playbacks and thought it was the most beautiful sound in the world".[6][28] The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll states that the music Orbison made in Nashville "brought a new splendor to rock", and compared the melodramatic effects of the orchestral accompaniment to the music production of Phil Spector.[29]
"Uptown" earned a modest spot at number 72 on the Billboard Top 100 and Orbison set his goal on negotiating a contract with an upscale nightclub somewhere. Rock and roll itself, in its infancy in the late 1950s, was stalled. Elvis Presley was in the Army. Eddie Cochran and fellow Texan Buddy Holly—both of whom Orbison had previously toured with—had died, to Orbison's deep astonishment. Little Richard had found religion and Chuck Berry was in jail. Orbison's former Sun Records colleague Jerry Lee Lewis was disgraced when his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin was reported widely in the press. In their wake, pop music filled the radio waves, dominated by teen idol crooners who sang cleansed formulas like those about the twist dance craze and "death discs" like "Teen Angel" and "Endless Sleep".[30]
Writing for the voice[link]
Influenced by contemporaneous hits such as "Come Back to Me (My Love)" and "Come Softly to Me", Orbison and Melson wrote a song in early 1960 which, using elements from "Uptown" employed strings and the Anita Kerr doo-wop backup singers.[31] It also featured a note hit by Orbison in falsetto that showcased a powerful voice which, according to biographer Clayson, "came not from his throat but deeper within".[32] The song was "Only the Lonely"; Orbison and Melson had earlier tried to pitch it to Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers but were turned down.[33] They instead recorded the song at RCA's Nashville studio with Porter trying a completely new strategy: building the mix from the top down rather from the bottom up, beginning with the close-miked background vocals in the foreground and ending with the rhythm section soft in the background.[27][34] This combination became Orbison's trademark sound.[31] The single shot to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number 1 in the UK and Australia. According to Orbison, the subsequent songs he wrote with Melson during this period were constructed with his voice in mind, specifically to showcase its range and power. He told Rolling Stone in 1988: "I liked the sound of [my voice]. I liked making it sing, making the voice ring, and I just kept doing it. And I think that somewhere between the time of "Ooby Dooby" and "Only the Lonely", it kind of turned into a good voice."[35]
Instantly Orbison was in high demand. He appeared on American Bandstand and toured the U.S. for three months non-stop with Patsy Cline. When Presley heard "Only the Lonely" for the first time, he bought a box of copies to pass to his friends.[36] Melson and Orbison followed it with the more complex "Blue Angel" which peaked at U.S. number 9/UK number 11, a self-performed version of "Claudette", and "I'm Hurtin'", which rose to number 27 but failed to chart in the UK.[37]
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Sample of "Running Scared" as recorded by Orbison in 1961, featuring Orbison's natural voice hitting high G sharp
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Orbison was now able to move his wife and son to Nashville full-time. Back in the studio, seeking a change from the doo-wop styled pop sound of "Only the Lonely" and "I'm Hurtin'", Orbison worked on a new song, "Running Scared", based loosely on the rhythm of Ravel's Boléro; the song was about a man on lookout for his girlfriend's previous boyfriend, who he feared would try to take her away. Orbison encountered difficulty when he found himself unable to hit the song's highest note without his voice breaking. He was backed by an orchestra in the studio and Porter told him he would have to sing louder than his accompaniment because the orchestra was unable to be softer than his voice.[38] Fred Foster then put Orbison in the corner of the studio and surrounded him with coat racks in an improvised isolation booth to emphasize his voice. Orbison was unhappy with the first two takes, but in the third, he abandoned the idea of using falsetto and sang the final high G sharp naturally, so astonishing everyone present that the accompanying musicians stopped playing.[29] On that third take, "Running Scared" was completed. Fred Foster later recalled, "He did it, and everybody looked around in amazement. Nobody had heard anything like it before."[6]
Developing the image[link]
Just weeks later "Running Scared" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 9 in the UK. The composition of Orbison's following hits reflected "Running Scared": a story about an emotionally vulnerable man facing loss or grief, culminating with a surprise ending in a crescendo that employed Orbison's dynamic voice. "Crying" followed in July 1961 and reached number 2; it was coupled with an R&B up-tempo song titled "Candy Man" written by Fred Neil and Beverley Ross, which reached the Billboard Top 30, staying on the charts for two months.[37] Orbison's second son was born in 1962, and Orbison hit number 4 in the U.S. and number 2 in the UK with "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream?)", an upbeat song written by country songwriter Cindy Walker. The rest of the year he charted with "The Crowd", "Leah", and "Workin' For the Man", which he wrote about working one summer in the oil fields near Wink.[5][39] His relationship with Joe Melson, however, was deteriorating over Melson's growing concerns that his own solo career would never get off the ground.[40]
Lacking the photogenic looks of many of his rock and roll contemporaries, Orbison eventually developed a persona that did not reflect his personality. He had no publicist in the early 1960s, no presence in fan magazines, and his single sleeves did not feature his picture. Life magazine called him an "anonymous celebrity".[41] After leaving his thick eyeglasses on an airplane in 1962 or 1963, Orbison was forced to wear his prescription sunglasses on stage and found that he preferred them. His biographers suggest that although he had a good sense of humor and was never morose, Orbison was very shy and suffered from severe stage fright; wearing sunglasses helped him hide somewhat from the attention. The black clothes and desperation in his songs led to an aura of mystery and introversion.[6][42][43] Years later, Orbison said "I wasn't trying to be weird, you know? I didn't have a manager who told me to dress or how to present myself or anything. But the image developed of a man of mystery and a quiet man in black somewhat of a recluse, although I never was, really."[44]
His dark and brooding persona, combined with his tremulous voice in lovelorn ballads marketed to teenagers, helped Orbison corner the pop market in the early 1960s. He had a string of hits in 1963 with "In Dreams" (U.S. number 7/UK number 6), "Falling" (U.S. number 22/UK number 9), "Mean Woman Blues" (U.S. number 5/UK number 3) coupled with "Blue Bayou" (U.S. number 29/UK number 3).[5][45] He finished the year with a Christmas song written by Willie Nelson titled "Pretty Paper" (U.S. number 15 in 1963/UK number 6 in 1964).
As "In Dreams" was released in April 1963, Orbison was asked to replace guitarist Duane Eddy on a tour of the UK in top billing, with The Beatles, whose popularity was on the rise. When he arrived in England, however, he saw the amount of advertising devoted to the quartet and realized he was no longer the main draw. He had never heard of them and, annoyed, asked hypothetically, "What's a Beatle anyway?" to which John Lennon replied after tapping his shoulder, "I am."[46] On opening night, Orbison opted to go onstage first although he was the more established act. Known for having raucous shows expressing an extraordinary amount of energy, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison performed completely still and simply sang through fourteen encores.[47] Finally, when the audience began chanting "We want Roy!" again, Lennon and McCartney prevented Orbison from going on again by physically holding him back.[48] Starr later said, "In Glasgow, we were all backstage listening to the tremendous applause he was getting. He was just standing there, not moving or anything."[47] Through the tour, however, both acts quickly learned to get along, a process made easier by the fact that the Beatles admired his work.[49] Orbison felt a kinship with Lennon, but it was Harrison with whom he would later form a strong friendship. The moniker of "The Big O" would eventually follow him back to the States, where it became an unofficial nickname for Orbison.
Riding the success[link]
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Opening sample of "Oh, Pretty Woman" as recorded by Orbison in 1964, and as noted by Mick Jagger to be a direct influence on the opening of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones[50]
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Touring in 1963 took a toll on Orbison's personal life. His wife Claudette began having an affair with the contractor who built their home in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Their friends and relatives attributed it to her youth and that she was unable to withstand being alone and bored; when Orbison toured England again in the fall of 1963, she joined him.[51] He was immensely popular wherever he went, finishing the tour in Ireland and Canada. Almost immediately he toured Australia and New Zealand with The Beach Boys and returned again to the UK and Ireland, where he was so besieged by teenage girls that the Irish police had to halt his performances to pull the girls off him.[52] He continued to tour, however, and visited Australia again, this time with The Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger later remarked of a snapshot he took of Orbison in New Zealand: "A fine figure of a man in the hot springs, he was."[53]
Orbison also began collaborating with Bill Dees, whom he had known in Texas. With Dees, he wrote "It's Over", a number 1 in the UK, and a song that would be one of his signature pieces for the rest of his career. When Claudette walked in the room where Dees and Orbison were writing to say she was heading for Nashville, Orbison asked if she had any money. Dees said, "Pretty woman never needs any money".[54] Forty minutes later, "Oh, Pretty Woman" was completed. A riff-laden masterpiece that employed a playful growl he got from a Bob Hope movie, the epithet Orbison uttered when he was unable to hit a note ("Mercy!"), and a merging of his vulnerable and masculine sides, it rose to number 1 in the fall of 1964 in the U.S. and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks; it hit number 1 in the UK as well, spending 18 weeks total on the charts. The single sold over seven million copies.[6] Orbison's success was greater in Britain; as Billboard magazine noted, "In a 68-week period that began on August 8, 1963, Roy Orbison was the only American artist to have a number-one single in Britain. He did it twice, with 'It's Over' on June 25, 1964, and 'Oh, Pretty Woman' on October 8, 1964. The latter song also went to number one in America, making Orbison impervious to the current chart dominance of British artists on both sides of the Atlantic."[55]
Career decline and personal tragedies: 1965–1969[link]
"Oh, Pretty Woman" proved the pinnacle of Orbison's career in the 1960s. Following its release, he endured some upheavals. He and Claudette divorced in November 1964 over her infidelities, though they remarried in August 1965. Wesley Rose, at this time acting as Orbison's agent, moved him from Monument Records to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), for a million dollars and the understanding that Orbison would expand into television and films as Elvis Presley had done. Orbison was a film enthusiast, and when not touring, writing, or recording would dedicate time to seeing up to three films a day.[56] However, Rose also began acting as Orbison's producer. Fred Foster later argued that Rose's takeover was responsible for the commercial failure of Orbison's work at MGM; engineer Bill Porter agreed that Orbison's best work could only be achieved with RCA Nashville's A Team.[26] Orbison's first collection at MGM, an album titled Goodnight, sold fewer than 200,000 copies.[6] The British Invasion also occurred at the same time, changing the direction of rock music significantly.[57]
While on tour again in the UK in 1965, Orbison broke his foot falling off a motorcycle in front of thousands of screaming fans at a race track, and performed his show that evening in a cast. His reconciliation with Claudette occurred when she went to visit him while he was recuperating from the accident.[58] Orbison was fascinated with machines. He was famous for following a car that he liked on sight, and making the driver an offer on the spot.[59] He had a collection worthy of a museum by the late 1960s. He and Claudette shared a love for motorcycles; she had grown up around them, but Orbison claimed Elvis Presley had introduced him to motorcycles.[60] However, tragedy struck on June 6, 1966, when Orbison and Claudette were riding home from Bristol, Tennessee. She was struck by a semi-trailer truck and died instantly.[61]
A grieving Orbison threw himself into his work, collaborating with Bill Dees to write music for The Fastest Guitar Alive, a film that MGM had scheduled for him to star in as well. It was initially planned as a dramatic Western, but was rewritten as a comedy.[62] Orbison's character was a spy who stole and had to protect and deliver a cache of gold to the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War and was outfitted with a guitar that turned into a rifle. The prop allowed him to deliver the line "I could kill you with this and play your funeral march at the same time", with — according to biographer Colin Escott — "zero conviction".[6] Orbison was pleased with the film, although it proved to be a critical and box office flop. While MGM had included five films in his contract, no more were made.[63][64]
He recorded an album dedicated to the songs of Don Gibson and another of Hank Williams covers, but both sold poorly. As the psychedelic rock movement took hold in the late 1960s, Orbison felt lost, later saying "[I] didn't hear a lot I could relate to so I kind of stood there like a tree where the winds blow and the seasons change, and you're still there and you bloom again."[65] He continued to tour, and had previously made some smart real estate investments, so money was never an issue for him again. During a tour in the Midlands of England on September 16, 1968, he received the news that his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, had burned down and his two eldest sons had died.[66] The property was sold to Johnny Cash, who planted an orchard on it. On March 25, 1969, Orbison married German teenager Barbara Jakobs, whom he had met several days before his sons' deaths.[67] His youngest son with Claudette (Wesley, born 1965) was raised by Orbison's parents; Orbison and Barbara had a son (Roy Kelton) in 1970 and another (Alexander) in 1974.[68]
Rediscovery[link]
Covers: 1970s[link]
Orbison recorded in the 1970s, but his albums performed so poorly that he began to doubt his talents.[69] Author Peter Lehman would later observe that his absence was a part of the mystery of his persona: "Since it was never clear where he had come from, no one seemed to pay much mind to where he had gone; he was just gone."[70] His influence was apparent, however, as several artists released covers of his songs that performed very well. "Love Hurts" was remade by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, and again by heavy metal band Nazareth. Sonny James sent "Only the Lonely" to number 1 on the country music charts.[71] Bruce Springsteen ended his concerts with Orbison songs and Glen Campbell had a minor hit with a remake of "Dream Baby". A compilation LP of Orbison's greatest hits went to number 1 in the UK in 1977. The same year he began to open concerts for The Eagles, who started as Linda Ronstadt's backup band. Ronstadt herself covered "Blue Bayou" in 1977, her version reaching number 3 on the Billboard charts and remaining in the charts for 24 weeks. Orbison credited this cover in particular for reviving his memory in the popular mind, if not his career.[72]
On 18 January 1978 Orbison underwent a triple heart bypass. He had suffered from duodenal ulcers as far back as 1960, and had been a chain smoker since adolescence.[73] Although he felt revitalized following the triple bypass, he continued to smoke and his weight fluctuated for the rest of his life.
Don McLean covered "Crying" in 1980 in a version which hit number 5 in the U.S. and stayed on the charts for 15 weeks; it was number 1 in the UK for three weeks.[74] Although he was all but forgotten in the U.S., Orbison took a chance and embarked on a tour of Bulgaria. He was astonished to find he was as popular there as he had been in 1964; he was forced to stay in his hotel room because he was mobbed on the streets of Sofia.[75] Later that year, he and Emmylou Harris won a Grammy for their duet "That Lovin' You Feelin' Again". It was his first such award, and he felt more than ever that the time was ripe for his full return to popular music.[76] However, it would be several more years until this came to fruition.
Revival: 1987–88[link]
Orbison's career was fully revived in 1987. He released an album of his re-recorded hits titled In Dreams: The Greatest Hits. A song he recorded named "Life Fades Away" was featured in the film Less Than Zero. He and k. d. lang performed a duet of "Crying" and released it on the soundtrack to Hiding Out, winning a Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.[77]
However, one film in which Orbison refused to allow his music was Blue Velvet. Director David Lynch asked to use "In Dreams" and Orbison turned him down.[78] Lynch used it anyway. The song served as one of several obsessions of a psychopathic character named Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper). It was lip-synched by an effeminate drug dealer played by Dean Stockwell, after which Booth demanded the song be played over and over, once beating the protagonist while the song played. During filming, Lynch asked for the song to be played repeatedly to give the set a surreal atmosphere.[79] Orbison was initially shocked at its use: he saw the film in a theater in Malibu and later said, "I was mortified because they were talking about the 'candy colored clown' in relation to a dope deal... I thought, 'What in the world...?' But later, when I was touring, we got the video out and I really got to appreciate what David gave to the song, and what the song gave to the movie—how it achieved this otherworldly quality that added a whole new dimension to 'In Dreams'."[6]
The same year, Orbison was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and initiated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen, who concluded his speech with a reference to his own song "Thunder Road": "I wanted a record with words like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector—but, most of all, I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison. Now everyone knows that no one sings like Roy Orbison."[80] In response, Orbison asked Springsteen for a copy of the speech, and said of his induction that he felt "validated" by the honor.[80] A few months later, Orbison and Springsteen paired again to film a concert at the Cocoanut Grove Ballroom in Los Angeles. They were joined by Jackson Browne, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Jennifer Warnes, and k.d. lang. Lang later recounted how humbled Orbison had been by the show of support from so many talented and busy musicians: "Roy looked at all of us and said, 'If there is anything I can ever do for you, please call on me.' He was very serious. It was his way of thanking us. It was very emotional."[81] The concert was filmed in one take and aired on Cinemax under the title Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night; it was released on video by Virgin Records, selling 50,000 copies.[82]
[edit] Traveling Wilburys and Mystery Girl: 1988
In 1987, Orbison had begun collaborating with Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne on a new album. At the same time Lynne was completing production work on George Harrison's Cloud Nine, and all three had lunch one day when Orbison accepted an invitation to sing on Harrison's album. They contacted Bob Dylan, who allowed them to use a recording studio in his home. Along the way, Harrison had to stop by Tom Petty's house to pick up his guitar; Petty and his band had backed Dylan on his last tour.[83] By that evening, the group had written "Handle with Care", which led to the concept of recording an entire album. They called themselves the Traveling Wilburys, representing themselves as half-brothers from the same father. They gave themselves stage names; Orbison chose his from his musical hero, calling himself "Lefty Wilbury" after Lefty Frizzell.[84] Expanding on the concept of a traveling band of raucous musicians, Orbison offered a quote about the group's foundation in honor: "Some people say Daddy was a cad and a bounder. I remember him as a Baptist minister."[85]
Lynne later spoke of the recording sessions: "Everybody just sat there going, 'Wow, it's Roy Orbison!'... [E]ven though he's become your pal and you're hanging out and having a laugh and going to dinner, as soon as he gets behind that mike and he's doing his business, suddenly it's shudder time."[86] Orbison was given one solo track on the album titled "Not Alone Anymore". His contributions were highly praised by the press. Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 spent 53 weeks on the U.S. charts, peaking at number 3. It hit number 1 in Australia and topped out at number 16 in the UK. The LP won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.[77] Rolling Stone included it in the top 100 albums of the decade.[87]
Orbison was in high demand for concerts and interviews once again, and was thrilled about it. He began writing songs and collaborating with many musicians from his past and newer fans to develop a solo album titled Mystery Girl. U2's lead singer Bono had become aware of Orbison when he saw Blue Velvet and, with The Edge wrote "She's a Mystery to Me" for him.[79] Bono witnessed the recording of the song and recalled:
I stood beside him and sang with him. He didn't seem to be singing. So I thought, 'He'll sing it the next take. He's just reading the words.' And then we went in to listen to the take, and there was this voice, which was the loudest whisper I've ever heard. He had been singing it. But he hardly moved his lips. And the voice was louder than the band in its own way. I don't know how he did that. It was like sleight of hand. [88]
Mystery Girl was produced by Jeff Lynne, whom Orbison considered the best producer he had ever worked with,[89] while Bono, Elvis Costello, Orbison's son Wesley and others offered their songs to him. The biggest hit from the album was "You Got It", written by Lynne and Tom Petty. It posthumously rose to number 9 in the U.S. and number 3 in the UK.[5][45]
Death[link]
While Orbison determinedly pursued his second chance at stardom, he reacted to his success in constant surprise, confessing "It's very nice to be wanted again, but I still can't quite believe it."[90] He lost some weight to fit his new image and the constant demand of touring, as well as the newer demands of making videos. In November 1988, Mystery Girl was completed and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 was rising up the charts. Orbison went to Europe where he was presented with an award and played a show in Antwerp where footage for the video for "You Got It" was filmed. He gave multiple interviews a day in a hectic schedule. A few days later a manager at a club in Boston was concerned that he looked ill, but Orbison played the show to another standing ovation.[91] Finally, exhausted, he returned to his home in Hendersonville to rest for a few days before flying again to London to film two more videos for the Traveling Wilburys. On December 6, 1988, he spent the day flying model airplanes with his sons. After having dinner at his mother's home in Tennessee, Orbison died of a heart attack at 52.[92]
Orbison's death was an international news event. Author Peter Lehman suggests that had he died in the 1970s when his career was in the doldrums, it might have earned a minor mention in the obituary section of the newspaper.[93] However, the response to his death reflected just how popular Orbison had again become. The Nashville Banner put it on the front page across six columns; it also made the front page of the New York Times. The tabloid The National Enquirer suggested on its cover that he had worked himself to death. A memorial was held in Nashville, and another in Los Angeles; he was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.[94][95] In January 1989, Orbison became the first musician since Elvis Presley to have two albums in the Top Five at the same time.[96]
Style and influence[link]
[Roy Orbison] was the true master of the romantic apocalypse you dreaded, and knew was coming after the first night you whispered ‘I Love You’ to your first girlfriend. You were going down. Roy was the coolest uncool loser you’d ever seen. With his Coke-bottle black glasses, his 3-octave range, he seemed to take joy sticking his knife deep into the hot belly of your teenage insecurities.
Although Orbison is counted as a rock and roll pioneer, and has been cited by numerous critics as one of the genre's most influential musicians, his style was noted for how it departed from the norm. Rock and roll in the 1950s was defined by a driving backbeat, heavy guitars, and lyrical themes that glorified youthful rebellion.[98] However, very little of what Orbison recorded met these characteristics. The structure and themes of his songs defied convention, and his much-praised voice and performance style were unlike any other in rock and roll. Many of his contemporaries compared his music with that of classically trained musicians, although Orbison never mentioned any classical music influences. Author Peter Lehman summarized it, writing, "He achieved what he did not by copying classical music but by creating a unique form of popular music that drew upon a wide variety of music popular during his youth".[99]
Song structures[link]
U2 frontman Bono holds Orbison as a standard in musical creativity, commenting in 1999, "The thing people don't talk about enough as far as I'm concerned is how innovative this music was, how radical in terms of its songwriting. As I become more interested in songwriting, you hit a wall where Roy Orbison is standing."[100] Bob Dylan highlighted Orbison's song structures in his book Chronicles: Volume One, specifically noting how they were "songs within songs".[101] Music critic Dave Marsh also wrote that these compositions "define a world unto themselves more completely than any other body of work in pop music".[102] Orbison's music, like the man himself, has been described as timeless, diverting from contemporary rock and roll and bordering on the eccentric, within a hair's breadth of being weird.[103] New York Times writer Peter Watrous declared in a concert review: "He has perfected an odd vision of popular music, one in which eccentricity and imagination beat back all the pressures toward conformity".[104]
In the 1960s, Orbison refused to splice edits of songs together, and insisted in recording them in single takes with all the instruments and singers together.[105] The only convention Orbison followed in his most popular songs is the time limit for radio fare in pop songs. Otherwise, each seems to follow a separate structure. Using the standard thirty-two-bar form for verses and choruses, normal pop songs followed the verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus structure. Where A represents the first verse and B represents the chorus, most pop songs can be represented by A-B-A-B-C-A-B, like "Ooby Dooby" and "Claudette". Orbison's "In Dreams" was a song in seven movements that can be represented as Intro-A-B-C-D-E-F; no sections are repeated. In "Running Scared", however, the entire song repeats to build suspense to a final climax, to be represented as A-A-A-A-B. "Crying" is more complex, changing parts toward the end to be represented as A-B-C-D-E-F-A-B modified, C modified, D modified, E modified, F modified.[106] Although Orbison recorded and wrote standard structure songs before "Only the Lonely", he claimed never to have learned how to write them:
"I'm sure we had to study composition or something like that at school, and they'd say 'This is the way you do it,' and that's the way I would have done it, so being blessed again with not knowing what was wrong or what was right, I went on my own way....So the structure sometimes has the chorus at the end of the song, and sometimes there is no chorus, it just goes...But that's always after the fact—as I'm writing, it all sounds natural and in sequence to me."[107]
Elton John's writing partner Bernie Taupin wrote that Orbison's songs always made "radical left turns", and k. d. lang declared that good songwriting comes from being constantly surprised, such as how the entirety of "Running Scared" eventually depends on the final note, one word.[108] Some of the musicians who worked with Orbison were confounded by what he asked them to do. Nashville session guitarist Jerry Kennedy stated, "Roy went against the grain. The first time you'd hear something, it wouldn't sound right. But after a few playbacks, it would start to grow on you."[55]
Themes of songs[link]
Critic Dave Marsh categorizes Orbison's ballads into themes reflecting pain and loss, and dreaming. A third category is his uptempo rockabilly songs such as "Go! Go! Go!" and "Mean Woman Blues" that are more thematically simple, addressing his feelings and intentions in a masculine braggadocio. In concert, Orbison placed the uptempo songs between the ballads to keep from being too consistently dark or grim.[109]
In 1990, Colin Escott wrote an introduction to Orbison's biography published in a CD box set: "Orbison was the master of compression. Working the singles era, he could relate a short story, or establish a mood in under three minutes. If you think that's easy—try it. His greatest recordings were quite simply perfect; not a word or note surplus to intention."[6] After attending a show in 1988, Peter Watrous of The New York Times wrote that Orbison's songs are "dreamlike claustrophobically intimate set pieces".[104] Music critic Ken Emerson writes that the "apocalyptic romanticism" in Orbison's music was well-crafted for the films his songs appeared in in the 1980s because the music was "so over-the-top that dreams become delusions, and self-pity paranoia", striking "a postmodern nerve".[110] Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant favored American R&B music as a youth, but beyond the black musicians, he named Elvis and Orbison especially as foreshadowing the emotions he would experience: "The poignancy of the combination of lyric and voice was stunning. [Orbison] used drama to great effect and he wrote dramatically."[100]
The loneliness in Orbison's songs that he became most famous for, he both explained and downplayed: "I don't think I've been any more lonely than anyone else... Although if you grow up in West Texas, there are a lot of ways to be lonely."[100] His music offered an alternative to the postured masculinity that was pervasive in music and culture. Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees stated, "He made emotion fashionable, that it was all right to talk about and sing about very emotional things. For men to sing about very emotional things... Before that no one would do it."[100] Orbison acknowledged this in looking back on the era in which he became popular: "When ["Crying"] came out I don't think anyone had accepted the fact that a man should cry when he wants to cry."[100] Peter Lehman, on the other hand, considered Orbison's theme of constant vulnerability an element of sexual masochism.[102]
Voice quality[link]
What separates Orbison from so many other multi-octave-spanning power singers is that he can hit the biggest notes imaginable and still sound unspeakably sad at the same time. All his vocal gymnastics were just a means to a powerful end, not a mission unto themselves. Roy Orbison didn't just sing beautifully—he sang brokenheartedly.
Orbison admitted that he did not think his voice was put to appropriate use until "Only the Lonely" in 1960, when it was able, in his words, to allow its "flowering".[112] Carl Perkins, however, toured with Orbison while they were both signed with Sun Records and recalled a specific concert when Orbison covered the Nelson Eddy and Jeannette MacDonald standard "Indian Love Call", and had the audience completely silenced, in awe.[113] When compared to the Everly Brothers, who often used the same session musicians, Orbison is credited with "a passionate intensity" that, according to The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll, made "his love, his life, and, indeed, the whole world [seem] to be coming to an end—not with a whimper, but an agonized, beautiful bang".[29]
Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel both commented on the otherworldly quality of Orbison's voice. Dwight Yoakam stated that Orbison's voice sounded like "the cry of an angel falling backward through an open window".[114] Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees went further to say that when he heard "Crying" for the first time, "That was it. To me that was the voice of God."[100]
Bob Dylan marked Orbison as a specific influence, remarking that there was nothing like him on radio in the early 1960s:
With Roy, you didn't know if you were listening to mariachi or opera. He kept you on your toes. With him, it was all about fat and blood. He sounded like he was singing from an Olympian mountaintop. [After "Ooby Dooby"] (h)e was now singing his compositions in three or four octaves that made you want to drive your car over a cliff. He sang like a professional criminal ... [H]is voice could jar a corpse, always leave you muttering to yourself something like, 'Man, I don't believe it'.[101]
Likewise, Tim Goodwin, who conducted the orchestra that backed Orbison in Bulgaria, had been told that Orbison's voice would be a singular experience to hear. When Orbison started with "Crying" and hit the high notes, Goodwin stated, "The strings were playing and the band had built up, and sure enough, the hair on the back of my neck just all started standing up. It was an incredible physical sensation."[115]
Orbison's severe stage fright was particularly noticeable in the 1970s and early 1980s. During the first few songs in a concert, the vibrato in his voice was almost uncontrollable, but afterwards, it became stronger and more dependable.[116] This also happened with age. Orbison noticed that he was unable to control the tremor in the late afternoon and evenings, and chose to record in the mornings when it was possible.
Performance[link]
Orbison often excused his motionless performances by saying that his songs did not allow instrumental sections so he could move or dance on stage, although songs like "Mean Woman Blues" did offer that.[117] He was aware of his unique performance style even in the early 1960s when he commented, "I'm not a super personality—on stage or off. I mean, you could put workers like Chubby Checker or Bobby Rydell in second-rate shows and they'd still shine through, but not me. I'd have to be prepared. People come to hear my music, my songs. That's what I have to give them."[118]
Lang compared Orbison to a tree, with passive but solid beauty.[119] This image of Orbison as immovable was so associated with him it was parodied by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live, as Belushi dressed as Orbison falls over while singing "Oh, Pretty Woman", and continues to play as his bandmates set him upright again.[116] However, lang quantified this style by saying, "It's so hard to explain what Roy's energy was like because he would fill a room with his energy and presence but not say a word. Being that he was so grounded and so strong and so gentle and quiet. He was just there."[100]
Orbison attributed his own passion during his performances to the period when he grew up in Fort Worth while the U.S. was mobilizing for World War II. His parents worked in a defense plant and his father would bring a guitar in the evenings and their friends and relatives who had just joined the military would gather, and drink and sing heartily. Orbison later reflected, "I guess that level of intensity made a big impression on me, because it's still there. That sense of 'do it for all it's worth and do it now and do it good.' Not to analyze it too much, but I think the verve and gusto that everybody felt and portrayed around me has stayed with me all this time."[120]
Discography[link]
Main article: Roy Orbison discography
Honors[link]
- Grammys[77]
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- Best Country Performance Duo Or Group (1980) with Emmylou Harris
- Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording (1986) with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson and Chips Moman
- Best Country Vocal Collaboration (1988) with k. d. lang
- Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (1989) as part of The Traveling Wilburys
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (1990)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (1998)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)[35]
- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1987)[107]
- Songwriters Hall of Fame (1989)[121]
- Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2010)[122]
See also[link]
Video and televised feature performances:
- 1972: Roy Orbison – Live from Australia
- 1982: Live at Austin City Limits
- 1987: Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night
- 1999: In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story
References[link]
- ^ Comparisons of Orbison's music and voice to opera have been made by Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and songwriter Will Jennings among others. (Lehman, p. 21.)
- ^ Ellis Amburn argues that Orbison was bullied and ostracized while in Wink and that after he became famous, he gave conflicting reports to local Texas newspapers claiming it was still home to him, while simultaneously maligning the town to Rolling Stone. (Amburn, pp. 11–20.)
- ^ Although both Orbison and Cash mentioned this anecdote years later, Phillips denied that he was so abrupt on the phone with Orbison or that he hung up on him. One of the Teen Kings later stated that the band did not meet Cash until a week later while they were on tour with other Sun Records artists. (Amburn, pp. 42–43).
- ^ Alan Clayson's biography names Orbison's girlfriend Claudette Hestand.
Citations[link]
- ^ O'Grady, Terence J. (February 2000). "Orbison, Roy", American National Biography Online. Retrieved on May 20, 2009
- ^ Amburn, p. 97.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 175, 193.
- ^ 100 Greatest Singers of All Time: Roy Orbison, Rolling Stone website (2009). Retrieved on October 3, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Whitburn (2002), p. 524.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Escott, Colin (1990). Biography insert to The Legendary Roy Orbison CD box set, Sony. ASIN: B0000027E2
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 3.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 3, 9.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 7.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 21.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 8, 9.
- ^ History Maker, Roy Orbison website (2012). Retrieved on April 12, 2012.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 29–30.
- ^ Orbison was later quoted to say he "couldn't overemphasize how shocking [Presley] looked and seemed to [him] that night". Clayson, Alan, pp. 26–27.
- ^ DeCurtis and Henke, p. 153.
- ^ Clayson, Alan p. 44.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 60–61.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 45.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 56.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 78–79.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 62.
- ^ Clayson, pp. 68–69.
- ^ a b Zak, p. 32.
- ^ Wolfe and Akenson, p. 24.
- ^ Hoffmann and Ferstler, p. 779.
- ^ a b Zak, p. 33.
- ^ a b Lehman, p. 48.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 70–71.
- ^ a b c DeCurtis and Henke, p. 155.
- ^ Lehman, p. 19.
- ^ a b Zak, p. 35.
- ^ Clayson, p. 77.
- ^ Amburn p. 91.
- ^ Fremer, Michael (January 1, 2006). Recording Elvis and Roy With Legendary Studio Wiz Bill Porter – Part II, MusicAngle.com. Retrieved on February 8, 2011.
- ^ a b Roy Orbison, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2007). Retrieved on May 21, 2009.
- ^ Amburn, p. 98.
- ^ a b Whitburn (2004), p. 470.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 81–82.
- ^ Amburn, p. 32.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 91.
- ^ Lehman, p. 18.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 102–103.
- ^ Amburn, p. 108.
- ^ Creswell, p. 600.
- ^ a b Brown, Kutner, & Warwick, p. 645.
- ^ Amburn, p. 115.
- ^ a b Clayson, Alan, pp. 109–113.
- ^ Amburn, p. 117.
- ^ John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The Beatles Anthology. Chronicle, 2002. p. 94
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 128 and Lehman, p. 169.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 122–123.
- ^ Amburn, p. 125.
- ^ Amburn, p. 134.
- ^ Amburn, p. 127.
- ^ a b Amburn, p. 128.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 130–31.
- ^ Lehman, p. 14
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 135–36.
- ^ Amburn, p. 126.
- ^ Amburn, p. 54.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 139.
- ^ Lehman, pp. 108–109.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 146–147.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 151–53.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 152.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 161–63.
- ^ Amburn, p. 163.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 178.
- ^ Amburn, p. 170.
- ^ Lehman, p. 2.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 167–168.
- ^ Amburn, p. 178.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 3, 183–184.
- ^ Amburn, p. 182.
- ^ Amburn, p. 183.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 192.
- ^ a b c Grammy Award Winners (Past winner search=Roy Orbison), Grammy.com. Retrieved on May 30, 2009.
- ^ Amburn, p. 191.
- ^ a b Amburn, p. 193.
- ^ a b Clayson, Alan, pp. 202–203.
- ^ Amburn, p. 207.
- ^ Amburn, p. 205.
- ^ Amburn, p. 218.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, pp. 206–207.
- ^ Amburn, p. 221.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 208.
- ^ Amburn, p. 222.
- ^ Amburn, p. 212.
- ^ Amburn, p. 213.
- ^ Amburn, p. 223.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 227–28.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 213.
- ^ Lehman, p. 3.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 215.
- ^ Amburn, pp. 233–235.
- ^ Amburn, p. 235.
- ^ Tuttle, Mike (March 19, 2012). Bruce Springsteen Schools ‘Em At SXSW 2012, WebProNews. Retrieved on March 22, 2012.
- ^ Lehman, p. 8.
- ^ Lehman, p. 58.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hall, Mark. (director) In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story, Nashmount Productions Inc., 1999.
- ^ a b Dylan, p. 33.
- ^ a b Lehman, p. 20.
- ^ Lehman, p. 9.
- ^ a b Watrous, Peter (July 31, 1988). "Roy Orbison Mines Some Old Gold", The New York Times, p. 48.
- ^ Lehman, p. 46.
- ^ Lehman, p. 53.
- ^ a b Roy Orbison, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (2008). Retrieved on May 30, 2009.
- ^ Lehman, p. 52.
- ^ Lehman, pp. 70–71.
- ^ DeCurtis and Henke, p. 157.
- ^ Roy Orbison: Songs We Love, National Public Radio (April 27, 2011). Retrieved on April 29, 2011.
- ^ Lehman, p. 50.
- ^ Lehman, p. 49.
- ^ Lehman, p. 22.
- ^ Amburn, p. 184.
- ^ a b Lehman, p. 24.
- ^ Lehman, p. 62.
- ^ Clayson, Alan, p. 78.
- ^ lang, k. d. (April 15, 2004). The Immortals – The Greatest Artists of All Time: 37) Roy Orbison, Rolling Stone. Retrieved on June 2, 2009.
- ^ Amburn, p. 7.
- ^ Roy Orbison, Songwriters Hall of Fame website (2009). Retrieved on May 30, 2009.
- ^ Roy Orbison given Hollywood Walk of Fame star BBC News (January 30, 2010). Retrieved on January 31, 2010.
Bibliography[link]
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- Amburn, Ellis (1990). Dark Star: The Roy Orbison Story, Carol Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8184-0518-X
- Brown, Tony; Kutner, Jon; Warwick, Neil (2000). Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums, Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-7670-8
- Clayson, Alan (1989). Only the Lonely: Roy Orbison's Life and Legacy, St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-03961-1
- Clayton, Lawrence and Sprecht, Joe, (eds.) (2003). The Roots of Texas Music, Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 1-58544-997-0
- Creswell, Toby (2006). 1001 Songs: The Greatest Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories, and Secrets Behind Them, Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-915-9
- DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James (eds.) (1992). The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, Random House. ISBN 0-679-73728-6
- Hoffman, Frank W., Ferstler, Howard (2005). Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Volume 1, CRC Press. ISBN 0-415-93835-X
- Lehman, Peter (2003). Roy Orbison: The Invention of An Alternative Rock Masculinity, Temple University Press. ISBN 1-59213-037-2
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4
- Wolfe, Charles K., Akenson, James (eds.) (2000). Country Music Annual, Issue 1, University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0989-2
- Zak, Albin (2010). "'Only The Lonely' – Roy Orbison's Sweet West Texas Style", pages 18–41 in John Covach and Mark Spicer Sounding Out Pop: Analytical Essays in Popular Music, University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-03400-6
External links[link]
- Official website
- CMT's tribute to Orbison Contains a music video section that contains the entire "Diamond Career Awards" from 11-18-88, and also several rare videos "Heartbreak Radio" and "Walk On"
- Roy Orbison: The Big O life story by Marie Claire Magazine Australia
- 1975 Roy Orbison private phone interview with Ronnie Allen (researcher for Casey Kasem)
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| Name | Orbison, Roy Kelton |
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| Date of birth | April 23, 1936 |
| Place of birth | Vernon, Texas, U.S. |
| Date of death | December 6, 1988 |
| Place of death | Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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 Springsteen in 2009; Working on a Dream Tour in Valladolid, Spain |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Boss, Bad Scooter |
| Born | (1949-09-23) September 23, 1949 (age 62) Long Branch, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Rock, folk rock, heartland rock, hard rock, roots rock |
| Occupations | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass guitar, piano, percussion, banjo, drums, keyboards |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Labels | Columbia |
| Associated acts | The E Street Band, Steel Mill, Miami Horns, The Sessions Band |
| Website | www.brucespringsteen.net |
| Notable instruments | |
| Fender Telecaster Takamine Guitars Gibson J-45 Hohner Marine Band Harmonica Gibson J-200 Gibson ES-335 Gibson Hummingbird |
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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949), nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter-performer who records and tours with the E Street Band. Springsteen is widely known for his brand of heartland rock, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.[1]
Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born in the U.S.A. and Born to Run, showcase a talent for finding grandeur in the struggles of daily American life; he has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and more than 120 million worldwide[2] and he has earned numerous awards for his work, including 21 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award. He is widely regarded by many as one of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century, and in 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 23rd Greatest Artist of all time.
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Early life[link]
Springsteen was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and spent his childhood and high school years in Freehold Borough. He lived on South Street in Freehold Borough and attended Freehold Borough High School. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, was of Dutch and Irish ancestry and worked, among other vocations, as a bus driver, although he was frequently unemployed; his surname is Dutch for jump stone.[3] His mother, Adele Ann (née Zerilli), was a legal secretary and was of Italian ancestry.[4] His maternal grandfather was born in Vico Equense, a city near Naples. He has two younger sisters, Virginia and Pamela. Pamela had a brief film career, but left acting to pursue still photography full time; she took photos for the Human Touch and Lucky Town albums.
Raised a Roman Catholic,[5] Springsteen attended the St. Rose of Lima Catholic school in Freehold Borough, where he was at odds with the nuns and rejected the strictures imposed upon him, even though some of his later music reflects a Catholic ethos and included a few rock-influenced, traditional Irish-Catholic hymns.[6] Recently in Paris (2012) before the launch of his latest album, Wrecking Ball, he explained that it was his Catholic upbringing rather than political ideology that most influenced his music. He noted in the interview that his faith had given him a "very active spiritual life," although he joked that this "made it very difficult sexually." He added: "Once a Catholic, always a Catholic."[7]
In ninth grade, he transferred to the public Freehold Regional High School, but did not fit in there, either. Old teachers have said he was a "loner, who wanted nothing more than to play his guitar." He completed high school, but felt so uncomfortable that he skipped his own graduation ceremony.[8] He briefly attended Ocean County College, but dropped out.[6]
Career history[link]
1962–1972: Early years[link]
Springsteen had been inspired to take up music at the age of seven after seeing Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show. At 13, his mother bought him his first guitar for $18; later, she took out a loan to buy the 16-year-old Springsteen a $60 Kent guitar, as he later memorialized in his song "The Wish".
In 1965, he went to the house of Tex and Marion Vinyard, who sponsored young bands in town. They helped him become the lead guitarist and subsequently the lead singer of The Castiles. The Castiles recorded two original songs at a public recording studio in Brick Township and played a variety of venues, including Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village. Marion Vinyard said that she believed the young Springsteen when he promised he would make it big.[9]
Called for induction when he was 18, Springsteen failed his physical examination and did not serve in Vietnam. In an interview in Rolling Stone magazine in 1984, he said, "When I got on the bus to go take my physical, I thought one thing: I ain't goin'." He had suffered a concussion in a motorcycle accident when he was 17, and this together with his "crazy" behaviour at induction and not taking the tests, was enough to get him a 4F.[10]
In the late 1960s, Springsteen performed briefly in a power trio known as Earth, playing in clubs in New Jersey. Springsteen acquired the nickname "The Boss" during this period as when he played club gigs with a band he took on the task of collecting the band's nightly pay and distributing it amongst his bandmates.[11] Springsteen is not fond of this nickname, due to his dislike of bosses,[12] but seems to have since given it a tacit acceptance. Previously he had the nickname "Doctor".[13] From 1969 through early 1971, Springsteen performed with Steel Mill, which also featured Danny Federici, Vini Lopez, Vinnie Roslin and later Steve Van Zandt and Robbin Thompson. They went on to play the mid-Atlantic college circuit, and also briefly in California. In January 1970 well-known San Francisco Examiner music critic Philip Elwood gave Springsteen credibility in his glowing assessment of Steel Mill: "I have never been so overwhelmed by totally unknown talent." Elwood went on to praise their "cohesive musicality" and, in particular, singled out Springsteen as "a most impressive composer." During this time Springsteen also performed regularly at small clubs in Canton, Massachusetts, Richmond, Virginia, Asbury Park and along the Jersey Shore, quickly gathering a cult following. Other acts followed over the next two years, as Springsteen sought to shape a unique and genuine musical and lyrical style: Dr. Zoom & the Sonic Boom (early–mid 1971), Sundance Blues Band (mid 1971), and The Bruce Springsteen Band (mid 1971–mid 1972). With the addition of pianist David Sancious, the core of what would later become the E Street Band was formed, with occasional temporary additions such as horn sections, "The Zoomettes" (a group of female backing vocalists for "Dr. Zoom") and Southside Johnny Lyon on harmonica. Musical genres explored included blues, R&B, jazz, church music, early rock 'n' roll, and soul. His prolific songwriting ability, with "More words in some individual songs than other artists had in whole albums", as his future record label would describe it in early publicity campaigns, brought his skill to the attention of several people who were about to change his life: new managers Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos, and legendary Columbia Records talent scout John Hammond, who, under Appel's pressure, auditioned Springsteen in May 1972.
Even after Springsteen gained international acclaim, his New Jersey roots showed through in his music, and he often praised "the great state of New Jersey" in his live shows. Drawing on his extensive local appeal, he routinely sold out consecutive nights in major New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York venues. He also made many surprise appearances at The Stone Pony and other shore nightclubs over the years, becoming the foremost exponent of the Jersey Shore sound.
1972–1974: Initial struggle for success[link]
Springsteen signed a record deal with Columbia Records in 1972, with the help of John Hammond, who had signed Bob Dylan to the same label a decade earlier. Springsteen brought many of his New Jersey–based colleagues into the studio with him, thus forming the E Street Band (although it would not be formally named as such for several more years). His debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., released in January 1973, established him as a critical favorite,[14] though sales were slow. Because of Springsteen's lyrical poeticism and folk rock–rooted music exemplified on tracks like "Blinded by the Light", (which would later be a hit for Manfred Mann and go to No. 1, making it the only time Springsteen had a No. 1 single as a songwriter), and "For You", as well as the Columbia and Hammond connections, critics initially compared Springsteen to Bob Dylan. "He sings with a freshness and urgency I haven't heard since I was rocked by 'Like a Rolling Stone,'" wrote Crawdaddy magazine editor Peter Knobler in Springsteen's first interview/profile, in March 1973. Crawdaddy discovered Springsteen in the rock press and was his earliest champion.[15] (Springsteen and the E Street Band acknowledged by giving a private performance at the Crawdaddy 10th Anniversary Party in New York City in June 1976.)[16] Music critic Lester Bangs wrote in Creem in 1975 that when Springsteen's first album was released "... many of us dismissed it: he wrote like Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, sang like Van Morrison and Robbie Robertson, and led a band that sounded like Van Morrison's."[17] The track "Spirit in the Night" especially showed Morrison's influence, while "Lost in the Flood" was the first of many portraits of Vietnam veterans and "Growin' Up", his first take on the recurring theme of adolescence.
In September 1973 his second album, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, was released, again to critical acclaim but no commercial success. Springsteen's songs became grander in form and scope, with the E Street Band providing a less folky, more R&B vibe and the lyrics often romanticized teenage street life. "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" and "Incident on 57th Street" would become fan favorites, and the long, rousing "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" continues to rank among Springsteen's most beloved concert numbers.
In the May 22, 1974, issue of Boston's The Real Paper, music critic Jon Landau wrote after seeing a performance at the Harvard Square Theater, "I saw rock and roll's future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time."[18] Landau subsequently became Springsteen's manager and producer, helping to finish the epic new album, Born to Run. Given an enormous budget in a last-ditch effort at a commercially viable record, Springsteen became bogged down in the recording process while striving for a wall of sound production. But, fed by the release of an early mix of "Born to Run" to progressive rock radio, anticipation built toward the album's release. All in all the album took more than 14 months to record, with six months alone spent on the song "Born To Run". During this time Springsteen battled with anger and frustration over the album, saying he heard "sounds in [his] head" that he could not explain to the others in the studio. It was during these recording sessions that "Miami" Steve Van Zandt would stumble into the studio just in time to help Springsteen organize the horn section on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (it is his only written contribution to the album), and eventually led to his joining the E Street Band.[citation needed] Van Zandt had been a long-time friend of Springsteen, as well as a collaborator on earlier musical projects, and understood where he was coming from, which helped him to translate some of the sounds Springsteen was hearing. Still, by the end of the grueling recording sessions, Springsteen was not satisfied, and, upon first hearing the finished album, threw the record into the alley and told Jon Landau he would rather just cut the album live at The Bottom Line, a place he often played.[19]
1975–1983: Breakthrough[link]
On August 13, 1975, Springsteen and the E Street Band began a five-night, 10-show stand at New York's Bottom Line club. The engagement attracted major media attention, was broadcast live on WNEW-FM, and convinced many skeptics that Springsteen was for real. (Decades later, Rolling Stone magazine would name the stand as one of the 50 Moments That Changed Rock and Roll.[20]) With the release of Born to Run on August 25, 1975, Springsteen finally found success. The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and while there were no hit singles, "Born to Run" (Billboard No. 23), "Thunder Road", "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (Billboard No. 83), and "Jungleland" all received massive album-oriented rock airplay and remain perennial favorites on many classic rock stations. The songwriting and recording was more disciplined than before, while still maintaining an epic feel. With its panoramic imagery, thundering production and desperate optimism, Born to Run is considered by some fans to be among the best rock and roll albums of all time and Springsteen's finest work. It established him as a sincere and dynamic rock and roll personality who spoke for and in the voice of a large part of the rock audience. To cap off the triumph, Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week, on October 27 of that year. So great did the wave of publicity become that Springsteen eventually rebelled against it during his first venture overseas, tearing down promotional posters before a concert appearance in London.
A legal battle with former manager Mike Appel kept Springsteen out of the studio for nearly a year, during which time he kept the E Street Band together through extensive touring across the U.S. Despite the optimistic fervor with which he often performed, his new songs had taken a more somber tone than much of his previous work. Reaching settlement with Appel in 1977, Springsteen returned to the studio, and the subsequent sessions produced Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978). Musically, this album was a turning point in Springsteen's career. Gone were the raw, rapid-fire lyrics, outsized characters and long, multi-part musical compositions of the first two albums; now the songs were leaner and more carefully drawn and began to reflect Springsteen's growing intellectual and political awareness. The cross-country 1978 tour to promote the album would become legendary for the intensity and length of its shows.[citation needed]
By the late 1970s, Springsteen had earned a reputation in the pop world as a songwriter whose material could provide hits for other bands. Manfred Mann's Earth Band had achieved a U.S. No. 1 pop hit with a heavily rearranged version of Greetings' "Blinded by the Light" in early 1977. Patti Smith reached No. 13 with her take on Springsteen's unreleased "Because the Night" (with revised lyrics by Smith) in 1978, while The Pointer Sisters hit No. 2 in 1979 with Springsteen's also unreleased "Fire".
In September 1979, Springsteen and the E Street Band joined the Musicians United for Safe Energy anti-nuclear power collective at Madison Square Garden for two nights, playing an abbreviated set while premiering two songs from his upcoming album. The subsequent No Nukes live album, as well as the following summer's No Nukes documentary film, represented the first official recordings and footage of Springsteen's fabled live act, as well as Springsteen's first tentative dip into political involvement.
Springsteen continued to consolidate his thematic focus on working-class life with the 20-song double album The River in 1980, which included an intentionally paradoxical range of material from good-time party rockers to emotionally intense ballads, and finally yielded his first hit Top Ten single as a performer, "Hungry Heart". This album marked a shift in Springsteen's music toward a pop-rock sound that was all but missing from any of his earlier work.[citation needed]This is apparent in the stylistic adoption of certain eighties pop-rock hallmarks like the reverberating-tenor drums, very basic percussion/guitar and repetitive lyrics apparent in many of the tracks. The title song pointed to Springsteen's intellectual direction, while a couple of the lesser-known tracks presaged his musical direction. The album sold well, becoming his first topper on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and a long tour in 1980 and 1981 followed, featuring Springsteen's first extended playing of Europe and ending with a series of multi-night arena stands in major cities in the U.S.
The River was followed in 1982 by the stark solo acoustic Nebraska. Recording sessions had been held to expand on a demo tape Springsteen had made at his home on a simple, low-tech four-track tape deck. However during the recording process Springsteen and producer Landau realized the songs worked better as solo acoustic numbers than full band renditions and the original demo tape was released as the album. Although the recordings of the E Street Band were shelved, other songs from these sessions would later be released, including "Born in the U.S.A." and "Glory Days". According to the Marsh biographies, Springsteen was in a depressed state when he wrote this material, and the result is a brutal depiction of American life. While Nebraska did not sell as well as Springsteen's two previous albums, it garnered widespread critical praise (including being named "Album of the Year" by Rolling Stone magazine's critics) and influenced later significant works by other major artists, including U2's album The Joshua Tree. It helped inspire the musical genre known as lo-fi music, becoming a cult favorite among indie-rockers. Springsteen did not tour in conjunction with Nebraska's release.
1984–1991: Commercial and popular phenomenon[link]
Springsteen probably is best known for his album Born in the U.S.A. (1984), which sold 15 million copies in the U.S. and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, with seven singles hitting the Top 10, and the massively successful world tour that followed it. The title track was a bitter commentary on the treatment of Vietnam veterans, some of whom were Springsteen's friends and bandmates. The lyrics in the verses were entirely unambiguous when listened to, but the anthemic music and the title of the song made it hard for many, from politicians to the common person, to get the lyrics—except those in the chorus, which could be read many ways.[21] The song was widely misinterpreted as jingoistic, and in connection with the 1984 presidential campaign became the subject of considerable folklore. Springsteen also turned down several million dollars offered by the Chrysler Corporation to use the song in a car commercial. (In later years, to eliminate the bombast and make the song's original meaning more explicitly clear, Springsteen performed the song accompanied only by acoustic guitar. An acoustic version also appeared on Tracks, a later album.) "Dancing in the Dark" was the biggest of seven hit singles from Born in the U.S.A., peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard music charts. The music video for the song featured a young Courteney Cox dancing on stage with Springsteen, an appearance which helped kickstart the actress's career. The song "Cover Me" was written by Springsteen for Donna Summer, but his record company persuaded him to keep it for the new album. A big fan of Summer's work, Springsteen wrote another song for her, "Protection". Videos for the album were made by noted film directors Brian De Palma and John Sayles. Springsteen was featured on the "We Are the World" song and album in 1985. His live single "Trapped" from that album received moderate airplay on U.S. Top 40 stations as well as reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart.[22]
During the Born in the U.S.A. Tour, Springsteen met actress Julianne Phillips, whom he would marry in 1985.
The Born in the U.S.A. period represented the height of Springsteen's visibility in popular culture and the broadest audience demographic he would ever reach (aided by the release of Arthur Baker's dance mixes of three of the singles). Live/1975–85, a five-record box set (also on three cassettes or three CDs), was released near the end of 1986 and became the first box set to debut at No. 1 on the U.S. album charts. It is one of the most commercially successful live albums of all time, ultimately selling 13 million units in the U.S. Live/1975–85 summed up Springsteen's career to that point and displayed some of the elements that made his shows so powerful to his fans: the switching from mournful dirges to party rockers and back; the communal sense of purpose between artist and audience; the long, intense spoken passages before songs, including those describing Springsteen's difficult relationship with his father; and the instrumental prowess of the E Street Band, such as in the long coda to "Racing in the Street". Despite its popularity, some fans and critics felt the album's song selection could have been better. Springsteen concerts are the subjects of frequent bootleg recording and trading among fans.
During the 1980s, several Springsteen fanzines were launched, including Backstreets magazine, which started in Seattle and continues today as a glossy publication, now in communication with Springsteen's management and official website.
After this commercial peak, Springsteen released the much more sedate and contemplative Tunnel of Love album (1987), a mature reflection on the many faces of love found, lost and squandered, which only selectively used the E Street Band. It presaged the breakup of his marriage to Julianne Phillips and described some of his unhappinesses in the relationship. Reflecting the challenges of love in "Brilliant Disguise", Springsteen sang:
| “ | I heard somebody call your name, from underneath our willow. I saw something tucked in shame, underneath your pillow. Well I've tried so hard baby, but I just can't see. What a woman like you is doing with me. | ” |
The subsequent Tunnel of Love Express tour shook up fans with changes to the stage layout, favorites dropped from the set list, and horn-based arrangements. During the European leg in 1988, Springsteen's relationship with backup singer Patti Scialfa became public and Phillips and Springsteen filed for divorce in 1988.[23] Later in 1988, Springsteen headlined the worldwide Human Rights Now! tour for Amnesty International. In late 1989 he dissolved the E Street Band, and he and Scialfa relocated to California, marrying in 1991.
1992–2001: Artistic and commercial ups and downs[link]
In 1992, after risking fan accusations of "going Hollywood" by moving to Los Angeles (a radical move for someone so linked to the blue-collar life of the Jersey Shore) and working with session musicians, Springsteen released two albums at once. Human Touch and Lucky Town were even more introspective than any of his previous work and displayed a newly revealed confidence. As opposed to his first two albums, which dreamed of happiness, and his next four, which showed him growing to fear it, at points during the Lucky Town album, Springsteen actually claims happiness for himself.
An electric band appearance on the acoustic MTV Unplugged television program (later released as In Concert/MTV Plugged) was poorly received and further cemented fan dissatisfaction. Springsteen seemed to realize this a few years hence when he spoke humorously of his late father during his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech:
| “ | I've gotta thank him because – what would I conceivably have written about without him? I mean, you can imagine that if everything had gone great between us, we would have had disaster. I would have written just happy songs – and I tried it in the early '90s and it didn't work; the public didn't like it.[24] | ” |
A multiple Grammy Award winner, Springsteen also won an Academy Award in 1994 for his song "Streets of Philadelphia", which appeared the soundtrack to the film Philadelphia. The song, along with the film, was applauded by many for its sympathetic portrayal of a gay man dying of AIDS.[citation needed] The music video for the song shows Springsteen's actual vocal performance, recorded using a hidden microphone, to a prerecorded instrumental track.[citation needed] This technique was developed on the "Brilliant Disguise" video.
In 1995, after temporarily re-organizing the E Street Band for a few new songs recorded for his first Greatest Hits album (a recording session that was chronicled in the documentary Blood Brothers), he released his second (mostly) solo guitar album, The Ghost of Tom Joad, inspired by John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and by Journey to Nowhere: The Saga of the New Underclass, a book by Pulitzer Prize-winners author Dale Maharidge and photographer Michael Williamson. This was generally less well-received than the similar Nebraska, due to the minimal melody, twangy vocals, and political nature of most of the songs, although some praised it for giving voice to immigrants and others who rarely have one in American culture. The lengthy, worldwide, small-venue solo acoustic Ghost of Tom Joad Tour that followed successfully featured many of his older songs in drastically reshaped acoustic form, although Springsteen had to explicitly remind his audiences to be quiet and not to clap during the performances.
Following the tour, Springsteen moved back to New Jersey with his family.[25] In 1998, Springsteen released the sprawling, four-disc box set of out-takes, Tracks. Subsequently, Springsteen would acknowledge that the 1990s were a "lost period" for him: "I didn't do a lot of work. Some people would say I didn't do my best work."[26]
Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 by Bono of U2, a favor he returned in 2005.
In 1999, Springsteen and the E Street Band officially came together again and went on the extensive Reunion Tour, lasting over a year. Highlights included a record sold-out, 15-show run at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey and a ten-night, sold-out engagement at New York City's Madison Square Garden which ended the tour. The final two shows were recorded for an HBO Concert, with corresponding DVD and album releases as Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live in New York City. A new song, "American Skin (41 Shots)", about the police shooting of Amadou Diallo which was played at these shows proved controversial.
In November 2000, Springsteen filed legal action against Jeff Burgar which accused him of registering the domain brucespringsteen.com (along with several other celebrity domains) in bad faith to funnel web users to his Celebrity 1000 portal site. Once the legal complaint was filed, Burgar pointed the domain to a Springsteen biography and message board. In February 2001, Springsteen lost his dispute with Burgar. A WIPO panel ruled 2 to 1 in favor of Burgar.[27][28]
On Labor Day 2001 Springsteen played at Donovan's Reef in Sea Bright, NJ, surprising a local cover band named Brian Kirk and the Jerks and performed "Rosalita" with them showing his support and love.
2002–2007: Return to success[link]
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The scene outside the Giants Stadium parking lot for banner-marked, record-setting, 10-night stand of The Rising Tour during July 2003.
In 2002, Springsteen released his first studio effort with the full band in 18 years, The Rising, produced by Brendan O'Brien. The album, mostly a reflection on the September 11 attacks, was a critical and popular success. (Many of the songs were influenced by phone conversations Springsteen had with family members of victims of the attacks who in their obituaries had mentioned how his music touched their lives.) The title track gained airplay in several radio formats, and the record became Springsteen's best-selling album of new material in 15 years. Kicked off by an early-morning Asbury Park appearance on The Today Show, The Rising Tour commenced, barnstorming through a series of single-night arena stands in the U.S. and Europe to promote the album in 2002, then returning for large-scale, multiple-night stadium shows in 2003. While Springsteen had maintained a loyal hardcore fan base everywhere (and particularly in Europe), his general popularity had dipped over the years in some southern and midwestern regions of the U.S. But it was still strong in Europe and along the U.S. coasts, and he played an unprecedented 10 nights in Giants Stadium in New Jersey, a ticket-selling feat to which no other musical act has come close.[29] During these shows Springsteen thanked those fans who were attending multiple shows and those who were coming from long distances or another country; the advent of robust Bruce-oriented online communities had made such practices more common. The Rising Tour came to a final conclusion with three nights in Shea Stadium, highlighted by renewed controversy over "American Skin" and a guest appearance by Bob Dylan.
During the early 2000s, Springsteen became a visible advocate for the revitalization of Asbury Park, and played an annual series of winter holiday concerts there to benefit various local businesses, organizations, and causes. These shows were explicitly intended for the devoted fans, featuring numbers such as the E Street Shuffle outtake "Thundercrack", a rollicking group-participation song that would mystify casual Springsteen fans. He also frequently rehearses for tours in Asbury Park; some of his most devoted followers even go so far as to stand outside the building to hear what fragments they can of the upcoming shows. The song "My City of Ruins" was originally written about Asbury Park, in honor of the attempts to revitalize the city. Looking for an appropriate song for a post-Sept. 11 benefit concert honoring New York City, he selected "My City of Ruins", which was immediately recognized as an emotional highlight of the concert, with its gospel themes and its heartfelt exhortations to "Rise up!" The song became associated with post-9/11 New York, and he chose it to close The Rising album and as an encore on the subsequent tour.
At the Grammy Awards of 2003, Springsteen performed The Clash's "London Calling" along with Elvis Costello, Dave Grohl, and E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt and No Doubt's bassist, Tony Kanal, in tribute to Joe Strummer; Springsteen and the Clash had once been considered multiple-album-dueling rivals at the time of the double The River and the triple Sandinista!. In 2004, Springsteen and the E Street Band participated in the "Vote for Change" tour, along with John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, the Dixie Chicks, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Bright Eyes, the Dave Matthews Band, Jackson Browne, and other musicians. All concerts were to be held in swing states, to benefit the liberalism political organization group America Coming Together and to encourage people to register and vote. A finale was held in Washington, D.C., bringing many of the artists together. Several days later, Springsteen held one more such concert in New Jersey, when polls showed that state surprisingly close. While in past years Springsteen had played benefits for causes in which he believed – against nuclear energy, for Vietnam veterans, Amnesty International, and the Christic Institute – he had always refrained from explicitly endorsing candidates for political office (indeed he had rejected the efforts of Walter Mondale to attract an endorsement during the 1984 Reagan "Born in the U.S.A." flap). This new stance led to criticism and praise from the expected partisan sources. Springsteen's "No Surrender" became the main campaign theme song for John Kerry's unsuccessful presidential campaign; in the last days of the campaign, he performed acoustic versions of the song and some of his other old songs at Kerry rallies.
Devils & Dust was released on April 26, 2005, and was recorded without the E Street Band. It is a low-key, mostly acoustic album, in the same vein as Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad although with a little more instrumentation. Some of the material was written almost 10 years earlier during, or shortly after, the Ghost of Tom Joad Tour, a couple of them being performed then but never released.[30] The title track concerns an ordinary soldier's feelings and fears during the Iraq War. Starbucks rejected a co-branding deal for the album, due in part to some sexually explicit content but also because of Springsteen's anti-corporate politics. The album entered the album charts at No. 1 in 10 countries (United States, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland). Springsteen began the solo Devils & Dust Tour at the same time as the album's release, playing both small and large venues. Attendance was disappointing in a few regions, and everywhere (other than in Europe) tickets were easier to get than in the past. Unlike his mid-1990s solo tour, he performed on piano, electric piano, pump organ, autoharp, ukulele, banjo, electric guitar, and stomping board, as well as acoustic guitar and harmonica, adding variety to the solo sound. (Offstage synthesizer, guitar, and percussion were also used for some songs.) Unearthly renditions of "Reason to Believe", "The Promised Land", and Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream" jolted audiences to attention, while rarities, frequent set list changes, and a willingness to keep trying even through audible piano mistakes kept most of his loyal audiences happy.
In November 2005, Sirius Satellite Radio started a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week radio station on Channel 10 called E Street Radio. This channel featured commercial-free Bruce Springsteen music, including rare tracks, interviews, and daily concerts of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band recorded throughout their career.
In April 2006, Springsteen released We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, an American roots music project focused around a big folk sound treatment of 15 songs popularized by the radical musical activism of Pete Seeger. It was recorded with a large ensemble of musicians including only Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, and The Miami Horns from past efforts. In contrast to previous albums, this was recorded in only three one-day sessions, and frequently one can hear Springsteen calling out key changes live as the band explores its way through the tracks. The Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band Tour began the same month, featuring the 18-strong ensemble of musicians dubbed The Seeger Sessions Band (and later shortened to The Sessions Band). Seeger Sessions material was heavily featured, as well as a handful of (usually drastically rearranged) Springsteen numbers. The tour proved very popular in Europe, selling out everywhere and receiving some excellent reviews,[31] but newspapers reported that a number of U.S. shows suffered from sparse attendance.[32][33][34] By the end of 2006, the Seeger Sessions tour toured Europe twice and toured America for only a short span. Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin, containing selections from three nights of November 2006 shows at The Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, was released the following June.
Springsteen's next album, titled Magic, was released on October 2, 2007. Recorded with the E Street Band, it featured 10 new Springsteen songs plus "Long Walk Home", performed once with the Sessions band, and a hidden track (the first included on a Springsteen studio release), "Terry's Song", a tribute to Springsteen's long-time assistant Terry Magovern, who died on July 30, 2007.[35] The first single, "Radio Nowhere", was made available for a free download on August 28. On October 7, Magic debuted at No. 1 in Ireland and the UK. Greatest Hits reentered the Irish charts at No. 57, and Live in Dublin almost cracked the top 20 in Norway again. Sirius Satellite Radio also restarted E Street Radio on Channel 10 on September 27, 2007, in anticipation of Magic.[36] Radio conglomerate Clear Channel Communications was alleged to have sent an edict to its classic rock stations to not play any songs from the new album, while continuing to play older Springsteen material. However, Clear Channel Adult Alternative (or "AAA") station KBCO did play tracks from the album, undermining the allegations of a corporate blackout.[37] The Springsteen and E Street Band Magic Tour began at the Hartford Civic Center with the album's release and continued through North America and Europe. Springsteen and the band performed live[38] on NBC's Today Show in advance of the opener. Longtime E Street Band organist Danny Federici left the tour in November 2007 to pursue treatment for melanoma[39] from which he would die in 2008.[40]
2008–present: Recent activities[link]
Springsteen at a rally for the presidential candidate Barack Obama
Cleveland, Ohio on November 2, 2008
Springsteen supported Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, announcing his endorsement in April 2008[41] and going on to appear at several Obama rallies as well as performing several solo acoustic performances in support of Obama's campaign throughout 2008,[42] culminating with a November 2 rally where he debuted "Working On A Dream" in a duet with Scialfa.[43] At an Ohio rally, Springsteen discussed the importance of "truth, transparency and integrity in government, the right of every American to have a job, a living wage, to be educated in a decent school, and a life filled with the dignity of work, the promise and the sanctity of home...But today those freedoms have been damaged and curtailed by eight years of a thoughtless, reckless and morally-adrift administration."[44]
Following Obama's electoral victory on November 4, Springsteen's song "The Rising" was the first song played over the loudspeakers after Obama's victory speech in Chicago's Grant Park. Springsteen was the musical opener for the Obama Inaugural Celebration on January 18, 2009 which was attended by over 400,000.[45] He performed "The Rising" with an all-female choir. Later he performed Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" with Pete Seeger.
On June 18, 2008, Springsteen appeared live from Europe at the Tim Russert tribute at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to play one of Russert's favorite songs, "Thunder Road". Springsteen dedicated the song to Russert, who was "one of Springsteen's biggest fans."[citation needed]
On January 11, 2009, Springsteen won the Golden Globe Award for Best Song for "The Wrestler", from the Mickey Rourke film by the same name.[46] After receiving a heartfelt letter from Mickey Rourke, Springsteen supplied the song for the film for free.[47]
Springsteen performed at the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009,[48] agreeing to do it after many previous offers.[49] A few days before the game, Springsteen gave a rare press conference, where he promised a "twelve-minute party."[50][51] His 12:45 set, with the E Street Band and the Miami Horns, included abbreviated renditions of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"", "Born to Run", "Working on a Dream", and "Glory Days", the latter complete with football references. The set of appearances and promotional activities led Springsteen to say, "This has probably been the busiest month of my life."[52]
Springsteen's Working on a Dream album was released in late January 2009[53] and the supporting Working on a Dream Tour ran from April 2009 until November 2009. The tour featured few songs from the new album, with instead set lists dominated by classics and selections reflecting the ongoing late-2000s recession.[54] The tour also featured Springsteen playing songs requested by audience members holding up signs as on the final stages of the Magic Tour.[54] Drummer Max Weinberg was replaced for some shows by his 18-year-old son Jay Weinberg, so that the former could serve his role as bandleader on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.[54] During this tour, Springsteen and the band made their first real foray in the world of music festivals, headlining nights at the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands, Festival des Vieilles Charrues in France, the Bonnaroo Music Festival in the United States and the Glastonbury Festival in the UK[55] and Hard Rock Calling in the UK.[56] Several shows on the tour featured full album presentations of Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town, or Born in the U.S.A.[57] The band performed a stretch of five final shows at his homestate Giants Stadium, opening with a new song highlighting the historic stadium, and his Jersey roots, named "Wrecking Ball".[58] The tour ended as scheduled in Buffalo, NY in November 2009 amid speculation that it was the last performance ever by the E Street Band, but during the show Springsteen said it was goodbye “for a little while.”[59] A DVD from the Working on a Dream Tour entitled London Calling: Live in Hyde Park was released in 2010.
In addition to his own touring, Springsteen made a number of appearances at tribute and benefit concerts during 2009, including The Clearwater Concert, a celebration of Pete Seeger's 90th birthday, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary benefit concert,[60] a benefit for the advocacy group Autism Speaks at Carnegie Hall.[61] On January 22, 2010, he joined many well-known artists to perform on Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,[62] organized by George Clooney to raise money to help the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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Fireworks go off at the conclusion of the "E! Street! Band!" exhortation during the final shows at Giants Stadium.
In 2009, Springsteen performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.[63]
Springsteen was among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual award to figures from the world of arts for their contribution to American culture, in December 2009.[64] President Obama gave a speech in which he talked about how Springsteen has incorporated the life of regular Americans in his expansive pallette of songs and how his concerts are beyond the typical rock-and-roll concerts, how, apart from being high-energy concerts, they are "communions". He ended the remark "while I am the president, he is The Boss". Tributes were paid by several well-known celebrities including Jon Stewart (who described Springsteen's "unprecedented combination of lyrical eloquence, musical mastery and sheer unbridled, unadulterated joy"). A musical tribute featured John Mellencamp, Ben Harper, and Jennifer Nettles, Melissa Etheridge, Eddie Vedder, and Sting.
The 2000s ended with Springsteen being named one of eight Artists of the Decade by Rolling Stone magazine[65] and with Springsteen's tours ranking him fourth among artists in total concert grosses for the decade.[66]
In September 2010, a documentary about the making of his 1978 album Darkness on The Edge of Town was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, was included in a box set reissue of the album, entitled The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, released in November 2010. Also airing on HBO, the documentary explored Springsteen's making of the acclaimed album, and his role in the production and development of the tracks.
Springsteen has finished his next studio album with Ron Aniello,[67] who also co-produced the 2007 album Play It As It Lays, by Springsteen's wife, Patti Scialfa. Ron Aniello also produced "Children's Song" early in 2011, a duet with Springsteen and Scialfa, which was done for a charity project.
Clarence Clemons, the E Street Band's saxophonist since 1972, died on June 18, 2011, of complications from a stroke. “Clarence lived a wonderful life,” Springsteen said in a statement. “He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a wondrous and extended family. He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage.”[68]
Springsteen's 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball, was released on March 6, 2012. On January 13, 2012, Hollywood Reporter released an article describing the sound of the new album. According to the article, the album is Springsteen at his angriest yet and addresses economic justice quite a bit. The article describes the album musically as being very rock-and-roll with unexpected textures, loops, electronic percussion and a variety of influences.[69] The album consists of eleven tracks plus two bonus tracks. Three songs previously only available as live versions, "Wrecking Ball", "Land of Hope and Dreams," and "American Land," appear on the album.[70] The album's first single, "We Take Care of Our Own", was released on January 19, 2012.
On January 24, 2012, Springsteen's official web site announced that the E Street Band will commence a world tour called the Wrecking Ball Tour on March 18, 2012, in Atlanta. The tour will run through at least July 31, 2012, and will consist of at least two legs featuring 51 dates, although the headline "First US Leg of 2012 World Tour" may imply that the tour will continue into autumn 2012 or beyond.[71] As tickets for the first U.S. dates went on sale, many fans were unable to obtain tickets, much like for the 2009 Working on a Dream Tour, allegedly due to a heavy volume of ticket scalpers. Shows sold out within minutes and many tickets appeared, at much higher prices, on resale websites such as StubHub less than an hour after the onsale time. Ticketmaster said web traffic was 2.5 times the highest level of the past year during the online sales and suggested that scalpers played a big role. U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell has called for stronger government oversight of online box offices. Pascrell introduced the BOSS ACT in 2009 to increase transparency in the ticket industry. Pascrell said he would reintroduce the bill to Congress.[72][73]
"Rocky Ground" has been announced as the second single from Wrecking Ball and will be released exclusively as part of Record Store Day on April 21, 2012.
Wrecking Ball became Springsteen's tenth No. 1 album in the United States tying him with Elvis Presley for third most No. 1 albums of all-time. Only The Beatles (19) and Jay-Z (12) have more No. 1 albums. Wrecking Ball knocked out Adele's Grammy winning album, 21 after 23 nonconsecutive weeks at #1.[74]
On March 15, 2012, Springsteen was the keynote speaker at the annual SXSW Conference in Austin, Texas.
Musical style[link]
Bruce Springsteen draws on many musical influences from the reservoir of traditional American popular music, folk, blues and country. From the beginning, rock and roll has been the dominant influence. On his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey, the folk-influence is clear. An example of the influence of this music genre to Springsteen's music is his song "This Hard Land" which demonstrates a clear influence of the style of Woody Guthrie.[citation needed]
He expanded the range of his musical compositions on his second album, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle.[citation needed] Elements of Latin American music, jazz, soul, and funk influences can be heard; the song "New York City Serenade" is even reminiscent of the music of George Gershwin. These two records prominently featured pianist David Sancious, who left the band shortly into the recording of Springsteen's third album, Born To Run. This album, however, also emphasized the piano, the responsibility now of Roy Bittan.
Earlier in his career, Springsteen has focused more on the rock elements of his music. He initially compressed the sound and developed Darkness On The Edge Of Town just as straightforward as concise musical idiom, for the simple riffs, hard rock guitar solos and clearly recognizable song structures are dominant. He also drew upon a few influences from punk rock on the album, as can be heard on the heavy rhythm following the bridge solo on 'Candy's Room'.[citation needed] His music has been categorized as heartland rock, a style typified by Springsteen, John Fogerty, Tom Petty, Bob Seger, and John Mellencamp. This music has a lyrical reference to the U.S. everyday and the music is kept rather simple and straightforward. This development culminated with Springsteen's hit album Born in the U.S.A., the title song of which has a constantly repeating, fanfare-like keyboard riff and a pounding drum beat. These sounds fit with Springsteen's voice: it cries to the listener the unsentimental story of a disenchanted angry figure. Even songs that can be argued to be album tracks proved to be singles that enjoyed some chart success, such as "My Hometown" and "I'm on Fire", in which the drum line is formed from subtle hi-hat and rim-clicks-shock (shock at the edge of the snare drum) accompanied by synthesizer and Springsteen's soft guitar line. The album, along with some previous records such as "Cadillac Ranch" showed clear rockabilly influences as is evident from his guitar solos, in-fills and vocal styles on these. Another clear influence of early rock n roll on Springsteen's music is evident on the song "Light of Day".
In recent years, Springsteen has changed his music further.[citation needed] There are more folk elements up to the gospel to be heard. His last solo album, Devils and Dust, drew rave reviews not only for Springsteen's complex songwriting, but also for his expressive and sensitive singing.
On the album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Springsteen performs folk classics with a folk band, rather than his usual E Street Band. On his ensuing tour he also interpreted some of his own rock songs in a folk style.[citation needed]
The 2007 album Magic was a reflection on the old stadium rock attitude and with its lush arrangements was almost designed to be performed at large stadiums, which also succeeded on the corresponding tour.[citation needed]
Lyrical themes[link]
| "I spent most of my life as a musician measuring the distance between the American dream and American reality" |
| —Bruce Springsteen[75][C] |
Often described as cinematographic in their scope, Springsteen's lyrics frequently explore highly personal themes such as individual commitment, dissatisfaction and dismay with life in a context of every day situations.[76]
It has been recognized that there was a shift in his lyrical approach starting with the album Darkness on the Edge of Town, in which he focused on the emotional struggles of working class life.[77][78]
Politics and activism[link]
Springsteen's music has often contained political themes reflecting his responses to the events occurring around him. A number of these songs contributed to Springsteen’s stardom; many songs cannot be explained without including Springsteen’s political views. The following are a chronological order of the political and activist causes Springsteen has publicly campaigned for:
September 19–23, 1979: Springsteen and the E Street Band joined the Musicians United for Safe Energy anti-nuclear power collective at Madison Square Garden.
August 20, 1981: A Night For The Vietnam Veterans for the Vietnam Veterans’ Association as an appeal to help “heal the physical and psychological wounds inflicted on the soldiers who fought the nation’s most unpopular war”.[79][80]
1984: Turned down several million dollars offered by the Chrysler Corporation to use the song "Born in the U.S.A." in a car commercial.
1985: Featured on the "We Are the World" song and album
1988: Headlined the worldwide Human Rights Now! tour for Amnesty International.
2004: "No Surrender" became the main campaign theme song for John Kerry's unsuccessful presidential campaign; in the last days of the campaign, he performed acoustic versions of the song and some of his other old songs at Kerry rallies.
April 2008: Springsteen announced his endorsement supporting Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[81] Throughout the year, he showed his support by attending several rallies and performing in support of Obama’s campaign.
2009: Springsteen contributed to the soundtrack of The People Speak by playing guitar and harmonica.
January 2009: Springsteen was the musical opener for the Obama Inaugural Celebration.
May 3, 2009: Springsteen made an appearance at The Clearwater Concert.
October 29 & 30, 2009: Springsteen made an appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary benefit concert.[82]
January 22, 2010: Springsteen made an appearance at Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief.[83]
Springsteen has additionally been associated with various local food banks, particularly with the New Jersey Food bank for many years. During concerts, he usually breaks the routine to announce his support and later matches the total collection during the concert with his own money. During his Charlotte, North Carolina concert on November 3, 2009, he started with a $10,000 donation for the local food bank to start the collections process – which he again matched later.
He has made substantial financial contributions to various workers' unions both in America and in Europe.
Springsteen is a strong supporter of gay rights, particularly marriage equality. In 2009, he urged lawmakers to legalize gay marriage, later posting on his website "I've long believed in and have always spoken out for the rights of same-sex couples".[84]
Personal life[link]
Springsteen and Julianne Phillips (born May 6, 1960) were married from May 13, 1985 to May 1988, when they separated.[85] The two were opposites in background and his traveling took its toll on their relationship. The final blow came when Springsteen began an affair with Patti Scialfa (born July 29, 1953), whom he had dated briefly in 1984 shortly after she joined the band. Phillips and Springsteen separated in the spring of 1988 without making an announcement to the press, and on August 30, 1988, Julianne filed for divorce. The Springsteen/Phillips divorce was finalized on March 1, 1989.
After the separation in 1988, Springsteen began living with Scialfa. Springsteen received press criticism for the hastiness in which he and Scialfa took up their relationship. In a 1995 interview with The Advocate, Springsteen spoke about the negative publicity the couple subsequently received. "It's a strange society that assumes it has the right to tell people whom they should love and whom they shouldn't. But the truth is, I basically ignored the entire thing as much as I could. I said, 'Well, all I know is, this feels real, and maybe I have got a mess going here in some fashion, but that's life.'" He also noted that, "I went through a divorce, and it was really difficult and painful and I was very frightened about getting married again. So part of me said, 'Hey, what does it matter?' But it does matter. It's very different than just living together. First of all, stepping up publicly- which is what you do: You get your license, you do all the social rituals- is a part of your place in society and in some way part of society's acceptance of you...Patti and I both found that it did mean something."[86]
On July 25, 1990 Scialfa gave birth to the couple's first child, Evan James Springsteen. On June 8, 1991 Springsteen and Scialfa married at their Beverly Hills home. Their second child, Jessica Rae Springsteen, was born on December 30, 1991; and their third child, Samuel Ryan Springsteen, was born on January 5, 1994.[87] The family owns and lives on a horse farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey. They also own homes in Wellington, Florida, a wealthy horse community near West Palm Beach, Los Angeles and Rumson, New Jersey. Their eldest son, Evan, attends Boston College. Their daughter Jessica is a nationally ranked champion equestrian,[88] and attends Duke University.
Since 1991, Springsteen has led a relatively quiet life for a well-known popular performer and artist.[89] He moved from Los Angeles to New Jersey in the early 1990s specifically to raise a family in a non-paparazzi environment.[89] It has been reported that the press conference regarding the 2009 Super Bowl XLIII half-time show was his first press conference for more than 25 years.[90] However, he has appeared in a few radio interviews, most notably on NPR and BBC.[citation needed] 60 Minutes aired his last extensive interview on TV[91] before his tour to support his album, Magic.
Bands[link]
Bruce Springsteen has been a member of, or has been backed by, several bands during his career, most notably The E Street Band.
His earliest known band is The Castiles.
Prior to signing his first record deal in 1972, Springsteen was a member of several bands including Steel Mill. In October 1972 he formed a new band for the recording of his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., which became known as The E Street Band, although the name was not officially introduced until September 1974.[92][93] The E Street Band performed on all of Springsteen's recorded works from his debut until 1982's Nebraska, a solo album on which Springsteen himself played all the instruments.[citation needed] The full band returned for the next album Born in the USA, but there then followed a period from 1988 to 1999 in which albums were recorded with session musicians. The E Street Band were briefly reunited in 1995 for new contributions to the Greatest Hits compilation, and on a more permanent basis from 1999, since which time they have recorded 3 albums together (The Rising, Magic and Working on a Dream) and performed a number of high profile tours.
The 2005 album Devils & Dust was largely a solo recording, with some contribution from session musicians and the 2006 folk rock We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions album was recorded and toured with another band, known as The Sessions Band. In the summer of 2012, Raymond Bernero will join Bruce on the stage at Wrigely Field in Chicago.
Earlier Bands:[94] The Castiles, Earth, Child, Steel Mill, Sundance Blues Band, Dr Zoom and the Sonic Boom, Bruce Springsteen Band.
E Street Band[link]
Main article: E Street Band
Current members:
- Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, harmonica, piano
- Patti Scialfa – backing and duet vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- Garry Tallent – bass guitar, tuba
- Roy Bittan – piano, keyboards
- Max Weinberg – drums, percussion
- Steven Van Zandt – lead and rhythm guitar,[95][96] backing vocals, mandolin
- Nils Lofgren – lead and rhythm guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals
With:
- Soozie Tyrell – violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals [A]
- Charles Giordano – organ, accordion, glockenspiel[B]
Former members:
- 1973–2011 Clarence Clemons (deceased) – tenor, baritone and soprano saxophones, backing vocals, percussion
- 1973–2008 Danny Federici (deceased) – organ, accordion, backing vocals
Film[link]
Music used in films[link]
Springsteen's music has been used in many films and he has also written and performed several works specifically for films, examples include Philadelphia, Dead Man Walking, Jerry Maguire, and The Wrestler.
| Film | Year of film release | Song(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dead End Street | 1982 | "Point Blank", "Hungry Heart" and "Jungleland" | First use of Springsteen's music in film |
| Risky Business | 1983 | Hungry Heart | |
| Baby, It's You | 1983 | "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City", "The E Street Shuffle", "She's The One" and "Adam Raised A Cain" | Film directed by John Sayles who later directed music videos for songs from Born in the U.S.A. and Tunnel of Love. |
| Ruthless People | 1986 | "Stand on It" (Tracks version) | |
| Light of Day | 1987 | "(Just Around the Corner to the) Light of Day" | Song written for the film. |
| In Country | 1989 | "I'm On Fire" | Film also contained many Springsteen references. |
| Thunderheart | 1992 | "Badlands" (instrumental version) | |
| Honeymoon in Vegas | 1992 | "Viva Las Vegas" | A 1964 song originally recorded by Elvis Presley. |
| Philadelphia | 1993 | "Streets of Philadelphia" | Song written for film. Won an Oscar.[97] |
| Dead Man Walking | 1995 | "Dead Man Walkin'" | Song written for film. Nominated for an Oscar.[98] |
| The Crossing Guard | 1995 | "Missing" | Song was later released in 2003 on The Essential Bruce Springsteen. |
| Jerry Maguire | 1996 | "Secret Garden" | |
| Cop Land | 1997 | "Drive All Night" and "Stolen Car" | Sylvester Stallone's character plays the songs on his turntable. |
| Fierce Creatures | 1997 | "Hungry Heart" | |
| The Wedding Singer | 1998 | "Hungry Heart" | |
| A Night at the Roxbury | 1998 | "Secret Garden" | |
| Big Daddy | 1999 | "Growin' Up" | Played over a montage near the end of the film. |
| Limbo | 1999 | "Lift Me Up" | Another John Sayles film. |
| High Fidelity | 2000 | "The River" and Blues Guitar Riff | Blues riff played by Springsteen, on-screen during his cameo appearance. "Nebraska" played from vinyl on turntable. |
| The Perfect Storm | 2000 | "Hungry Heart" | |
| 25th Hour | 2002 | "The Fuse" | |
| Grand Theft Parsons | 2003 | "Blood Brothers" | |
| Jersey Girl | 2004 | "Jersey Girl" | Cover of the Tom Waits version |
| Reign Over Me | 2007 | "Drive All Night" and "Out In The Street" | The album The River was also well mentioned in the movie. |
| In the Land of Women | 2007 | "Iceman" | [99] |
| The Heartbreak Kid | 2007 | "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" | |
| Lucky You | 2007 | "Lucky Town" | |
| The Wrestler | 2008 | "The Wrestler" | Written for the film. The song was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and nominated for the MTV Movie Award as "Best Song From a Movie". |
| Food, Inc. | 2009 | "This Land Is Your Land" | Live version, Bruce Springsteen's performance of the Woody Guthrie song. |
| The Hunter | 2011 | "I'm On Fire" | Willem Dafoe's character sets up a stereo in a tree and uses the song to wake someone sleeping inside the house. |
Films inspired by music[link]
In turn, films have been inspired by his music, including The Indian Runner, written and directed by Sean Penn, which Penn has specifically noted as being inspired by Springsteen's song "Highway Patrolman".[100]
In September 2010, a documentary about the making of his 1978 album Darkness on The Edge of Town was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.[101]
Kevin Smith is an admitted "big fan" of fellow New Jersey native Springsteen and named his film Jersey Girl after the Tom Waits song which Springsteen made famous. The song was also used on the soundtrack.
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have cited Springsteen's "Thunder Road" as having been a heavy influence on their 2010 film Cemetery Junction, employing the song's themes of escape and optimism into their story of 1970s England.
In 2011, Springsteen appears in an independent film made by a local musician Chris Vaughn from New Jersey entitled Jerseyboy Hero where the songwriter/filmmaker documents his journey to get his music out to the world by attempting to reach one of his two local New Jersey legends, Bruce Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi.[102][103]
Acting[link]
Springsteen made his first on-screen appearance in a brief cameo as himself in High Fidelity in 2000 and it was voted "Best Cameo in a Movie" at the MTV Movie Awards.[104][105]
Discography[link]
Main article: Bruce Springsteen discography
Major studio albums (along with their chart positions in the U.S. Billboard 200 at the time of release):
- 1973: Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (No. 60)
- 1973: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (No. 59)
- 1975: Born to Run (No. 3)
- 1978: Darkness on the Edge of Town (No. 5)
- 1980: The River (No. 1)
- 1982: Nebraska (No. 3)
- 1984: Born in the U.S.A. (No. 1)
- 1987: Tunnel of Love (No. 1)
- 1992: Human Touch (No. 2)
- 1992: Lucky Town (No. 3)
- 1995: The Ghost of Tom Joad (No. 11)
- 2002: The Rising (No. 1)
- 2005: Devils & Dust (No. 1)
- 2006: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (No. 3)
- 2007: Magic (No. 1)
- 2009: Working on a Dream (No. 1)
- 2012: Wrecking Ball (No. 1)
Awards and recognition[link]
Grammy Awards[link]
- Springsteen has won 21 Grammy Awards, as follows (years shown are the year the award was given for, not the year in which the ceremony was held):
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, 1984, "Dancing in the Dark"
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, 1987, "Tunnel of Love"
- Song of the Year, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
- Best Rock Song, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
- Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, 1994, "Streets of Philadelphia"
- Best Contemporary Folk Album, 1996, The Ghost of Tom Joad
- Best Rock Album, 2002, The Rising
- Best Rock Song, 2002, "The Rising"
- Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, 2002, "The Rising"
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, 2003, "Disorder in the House" (with Warren Zevon)
- Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2004, "Code of Silence"
- Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2005, "Devils & Dust"
- Best Traditional Folk Album, 2006, The Seeger Sessions: We Shall Overcome
- Best Long Form Music Video, 2006, Wings For Wheels: The Making Of Born to Run
- Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2007, "Radio Nowhere"
- Best Rock Song, 2007, "Radio Nowhere"
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance, 2007, "Once Upon a Time in the West"
- Best Rock Song, 2008, "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"
- Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, 2009, "Working on a Dream"
- Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, 2011, The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story
Golden Globe Awards[link]
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Streets of Philadelphia" in 1994.[46]
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "The Wrestler" in 2009.[46]
Academy Awards[link]
- Academy Award for Best Original Song, 1993, "Streets of Philadelphia" from Philadelphia.[106]
Emmy Awards[link]
- The Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live In New York City HBO special won two technical Emmy Awards in 2001.[107]
Other recognition[link]
- October 27, 1975: Bruce Springsteen appears simultaneously on the covers of Newsweek and Time
- Polar Music Prize in 1997.[108]
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1999.[109]
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1999.[110]
- Inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, 2007.[111]
- "Born to Run" named "The unofficial youth anthem of New Jersey" by the New Jersey state legislature; something Springsteen always found to be ironic, considering that the song "is about leaving New Jersey".[112]
- The minor planet 23990, discovered September 4, 1999, by I. P. Griffin at Auckland, New Zealand, was officially named in his honor.[113]
- Ranked No. 23 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[114]
- Ranked No. 36 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time.
- Made Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People Of The Year 2008 list.[115]
- Won Critic's Choice Award for Best Song with "The Wrestler" in 2009.[116]
- Performed at the Super Bowl XLIII half time show.
- Kennedy Center Honors, 2009.
- Rolling Stone magazine also ranked 8 out of 16 Springsteen's studio albums in their 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time list.
- Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road" in its 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time list, in 21st and 86th, respectively.
- Forbes ranked him 6th in The Celebrity 100 in 2009[117]
- John Steinbeck Award
See also[link]
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Book: Bruce Springsteen |
| Wikipedia books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print. | |
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart
- List of best selling music artists
Notes[link]
- ^ It is not clear if Tyrell is as full-fledged a band member as the others: some credits and press releases list her as "With" or "Special Guest", while some omit her; on the other hand, Springsteen has stated in interviews that "Soozie is with us."
- ^ Also not clear if Giordano is as full-fledged a band member as the others.
- ^ This quote is an extract from Springsteen's speech from the stage at a rally for presidential candidate Barack Obama on November 2, 2008
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- Cullen, Jim. Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition. 1997; Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2005. New edition of 1997 study book places Springsteen's work in the broader context of American history and culture. ISBN 0-8195-6761-2
- Eliot, Marc with Appel, Mike. Down Thunder Road. Simon & Schuster, 1992. ISBN 0-671-86898-5.
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Further reading[link]
- Greetings from E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Chronicle Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8118-5348-9.
- Days of Hope and Dreams: An Intimate Portrait of Bruce Springsteen. Billboard Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8230-8387-X.
- Racing in the Street: The Bruce Springsteen Reader. Penguin, 2004. ISBN 0-14-200354-9.
- Runaway American Dream: Listening to Bruce Springsteen. Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-306-81397-1.
- The Ties That Bind: Bruce Springsteen A to E to Z. Visible Ink Press, 2005. ISBN 1-57859-157-0.
- Bruce Springsteen: "Talking". Omnibus Press, 2004. ISBN 1-84449-403-9.
- For You: Original Stories and Photographs by Bruce Springsteen's Legendary Fans. LKC Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9784156-0-0.
- Bruce Springsteen on Tour: 1968–2005. by Dave Marsh Bloomsbury USA, 2006. ISBN 978-1-59691-282-3.
- The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption from Asbury Park to Magic. by Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz. Westminster John Knox Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-664-23169-9.
- Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen by Rob Kirkpatrick. St. Martin's Griffin, 2009. ISBN 0-312-53380-2.
- Land of Hope and Dreams: Celebrating 25 Years of Bruce Springsteen In Ireland by Greg Lewis and Moira Sharkey. Magic Rat Books. ISBN 978-0-9562722-0-1
- The Light in Darkness. A history of the Darkness on The Edge of Town album and tour. Lawrence Kirsch Communications. 2009 ISBN 978-0-9784156-1-7
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| Date of birth | September 24, 1949 |
| Place of birth | Long Branch, New Jersey, United States |
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| Elvis Costello | |
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 Costello at the 2009 International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada. |
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| Birth name | Declan Patrick MacManus |
| Also known as | D.P. Costello The Imposter Little Hands of Concrete Napoleon Dynamite D.P.A. MacManus Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus The Right Reverend Jimmy Quickly |
| Born | (1954-08-25) 25 August 1954 (age 57) Paddington, London, England |
| Genres | Punk rock Pub rock New Wave |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Labels | Stiff, Radar, F-Beat, Demon, Columbia, Warner Bros., Mercury, Island, Deutsche Grammophon, Lost Highway, Verve, HearMusic, Rykodisc, Rhino, Hip-O |
| Associated acts | The Attractions, The Imposters, Diana Krall, Burt Bacharach, Brodsky Quartet, Nick Lowe, Madness, The Strokes,The Specials,Squeeze, |
| Website | Elvis Costello.com |
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| Fender Jazzmaster Fender Telecaster |
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Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 25 August 1954) is an English singer-songwriter.[1] He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre.[2][3] Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader than that of most popular songs. His music has drawn on many diverse genres; one critic described him as a "pop encyclopaedia", able to "reinvent the past in his own image".[4]
Costello has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male.[5] In 2003, Elvis Costello & the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[6] In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[7]
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Early life[link]
Costello was born Declan Patrick MacManus[8] in St Mary's Hospital, London, the son of Lilian Alda (née Ablett, b. 1927, Liverpool)[9] and Ross MacManus (1927–2011), a musician and bandleader.[10] He is of Irish heritage.[11] Costello lived in Twickenham, attending Hounslow Secondary Modern School, which is now St Mark's Catholic Secondary School, in neighbouring Hounslow.[12][13] With a musically inclined father (who was a jazz trumpeter and sang with The Joe Loss Orchestra),[14] Costello's first broadcast recording was alongside his dad in a television commercial for R. White's Lemonade (I'm a Secret Lemonade Drinker). His father wrote and sang the song; Costello provided backing vocals. The advertisement won a silver award at the 1974 International Advertising Festival.
Costello moved with his Liverpool-born mother to Birkenhead in 1971. There, he formed his first band, a folk duo called Rusty, with Allan Mayes. After completing secondary school at St. Francis Xavier's College, he moved back to London where he next formed a band called Flip City,[15] which had a style in the pub rock vein. They were active from 1974 through to early 1976. Around this time, Costello adopted the stage name D.P. Costello. His father had performed under the name Day Costello, and Elvis has said in interviews that he took this name as a tribute to his father.
To support himself, he worked at a number of office jobs, most famously at Elizabeth Arden – immortalised in the lyrics of "I'm Not Angry" as the "vanity factory" – where he worked as a data entry clerk. He worked for a short period as a computer operator at the Midland Bank computer centre in Bootle. He continued to write songs, and began actively looking for a solo recording contract. On the basis of a demo tape, he was signed to independent label Stiff Records. His manager at Stiff, Jake Riviera, suggested a name change, combining Elvis Presley's first name and Costello, his father's stage name.[16]
Career[link]
1970s[link]
Costello's first single for Stiff was "Less Than Zero", released on 25 March 1977. Two months later, his debut album, My Aim Is True (1977), was released to moderate commercial success (No. 14 in the UK and, later, Top 40 in the US) with Costello appearing on the cover in what became his trademark oversize glasses, bearing some resemblance to Buddy Holly. Stiff's records were initially distributed only in the UK, which meant that Costello's first album and singles were initially available in the US as imports only. In an attempt to change this, Costello was arrested for busking outside a London convention of CBS Records executives, protesting that no US record company had yet seen fit to release his records in the United States.[17] Costello signed to CBS's Columbia Records label in the US a few months later.
The backing for Costello's debut album was provided by American West Coast band Clover, a country outfit living in England whose members would later go on to join Huey Lewis and the News and The Doobie Brothers. Later in 1977, Costello formed his own permanent backing band, The Attractions, consisting of Steve Nieve (born Steve Nason; piano), Bruce Thomas (bass guitar), and Pete Thomas (drums; unrelated to Bruce Thomas). Growing antipathy between Costello and Bruce Thomas contributed to the Attractions' first split in 1986, and the rift was exacerbated by what Costello felt was his unflattering portrayal in Thomas' 1990 roman à clef The Big Wheel. Despite this, the original group reunited for the 1994 album Brutal Youth and toured together over the next two years, but split for good in 1996, although Nieve and Pete Thomas continued to back Costello through various touring and recording line-ups and as of 2011 are still members of his current backing group The Imposters. The split between Costello and Bruce Thomas appears permanent, however; Bruce made a brief appearance with his former bandmates when the group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, but when Costello was asked why Bruce did not play with them at the event, he reportedly replied, "I only work with professional musicians."
Costello released his first major hit single, "Watching the Detectives", which was recorded with Nieve and the pair of Steve Goulding (drums) and Andrew Bodnar (bass), both members of Graham Parker's backing band The Rumour (whom he had used to audition for The Attractions).
On 17 December 1977, Costello and The Attractions appeared as the musical guest act on the episode of Saturday Night Live as a last minute fill-in for the Sex Pistols. Scheduled to play "Less Than Zero", he surprised the SNL crew by abruptly stopping the song mid-intro, and launching into "Radio Radio." Following a whirlwind tour with other Stiff artists – captured on the Live Stiffs album, notable for Costello's recording of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard "I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself" – the band recorded This Year's Model (1978). Some of the more popular tracks include the British hit "(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea" and "Pump It Up." His U.S. record company saw Costello as such a priority that his last name replaced the word Columbia on the label of the disc's original pressing. The Attractions' first tour of Australia in December 1978 was notable for controversial performance at Sydney's Regent Theatre when, angered by the group's failure to perform an encore after their brief 35-minute set, audience members destroyed some of the seating.[18]
A tour of the U.S. and Canada also saw the release of the much-bootlegged Canadian promo-only Live at the El Mocambo, recorded at a Toronto rock club, which finally saw an official release as part of the 2½ Years box set in 1993. It was during the ensuing United States tour that Costello met and developed a relationship with former Playboy model Bebe Buell. Their on-again-off-again courtship would last until 1984 and would allegedly become a deep well of inspiration for Costello's songwriting.
In 1979, he released his third LP Armed Forces (originally to have been titled Emotional Fascism, a phrase that appeared on the LP's inner sleeve). Both the album and the single "Oliver's Army" went to No. 2 in the UK, and the opening track "Accidents Will Happen" gained wide television exposure thanks to its innovative animated music video, directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton. Costello also found time in 1979 to produce the debut album for the 2 Tone ska revival band The Specials.
Costello's standing in the U.S. was bruised for a time when in March 1979, during a drunken argument with Stephen Stills and Bonnie Bramlett in a Columbus, Ohio Holiday Inn bar, the singer referred to James Brown as a "jive-ass nigger", then upped the ante by pronouncing Ray Charles a "blind, ignorant, nigger".[19][20] Costello apologised at a New York City press conference a few days later, claiming that he had been drunk and had been attempting to be obnoxious in order to bring the conversation to a swift conclusion, not anticipating that Bramlett would bring his comments to the press. According to Costello, "it became necessary for me to outrage these people with about the most obnoxious and offensive remarks that I could muster." In his liner notes for the expanded version of Get Happy!!, Costello writes that some time after the incident he had declined an offer to meet Charles out of guilt and embarrassment, though Charles himself had forgiven Costello saying "Drunken talk isn't meant to be printed in the paper." Costello worked extensively in Britain's Rock Against Racism campaign both before and after the incident. The incident inspired his Get Happy!! song "Riot Act."[21]
Costello is also an avid country music fan and has cited George Jones as his favourite country singer. In 1977, he appeared in Jones' duet album My Very Special Guests, contributing "Stranger in the House", which they later performed together on an HBO special dedicated to Jones.
1980s[link]
The soul-infused Get Happy!! would be the first, and—along with King of America–possibly most successful, of Costello's many experiments with genres beyond those he is normally associated with. The single, "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" was an old Sam and Dave song (though Costello increased the tempo considerably). Lyrically, the songs are full of Costello's signature word play, to the point that he later felt he had become something of a self-parody and toned it down on later releases; he has mockingly described himself in interviews as "rock and roll's Scrabble champion." His only 1980 appearance in North America was at the Heatwave festival in August near Toronto.
In 1981, the band released Trust amidst growing tensions within the band, particularly between Bruce and Pete Thomas. In the U.S., the single "Watch Your Step" was released and played live on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show, and received airplay on FM rock radio. In the UK, the single "Clubland" scraped the lower reaches of the charts; follow-up single "From a Whisper to a Scream" (a duet with Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze) became the first Costello single in over four years to completely miss the charts. Costello also co-produced Squeeze's popular 1981 album East Side Story (with Roger Bechirian) and also performed backing vocals on the group's hit single "Tempted".
Following Trust, Costello released Almost Blue, an album of country music cover songs written by the likes of Hank Williams ("Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do?)"), Merle Haggard ("Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down") and Gram Parsons ("How Much I Lied"). The album was a tribute to the country music he had grown up listening to, especially George Jones. It received mixed reviews. The first pressings of the record in the UK bore a sticker with the message: "WARNING: This album contains country & western music and may cause a radical reaction in narrow minded listeners." Almost Blue did spawn a surprise UK hit single in a version of George Jones' "Good Year for the Roses" (written by Jerry Chesnut), which reached #6.
Imperial Bedroom (1982) marked a much darker sound, due in part to the production of Geoff Emerick, famed for engineering several Beatles records. Imperial Bedroom remains one of his most critically acclaimed records, but again failed to produce any hit singles. Costello has said he disliked the marketing pitch for the album. The album also featured Costello's song "Almost Blue"; jazz singer and trumpeter Chet Baker would later perform and record a version of this song.
In 1983, he released Punch the Clock, featuring female backing vocal duo (Afrodiziak) and a four-piece horn section (The TKO Horns), alongside The Attractions. Clive Langer (who co-produced with Alan Winstanley), provided Costello with a melody which eventually became "Shipbuilding", which featured a trumpet solo by Chet Baker. Prior to the release of Costello's own version, a version of the song was a minor UK hit for former Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt.
Under the pseudonym The Imposter, Costello released "Pills and Soap", an attack on the changes in British society brought on by Thatcherism, released to coincide with the run-up to the 1983 UK general election. Punch the Clock also generated an international hit in the single "Everyday I Write the Book", aided by a music video featuring lookalikes of the Prince and Princess of Wales undergoing domestic strife in a suburban home. The song became Costello's first Top 40 hit single in the U.S. Also in the same year, Costello provided vocals on a version of the Madness song "Tomorrow's Just Another Day" released as a B-side on the single of the same name.
Tensions within the band—notably between Costello and bassist Bruce Thomas—were beginning to tell, and Costello announced his retirement and the break-up of the group shortly before they were to record Goodbye Cruel World (1984). Costello would later say of this record that they had "got it as wrong as you can in terms of the execution". The record was poorly received upon its initial release; the liner notes to the 1995 Rykodisc re-release, penned by Costello, begin with the words "Congratulations!, you've just purchased our worst album". Costello's retirement, although short-lived, was accompanied by two compilations, Elvis Costello: The Man in the UK, Europe and Australia, and The Best of Elvis Costello & The Attractions in the U.S.
In 1985, he appeared in the Live Aid benefit concert in England, singing the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" as a solo artist. (The event was overrunning and Costello was asked to "ditch the band".) Costello introduced the song as an "old northern English folk song", and the audience was invited to sing the chorus. In the same year Costello teamed up with friend T-Bone Burnett for the single "The People's Limousine" under the moniker of The Coward Brothers. That year, Costello also produced Rum Sodomy & the Lash for the Irish punk/folk band The Pogues.
By 1986, Costello was preparing to make a comeback. Working in the U.S. with Burnett, a band containing a number of Elvis Presley's sidemen (including James Burton and Jerry Scheff), and minor input from the Attractions, he produced King of America, an acoustic guitar-driven album with a country sound. It was billed as by "The Costello Show featuring the Attractions and Confederates" in the UK and Europe and "The Costello Show featuring Elvis Costello" in North America. Around this time he legally changed his name back to Declan MacManus, adding Aloysius as an extra middle name. Costello retooled his upcoming tour to allow for multiple nights in each city, playing one night with The Confederates (James Burton et al.), one night with The Attractions, and one night solo acoustic. In May 1986, Costello performed at Self Aid, a benefit concert held in Dublin that focused on the chronic unemployment which was widespread in Ireland at that time.
Later that year, Costello returned to the studio with the Attractions and recorded Blood and Chocolate, which was lauded for a post-punk fervour not heard since 1978's This Year's Model. It also marked the return of producer Nick Lowe, who had produced Costello's first five albums. While Blood and Chocolate failed to chart a hit single of any significance, it did produce what has since become one of Costello's signature concert songs, "I Want You." On this album, Costello adopted the alias Napoleon Dynamite, the name he later attributed to the character of the emcee that he played during the vaudeville-style tour to support Blood and Chocolate. (The pseudonym had previously been used in 1982, when the B-side single "Imperial Bedroom" was credited to Napoleon Dynamite & The Royal Guard, and was later appropriated by the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite). In 1989, Costello, with a new contract with Warner Bros., released Spike, which spawned his biggest single in America, the Top 20 hit "Veronica", one of several songs Costello co-wrote with Paul McCartney in that period (see Collaborations).
1990s[link]
In 1991, having grown a long beard, Costello released Mighty Like a Rose, which featured the single "The Other Side of Summer." He also found time to co-compose and co-produce, with Richard Harvey, the title and incidental music for the mini-series G.B.H. by Alan Bleasdale. This entirely instrumental, and largely orchestral, soundtrack garnered a BAFTA, for Best Music for a TV Series for the pair.
In 1993, Costello experimented with classical music with a critically acclaimed collaboration with the Brodsky Quartet[22][23] on The Juliet Letters. During this period, Costello wrote a full album's worth of material for Wendy James, and these songs became the tracks on her 1993 solo album Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears. Costello returned to rock and roll the following year with a project that reunited him with The Attractions, Brutal Youth. In 1995, Costello released Kojak Variety, an album of cover songs recorded five years earlier, and followed in 1996 with an album of songs originally written for other artists, All This Useless Beauty. This was the final album of original material that he issued under his Warner Bros. contract. In the spring of 1996, Costello played a series of intimate club dates, backed only by Nieve on the piano, in support of All This Useless Beauty. An ensuing summer and fall tour with the Attractions proved to be the death knell for the band. With relations between Costello and bassist Bruce Thomas at a breaking point, Costello announced that the current tour would be the Attractions' last. The quartet performed their final U.S. show in Seattle, Washington on 1 September 1996, before wrapping up their tour in Japan. To fulfill his contractual obligations to Warner Bros., Costello released a greatest hits album titled Extreme Honey (1997). It contained an original track titled "The Bridge I Burned", featuring Costello's son, Matt, on bass. In the intervening period, Costello had served as artistic chair for the 1995 Meltdown Festival, which gave him the opportunity to explore his increasingly eclectic musical interests. His involvement in the festival yielded a one-off live EP with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, which featured both cover material and a few of his own songs.
In 1998, Costello signed a multi-label contract with Polygram Records, sold by its parent company the same year to become part of the Universal Music Group. Costello released his new work on what he deemed the suitable imprimatur within the family of labels. His first new release as part of this contract involved a collaboration with Burt Bacharach. Their work had commenced earlier, in 1996, on a song called "God Give Me Strength" for the movie Grace of My Heart. This led the pair to write and record the critically acclaimed album Painted From Memory, released under his new contract in 1998, on the Mercury Records label, featuring songs that were largely inspired by the dissolution of his marriage to Cait O'Riordan. Costello and Bacharach performed several concerts with a full orchestral backing, and also recorded an updated version of Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" for the soundtrack to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, with both appearing in the film to perform the song. He also wrote "I Throw My Toys Around" for The Rugrats Movie and performed it with No Doubt. The same year, he collaborated with Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains on "The Long Journey Home" on the soundtrack of the PBS/Disney mini-series of the same name. The soundtrack won a Grammy that year.
In 1999, Costello contributed a version of "She", released in 1974 by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer, for the soundtrack of the film Notting Hill, with Trevor Jones producing. For the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, Costello was invited to the program, where he re-enacted his abrupt song-switch: This time, however, he interrupted the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage", and they acted as his backing group for "Radio Radio".
2000 to present[link]
In 2000, Costello appeared at the Town Hall Theatre, New York, in Steve Nieve's opera Welcome to the Voice, alongside Ron Sexsmith and John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants. In 2001, Costello was artist-in-residence at UCLA and wrote the music for a new ballet. He produced and appeared on an album of pop songs for the classical singer Anne Sofie von Otter. He released the album When I Was Cruel in 2002 on Island Records, and toured with a new band, the Imposters (essentially the Attractions but with a different bass player, Davey Faragher, formerly of Cracker). He appeared as himself in the "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" episode of The Simpsons. On 23 February 2003, Costello, along with Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, and Dave Grohl, performed a version of The Clash's "London Calling" at the 45th Grammy Awards ceremony, in honour of Clash frontman Joe Strummer, who had died the previous December. In March, Elvis Costello & the Attractions were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He announced his engagement in May to Canadian jazz singer and pianist Diana Krall, whom he had seen in concert and then met backstage at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. That September, he released North, an album of piano-based ballads concerning the breakdown of his former marriage, and his falling in love with Krall. Also that year, Costello made an appearance in the television series Frasier as a folk singer in the Cafe Nervosa, sending Frasier and Niles on a search for a new coffee bar.[24][25]
The song "Scarlet Tide" (co-written by Costello and T-Bone Burnett and used in the film Cold Mountain) was nominated for a 2004 Academy Award; he performed it at the awards ceremony with Alison Krauss, who sang the song on the official soundtrack. Costello co-wrote many songs on Krall's 2004 CD, The Girl in the Other Room, the first of hers to feature several original compositions. In July 2004, Costello's first full-scale orchestral work, Il Sogno, was performed in New York. The work, a ballet after Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, was commissioned by Italian dance troupe Aterballeto, and received critical acclaim from the classical music critics. Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, the recording was released on CD in September by Deutsche Grammophon. Costello released the album The Delivery Man, recorded in Oxford, Mississippi, and released on Lost Highway Records, in September of the same year, and it was hailed as one of his best albums.
A CD recording of a collaboration with Marian McPartland on her show Piano Jazz was released in 2005. It featured Costello singing six jazz standards and two of his own songs, accompanied by McPartland on piano. In November, Costello started recording a new album with Allen Toussaint and producer Joe Henry. The River in Reverse was released in the UK on the Verve label the following year in May.
A 2005 tour included a gig at Glastonbury that Costello considered to be so dreadful that he said "I don't care if I ever play England again. That gig made up my mind I wouldn't come back. I don't get along with it. We lost touch. It's 25 years since I lived there. I don't dig it, they don't dig me....British music fans don't have the same attitude to age as they do in America, where young people come to check out, say Willie Nelson. They feel some connection with him and find a role for that music in their lives."[26]
In a studio recording of Nieve's opera Welcome to the Voice (2006, Deutsche Grammophon), Costello interpreted the character of Chief of Police, with Barbara Bonney, Robert Wyatt, Sting and Amanda Roocroft, and the album reached No. 2 in the Billboard classical charts. Costello later reprised the piece on the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in 2008, with Sting, Joe Sumner of Fiction Plane (Sting's son) and Sylvia Schwartz. Also released in 2006 was a live recording of a concert with the Metropole Orkest at the North Sea Jazz Festival, entitled My Flame Burns Blue. The soundtrack for House M.D. featured Costello's interpretation of "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera, with the song appearing in the second episode of Series 2.
Costello was commissioned to write a chamber opera by the Danish Royal Opera, Copenhagen, on the subject of Hans Christian Andersen's infatuation with Swedish soprano Jenny Lind. Called The Secret Songs it was unfinished.[27] In a performance in 2007 directed by Kasper Bech Holten at the Opera's studio theatre (Takelloftet), finished songs were interspersed with pieces from Costello's 1993 collaborative classical album The Juliet Letters, featuring Danish soprano Sine Bundgaard as Lind. The 2009 album Secret, Profane & Sugarcane includes material from Secret Songs.
On 22 April 2008, Momofuku was released on Lost Highway Records, the same imprint that released The Delivery Man, his previous studio album. The album was, at least initially, released exclusively on vinyl (with a code to download a digital copy). That summer, in support of the album, Costello toured with The Police on the final leg of their 2007/2008 Reunion Tour. Costello played a homecoming gig at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 25 June 2006.[28] and, that month, gave his first performance in Poland, appearing with The Imposters for the closing gig of the Malta theatre festival in Poznań.
In July 2008, Costello (as Declan McManus) was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Liverpool.
From late 2008 into 2010, Costello hosted Channel 4/CTV's series Spectacle in which Costello talked and performed with stars in various fields, styled similarly to Inside the Actors Studio. Between its two seasons, the show compiled 20 episodes, including one where Costello was interviewed by actress Mary-Louise Parker.[29]
Costello was featured on Fall Out Boy's 2008 album Folie à Deux, providing vocals on the track "What a Catch, Donnie", along with other artists who are friends with the band.
Costello appeared in Stephen Colbert's television special A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All. In the program, he was eaten by a bear, but later saved by Santa Claus; he also sang a duet with Colbert. The special was first aired on 23 November 2008.[30] Costello released Secret, Profane & Sugarcane, a collaboration with T-Bone Burnett, on 9 June 2009. Burnett previously worked with Costello on King of America and Spike.[31] It was his first on the Starbucks Hear Music label and a return to country music in the manner of Good Year for the Roses.
Costello appeared as himself in the finale of the third season of 30 Rock and sang in the episode's celebrity telethon, Kidney Now!.[32] The episode references Costello's given name when Jack Donaghy accuses him of concealing his true identity: "Declan McManus, international art thief."
In May 2009, Costello made a surprise cameo appearance on-stage at the Beacon Theater in New York as part of Spinal Tap's Unwigged and Unplugged show, singing their fictional 1965 hit "Gimme Some Money" with the band backing him up.
On 15 May 2010, Costello announced he would withdraw from a concert performed in Israel in opposition to Israel's treatment of Palestinians. In a statement on his website, Costello wrote, "It has been necessary to dial out the falsehoods of propaganda, the double game and hysterical language of politics, the vanity and self-righteousness of public communiqués from cranks in order to eventually sift through my own conflicted thoughts."[33]
Also in 2010, Elvis Costello appeared as himself in David Simon's television series, Treme.[34] Costello released the album National Ransom in autumn of 2010.
In 2011, Elvis Costello appeared as himself once again, this time on Sesame Street to perform a song with Elmo and Cookie Monster, titled "Monster Went and Ate My Red 2", a play on (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes. The same year, Costello performed "Taken for a Fool", live from Madison Square Garden with The Strokes.
On 26 February 2012, Costello paid tribute to music legends Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen who were the recipients of the first annual PEN Awards for songwriting excellence, at the JFK Presidential Library, in Boston, Massachusetts on 26 February 2012.[35]
Personal life[link]
Costello has been married three times, the first time to Mary Burgoyne in 1974, with whom he had a son.[26]
In 1985, Costello became involved with Cait O'Riordan, former bassist for the English/Irish group The Pogues, while he was producing The Pogues' album Rum Sodomy and the Lash.[citation needed] They married in 1986 and split up by the end of 2002.[26]
Costello became engaged to pianist Diana Krall in May 2003,[26] and married her at the home of Elton John on 6 December that year.[36] Krall gave birth to twin sons, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James, on 6 December 2006 in New York City.[37]
A vegetarian since the early 1980s, Costello says he was moved to reject meat after seeing the documentary The Animals Film (1982), which also helped inspire his song "Pills and Soap" (from Punch the Clock, 1983).[14]
Humanitarian causes[link]
Costello sits on the Advisory Board of the Board of Directors of the Jazz Foundation of America.[38][39] Costello began working with the Jazz Foundation in 2001, and has been a featured performer in their annual benefit A Great Night in Harlem[40] since 2006. Costello has donated his time working with the Jazz Foundation of America[41] to save the homes and the lives of America's elderly jazz and blues musicians, including musicians who survived Hurricane Katrina.
Collaborations[link]
In addition to his major recorded collaborations with Bacharach, the Brodsky Quartet, and von Otter, Costello has frequently been involved in other collaborations.
In 1987, Costello began a long-running songwriting collaboration with Paul McCartney. They wrote a number of songs together, including:
- "Back On My Feet", the B-side of McCartney's 1987 single "Once Upon a Long Ago", later added as a bonus track on the 1993 re-issue of McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt
- Costello's "Veronica" and "Pads, Paws and Claws" from Spike (1989) (Also, McCartney plays Hofner bass but does not have a writing credit for "This Town" – the opening song for the album.)
- "So Like Candy" and "Playboy to a Man" from Mighty Like a Rose (1991)
- McCartney's "My Brave Face", "Don't Be Careless Love", "That Day Is Done" and "You Want Her Too" from Flowers in the Dirt (1989)
- "The Lovers That Never Were" and "Mistress and Maid" from Off the Ground (1993).
- "Shallow Grave" from All This Useless Beauty (1996).
Costello talked about their collaboration:
When we sat down together he wouldn't have any sloppy bits in there. That was interesting. The ironic part is, if it sounds like he wrote it, I probably did and vice versa. He wanted to do all the ones with lots of words and all on one note, and I'm the one trying to work in the "Please Please Me" harmony all over the place.[citation needed]
- In 1987, he appeared on the HBO special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, which featured his long-time idol Roy Orbison, and was invited back to Saturday Night Live for the first time since 1977.
- In 1988, Costello co-wrote "At the Other End (of the Telescope)" with Aimee Mann; this song appears on the Til Tuesday album Everything's Different Now.
- In 2000, Costello wrote lyrics to "Green Song", a solo cello piece by Svante Henryson; this song appears on the Anne Sofie von Otter album For the Stars.
- In 2005, Costello performed with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. They played both Costello and Green Day songs together, including "Alison", "No Action", "Basket Case" and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".
- In 2007, Costello collaborated with the Argentinean/Uruguay an electro-tango band Bajofondo on the song "Fairly Right" from the album Mar Dulce.
- In 2008, Costello collaborated with Fall Out Boy on the track "What a Catch, Donnie" from their album Folie a Deux.
- In Jenny Lewis' 2008 release, Acid Tongue, Costello provided vocals for the song "Carpetbaggers".
- In November 2009, Costello appeared live with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Madison Square Garden and performed the Jackie Wilson song, Higher and Higher.[42]
- In December 2009, it was announced that Costello would be portraying The Shape in the upcoming album Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a collaboration between rock singer John Mellencamp and novelist Stephen King.[43]
- In February 2010, Costello appeared in the live cinecast of Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, singing some of his own songs, and participating in many of the show's other musical and acting performances.
- In April 2011, played the song "Taken For a Fool" with The Strokes in Madison Square Garden.
- On 30 April 2011, played the song "Pump it Up" with The Odds before the start of a Vancouver Canucks playoff game at Rogers Arena in Vancouver BC.[44]
Artistic significance[link]
Costello has worked with Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, Lucinda Williams, Kid Rock, Lee Konitz, Brian Eno, and Rubén Blades.
Costello is also a music fan, and often champions the works of others in print. He has written several pieces for the magazine Vanity Fair, including the summary of what a perfect weekend of music would be. He has contributed to two Grateful Dead tribute albums and covered Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter tunes such as "Ship of Fools", "Friend of the Devil", "It Must Have Been the Roses", "Ripple" and "Tennessee Jed" in concert. His collaboration with Bacharach honoured Bacharach's place in pop music history. Costello also appeared in documentaries about singers Dusty Springfield, Brian Wilson, Wanda Jackson, Ron Sexsmith and Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records. He has also interviewed one of his own influences, Joni Mitchell. He was instrumental in bringing Sexsmith to a wider audience in 1995 by championing his debut album in Mojo magazine, even appearing on the cover with the album.[45]
In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him No. 80 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[46][47]
Discography[link]
Main article: Elvis Costello discography
Costello has released over 30 studio albums on his own and with the Attractions, the Imposters, or others. He has also released five live albums: Live at the El Mocambo, Deep Dead Blue, Costello & Nieve, My Flame Burns Blue, Live at Hollywood High, and The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook. There have also been numerous compilations, box sets, and reissues by labels such as Rykodisc, Demon, Rhino, and Universal Music Enterprises.
Filmography[link]
Actor[link]
- 1979 film debut as "The Earl of Manchester" in Americathon
- 1984 as "Henry Scully" in the UK TV series, Scully
- 1984 as "Stone Deaf A&R Man" in "The Bullshitters", a Comic Strip film first aired on Channel 4.
- 1985 as inept magician "Rosco de Ville" in the Alan Bleasdale film, No Surrender
- 1987 as "Hives the Butler" in the Alex Cox film, Straight to Hell, starring Joe Strummer and Courtney Love
- 1994 as himself on The Larry Sanders Show in the episode "People's Choice"
- 1997 as a barman in Spice World.
- 1999 as himself performing "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" with Burt Bacharach in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- 1999 as a younger version of himself in 200 Cigarettes
- 2001 as himself performing "Fly Me to the Moon" on the series finale of 3rd Rock from the Sun
- 2002 as himself on the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" of The Simpsons
- 2003 as Ben on Frasier, one episode
- 2004 as himself in the UK TV Dead Ringers New Year Special, apparently and reportedly having serendipitously entered a filming venue[48]
- 2004 as himself in Two and a Half Men – Season 2, Episode 1[49]
- 2006 as himself in Delirious
- 2006 as himself in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- 2008 as himself in "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!"
- 2009 as himself on the episode of 30 Rock, "Kidney Now!"[50]
- 2010 as himself on Treme
Soundtrack[link]
- 2003 Academy Award nomination for best original song, "The Scarlet Tide", in Cold Mountain
Bibliography[link]
- Costello, Elvis. A Singing Dictionary. London: Plangent Visions Music; New York, N.Y.: Exclusive selling agent for the United States and Canada, Warner Bros. Publications, 1980. ISBN 0-7692-1505-X. Sheet music, chords, and lyrics for works 1977–1980.
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- ^ Kidney Now! at the Internet Movie Database
Further reading[link]
- Paumgarten, Nick (8 November 2010). "Profiles: Brilliant Mistakes". The New Yorker 86 (35): 48–59.
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| Birth name | Bonnie Lynn Raitt |
| Born | (1949-11-08) November 8, 1949 (age 62) Burbank, California, United States |
| Genres | Blues, country, folk-rock |
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Bonnie Lynn Raitt (born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially accessible recordings in the 1990s including "Nick of Time", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneakin' Up on You", and the slow ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me". Raitt has received nine Grammy Awards in her career and is a lifelong political activist.
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Biography[link]
Early life[link]
Raitt, the daughter of Broadway musical star John Raitt and his first wife, pianist Marjorie Haydock, began playing guitar at an early age, something few of her high school female friends did. Later she would become famous for her bottleneck-style guitar playing. "I had played a little at school and at camp", she later recalled in a July 2002 interview. The camp Raitt refers to is Camp Regis-Applejack, located in the heart of the Adirondacks.
Pre-recording career[link]
After graduating from Oakwood Friends School in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1967 Raitt entered Harvard's Radcliffe College as a freshman, majoring in African Studies. "My plan was to travel to Tanzania, where President Julius Nyerere was creating a government based on democracy and socialism", Raitt recalled. "I wanted to help undo the damage that Western colonialism had done to native cultures around the world. Cambridge was a hotbed of this kind of thinking, and I was thrilled."
One day, Raitt was told by a friend that blues promoter Dick Waterman was giving an interview at WHRB, Harvard's college radio station. An important figure in the blues revival of the 1960s, Waterman was also a resident of Cambridge. Raitt went to see Waterman, and the two soon became friends, "much to the chagrin of my parents, who didn't expect their freshman daughter to be running around with 65-year-old bluesmen," recalled Raitt. "I was amazed by his passion for the music and the integrity with which he managed the musicians."
During Raitt's sophomore year, Waterman relocated to Philadelphia, and a number of local musicians he counted among his friends went with him. Raitt had become a strong part of that community, recalling that "... these people had become my friends, my mentors, and though I had every intention of graduating, I decided to take the semester off and move to Philadelphia .... It was an opportunity that young white girls just don't get, and as it turns out, an opportunity that changed everything."
By now, Raitt was also playing folk and rhythm and blues clubs in the Boston area, performing alongside established blues legends such as Howlin' Wolf, Sippie Wallace, and Mississippi Fred McDowell, all of whom she met through Waterman.
Signing with Warner Bros.[link]
In the fall of 1970, while opening for McDowell at the Gaslight Cafe in New York, she was seen by a reporter from Newsweek Magazine, who began to spread word of her performance. Scouts from major record companies were soon attending her shows to watch her play. She eventually accepted an offer with Warner Bros. who soon released her debut album, Bonnie Raitt, in 1971. The album was warmly received by the music press, many of whom praised her skills as an interpreter and as a bottleneck guitarist; at the time, very few women in popular music had strong reputations as guitarists.
While admired by those who saw her perform, and respected by her peers, Raitt gained little public acclaim for her work. Her critical stature continued to grow but record sales remained modest. Her second album, Give It Up, was released in 1972 to universal acclaim; though many critics still regard it as her best work, it did not change her commercial fortunes. 1973's Takin' My Time was also met with critical acclaim, but these notices were not matched by the sales.
Raitt was beginning to receive greater press coverage, including a 1975 cover story for Rolling Stone Magazine, but with 1974's Streetlights, reviews for her work were becoming increasingly mixed. By now, Raitt was already experimenting with different producers and different styles, and she began to adopt a more mainstream sound that continued through 1975's Home Plate.
In 1976, Raitt made an appearance on Warren Zevon's eponymous album with his friend Jackson Browne and Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.
Commercial success[link]
1977's Sweet Forgiveness gave Raitt her first commercial breakthrough when it yielded a hit single in her cover of 's "Runaway." Recast as a heavy R&B recording based on a rhythmic groove inspired by Al Green, Raitt's version of "Runaway" was disparaged by many critics, but its commercial success prompted a bidding war between Warner Bros. and Columbia Records. "There was this big Columbia – Warner war going on at the time", recalled Raitt in a 1990 interview. "James Taylor had just left Warner Bros. and made a big album for Columbia...And then, Warner signed Paul Simon away from Columbia, and they didn't want me to have a hit record for Columbia — no matter what! So, I renegotiated my contract, and they basically matched Columbia's offer. Frankly the deal was a really big deal."
Warner Bros. held higher expectations for Raitt's next album, 1979's The Glow, but it was released to poor reviews as well as modest sales. Raitt would have one commercial success in 1979 when she helped organize the five MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) concerts at Madison Square Garden. The shows spawned a three-record gold album as well as a Warner Bros. feature film, No Nukes. The shows featured co-founders Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, John Hall, and Raitt as well as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Doobie Brothers, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Gil Scott-Heron, and numerous others.
For her next record, 1982's Green Light, Raitt made a conscious attempt to revisit the sound of her earlier records, but to her surprise, many of her peers and members of the press would compare her new sound to the burgeoning New Wave movement. The album received her strongest reviews in years, but her sales did not improve and this would have a severe impact on her relationship with Warner Bros.
Drop from Warner Bros.[link]
In 1983, as Raitt was finishing work on her follow-up album, entitled Tongue & Groove, Warner Bros. "cleaned house", dropping a number of major artists from their roster. Van Morrison and Arlo Guthrie were two of the most high-profile cases, and the day after mastering was completed on Tongue & Groove, Raitt was notified that she was to be dropped too. The album was shelved indefinitely, and Raitt was left without a label. By then, Raitt was also struggling with alcohol and drug abuse.[1]
Despite her personal and professional problems, Raitt continued to tour and participate in political activism. In 1985, she sang and appeared in the video of "Sun City", the anti-apartheid record written and produced by Steven Van Zandt. Along with her participation in Farm Aid and Amnesty International concerts, Raitt would later travel to Moscow in 1987 as part of the first joint Soviet/American Peace Concert later shown on Showtime television. Also in 1987, Raitt would organize a benefit in Los Angeles, for Countdown '87 to Stop Contra Aid, featuring herself, Don Henley, Herbie Hancock, Holly Near and others.
[edit] Tongue and Groove's name change and release
Two years after dropping her from their label, Warner Bros. notified Raitt of their plans to release Tongue & Groove. "I said it wasn't really fair," recalled Raitt. "I think at this point they felt kind of bad. I mean, I was out there touring on my savings to keep my name up, and my ability to draw was less and less. So they agreed to let me go in and recut half of it, and that's when it came out as Nine Lives." A critical and commercial disappointment, 1986's Nine Lives would be Raitt's last new recording for Warner Bros.
In late 1987, she joined k.d. lang and Jennifer Warnes as female background vocals for Roy Orbison's television special, Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. Following this highly acclaimed broadcast, she began working on new material. By then, Raitt was clean and sober, having broken her substance abuse — for which she credited Stevie Ray Vaughan in a Minnesota State Fair concert[2] the night after Vaughan's 1990 death. During this time, Raitt considered signing with Prince's own label, Paisley Park, but negotiations ultimately fell through. Instead she began recording a bluesy mix of pop and rock under the production guidance of Don Was at Capitol Records.
Raitt had met Was through Hal Wilner, who was putting together Stay Awake, a tribute album to Disney music for A&M. Was and Wilner both wanted Raitt to sing lead on an adult-contemporary arrangement created by Was for "Baby Mine", the lullaby from Dumbo. Raitt was very pleased with the sessions, and she asked Don to produce her next album.
Peak commercial success[link]
After nearly 20 years, Bonnie Raitt achieved belated commercial success with her tenth album, Nick of Time. Released in the spring of 1989, Nick of Time went to the top of the U.S. charts following Raitt's Grammy sweep in early 1990. At the same time, she walked away with a fourth Grammy Award for her duet "In the Mood" with John Lee Hooker on his album The Healer. Nick of Time was also the first of many of her recordings to feature her longtime rhythm section of Ricky Fataar and James "Hutch" Hutchinson (Although previously Fataar had played on her Green Light album and Hutchinson had worked on Nine Lives). Nick of Time has sold over six million copies in the US alone.
She followed up this success with three more Grammy Awards for her 1991 album, Luck of the Draw which has currently sold nearly 8 million copies in the United States. Three years later, in 1994, she added two more Grammys with her album Longing In Their Hearts, her second no. 1 album. Both of these albums were multi-platinum successes. Raitt's collaboration with Was would amicably come to an end with 1995's live release, Road Tested. Released to solid reviews, it sold well enough to be certified gold.
For her next studio album, Raitt hired Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake as her producers. "I loved working with Don Was but I wanted to give myself and my fans a stretch and do something different," Raitt said. Her work with Froom and Blake was released on Fundamental in 1998.
Current era[link]
In March 2000, Raitt was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Silver Lining was released in 2002 while Souls Alike was released in September 2005.
Australian Country Music Artist Graeme Connors has said, "Bonnie Raitt does something with a lyric no one else can do; she bends it and twists it right into your heart." (ABC Radio NSW Australia interview with Interviewer Chris Coleman on 18 January 2007)[3]
In 2007, she accepted an invitation to contribute to Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino. With Jon Cleary, she sang a medley of "I'm in Love Again" and "All by Myself".
Raitt appeared on the June 7, 2008 broadcast of Garrison Keillor's radio program "A Prairie Home Companion". She performed two blues songs with Kevin "Keb' Mo'" Moore: "No Getting Over You" and "There Ain't Nothin' in Ramblin'." Raitt also sang Dimming of the Day with Richard Thompson. This show, along with another on which Raitt with her band in October 2006, is archived on the Prairie Home Companion web site.
In February 2012, Raitt performed a duet with Alicia Keys at the 2012 Grammys honoring Etta James.[4]
In April 2012, Raitt released her first studio album since Souls Alike in 2005. Entitled Slipstream, the new album was released in North America on April 10. Slipstream has been praised as "her best album in years and one of the best of her 40-year career" by American Songwriter Magazine.[5]
Political activism[link]
Raitt's political involvement goes back to the early seventies. Her 1972 album "Give it up" had a dedication "to the people of North Vietnam ..." printed on the back.
Raitt's web site urges fans to learn more about preserving the environment. She was a founding member of Musicians United for Safe Energy in 1979 and a catalyst for the larger anti-nuclear movement, becoming involved with groups like the Abalone Alliance and Alliance for Survival.
In 1994 at the urging of Dick Waterman, Raitt funded the replacement of a headstone for one of her mentors, Fred McDowell through the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund. Raitt would later finance memorial headstones in Mississippi for Memphis Minnie, Sam Chatmon, and Tommy Johnson again with the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund.
At the Stockholm Jazz Festival in July 2004, she dedicated a classic to sitting (and later re-elected) U.S. President George W. Bush. She was quoted as saying, "We're gonna sing this for George Bush because he's out of here, people!" before she launched into the opening licks of "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)", a cover that was featured on her 1979 album The Glow. In 2002, she signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and free lessons to children in public schools throughout the U.S.A. She has visited children in the program and sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member.
In 2008, she donated a song to Aid Still Required's CD to assist with the restoration of the devastation done to Southeast Asia from the 2004 Tsunami.
Raitt worked with Reverb, a non-profit environmental organization, for her 2005 Fall/Winter and 2006 Spring/Summer/Fall tours.[6]
Raitt is part of the No Nukes group which is against the expansion of nuclear power. In 2007 the group recorded a music video of a new version of the Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth".[7][8][9]
During the 2008 Democratic primary campaign Raitt, along with Jackson Browne and bassist James "Hutch" Hutchinson, performed at campaign appearances for candidate John Edwards.
Personal life[link]
Raitt and actor Michael O'Keefe were married on April 27, 1991, and announced their divorce on November 9, 1999.[10]
Discography[link]
Main article: Bonnie Raitt discography
References[link]
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| Name | Raitt, Bonnie |
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| Date of birth | November 8, 1949 |
| Place of birth | Burbank, California, United States |
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