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The song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult contemporary chart for six non-consecutive weeks in September/October 1966 [2] The R&B group the Hesitations recorded a cover that peaked at #38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. [3] "Born Free" also appeared on the Vic Reeves album I Will Cure You.
Both "Born Free" and "On Days Like These" (from the film The Italian Job) had lyrics by Don Black. In the late 1960s, he recorded another Udo Jürgens song with the name "Was Ich Dir Sagen Will". It was adapted to English as "The Music Played". Monro recorded a Spanish version of the song with the adapted title of "Alguien Cantó".
Black's film work culminated when he collaborated with Barry on the title song of 1966's Born Free, which won the Oscar for Best Song and provided a hit for Matt Monro. [5] Pianist Roger Williams made the US Top 40 with an instrumental version. The song was nominated for Song of the Year at the 1967 Grammy Awards. The movie's producer, Sam ...
"Born Free" is a song by Kid Rock from his eighth studio album of the same name. It was released as the lead single for the album on October 29, 2010, which was released on November 16, 2010. It was released as the lead single for the album on October 29, 2010, which was released on November 16, 2010.
Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya.
Born Free is the eighth studio album by American musician Kid Rock.It was released on November 16, 2010 with the title track as its lead single. [8]The country-oriented album was produced by Rick Rubin featuring several high-profile artists such as T.I., Sheryl Crow, and Bob Seger.
Glenn Lewis Frey (/ f r aɪ /; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American musician.He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles.Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of Eagles' material.
The album attracted the interest of Bonnie Raitt, who became the first musician to record one of Willis' songs. After moving to Los Angeles, Willis worked as a songwriter at A&M Records from 1977, [7] and also wrote songs with, and for, Patti LaBelle and Herbie Hancock. [7] She worked at a comedy club and hung posters for four years.