edna Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 I couldn't find much info about those songs and I didn't have much time to look up for more... If you have some extra info, please post it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 (edited) The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #331 This week there is 3(three) songs needing facts. The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #331 1. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke (1960) 2. Alabama Getaway - Grateful Dead (1980) 3. A Girl Like You - The Rascals (1967) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. As always the Songfish thanks you :guitar: :rock: Edited May 18, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 "Chain Gang" Sam Cooke Written by Sam Cooke. A single recorded in January 1960 and released on July 26th the same year, B-sided by "I Fall In Love Every Day". It reached #2 in the US charts, both r&b and pop, and #9 in the UK. The song was inspired after a chance meeting with an actual chain-gang of prisoners on a highway, seen while Sam was on tour. According to legend, Cooke and his brother Charles felt sorry for the men and gave them several cartons of cigarettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 "Alabama Getaway" Grateful Dead Written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. A track from their 1980 album "Go To Heaven". Also a single, B-sided by "Far From Me" that made #68 in the US Pop Charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 (edited) "A Girl Like You" The Rascals Written by Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere. A track from their "Groovin'" LP, released in July 1967. It was also the third single released from the album, B-sided by "It's Love", on July 3rd. The opening track to the Rascals' classic Groovin album was yet another quantum leap for the band who had been growing artistically by leaps and bounds over the past year. Opening with a gentle, almost classical piano line, the song quickly shifts into a beautiful swing arrangement before exploding into a powerful big-band feel on the choruses. Drummer Dino Danelli's performance is nothing short of spectacular here. Lyrically, the exuberance of love has rarely been told in a more elegant and east to relate to fashion. A true masterpiece the song went Top Five in the summer of 1967 with ease. Edited May 18, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #332 This week there is 1(one) song needing facts. The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #332 1. Woman, Woman - Gary Puckett and The Union Gap (1968) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. As always the Songfish thanks you :guitar: :rock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 The 1973 UK reissue of Young Girl charted at #6 and this track was on the flip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #333 This week there is 3(three) songs needing facts. The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #333 1. Reason To Believe - Tim Hardin (1965) 2. Bony Moronie - Larry Williams (1957) 3. (There's Gonne Be A) Showdown - The New York Dolls (1974) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. As always the Songfish thanks you :guitar: :rock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 "Woman, Woman" Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Written by written by Jim Glaser and Jimmy Payne. It was recorded in August 1967 and released as a single in November, B-sided by "Don't Make Promises". It was also included in 1968 album "Woman, Woman". By then the song had made #4 on the US charts. The 1973 UK reissue of Young Girl charted at #6 and this track was on the flip. Thank you, Zab!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Reason to Believe Tim Hardin Here's songfacts for Rod Stewart's version. Written by Tim Hardin. A track from Hardin's first LP,"Tim Hardin 1". It was released in 1965. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 "(There's Gonna Be A) Showdown" The New York Dolls Written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon A. Huff, a team of songwriters who were pioneers of the Philadephia Soul. First recorded by Archie Bell & the Drells in 1969, as a track of their album "There's Gonna Be a Showdown". The New York Dolls included their version in their second album "Too Much Too Soon", released in May 1974. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 "Bony Moronie" Larry Williams Written by Larry Williams. Released as a single, B-sided by "You Bug Me Baby" in 1957. It was William's third single and it made #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on the R&B charts and #11 in the UK lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabadak Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 The group Boney M took their name from this song, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thank you, Zab!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #334 This week there is 5(five) songs needing facts. The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #334 1. Magic - The Cars (1984) 2. Who Loves The Sun - Velvet Underground (1970) 3. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth - Meat Loaf (1977) 4. Look Of Love, The - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1967) 5. Hit That - The Offspring (2003) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. As always the Songfish thanks you :guitar: :rock: Edited June 11, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 "Magic" The Cars Written by Ric Ocasek. A track from their 1984 album "Heartbeat City". Also a single B-sided by "I Refuse", released on May 7th, 1984. The song made #1 on the Billboard Top Tracks and #2 on Billboard Hot 100. The video was shot at Kathy Hilton's house, in Beverly Hills. It's a party in the garden with a big swimming pool, with strange and freaky people as the guests. Ric Ocasek walks on the water as people try to reach him. Ocasek is the one who won't drop into the water. That's where the magic is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 "Who Loves The Sun" Velvet Underground Written by Lou Reed though credited to Lou Reed, Doug Yule and Sterling Morrison. The song is included in the 4th Lp of the Velvet Underground, "Loaded". It was released in November 1970. It was the last album with Lou Reed in the band. In fact, he had left the VU three months before. Doug Yule sings lead vocals on this track. Adrian Barber plays drums as Maureen Tucker was pregnant by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" Meat Loaf Written by Jim Steinamn. A track from his first solo LP, released in 1977 "Bat Out of Hell". It was also the first single as the B-side of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". It made #39 in the US lists and #33 in the UK charts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) "The Look Of Love" Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Written by Burt Bacharach-Hal David Recorded by Dusty Springfield as part of the soundtrack "Casino Royale", the James Bond movie from 1967. Burt Bacharach wrote the music inspired by Ursula Andress' performance in an early cut of the movie. After other covers by Claudine Longet, Nina Simone and a second version by Dusty Springfield, Sérgio Mendes included the song in his third album "Look Around", by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66, released in 1967. The single was released in 1968, sung by Lani Hall. It made #4 in the US pop charts. Edited June 9, 2013 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 "Hit That" The Offspring Written by Dexter Holland. From "Splinter", their seventh studio LP, released in 2003. Also the frist single from the album, released on December 9th 2003. The single made #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Their last number 1 had been "Come Out and Play", from 1994. It went up to #64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also made #13 in the UK Singles chart and was in the Top 20 in Australia. It was a hit in some European countries as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 Good on you Elena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zabadak Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" Meat Loaf Written by Jim Steinamn. A track from his first solo LP, released in 1977 "Bat Out of Hell". It was also the first single as the B-side of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". It made #39 in the US lists and #33 in the UK charts. The UK single was, like others from the album, issued with a picture label on the B-side, which was a cut-down, black & white version of the album sleeve picture. It was also edited (again, like the other singles) from the album track, notably omitting the spoken-word intro. :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Thank you, Zab!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #335 This week there is 2(two) songs needing facts. The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #335 1. Don't Let Me Get Me - Pink (2001) 2. Man That Got Away, The - Judy Garland (1954) If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution. As always the Songfish thanks you :guitar: :rock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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