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"Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)" is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. [3] Orbison's recording of the song, produced by Fred Foster for Monument Records, was the first major hit for the singer. It was described by The New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". [3]
"Song for the Lonely" (originally titled "(This is) A Song for the Lonely") [1] is a song by American singer Cher from her twenty-fourth studio album, Living Proof (2001). It was written by Mark Taylor , Paul Barry and Steve Torch, and produced by Taylor.
Name of song, performer(s), writer(s), original release and year of release Song Performer(s) Writer(s) Album Year Ref(s). "88 Degrees" Black Rose Phil Brown Black Rose: 1980 [10] "After All" Cher and Peter Cetera: Tom Snow Dean Pitchford: Heart of Stone: 1989 [11] "Again" Cher Joe Allen Cherished: 1977 [12] "Alfie" (originally by Cilla Black ...
"Blue Angel" followed its predecessor, "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)", in very much the same style with Orbison once again able to show off his falsetto and semi-operatic vocals and also followed its theme of lost love. [5] However, whilst "Only the Lonely" was a gloomy song of self-pity, "Blue Angel" was, according to musician and ...
In the Billboard issue dated October 24, 1970, a review was published saying, "This album is at once dramatic and sensuous, and warm and appealing. Mavis Staples is cast in the same mold that produced recording greats like Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson and Etta James, and she can really deliver a song.
The Statlers' version was their first song to feature vocals by Jimmy Fortune, who had replaced Lew DeWitt, who had retired due to health problems. Also in 1983, Dutch singer/comedian Andre van Duin released it (with new lyrics) as "De Heidezangers"; in the accompanying video he portrayed a three-piece amateur-band of piano, guitar and bass. He ...
She began to record under various names such as Sherry Lee, Jackie Dee, and Jackie Shannon with mixed success. Billboard noted (June 10, 1957) that Sherry Lee Myers, "16-year-old C&W singer of Batavia, Illinois," had recently signed to George Goldner's Gone label in New York as a rockabilly artist, and that her "handlers" (Irving Schacht and Paul Kallett) had changed her name to Jackie Dee.
The song was later revised in 1994 by K-Ci Hailey, which is featured on the soundtrack to the film, Jason's Lyric. K-Ci's version was a pop hit, which peaked to number seventeen on Billboard's Hot 100 and eleven on Hot R&B Singles charts. The song's main hook is also invoked by Mariah Carey in her 2005 song "We Belong Together".