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"Let Me Be There" is a popular song written by John Rostill. It was first recorded by Olivia Newton-John and released in September 1973 as the second single from her studio album of the same name . The country -influenced song was Newton-John's first Top 10 single in the US, peaking at No. 6, and also won her a Grammy Award for Best Female ...
"Let Me Be" is a song by the American rock band the Turtles. It was released in 1965 as the band's second single, following their successful cover of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe". [5] In the United States, the single peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1965. [6] It reached number 14 on Canada's RPM chart. [7]
In June 2004, Farrar recalled writing the song: "I spent the longest period writing the lyrics of any song I've ever written. Every thesaurus and every rhyming dictionary I had, just trying to really make it work properly". [7]
Even most of Newton-John’s fans might have missed the fact that she covered the Divinyls’ saucy alt-pop standard. That band’s hit ’90s original was a song of true double-entendres ...
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Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas.Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and community aesthetics”.
Let Me Be There marked a shift in Newton-John's career. She achieved considerable success during her early years in the United Kingdom with some folk -inspired singles, but Let Me Be There marked the beginning of her rise to great popularity in the United States, where this album is widely considered her breakthrough album.
Oh honey baby, let me be your salty dog, Salty dog, oh you salty dog. There's just one thing that worries my mind, All of these browns and none is mine, You salty dog, you salty dog. The scaredest I've been in my life Was when Uncle Bud nearly saw me kiss his wife, You salty dog, you salty dog. Lil' fish big fish swimmin' in the water,