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"Someone to Watch Over Me" is a 1926 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, assisted by Howard Dietz who penned the title. [5] It was written for the musical Oh, Kay! (1926), with the part originally sung on Broadway by English actress Gertrude Lawrence while holding a rag doll in a sentimental solo scene. [ 6 ]
The album was a major change in direction because Ronstadt was then considered the leading female vocalist in rock. [2] [3] [4] Both her record company and manager, Peter Asher, were very reluctant to produce this album with Ronstadt, but eventually her determination won them over and the albums exposed a whole new generation to the sounds of the pre-swing and swing eras. [5]
"Crazy" (the B-side of "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me") reached the top ten on both the US and Canadian country charts. The 1977 single " Blue Bayou " reached the top five of multiple charts including the US Hot 100, the US country chart, the US adult contemporary chart, the Australian singles chart and the Canadian Top Songs chart.
Here are Linda Ronstadt's best songs ever, ranked. Yes, "Blue Bayou" and "When Will I Be Loved" are included. See what else made our list.
Linda Ronstadt at Six Flags Over Texas, August 1981. In February 1980, Ronstadt released Mad Love , her seventh consecutive platinum-selling album. It was a straightforward rock and roll album with post-punk, new wave influences, including tracks by songwriters such as Elvis Costello, the Cretones , and musician Mark Goldenberg who played on ...
Hasten Down the Wind featured the new track "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me". It was written by Karla Bonoff. [3] Bonoff was an up and coming singer-songwriter. Ronstadt heard a demo of a different Bonoff song called "Lose Again", which prompted her to hear more of Bonoff's repertoire. Ronstadt was then presented with "Someone to Lay Down Beside ...
The nine songs on the compilation all feature Ronstadt, a major star by the time of its release, on lead vocals; and are taken from the Stone Poneys' second and third albums, Evergreen, Volume 2 and Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III, from 1967 and 1968, respectively.
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