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Charles Fowler Singleton Jr. (September 17, 1913 – December 12, 1985), [1] known as Charlie "Hoss" Singleton, was an American songwriter, best known for having co-written the lyrics for "Strangers in the Night" and "Moon Over Naples" (later covered as "Spanish Eyes"). [2] [3] Singleton wrote or co-wrote over a thousand songs.
"Some Sunday Morning" is the title of two well-known American songs. The first has music written by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan , [ 2 ] and was recorded by Ada Jones and Billy Murray in 1917. [ 3 ]
As I walked out on a May morning, on a May morning so early, I overtook a pretty fair maid just as the day was a-dawning. Chorus: With a rue-rum-ray, fol-the-diddle-ay, Whack-fol-lare-diddle-I-doh. Her eyes were bright and her stockings white, and her buckling shone like silver, She had a dark and a rolling eye, and her hair hung over her shoulder.
Mark Deming of Allmusic declared that, "'Light of a Clear Blue Morning', is a sophisticated piece of adult contemporary songcraft". [2]On a list of top 50 Dolly Parton songs, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" at number 4, calling it symbolic of a "new-era Dolly — luminous, independent, and on the verge of superstardom."
"Some Velvet Morning" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra's album Movin' with Nancy , the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same name, which also featured a performance of the song.
"Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" is a song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II from the 1928 operetta The New Moon.One of the best-known numbers from the show, it is a song of bitterness and yearning for a lost love, sung in the show by Philippe (tenor), the best friend of the hero, Robert Mission (baritone).
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"Evening Star" is a song written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in June 1984 as the third single from the album Eyes That See in the Dark. The song reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]