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Longing (Dusty Springfield Album)
''Longing'' is the ninth album recorded by Dusty Springfield. It was originally slated as her second LP for the ABC Dunhill Records label. Originally recorded in 1974, most of the ''Longing'' recordings were mixed and released much later on the compilations ''Simply Dusty'' (2000) and ''Beautiful Soul: The ABC Dunhill Collection'' (2001). In June 2025, ''Longing'' received an official standalone release, over 50 years after it was recorded, making it the second posthumous Dusty Springfield album. (''Faithful'' was the first, released in 2015.) The 2025 release includes extensive liner notes by Springfield expert Paul Hawes. https://realgonemusic.com/products/dusty-springfield-longing-vinyl As was the case with many of Springfield's albums released and/or recorded in the '70s, ''Longing'', though unreleased at the time, contained some of Springfield's most critically acclaimed work. The track "In the Winter", written and also recorded by Janis Ian, is often singled out from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was a British singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, Pop music, pop and dramatic Sentimental ballad, ballads, with Chanson, French chanson, Country music, country, and jazz also in her repertoire. During her 1960s peak, she ranked among the most successful British female performers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic. Her image–marked by a Blond#Varieties, peroxide blonde bouffant/Beehive (hairstyle), beehive hairstyle, heavy makeup (thick black eyeliner and eye shadow) and evening gowns, as well as stylised, gestural performances–made her an icon of the Swinging Sixties. Born in West Hampstead in London to a family that enjoyed music, Springfield learned to sing at home. In 1958, she joined her first professional group, the Lana Sisters. Two years later, with her brother Dion O'Brien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow ( ; born Barry Alan Pincus on June 17, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer with a career that spans over sixty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Looks Like We Made It", "Brandy (Scott English song)#Barry Manilow version, Mandy", "I Write the Songs", "Can't Smile Without You", "Weekend in New England", and "Copacabana (At the Copa)". Manilow has recorded and released 51 Top 40 singles on the Adult Contemporary Chart, including 13 that hit number one, 28 that appeared within the top ten, and 36 that reached the top twenty. He has released 13 platinum and six RIAA certification, multi-platinum albums. Although not a favorite artist of music critics, Manilow has been praised by his peers in the recording industry. In the 1970s, Frank Sinatra predicted: "He's next." As well as producing and arranging albums for himself and other artists, Manilow has written and performed songs for musicals, films, and commercials for corpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petula Clark
Sally "Petula" Clark (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter. She started her professional career as a child actor, child performer and has had the longest career of any British entertainer, spanning more than 85 years. Clark's professional career began during the Second World War as a child entertainer on BBC Radio."War Stories From Petula Clark." ''Weekend Edition Saturday'', 21 December 2013. ''Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints'', link.gale.com/apps/doc/A353945140/OVIC?u=nash87800&sid=primo&xid=58216c1d. Accessed 15 October 2023. In 1954, she charted with "The Little Shoemaker", the first of her big UK hits, and within two years she began recording in French. Her international successes have included "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I, ''Prends mon cœur''", "Sailor (song), Sailor" (a UK number one), "Romeo (Petula Clark song), Romeo", and "I Will Follow Him, Chariot". Hits in German, Italian and Spanish followed. In late 1964, Clark's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip-O Records
Hip-O Records is a record label that specializes in reissues and compilations. It is part of Universal Music Group. Established in 1996, the label has distributed releases from 'out of style' genres such as disco and early hip-hop music as well as publishing film soundtracks. The label's name is a pun on the name 'hippo'. History The name "Hip-O Records" is a play on the word "hip" and the already-existing Rhino Records. The formation of Hip-O Records has its roots in Universal Music Group Chairman & CEO Doug Morris' relationship with Rhino. As co-Chairman of Atlantic Records during the early 1990s and then President & C.O.O. of Warner Music Group (U.S.), Morris observed Rhino's great financial success at cross country rivals Capitol/EMI. EMI had taken an equity position in Rhino Records as an ideal two way relationship. Rhino provided invaluable assistance in the packaging and marketing of EMI's catalog, and EMI provided Rhino with increasingly difficult to access master rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands, and its operational headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California. The biggest music company in the world, it is one of the " Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. Tencent acquired ten percent of Universal Music Group in March 2020 for €3 billion and acquired an additional ten percent stake in January 2021. Pershing Square Holdings later acquired ten percent of UMG prior to its IPO on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. The French Bolloré family still owns 28 percent of UMG (18 percent directly, and ten percent through Vivendi, the Bolloré family's investment company). The company went public on 21 September 2021, at a valuation of €46 billion. As of April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released rock, funk, R&B, doo wop, soul music, blues, pop, rock and roll, and jazz records. In the United States, it is operated through Republic Records; in the United Kingdom and Japan (as Mercury Tokyo in the latter country), it is distributed by EMI Records. Background Mercury Records was started in Chicago in 1945 and over several decades, saw great success. The success of Mercury has been attributed to the use of alternative marketing techniques to promote records. The conventional method of record promotion used by major labels such as RCA Victor, Decca Records, and Capitol Records was dependent on radio airplay, but Mercury Records co-founder Irving Green decided to promote new records using jukeboxes instead. By lowering promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Blunstone
Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Rock music, rock band the Zombies, which released four singles that entered the Top 75 charts in the United States during the 1960s: "She's Not There", "Tell Her No", "She's Coming Home" and "Time of the Season". Blunstone began his solo career in 1969, releasing three singles under a pseudonym of Neil MacArthur. Since then, he has released ten studio albums under his real name. He was also a recurring guest vocalist with the Alan Parsons Project, appearing on four of their albums between 1978 and 1985. In 2019, Blunstone was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of The Zombies. Early years Colin Edward Michael Blunstone was born on 24 June 1945, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire and raised as the only son of Arthur and Dorothy Blunstone (née Mahn). “I was adopted,” ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager (born Carol Bayer on March 8, 1944) is an American lyricist, singer, songwriter, and painter. Early life and career Carole Bayer was born in New York City, to Anita Nathan Bayer and Eli Bayer. Her family was Jewish. She graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts, and speech. She had already written her first pop hit, "A Groovy Kind of Love", with Toni Wine, while still a student at New York City's High School of Music and Art. It was recorded by the British invasion band The Mindbenders, whose version was a worldwide hit, reaching number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. This song was later recorded by Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, and Phil Collins, whose rendition for the film '' Buster'' reached number one on both the UK Singles Chart and ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1988. Solo albums Bayer Sager's first recording as a singer was the 1977 album '' Carole Bayer Sager'', produced by Brooks Arthur. It included the hit sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chi Coltrane
Chi Coltrane (born November 6, 1948) is an American rock/gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist. She first came to notice in 1972 with the single " Thunder and Lightning". Her 1973 song " Go Like Elijah" was a number one-hit in The Netherlands. Career Chi Coltrane began as a performer in Chicago. She made her overseas debut when she represented the U.S. at the International Rock Festival for 50,000 people in Rio de Janeiro. She returned to the U.S. where Clive Davis signed her to Columbia Records. Her only hit in the U.S. was "Thunder and Lightning", which reached #17 nationwide. Coltrane had two top 40 hits in Germany, hitting #1 in the Netherlands and holding that position for a month with the original "Go Like Elijah." Coltrane made many guest appearances on American Network TV programs, including NBC's ''The Tonight Show'' and Episode 76 of NBC's '' Midnight Special'' on July 12, 1974. Coltrane appeared with The Who, The Eagles, Stevie Wonder, and Rod Stewart. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)
"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" is a 1963 song issued as the B-side to Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas' hit single, "Heat Wave", released on the Gordy label. The song, written and produced by Vandellas cohorts, Holland–Dozier–Holland, is a song where a woman praises her lover for loving her after she "broke (his) heart and made (him) blue" saying afterwards "instead of hurting back" telling her he loved her. The song, while not released as a single, is regarded as a sixties classic with notable covers by Ike & Tina Turner, Dusty Springfield, Harry Nilsson and Cher, Juice Newton, Manfred Mann, and the Animals. Ike & Tina's version was the only version that became a charted hit peaking at No. 16 on the UK Singles charts. Credits *Lead vocals and spoken monologues by Martha Reeves *Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford, Annette Beard, and Brian Holland *Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier *Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Thomas Baker
Roy Thomas Baker (10 November 1946 – 12 April 2025) was an English record producer, songwriter and arranger who produced rock and pop songs. Life and career Baker was born in Hampstead, London on 10 November 1946. He began his career at Decca Records at 14 and later worked as an assistant engineer at Morgan Studios in London. Encouraged by music producer Gus Dudgeon, he soon moved to Trident Studios in Soho where he worked with Dudgeon, Tony Visconti, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards in addition to Frank Zappa. He recorded artists including The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Gasolin', Nazareth, Santana, The Mothers of Invention, Jet, Be Bop Deluxe, Free, and T. Rex. After co-founding Neptune (Trident's record company), Baker met the rock band Queen. Thus began a relationship lasting for five albums (''Queen'', ''Queen II'', ''Sheer Heart Attack'', '' A Night at the Opera,'' and ''Jazz'') and a number of awards including 21Grammy Awards and several Guinness World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Begins Again
''It Begins Again'' is the tenth studio album recorded by Dusty Springfield and the ninth released. Recorded during the middle of 1977, ''It Begins Again'' was her first completed and released album since '' Cameo'' five years earlier. Two of the album's titles, "Turn Me Around" and "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)", were tracks from the abandoned 1974 '' Longing'' sessions and Springfield decided to record new versions of both songs for ''It Begins Again'', placing Chi Coltrane's "Turn Me Around" as the opening track. Background ''It Begins Again'', which was Springfield's debut album for the United Artists label in the US and Mercury Records in the UK, was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Englishman Roy Thomas Baker, at the time best known for helping create the four first albums by Queen. Musically ''It Begins Again'' was however geared towards the American adult contemporary, pop and disco markets. Contributing on the album were some of the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
