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Circles is a 1972 album by UK pop group The New Seekers. It was the group's sixth album and released at the peak of their success. In the UK the album was notably released in a cut-out circular sleeve. [1] The album Circles released by Elektra (EKS 75034) has different artwork and quite different track listing.
"Circles" was written as an attempt to find a different sound after the band's debut album, My Generation.Upon finding out from Pete Townshend that bassist John Entwistle could play trumpet, the band's manager, Kit Lambert, decided to allow the band to try creating a song featuring Entwistle's horns:
No singles were released from the album, although a new (studio) single was released at the same time, "Come Softly To Me". The album failed to chart in the UK, their first album for two years not to do so. The album was released in a gatefold sleeve and included a cardboard 3D model of the group on stage.
Billy Preston wrote "You Are So Beautiful" with one of his regular collaborators, Bruce Fisher. [4] Preston's inspiration was his mother, who worked as a stage actress. According to his friend Sam Moore (who had assumed it was a standard love song), Preston was appalled to learn that Moore was using the song as a means to attract young women ...
Music Is My Life is the seventh studio album by Billy Preston, released in 1972. The album contains Preston's first number 1 single, [2] "Will It Go Round in Circles", and a cover of the Beatles' song "Blackbird". It is also the first of his albums to feature his future A&M Records label-mates the Brothers Johnson.
The song was covered by Donny Osmond on his 2009 album Love Songs Of The '70s. Phish did two renditions in 1999, including on 10 September at The Gorge Amphitheatre . [ 11 ] Orlando Brown recorded it for the 2006 soundtrack album That's So Raven Too! , for his Disney Channel series That's So Raven ; his version was also featured in the Disney ...
The US version of the album differed from the UK release with a slightly different track listing. This was the group's first album release there and reached #136 on the US album charts. [1] Beautiful People was released on Compact Disc in 2008 as a double-pack with their 1972 album Circles.
The song was included on the 1972 album Sniper and Other Love Songs. Though it wasn't released as a single, it quickly became a fan favorite and is the "Chapin theme song." [1] The song was recorded by The New Seekers and become one of their highest-charting singles, though Chapin's version is the most popular. It has been included on numerous ...