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Changes (Johnny Rivers Album)
''Changes'' is the third studio album by the American musician Johnny Rivers, released in 1966 by Imperial Records. The album includes " Poor Side of Town", which reached number one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the '' RPM'' Canadian Chart in November 1966. Reception ''Changes'' marked a move away from the straight ahead rock-and-roll style on Rivers' previous albums. In his review in AllMusic, Bruce Eder highlighted the production of Lou Adler "whose reputation as a recording director par excellence rested on records like this" and called it "one of the best-sounding rock albums of 1967." The album was on the charts longer than any other Johnny Rivers LP. Track listing Side one # "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:42 # " A Taste of Honey" ( Bobby Scott/ Ric Marlow) – 3:22 # " Days of Wine and Roses" ( Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer) – 4:05 # " California Dreamin'" ( John Phillips/Michelle Phillips) – 2:28 # " Do You Want to Dance?" ( Bobby Freema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella; November 7, 1942) is a retired American musician. He achieved commercial success and popularity throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and guitarist, characterized as a versatile and influential artist. Rivers is best known for his 1960s output, having popularized the mid-60s discotheque scene through his live rock and roll recordings at the Los Angeles nightclub Whisky a Go Go, and later shifting to a more orchestral, Soul music, soul-oriented sound during the latter half of the decade. These developments were reflected by his most notable string of hit singles between 1964 and 1968, many of them covers. They include "Memphis, Tennessee (song), Memphis", "Mountain of Love", "The Seventh Son", "Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers song), Secret Agent Man", "Poor Side of Town", "Baby I Need Your Loving, Baby I Need Your Lovin'", and "Summer Rain (Johnny Rivers song), Summer Rain". Rivers had a total of nine top-ten hits and 17 top-forty hit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Wallichs Music City, Glenn E. Wallichs. He is best known as a Tin Pan Alley lyricist, but he also composed music and was a popular singer who recorded his own as well as others' songs from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s. Mercer's songs were among the most successful hits of the time, including "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses (song), Days of Wine and Roses", "Autumn Leaves (1945 song), Autumn Leaves", and "Hooray for Hollywood". He wrote the lyrics to more than 1,500 songs, including compositions for movies and Broadway theatre, Broadway shows. He received nineteen Academy Awards, Oscar nominations, and won four Academy Award for Best Original Song, Best Original Song Oscars. Early life Mercer was born in 1909, in Savannah, Georgia, where one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Calabrese
Giorgio Calabrese (28 November 1929 – 31 March 2016) was an Italian songwriter and frequent collaborator with French Popular music, pop music star Charles Aznavour. Calabrese wrote the original Italian lyrics for the popular song "Softly, as I Leave You (song), Softly, as I Leave You", and the Italian version of Aznavour's famous song, "She (Charles Aznavour song), She", titled "Lei". He also wrote the Italian lyrics for the song, "E se domani", composed by Carlo Alberto Rossi and recorded by Mina (Italian singer), Mina. It was entered in the Sanremo Music Festival 1964, 1964 Sanremo Music Festival. Retrieved December 13, 2013 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Calabrese, Giorgio Italian male songwriters Italian songwriters 1929 births 2016 deaths ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Shaper
Harold David Shaper (18 July 1931 – 8 January 2004), known as Hal Shaper, was a South African songwriter. After qualifying as a lawyer in 1955, he travelled to London to begin his five-decade-long musical career during which he worked with and wrote for well-known artists including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand and David Bowie. After establishing financial stability following the release of his first hit ''Softly, As I Leave You'', he began his own music publishing company, Sparta Florida Inc.. Aside from song titles and lyrics, Shaper also wrote for films as well as musicals. Biography Shaper was born on 18 July 1931 in Muizenberg near Cape Town as the third and youngest child of Jewish parents. His father was from Manchester and his mother from the ghetto of Lodz in Poland. He was inspired to become a songwriter after seeing the Mickey Rooney film ''Words and Music'' (1948), saying: he was "enchanted by the quality of the songs and the freshness of them" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony De Vita
Antonio De Vita (10 February 1932 – 14 January 1998), best known as Tony De Vita, was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. Born in Milan, De Vita graduated at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in his hometown. He started his career as a pianist, accompanying artists such as Johnny Dorelli and Betty Curtis. In 1963 he debuted on television as the conductor in the variety show ''La fiera dei sogni'', and from then he appeared in dozens of popular shows, including '' Senza Rete'', '' Fantastico'' and ''Domenica in''.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . De Vita composed over five hundred songs and musical scores. He is best known for his long collaboration with the singer Mina. Among his best known compositions, the song "Piano", which was later recorded by Matt Monro (1962), Doris Day (1963) and Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Softly, As I Leave You (song)
"Softly, as I Leave You" is a popular Italian song, originally titled ''Piano'', composed by Tony De Vita with Italian lyrics by Giorgio Calabrese, and English lyrics by Hal Shaper. Background It was originally an Italian success by Mina, entitled "Piano" ("Softly"). Mina published a recording of the song first as a single in 1960 and later on an EP and on three LPs. English songwriter Hal Shaper noticed the song and in November 1961 wrote English lyrics to the melody, calling it "Softly, as I Leave You." When he performed the song live in Las Vegas, Elvis Presley prefaced with a story about the origins of the song. Presley said the song originated when a man was dying and his wife was sitting by his bedside. As she began to doze off, he felt himself beginning to die and he wrote the words to the song on a notepad. However, Presley insiders claim that his explanation for the song was merely an example of Presley's flair for storytelling, so his explanation is most likel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Hardin
James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs " If I Were a Carpenter", " Reason to Believe", " Misty Roses" and " The Lady Came from Baltimore" were hits for other artists. Hardin was raised in Oregon and had no interest in school, withdrawing before graduating high school, and joining the Marines. After his discharge, he moved to Greenwich Village and Cambridge, where he played and recorded several albums. He also performed at the Newport Folk Festival and at Woodstock. He struggled with drug abuse throughout most of his adult life and his live performances were sometimes erratic. He was planning a comeback when he died in late 1980 from an accidental heroin overdose. Early life and career Tim Hardin was born in Eugene, Oregon to Hal and Molly Hardin, who both had musical backgrounds. His mother was a violinist and concertmaster of the Portlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Were A Carpenter (song)
"If I Were a Carpenter" is a folk song written by Tim Hardin in the 1960s, and re-recorded with commercial success by various artists including Bobby Darin, The Four Tops and Johnny Cash. Hardin's own recording of the piece appeared on his 1967 album '' Tim Hardin 2''. It was one of two songs from that release (the other being "Misty Roses") performed by Hardin at Woodstock in 1969. The song, believed by some to be about male romantic insecurity, is rumored to have been inspired by his love for actress Susan Morss, as well as the construction of Hardin's recording studio (in the home of Lenny Bruce). Bobby Darin version The first notable version of "If I Were a Carpenter" was released by Bobby Darin in September 1966. The song was produced by Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin at Darin's insistence. Darin played the acoustic guitar on the recording. Darin took some time to record the song in his recording session, and did not finish the recording until 7 o'clock in the morning. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Guaraldi
Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; birth name, né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this series included their signature melody "Linus and Lucy" and the holiday standard "Christmas Time Is Here". Guaraldi is also known for his performances on piano as a member of Cal Tjader's 1950s ensembles and for his own solo career. Guaraldi's 1962 composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" became a radio hit and won a Grammy Award in 1963 for Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition, Best Original Jazz Composition. He died of a Myocardial infarction, heart attack on February 6, 1976, at age 47, moments after concluding the first half of a nightclub performance in Menlo Park, California. Early life and career Vince Guaraldi was born in San Francisco's North Beach, San Francisco, North Beach, a neighborhood that later played a crucial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cast Your Fate To The Wind
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" is an American jazz instrumental selection by Vince Guaraldi; later, a lyric was written by Carel Werber. It won a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963. It was included on the album '' Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus'' (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio), released by Fantasy Records on April 18, 1962. Fantasy actually released "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" as the B-side of the bossa nova-flavored "Samba de Orpheus" single. However, U.S. radio disc jockeys preferred the more accessible, catchy "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", propelling it to No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop chart and No. 9 on the Easy Listening chart."Cast Your Fate to the Wind" at discogs.com Retrieved 6 May 2020. In an effor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Freeman
Robert Thomas Freeman (June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017)"Bobby Freeman" Ace Records.co.uk. Retrieved February 13, 2017. was an American rock, and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer from San Francisco, best known for his two top ten hits, the first in 1958 on called " Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do You Want To Dance?
"Do You Want to Dance" is a song written by American singer Bobby Freeman and recorded by him in 1958. It reached number No. 5 on the United States ''Billboard'' Top 100 Sides pop chart, No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' R&B chart, and No. 1 in Canada. Cliff Richard and the Shadows' version of the song reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom in 1962, despite being a B-side. The Beach Boys notably covered the song in 1965 for their album ''The Beach Boys Today!''; retitled "Do You Wanna Dance?", their version reached No. 12 in the United States. A 1972 cover by Bette Midler with the original title restored reached No. 17. Bobby Freeman version San Francisco-born teenager Bobby Freeman had been a member of doo-wop groups the Romancers and the Vocaleers. When asked by a local DJ if he had written any songs, he wrote several and recorded them as solo demos. These included "Do You Want to Dance", which was heard by a visiting record label executive, Mortimer Palitz of Jubilee Records. He s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
