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Peter Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough; 10 February 1944 – 18 June 1992) was an Australian singer-songwriter, ... the song took on new meaning when he sang it.
The song was first released in 1976, on Peter Allen's fourth studio album, Taught by Experts. In 1977, it was successfully released as a single in Australia, where it was Number 1 for five weeks. Although the song was also released as a single in America, it failed to chart there.
The song was used as the closing for Australia Day celebrations at Darling Harbour, Sydney in 1994; it was performed and arranged by Noel Elmowy, and sung by Chris Lloyds and Andrew Oh, with Prince Charles in attendance. [8] The song was used in the evening closing sequence for Tasmanian television station TNT [9] and later by TVT. [10]
The references to "baby" in the song refer to Allen's younger sister. [citation needed] The first evident recording of the song is by The Moments as "We Don't Cry Out Loud", track-produced by Sylvia Robinson, and given a December 1976 release simultaneous with its parent album Moments with You. "We Don't Cry Out Loud" was the second of three ...
The song was written in collaboration between Cross, Burt Bacharach, and Bacharach's frequent writing partner and then-wife Carole Bayer Sager.A fourth writing credit went to Minnelli's ex-husband, Australian songwriter Peter Allen, [2] a frequent collaborator with Bayer Sager.
In 1996 Colleen Hewett covered the song on her album, Tenterfield Dreams. In 2002, Olivia Newton-John covered the song (with Peter Allen) for her album, 2. In 2004, Hugh Jackman recorded the song for The Boy from Oz Broadway Cast Album. In 2007, Lee Kernaghan covered the song on his album, Spirit of the Bush.
I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" is a song co-written by Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager. It was first released by Sager on her 1977 debut album, and it was also released as a single, charting at No. 98 in Australia. The song was further popularized by Rita Coolidge in 1979, and recorded by a number of other artists.
It followed the double-album live release, It Is Time for Peter Allen (1977), on the same label. The album is notable for its association with producer Marvin Hamlisch. Allen also performs his versions of three songs he co-wrote with Carole Bayer-Sager, "Don't Go Looking", "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love".