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"Send Me an Angel" is a 1983 song by Australian band Real Life. The song was released in May 1983 as the band's debut single from their debut studio album Heartland. The song peaked in the top 10 in Australia and is the band's best-known song. This version peaked in early 1984 in the US at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [5]
Bonnie Lynn Raitt was born on November 8, 1949, in Burbank, California. [6] Her mother, Marge Goddard (née Haydock), was a pianist, and her father, John Raitt, was a professional actor and singer in musical productions such as Oklahoma! and The Pajama Game. [7] Raitt is of Scottish ancestry; her ancestors constructed Rait Castle near Nairn. [8]
Tomas Mureika from AllMusic called Heartland "One of the strongest -- and most unappreciated -- albums of the new wave era" and singled out "Catch Me I'm Falling" as the best track on the album. Mureika said "The title track is a stirring, brooding anthem, worthy of U2 's powerful early new wave days, complete with wailing guitar solo.
Bonnie Raitt: Nick of Time: 4:06: 3. "Love Letter" Bonnie Hayes: Nick of Time: 4:06: 4. "Have a Heart" Hayes: Nick of Time: 4:48: 5. "Something to Talk About" Shirley Eikhard: Luck of the Draw (1991) 3:47: 6. "I Can't Make You Love Me" Mike Reid; Allen Shamblin: Luck of the Draw: 5:32: 7. "Not the Only One" (radio edit) Paul Brady: Luck of the ...
Real Life are an Australian new wave and synth-pop [1] band that achieved international chart success with their 1983 singles "Send Me an Angel" and "Catch Me I'm Falling", both of which were taken from their debut studio album, Heartland (1983). The band originally consisted of David Sterry (lead vocals and guitar), Richard Zatorski (keyboards ...
The Bonnie Raitt Collection: 1990 61 138 78 — — RIAA: Gold [12] The Best of Bonnie Raitt: 2003 47 — — 36 37 BPI: Silver [16] Opus Collection: Something to Talk About: 2011 82 — — — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Decades Rock Live: Bonnie Raitt and Friends is a DVD/CD combo, recorded live on September 30, 2005, at Trump Taj Majal, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Joining Bonnie Raitt on stage are Norah Jones, Ben Harper, Alison Krauss, Keb' Mo' and Jon Cleary. All of the songs on the CD are repeated on the DVD plus five that are exclusive to the DVD.
Raitt is a folkie by history but not by aesthetic", wrote Robert Christgau [5] in his Consumer Guide column. "She includes songs from Steve Stills , the Marvelettes , and a classic feminist blues singer named Sippie Wallace because she knows the world doesn't end with acoustic song-poems and Fred McDowell .