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"Lovely Day" is a song by American soul and R&B singer Bill Withers. Written by Withers and Skip Scarborough , it was released on December 21, 1977, and appears on Withers's sixth album, Menagerie (1977).
Chicago VII is the sixth studio album by American rock band Chicago. It was released on March 11, 1974 by Columbia Records . It is notable for being their first double album of new material since 1971's Chicago III and remains their final studio release in that format.
His song "This is My Lovely Day" also appeared in the John Cleese comedy Clockwise in 1987. Ellis's composition "Alpine Pastures" was used as the theme song for the long-running BBC radio series My Word. Another light music composition, Coronation Scot, was the signature tune for the series Paul Temple.
"Colour My World" is the first significant hit by Chicago to largely abstain from their heavy woodwind and brass oriented sound. It became a popular "slow dance" song at high school proms, university dances and weddings during the 1970s. [4] [5] [6] Chicago continues to perform the song, either on its own, or as part of the Ballet.
Peter Cetera originally wrote "If You Leave Me Now" at the same time as Chicago VII's "Wishing You Were Here", and composed it on a guitar. [21] According to information on the sheet music for the song at MusicNotes, "If You Leave Me Now" is written in the key of B major, and Cetera's vocal range varies between F sharp 3 (F♯ 3) and D sharp 5 (D♯ 5).
A second movement of the song, "Get Away", prominently does feature the Chicago horns, and it was co-written by Robert Lamm. [12] Deviating from Chicago's practice of having mostly band members playing on their albums, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" featured several session musicians.
Chicago VI is the fifth studio album by American rock band Chicago and was released on June 25, 1973, by Columbia Records. It was the band's second in a string of five consecutive albums to make it to No. 1 in the US , [ 4 ] was certified gold less than a month after its release, and has been certified two-times platinum since. [ 5 ]
"Make Me Smile" is a song written by James Pankow for the rock band Chicago with the band's guitarist, Terry Kath, on lead vocals. [2] Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" song cycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album, Chicago (often called Chicago II), which was released in 1970.