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Desiderata is a 1971 album by Les Crane with music by Broadway composer Fred Werner and concept and various lyrics by David C. Wilson. It is a spoken-word album with sung refrains and instrumental accompaniment. The title and title track come from the widely circulated poem "Desiderata", which was widely perceived as ancient wisdom and not ...
Les Crane (born Lesley Stein; December 3, 1933 – July 13, 2008) was a radio announcer and television talk show host, a pioneer in interactive broadcasting who also scored a spoken word hit with his 1971 recording of the poem Desiderata, winning a "Best Spoken Word" Grammy. He was the first network television personality to compete with Johnny ...
In 1971, Les Crane used a spoken-word recording of the poem as the lead track of his album Desiderata. [20] His producers had assumed that the poem was too old to be copyrighted, but the publicity surrounding the record led to clarification of Ehrmann's authorship and the eventual payment of royalties.
Twenty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1972. 10cc, Alice Cooper, Donny Osmond, Electric Light Orchestra, Lynsey de Paul, Roxy Music and Gary Glitter were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1972. The 1971 Christmas number-one, "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" by Benny Hill ...
Fred produced, composed, and performed music on the 1971 Les Crane album Desiderata. [2] The title track poem "Desiderata" was originally written by the Indiana writer, poet, and attorney Max Ehrmann in 1927. [26] Fred arranged the track to repeat "You are a child of the universe, No less than the trees and the stars: You have a right to be here."
"Desiderata" (Les Crane song), a 1971 reading of the poem and title track of the Grammy winning album "Desiderata", a song on the 2004 Lazyboy album Lazyboy TV "Desiderata", a song on the 2006 The Human Abstract album Nocturne
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) [1] was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave. He received numerous accolades including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Grammy Award.
Rodney Marvin McKuen (/ məˈkjuːən / mə-KEW-ən; né Woolever; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and composer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of recordings, which included popular music, spoken ...