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Goodnight Irene
This American folk standard is written in ¾ times. It tells about the troubles of the writers love life, sadness’s and frustrations. It also exploits his suicidal thoughts, but it is very traditional. Most famously in the line "sometimes I take a great notion to jump in the river and drown," which was the inspiration for the 1964 Ken Kesey novel Sometimes a Great Notion and a song of the same name from John Mellencamp's 1989 album, Big Daddy. -
Too young
It was a million-selling record and reached the #1 position on the Billboard magazine chart, staying at #1 for 5 weeks and altogether on the Best Seller chart for 29 weeks. In the United States, the best-known version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole on February 6, 1951 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1449. Several contemporary versions were also recorded, making the charts but not as high. -
Blue Tango
This instrumental composition. The music video referenced rumors on her alleged transsexualism, which circulated in media at that time. Another music video was produced for a popular German TV show Musikladen. Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra recorded "Blue Tango." -
The theme from " A summer place"
Written for the 1959 film A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune in the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City,[1] which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at #1 on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960. Faith re-recorded the song twice – first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place '76". -
Tossin' and turnin'
"Tossin' and Turnin'" is a song written by Ritchie Adams and Malou Rene, and originally recorded by Bobby Lewis. The record reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 on July 10, 1961, and R&B chart,[1] and has since become a standard on oldies compilations. -
Stranger on the Shore
This piece was made for clarinets. Written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter, originally named “Jenny” after her. It was subsequently used as the theme tune of a BBC TV drama serial for young people, Stranger on the Shore. On 26 May 1962, "Stranger on the Shore" became the first British recording to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. -
Bridge over troubled waters
Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. With the help of producer Roy Halee, the album followed a similar musical pattern as their Bookends, partly abandoning their traditional style in favor of a more creative sound, combining rock, R&B, gospel, jazz, World music, pop and other genres. The album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. -
Joy to the world
song written by Hoyt Axton, and made famous by the band Three Dog Night. The song is also popularly known by its opening words, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog". The song, which has been described by members of Three Dog Night as a "kid's song" and a "silly song",[3] topped the main singles charts in North America, was certified gold by the RIAA, and has since been covered by multiple artists. -
The first time I ever saw your face
written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who would later become his wife, to sing. At the time the couple were lovers, although MacColl was married to someone else. Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers and became a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972, winning the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. -
Call me
"Call Me" was the main theme song of the 1980 film American Gigolo. European disco producer Giorgio Moroder originally asked Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac to help compose and perform a song for the soundtrack, but she declined as a recently signed contract with Modern Records prevented her from working with Moroder. It was at this time that Moroder turned to Debbie Harry and Blondie. Moroder presented Harry with a rough instrumental track called "Man Machine". -
Bette Davis eyes
It spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Billboard's biggest hit of the entire year for 1981. The recording won the 1982 Grammy Awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. According to producer Val Garay, the original demo of the tune that was brought to him sounded like "a Leon Russell track, with this beer-barrel polka piano part." The demo can be heard in a Val Garay interview on TAXI TV at 21:50. -
Physical
Physical is the ninth full length studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John, released on 13 October 1981 by MCA Records. Recorded and mixed at David J. Holman's studio in Hollywood, California. Physical continues the pop style in which Newton-John moved towards after Grease and her new-imaged album Totally Hot, becoming one of her most controversial and sexual records, and her most successful studio album to date. -
Hold on
Ultimately, the ten-song US soundtrack album included five songs written by Karger, including the lone song sung by Fabares, four songs written by Sloan/Barri, and one Hermits cover of a 1937 British music hall song. The six-song UK EP used all four Sloan/Barri songs and just two of the Karger songs. -
I do it for you
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a soft rock power ballad performed by Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams and co-written with Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, featured on the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and on Adams' sixth studio solo album Waking Up the Neighbours. It was an enormous chart success internationally, particularly in the United Kingdom, where it spent sixteen consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart. -
End of the road
It is Boyz II Men's most successful single and replaced Diana Ross and Lionel Richie's "Endless Love" as Motown's most successful single.[citation needed] In the United Kingdom, the single was the last Motown single to reach #1 on the UK Singles Chart until Ne-Yo's "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" achieved the feat 20 years later in 2012. The song is listed at #43 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. -
Breathe
Breathe is the fourth studio album by country music recording artist Faith Hill, released November 9, 1999 on Warner Bros. Records. It won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. Breathe is one of the most successful country/pop albums to date. It has been certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA, for shipping eight million copies in the US. Hill's Breathe debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, a first for the country artist. The Warner Bros. Nashville set sold 242,000 units, according to SoundScan. -
Hanging by a moment
It was the first single released from their debut studio album, No Name Face (2000). The track was written by lead singer Jason Wade, who said that he wrote the song in about five minutes without thinking about what would happen to it. It was produced by American record producer Ron Aniello and was mixed by Brendan O'Brien. Musically, "Hanging by a Moment" is a post-grunge song that contains alternative rock. The song was first released in the United States on April 24, 2001. -
How you remind me
"How You Remind Me" is a hit song by Canadian rock band Nickelback, released in August 2001 as the lead single from their album Silver Side Up. A "Gold Mix" was made for latter editions of the single with the heavier guitars edited out of the chorus. This single would be the last rock single to be No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 until 2008 when "Viva la Vida" by Coldplay did the same. Lead vocalist and guitarist Chad Kroeger wrote the song about his old girlfriend Jodi.
