This was written by Danny Hamilton and his wife Ann. Ann Hamilton explained: "In the 1970s, as a youngster, I was privileged to have access to the recording industry. At that time, I was married to Dan Hamilton of Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds. Dan had a huge hit record 'Don't Pull Your Love,' when we met. By the time we married, Dan, Joe Frank, and Allan Dennison were working on a new album of original songs. As fate would have it, Dan had some difficulty coming up with lyrics for 3 songs on the album. I submitted my ideas for 'Fallin' In Love,' 'Winners & Losers,' and 'Love Is.' Danny loved the lyrics and I had my first hit record, 'Fallin' In Love.'"
Rindy Dunn, Ardie Tillman and Debra Clinger is Rock Flowers, a short lived girl group from the early 1970's. There musical style ranged from rock, soul, pop,folk, to bubblegum. After releasing two LP's and a slew of singles the group disbanded.
from the soundtrack of the movie "Unfaithfully Yours"
Record Label: Warner Bros.
release date:March 31, 1984
composed by: Stephen Bishop
Genre: Soft Rock, Pop, West Coast
Engineer: David Leonard
Produced & Arranged: Greg Mathieson
This song received regular airplay during this period, usually on soft rock/adult contemporary radio stations. Despite moderate radio success, a soundtrack for the movie was never released. The song eventually appeared on Bishop's best-of compilation album Best of Bish. The only other known pressing of this song is on a promotional vinyl 45.
A feel good selection from the album simply titled "Jermaine", which charted #13 in the US R&B charts. Composed by Jermaine himself and with the special appearance of Stevie Wonder who played the harmonica. Other credits include:
Every night I can see you reach out of a dream And suddenly I feel you lying next to me But something isn't right cause I know why
Never let emotions grab my mind But I am fumblin' for the reasons and the alibies Of why I am in love with just a fantasy Oh why
Do you keep haunting me Hiding in the shadows never seen? You still keep haunting me Only when I close my eyes to sleep But that's not really fair Cuz' you're not really there At all
Every day I see a thousand girls passing by And some have got your hair and some have got your eyes But none of them could be the same as you So perfect in each and every way And someday if I run into you face to face Maybe then I'll end this crazy fantasy Oh why
Saw her out last night on the town A makeshift alibi under her sleeve I can't take this anymore Don't know what I love her for I'm gonna lock away my heart this time
But if you see her Tell her you're a friend of mine Oh, promise me you will
Tell her to send a little love my way Send a little love my way 'Cause I know she'll come back to me And it will be like always, like always
Treat me like the kid with the clues Why she is as cold as she can be When you never tell a lie Even when it makes her cry That's the choice I made so now you see
That I can't wait So if you are a friend of mine Tell her I'm to blame
Tell her, tell her To send a little love my way Send a little love my way 'Cause I know she'll come back to me And it will be like always, like always
Tell her I'm to blame Oh, promise me you will Send a little love my way Send a little love my way Send a little luck my way
Genre: West Coast/ Soft Rock/ Yacht Rock Album: Forever Year: 1979
This was the biggest hit the group achieved after front man John Hall left to launch a solo career. The song is about the fickle and unpredictable nature of love. Pointing out that it needs tending and work overtime, and often fails because people get caught up in the moment and fail to follow up on it. Peaked at no. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1979. It also reached number 13 on the US Adult Contemporary chart. Written by Larry Hoppen and Marily Mason, it was the first track on the band's 1979 album "Forever" cd available at: https://www.amazon.com/Forever-ORLEANS/dp/B000VTR0H6 LP available at: https://www.discogs.com/Orleans-Forever/release/1392904
RADIO COLLECTIBLES GENRE: West Coast/Soft Rock/Yacht Rock
FALLING IN LOVE | HAMILTON, JOE & FRANK BE MY NUMBER TWO | JOE JACKSON FOREVER FOR YOU | DEODATO ft. JOE JAMES YOUR LATEST TRICK | DIRE STRAITS TAKEN IN | MIKE & THE MECHANICS HOLD ON MY HEART | PHIL COLLINS EVERYDAY I WRITE THE BOOK | ELVIS COSTELLO RIGHT DOWN THE LINE | GERRY RAFFERTY KISS YOU ALL OVER | EXILE NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK | NOLEN & CROSSLEY HOW LONG | ACE FOOL IF YOU THINK IT'S OVER | CHRIS REA EVERY KIND OF PEOPLE | ROBERT PALMER GET USED TO IT | ROGER VOUDOURIS SOMEBODY'S BABY | JACKSON BROWNE ONE LADY | JIMMY WEBB
This has always been one of my favorite albums of all time from Player. Peter Beckett's vocals are great. Some recording artist have a voice that after a few tracks they sound the same and you're tired of hearing them. Beckett has a range that seems to adjust to the feel and need of the song. In my opinion this album has many missed hits. Even though there is nothing to compare with " Baby Come Back" there is a few catchy tunes and plenty of love type songs to make any Player fans happy. One should never try to compare one album with another, for it can't work that way. Every work should be good, yet different, as in the case with "Spies Of Life". I still have the album in good shape and enjoy it until now. "If Looks Could Kill" starts the album off and is very good with powerful vocals and " It Only Hurts When I Breathe" should have been major hits.
Although it was a large burden on Silva to complete the third album single-handedly, this provided numerous successes, such as all legal rights to retain the band's name. He then moved to Los Angeles, California, to record the third album with producer Jerry Fuller. With the help of numerous studio artists, the third album, If You Believe was released in 1980. Although not viewed as a commercial success, the album did score a third hit in the ballad "If I Were You," which might demonstrate a preview of how the band would sound in years to come. Composed by Jerry Fuller and John Hobbs. source: Wikipedia
BAND LINE-UP: Danny McKenna - Vocals, Guitar Balde Silva - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica Steve Zipper - Vocals, Bass Rob Young - Drums, Percussion Ron Rose - Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
If I Were You
If I Were You
I'd Look The Situation Over
It Wasn't Just By Accident
Our Paths Were Meant To Cross Eventually
You Said You'd Lost Each Time You Tried To Give
Well, I Don't Mean To Tell You How To Live
But If I Were You, I'd Fall In Love With Me
Don't Get Me Wrong
I Don't Pretend To Know The Future
But If You Feel It Half As Much
As I Do When Your Body Touches Me
Then You Must Know It's Worth At Least A Try
So Please Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By
Girl If I Were You, I'd Fall In Love With Me
And If You Were Me, You'd Feel The Pounding Deep Inside You
Growing Stronger
And Through These Eyes, You'd See There Isn't Any Reason
To Wait Any Longer
Take My Advice, And All The Love I Have To Give You
Although This Time You Just Can't Miss,
What Happened In The Past Is History
But What's Going On Right Now Can't Be Denied
I Only Wanna Help You To Decide
So, If I Were You, I'd Fall In Love With Me
So, If I Were You, I'd Fall In Love With Me
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Johnson was born in the small town of Alamosa, Colorado and grew up in Denver. He started playing the guitar at 13. In 1963, he began attending Colorado State University to study music but his college career was truncated when he won an international talent contest two years later. First prize included a deal with Epic Records. Epic released the song "Hills", written and sung by Johnson, as a single. Johnson began extensive touring of clubs and colleges, finding a receptive audience everywhere he went.
Wishing to hone his instrumental skills, in 1966 he set off for Barcelona, Spain, to the Liceu Conservatory, studying with the eminent classical guitarists, Graciano Tarragó and Renata Tarragó. Upon his return to the States, he joined Randy Sparks in a group called the New Society and did a tour of the Orient.
When the band dissolved in 1967, he signed on with the Chad Mitchell Trio for a year, spending some of that time co-writing with another member, John Denver. The group was renamed Denver, Boise & Johnson. When the trio came to an end, Johnson made a radical departure from everything he had done previously by taking on a major supporting role in the off-Broadway production of "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris."[3] The show visited New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago over the next year; by then, Johnson was ready to return to creating and performing his own music.
In 1971, Johnson signed with Atco Records to release his first album, There Is A Breeze, which was released in 1973 and produced by Johnson, Chris Dedrick, Peter Yarrow and Phil Ramone in New York and Toronto, Canada. Feeling this first effort wasn't a true reflection of his music (despite being a huge best seller in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area), Johnson self-produced his next LP in 1975, For All You Mad Musicians, relying more on his voice and guitar for a folk feel. He followed this up with Ain't Dis Da Life, where he added a rhythm section. With each new recording and his continued touring, his popularity was increasing. It was time to make a move on the national market.
Teaming up with Brent Maher and Steve Gibson in Nashville, Tennessee, Johnson created a two-song demo consisting of "Bluer Than Blue" and "Almost Like Being in Love" (the latter song from the Broadway musical Brigadoon). EMI America took one listen and wasted no time in signing him, quickly getting The Michael Johnson Album out in 1978. The first single, "Bluer Than Blue", became Johnson's first Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1978; the song became a chart-topping single on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Almost Like Being in Love" went to No. 91 on the R&B chart while hitting the Top 5 on the AC chart and the Top 40 on the pop chart. His next EMI album, Dialogue, provided his third big hit, "This Night Won't Last Forever" and a Gold Record for European sales of "I'll Always Love You".
Johnson recorded five albums in all for EMI and in 1985 moved over to RCA Records, where he adopted a contemporary country style that stayed compatible with his soft, mellow leanings. He scored five Top Ten country hits from 1986 to 1989, including the chart-toppers "Give Me Wings" and "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder." After two country albums on RCA (plus two greatest hits collections), Johnson moved over to Atlantic Records in 1991. He recorded sporadically in the 1990s for smaller labels.
In 1995, the country music group 4 Runner scored a minor hit with the single "Cain's Blood", for which Johnson co-wrote an updated version with Jack Sundrud of Poco. Johnson also proved to be a successful writer of print when he wrote "The Solo Performer" columns for the magazine Performing Songwriter from 1993-98.
Johnson died at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the age of 72.[
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