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"I Could Not Ask for More" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February 1999, by American singer-songwriter Edwin McCain for the original soundtrack of the 1999 romantic drama film Message in a Bottle, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman.
"I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's bebop standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)".
The song was originally written in the key of G major and Black's vocal range spans from G 3 to C 5. [3] The song was Black's biggest hit in the 1970s, [4] as well as her last appearance in the top ten on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also the theme to the fifth series of Black's BBC variety show Cilla. [4]
The song is a love duet between the protagonists Tony and Maria, sung while Tony visits Maria on the fire escape outside her apartment. West Side Story is a modernized adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in 20th-century New York; the scene in which "Tonight" appears is the adaptation of Romeo and Juliet's famous "balcony scene".
Offenbach's famous barcarolle has also served as the inspiration for other popular songs including "Tonight is So Right For Love", which Elvis Presley sang in the 1960 film G.I. Blues, [4] and 1968's "Please Don't Go", which features English lyrics by Les Reed and Jackie Rae. [5]) In all, the song has six sung verses, three sung bridges and an ...
"If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)" is a popular song, with music by James P. Johnson and lyrics by Henry Creamer. Published in 1926 , the song was first recorded by Clarence Williams ' Blue Five with vocalist Eva Taylor in 1927. [ 1 ]
"Words I Couldn't Say" is a "downbeat breakup lament" that details the emotions the narrator wishes they had expressed to a lover when they had the chance. [2] According to the digital sheet music published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song was originally composed in the key of C major and set in cut time to a "moderate" tempo. [3]
"Tonight" is a song by South African rock band Seether. It was released on 7 June 2011 as the second single from their fifth studio album Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray . [ 1 ] This is also one of the last songs the band recorded with lead guitarist Troy McLawhorn who left the band prior to the album's release.