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"Goodbye to Love" is a song composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis. It was released by the Carpenters in 1972. On the Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters documentary, Tony Peluso stated that this was one of the first power ballads , if not the first, to have a fuzz guitar solo.
Live Aid was a multi-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
"That's What Friends Are For" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. It was first recorded in 1982 by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the film Night Shift, but it is better known for the 1985 cover version by Dionne Warwick, [1] Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder.
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Their sound is beautiful and their sense of quality is superb, this of course aided by top production work by Bones Howe and Bob Alcivar. A programmer's delight, this LP includes "Never Can Say Goodbye," "Never My Love" and the title tune. A particularly strong cut is "Leland Loftis." Should make the Sandpipers once again a big chart group.
The Clifton Davis-penned song was originally performed by the Jackson 5, [5] but this rendition is similar to Gloria Gaynor's disco version. [2] [6] [7] Jimmy Somerville's "straight ahead" [6] vocals are a strength of the song, with Andy Kellman of AllMusic crediting him with producing a recording that "stands apart" from other versions. [2]
"Learn to Say Goodbye" [Original Recording] (Hugo Montenegro, Bradford Craig) - As featured in the 1972 made-for-TV drama, the ABC Movie of the Week, Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole. The track was re-recorded for the Cameo LP. Aside from its inclusion in the movie the original recording remains unreleased.
The Communards were a British synth-pop duo formed in London in 1985. [6] They consisted of Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville and English musician Richard Coles.They are best known for their versions of "Don't Leave Me This Way", originally by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass, and of the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye".