You Are So Beautiful

"You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher. Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys contributed to the song's genesis, but his official credit was omitted. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular by Joe Cocker. Preston who grew up playing the organ in church, originally wrote the lyrics about God.

Preston's original version first appeared on his 1974 album The Kids & Me and as the B-side on the 45rpm pressing of his pop hit, "Struttin'". Cocker's producer, Jim Price, created a slowed-down arrangement for Cocker's version, which first appeared on the album, I Can Stand a Little Rain (released later in 1974). Released as a single, the Joe Cocker version reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1975 and helped the album become a hit. It would be his biggest hit until his duet with Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong", which reached #1 in 1982.

Authorship

Though not officially credited as the song's writer, Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and Preston spontaneously collaborated on the words and music to the song at a party. Wilson never sought to reclaim his share of the song's authorship. The song's tone has been related to the style of his solo material.

You Are So Beautiful (album)

You Are So Beautiful was the eighth album released by Tanya Tucker, and the fourth and final one with her first label, Columbia Records and with producer Billy Sherrill. It consisted of songs Tucker had recorded several years prior while still recording for Columbia. The highest charting single was "Spring," which rose to #18 on the Billboard C&W chart in 1975, two years before the album's release, that single having been released by Columbia to compete with Tucker's debut MCA single, the #1 C&W hit "Lizzie and the Rainman". At the time the You Are So Beautiful album was released Tucker's rendition of the title track was issued as a single reach #40 C&W; the album was Tucker's lowest ranking up to that point at #44 on the C&W Albums chart.

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Je vous trouve très beau

You Are So Beautiful (French title: Je vous trouve très beau) is a French comedy film released in 2006 by the Gaumont company. It is written and directed by Isabelle Mergault and includes a cast of Michel Blanc, Medeea Marinescu, Wladimir Yordanoff, Benoît Turjman, Éva Darlan and Elisabeth Commelin.

Plot

Aymé played by Blanc, a recently widowed farmer, is eager to find a new wife to help him run his farm. Desperate, he seeks the aid of a local matchmaker who suggest that he go to Romania to find a new wife. There he meets Elena played by Marinescu.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the "Sarlat Film Festival" on 7 November 2005. It was also screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival on 13 November 2005. On 14 June 2006, the film was projected at the Seattle International Film Festival.

Maximilian Mutzke

Maximilian Nepomuk Mutzke (born May 21, 1981 in Krenkingen, Baden-Württemberg), better known as Max Mutzke, is a German singer and drummer. In 2004, he took part in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Career

Max Mutzke started his career in a funk band called Project Five. He gained public interest in spring 2004 when he won SSDSGPS (Stefan sucht den Super-Grand-Prix-Star), a talent contest hosted in Stefan Raab's Late-Night-Show TV total. Afterwards he released his first single "Can't Wait Until Tonight" (composed by Raab), which entered the German single charts at #1 on March 22, 2004 and eventually met the conditions laid down for Max to be admitted into Germany's pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 as a wild-card entry.

In the televoting of the final show on March 19, 2004 Max defeated nine other competitors (including established artists like Scooter or Sabrina Setlur). A majority of 92,95% of all votes made him the German entry for the 49th Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, where he finished eighth with 93 points.