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"Wonderful Tonight" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton. It was included on Clapton's 1977 album Slowhand which is his most popular album. Clapton wrote the song on his 1974 Martin D-28 guitar about Pattie Boyd. [2] The female vocal harmonies on the song are provided by Marcella Detroit (then Marcy Levy) and Yvonne Elliman. The song is his most ...
"This Charming Man" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer Morrissey. Released as the group's second single in October 1983 on the independent record label Rough Trade, it is defined by Marr's jangle pop guitar riff and Morrissey's characteristically morose lyrics, which revolve around the recurrent Smiths themes of sexual ambiguity and lust. [1]
Clapton originally wrote "Layla" as a ballad, with lyrics describing his unrequited love for Boyd, but the song became a "rocker" when, according to Clapton, Allman composed the song's signature riff. [ 18][ 20] With the band assembled and Dowd producing, "Layla" was recorded in its rock form.
April Wine singles chronology. "I Wouldn't Want to Lose Your Love". (1974) " Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love ". (1975) "Cum, Here the Band". (1975) " Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love " (sometimes spelt at "Tonight" rather than "Tonite") is a song by Canadian rock band April Wine. The song was written in 1974 by lead singer ...
The Way You Look Tonight. " The Way You Look To-night " is a song from the film Swing Time that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. [6] [7] Fields remarked, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started ...
Something Wonderful (song) " Something Wonderful " is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I . The song was introduced in the Broadway production by Dorothy Sarnoff in the role of Lady Thiang, the King's head wife. In the 1956 film adaptation "Something Wonderful" was sung by Terry Saunders in the role of Lady ...
Buffalo Gals. " Buffalo Gals " is a traditional American song, written and published as " Lubly Fan " in 1844 by the blackface minstrel John Hodges, who performed as "Cool White". The song was widely popular throughout the United States, where minstrels often altered the lyrics to suit local audiences, performing it as "New York Gals" in New ...
The Loveliest Night of the Year. " The Loveliest Night of the Year " is a popular song . The music was first published as a waltz called "Sobre las olas" ("Over the Waves") in 1888, written by Juventino P. Rosas. In 1950, the music was adapted by Irving Aaronson with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster for the movie The Great Caruso, in which it was ...