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The lyric "Turn around, bright eyes" had originally appeared in Steinman's 1969 college musical The Dream Engine. [13] Steinman had originally written the song's verse melody for his score to the 1980 film A Small Circle of Friends .
Rory Dodd (born Port Dover, Ontario, Canada) [2] is a Canadian rock vocalist [2] [3] who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman.He is probably best known for singing [2] [4] as the duet voice (the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics) on Bonnie Tyler's version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
For example, the lyrics "turn around bright eyes" from "Total Eclipse of the Heart" can be heard in the song titled "The Formation of the Tribe". This was originally a reference to the blast flash of nuclear explosions, and the full riff of the original Dream Engine composition can be heard in the musical break of the Bonnie Tyler recording ...
1. Nikki French. Today, this is the one you're going to want to play. Probably the dance version. The other two rendtions of this song are quite somber, and that's probably how it should be sung ...
“It’s a perfect song,” says Diane Warren, the power-ballad doyenne who wrote or co-wrote genre classics including Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” Cher’s “If I Could ...
Jimmy Fallon performed Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with the band Heart during the 2024 solar eclipse on "The Tonight Show" on the 30 Rock roof.
Written by musical hyphenate Jim Steinman, this 1983 power ballad is memorable for its creepy, surrealist video and falsetto refrain, "Turn around, bright eyes."
Belafonte released a version of the song as the B-side of his 1959 single, "Darlin' Cora". [6]The Kingston Trio released a version on the 1963 album, Time to Think. [7]Josh White Jr. released a version on the 1964 album, I'm On My Own Way.