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"Easy" is a song by American band Commodores from their fifth studio album, Commodores (1977), released on the Motown label. Group member Lionel Richie wrote "Easy" with the intention of it becoming another crossover hit for the group given the success of a previous single, "Just to Be Close to You", which spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart (now known as ...
"'Let Me Down Easy'" is a song by Roger Daltrey, who at the time was the former lead vocalist of the Who. The song was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and included on Daltrey's sixth solo studio album Under a Raging Moon (1985) as the first track on the second side of the LP .
The lyrics are addressed to "a spooky little boy". Another gender-flipped version was recorded by Martha Reeves and released on the album In the Midnight Hour in 1986. In this version, the line "spooky little girl like you" is changed to "spooky old lady like me".
"Happy Birthday" has been covered by the Ting Tings for the children's television show Yo Gabba Gabba! in 2008, [15] by the Wedding Present for their 1993 compilation album John Peel Sessions 1987-1990, [16] and by Thomas Fagerlund (The Kissaway Trail) with Christian Hjelm for the Danish radio programme Det Elektriske Barometer (The Electric Barometer) in 2010.
Terry Melcher produced the Rip Chords' first release, "Here I Stand", a remake of the Wade Flemons version. Recorded on December 17, 1962, [6] it peaked at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1963. Bringas and Stewart were the only singers on the first release. Bringas sang the lead, the falsetto, and also joined Stewart on the background ...
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later electric guitar blues players.
[4] [5] The song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2017, after rules on chart eligibility for older songs had been relaxed several years before, and reached a peak of No. 38. [6] For the week ending December 8, 2018, the song re-entered the Hot 100 chart. It reached No. 10 for the week ending January 5, 2019.
[1] [2] It became Brewer's signature song and earned her the nickname "Miss Music". It was released as the B-side to " Copenhagen " but eclipsed "Copenhagen" as a hit. It was also recorded by many artists on various labels and other hit versions in 1950 were by Carmen Cavallaro (reached No. 5), Freddy Martin (No. 5), Ames Brothers (No. 14 ...