though, is a cover of a decade-old song previously recorded by Brenda Lee andElvis Presley: "Always on My Mind" became Nelson's only Top 10 solo hit and the exemplary version of an oft-sung weeper. He'
Astrud Gilberto. The song and album marked a groundbreaking collaboration between the American saxophonist Getz and the Brazilian icon Gilberto. The song we know and love is actually shortened from the version on the album which had also included the Portuguese lyrics sung by João Gilberto. The...
45.‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ by Elliott Smith Image: DreamWorks Gotye might have scored a hit with the song by the same name, but Gotye doesn’t hold a flame to the heartbroken depths of Elliott Smith. Nobody does.The late-great Smith might have sung, ‘So when I go home,...
though, is a cover of a decade-old song previously recorded by Brenda Lee andElvis Presley: "Always on My Mind" became Nelson's only Top 10 solo hit and the exemplary version of an oft-sung weeper. He'
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but Stevens delivered with some of his most heartfelt songs. The joyful “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” was one of two that he wrote specifically for the film; we first hear it sung by Ruth Gordon as Maude, and Cat’s version is the film’s reassuring postscript. – Brett ...
Movies have long acted as a vessel to bring new music to the world, and such was the case with the Henry Mancini-composed classic "Moon River." The somber yet romantic ballad acted as the anchor song to the soundtrack of"Breakfast At Tiffany's,"and this rendition was sung by the film...
You don’t write lines like, “Go, shout it out, rise up,” if you don’t want to hear them sung in unison by a large group of people. 45. “A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel,” B-side to “Angel in Harlem” / Best of 1980–1990 The Edge called it “gospel meets Suicide,”...
Movies have long acted as a vessel to bring new music to the world, and such was the case with the Henry Mancini-composed classic "Moon River." The somber yet romantic ballad acted as the anchor song to the soundtrack of"Breakfast At Tiffany's,"and this rendition was sung by the film...
The song utilizes a common feature of commercial hip hop at the time, a catchy R&B hook sung by a female vocalist, Nina Sky. The hook borrows from and adapts the recognizable chorus "Boricua, morena, Boricua, morena," which was heard on Big Pun’s massive 1998 hit "Still Not A Playe...