"I have a heavy roque - that's a French word meaning very heavy, husky - voice. I think Phil fell into something he wanted to do, added extra ingredients, and ended up with something different."" ""I Love How You Love Me"" was originally intended for Tony Orlando, to be arranged in the same upbeat style as Orlando's precedent hits ""Bless You"" and ""Halfway to Paradise"". The song was written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber (aka Kolberg) who were staff writers at Don Kirshner's Aldon Music near the Brill Building. Kolber had written the lyrics on a restaurant napkin within"
"best love songs ever, ever, ""ever"" written ... It's better than 'Yesterday,' much better ... It's like the song I've been chasing for the last thirty-five years."" In a 2002 article for ""The Morning News"", Kenneth Womack included Harrison's guitar solo on the track among his ""Ten Great Beatles Moments"". Describing the instrumental break as ""the song's greatest lyrical feature – even more lyrical, interestingly enough, than the lyrics themselves"", Womack concluded: ""A masterpiece in simplicity, Harrison's solo reaches toward the sublime, wrestles with it in a bouquet of downward syncopation, and hoists it yet again in a moment of"
"Our Love (song) ""Our Love"" is a 1939 song by Larry Clinton, Buddy Bernier, and Bob Emmerich. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra and was his first recording. Some sources have said that this song was recorded a day before Sinatra married his first wife Nancy or a month later in March. This song did not make Sinatra famous, but in that year he joined the Harry James Orchestra, only to leave a year later to join Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra. It was with Dorsey that Sinatra had his first hit, with I'll Never Smile Again. Based on Tchaikovsky's"
"The Greatest Love of All ""The Greatest Love of All"" is a song written by Michael Masser, who composed the music, and Linda Creed, who wrote the lyrics. It was originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit, peaking at number two on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart that year, the first R&B chart top-ten hit for Arista Records. The song was written and recorded to be the main theme of the 1977 film ""The Greatest,"" a biopic of the boxer Muhammad Ali. Eight years after Benson's original recording, the song became even"
"song was number one in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and West Germany, and the combined sides topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in the United States. In the 1970s Frank Sinatra recorded ""Something"" twice (1970 and 1979) and later dubbed it ""the greatest love song of the past fifty years"". Lennon considered it the best song on ""Abbey Road"", and it became the Beatles' second most covered song after ""Yesterday"". In May 1970 Harrison's ""For You Blue"" was coupled on a US single with McCartney's ""The Long and Winding Road"" and became Harrison's second chart-topper when the sides were listed"
"I'm the Greatest ""I'm the Greatest"" is a song written by English musician John Lennon that was released as the opening track of the 1973 album ""Ringo"" by Ringo Starr. With Starr, Lennon and George Harrison appearing on the track, it marks the only time that three former Beatles recorded together between the band's break-up in 1970 and Lennon's death in 1980. Lennon wrote the song in December 1970 as a wry comment on his rise to fame, and later tailored the composition for Starr to sing. Named after one of Muhammad Ali's catchphrases, the song partly evokes the stage-show"
"My Love (Paul McCartney and Wings song) ""My Love"" is a love song by Paul McCartney and Wings; it was written by Paul McCartney as a tribute to his first wife Linda. Released on 23 March 1973, the ballad was a number one single, spending four weeks atop the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. It was the most successful track from the Paul McCartney and Wings album ""Red Rose Speedway"" (1973). The song was recorded live with an orchestra at Abbey Road Studios with Richard Hewson conducting. According to Hewson's recollections, a large number of takes were performed, as the"
"Paul McCartney, but 1836 Frédéric Chopin."" English broadcaster Dominic King deemed it the most ""perfectly constructed song in pop history"". Brian's mother, Audree Wilson, believes that ""God Only Knows"" was one of Brian's finest ever compositions, as she stated in an interview: God Only Knows' ... What can you say about it? I still think it's one of his greatest pieces."" ""Entertainment Weekly"" ranked the song number one in its ""Fifty Greatest Love Songs"" list. McCartney has called it his favorite song of all time. In an interview with David Leaf in 1990 he stated, ""I was asked recently to"
"Helped by the speculation surrounding Starr's collaborations with his former bandmates, and by the interest generated by the two Beatles compilations, ""Ringo"" was a commercial success, overshadowing Lennon's concurrently released ""Mind Games"". Acknowledging Starr's achievement, Lennon sent him a telegram that read: ""Congratulations. How dare you? And please write me a hit song."" Lennon pushed for ""I'm the Greatest"" to be issued as the third single off the album in the United States, but ""Oh My My"", written by Starr and Vini Poncia, was chosen instead. ""I'm the Greatest"" appeared on Starr's Apple compilation album ""Blast from Your Past"" (1975),"
"Milton Lomask, Raoul Polikian (vn), Solomon Deutsch, Isadore Zirr (vl), George Polikian (vc), Frank Sinatra (v). Take My Love (Frank Sinatra song) ""Take My Love"" is a 1950 pop song co-written and recorded by Frank Sinatra. The song was released as a Columbia Records A side single. ""Take My Love"" was composed by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, and Joel Herron in 1950. The melody is based on a motif from the 3rd Symphony in F Major by Johannes Brahms. Frank Sinatra released the song as an A side Columbia single in 1951 backed with ""Come Back to Sorrento"". Frank Sinatra"
"glass. Paul's broken a glass. A glass, a glass he's broke today"". (In the background, Ringo plays the snare drum with wire brush drumsticks, keeping time with John's cadence). John also addresses Paul as ""Macca,"" a nickname in England for someone who has ""Mc"" in their last name: ""Oh, you ready, Macca?"" You've Got to Hide Your Love Away ""You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was written and sung by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released on the album ""Help!"" in August 1965. Lennon said of the song,"
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away ""You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was written and sung by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released on the album ""Help!"" in August 1965. Lennon said of the song, ""That's me in my Dylan period again. I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever is going on. If Elvis can do it, I can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with Dylan."" The song is an early example of John self-reflecting in his"
"Peter Doggett, viewing the Beatles' film in this context ""felt like a postcard from a previous century: there he was, acting out the role that had become his life"". He set about writing ""I'm the Greatest"" as a sarcastic comment on his past. Lennon took the song's title from a catchphrase adopted by boxer Muhammad Ali, whom the Beatles had met in February 1964, shortly before filming ""A Hard Day's Night"". Working at his home studio at Tittenhurst Park, Lennon taped demos of the new composition and also of ""Make Love Not War"", a song he recorded formally as ""Mind"
"and Lennon's complex rhythm work (relying on the unusual use of constant triplets) was referred to as ""the most recognizable feature""of the song; Lennon himself later described his performance as ""a superb piece of guitar."" Personnel per Ian MacDonald: In the third verse, McCartney's vocal splits into melody and harmony; for live performances, Harrison would sing lead on this verse while McCartney would sing the harmony, which contained two high notes (the second syllable of ""tomorrow"" and ""home"") which only he could reach. All My Loving ""All My Loving"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from"
"their heartbreak by way of ""What'll I Do"" and ""Remember"" and ""All Alone."" This ballad of love and longing was a hit record for Paul Whiteman and had several other successful recordings in 1924. Twenty-four years later, the song went to no. 22 for Nat Cole and no. 23 for Frank Sinatra. Written when he fell in love with Ellin Mackay, who later became his wife. The song became a hit twice (for Vincent Lopez and George Olsen) in its first incarnation. There were four more hit versions in 1944–45. In 1959, Sammy Turner took the song to no. 2"
"his favourite Lennon–McCartney composition and ""the greatest love song ever written"". Lennon contributed piano to the recording and while most of the part was removed, traces of it remain in the final cut, notably on the middle eight, prior to Harrison's guitar solo. The song was issued as a double A-side single with ""Come Together"" in October 1969 and topped the US charts for one week, becoming the first Beatles number-one single that was not a Lennon–McCartney composition; it was also the first Beatles single from an already released album in the UK. Apple's Neil Aspinall filmed a promotional video,"
"Biggest Mistake ""Biggest Mistake"" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 2005 album ""A Bigger Bang"". It was released on 21 August 2006 as the third single from the album, and reached number 51 in the UK. Credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the track is a pop song with a strongly acoustic guitar-based arrangement and lyrics that tell the story of an older man who falls in love but then walks out on his partner. It could be about the failed relationship between Jagger and model Jerry Hall. Beginning in late July, the song received extensive"
"Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way ""Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way"" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the twelfth track on their fourteenth studio album, ""Songs of Experience"". It was released as the album's third single on 23 April 2018. In July 2018, it became U2's fourth number-one song on the ""Billboard"" Dance Club Songs chart, and their first since their previous number one ""Beautiful Day"" peaked in 2001. In an interview with iHeartRadio, lead singer Bono said ""Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way"" was about using love to overcome"
"and peaked at number 6 on ""Billboard""s Easy Listening (later Adult Contemporary) chart. Bassey said she had been unaware of the song's origins when recording ""Something"". She later suggested that she and Harrison could become a singer-and-songwriter pairing on the scale of Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach. After reading these comments in 1970, Harrison wrote ""When Every Song Is Sung"" with Bassey in mind, although it was not a composition that she ever recorded. Frank Sinatra was particularly impressed with ""Something"", calling it ""the greatest love song of the past 50 years"". According to Du Noyer, he ""especially admired the"
"in author Colin Larkin's description, and as a song that introduced into popular music lyrical themes espousing mind expansion, anti-materialism and Eastern spirituality. It has also been cited as an early and highly influential recording in the psychedelic music and electronic music genres, particularly for its pioneering use of sampling, tape manipulation, and other production techniques. Pitchfork Media placed the track at number 19 on its list of ""The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s"", and ""Rolling Stone"" ranked it at number 18 on the magazine's list of the 100 greatest Beatles songs. John Lennon wrote ""Tomorrow Never Knows"" in"
"All My Loving ""All My Loving"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from the album ""With the Beatles"" (1963). It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and produced by George Martin. Though it was not released as a single in the United Kingdom or the United States, it drew considerable radio airplay, prompting EMI to issue it as the title track of an EP. The song was released as a single in Canada, where it became a number 1 hit. The Canadian single was imported into the US in enough quantities to peak at"
"a single. The single reached #15 in sales and #2 in airplay in Billboard's charts. The track peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart. The song received the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Mina performed ""Si, amor"", the Italian version of the song in ""Canzonissima"", a 1968 RAI musical variety series. Neil Sedaka also recorded ""Si Amore"" in the mid-1960s for his Italian fans. All the Way (Frank Sinatra song) ""All the Way"" is a 1950s pop song made famous by Frank Sinatra and covered since by many musicians. Frank Sinatra's version was published in 1957 by"
"track sounded like a Jack Antonoff song, Copperman felt that Beck had created a modern-day version compared to the original. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way ""Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way"" is a song by Irish rock band U2 and the twelfth track on their fourteenth studio album, ""Songs of Experience"". It was released as the album's third single on 23 April 2018. In July 2018, it became U2's fourth number-one song on the ""Billboard"" Dance Club Songs chart, and their first since their previous number one ""Beautiful Day"" peaked in 2001. In an interview"
"Big Love (Fleetwood Mac song) ""Big Love"" is a song by Fleetwood Mac, that appeared on their 1987 album ""Tango in the Night"". The song was the first single to be released from the album, reaching number 5 in the US, and number nine in the UK. The single was also a hit on the American dance charts, where the song peaked at number 7. A 12-inch version featured an extended dance mix, with added vocals by Stevie Nicks. While the 12-inch version included ""You & I, Part II"" from the ""Tango in the Night"" album, the 7-inch version included"
"also, had he been in Los Angeles at the time. Recognising the importance of the session with Lennon and Harrison, Starr decided to record McCartney's contribution to ""Ringo"", ""Six O'Clock"", in London, to ensure that McCartney also appeared on the album. Apple Records issued ""Ringo"" on 2 November 1973 with ""I'm the Greatest"" sequenced as the opening track. Combined with the closing song, ""You and Me (Babe)"", written by Harrison and Mal Evans, ""I'm the Greatest"" provided the album with a loose concept in the form of a stage show. The same theme was reflected in the painting used for"
"April 2010. There is a cocktail named after the song, which contains vermouth and gin. In ""The Simpsons"" episode ""Lisa the Vegetarian"", Linda McCartney mentions that they like hanging out in Apu's ""garden in the shade"" when they are in Springfield, which is a lyric from the song. In the 2009 romantic comedy film ""(500) Days of Summer"", Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel) remarks that ""Octopus's Garden"" is the greatest Beatles song ever. Tom Hanson (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) tells Summer that no one loves Ringo Starr, to which Summer replies ""That's what I love about him"". In the 2007 comedy film """","
"as the suit was about Masser and not her. The Greatest Love of All ""The Greatest Love of All"" is a song written by Michael Masser, who composed the music, and Linda Creed, who wrote the lyrics. It was originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit, peaking at number two on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart that year, the first R&B chart top-ten hit for Arista Records. The song was written and recorded to be the main theme of the 1977 film ""The Greatest,"" a biopic of the boxer Muhammad Ali. Eight"
"100 Songs of the Century, listing the most-played songs on American radio and television, placed ""Never My Love"" between the #1 song ""You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"", written by Barry Mann, Phil Spector, and Cynthia Weil, and the #3 song ""Yesterday"" by Lennon–McCartney. BMI estimated that the song had received, as of 1999, what amounted to about 40 years of continuous airplay in its 32 years. Never My Love ""Never My Love"" is a pop standard written by American siblings Donald and Richard Addrisi and best known from a hit 1967 recording by The Association. The Addrisi Brothers had two"
"my Friend,<br> in Whose sweet praise<br> I all my days <br> could gladly spend. My Song Is Love Unknown My Song Is Love Unknown is a hymn by Samuel Crossman, written in 1664. The hymn tune to which it is usually sung is called ""Love Unknown"" by John Ireland (1879-1962). Ireland composed the melody over lunch one day at the suggestion of organist and fellow-composer Geoffrey Shaw. My song is love unknown, <br> My Saviour’s love to me;<br> Love to the loveless shown,<br> That they might lovely be.<br> O who am I,<br> That for my sake<br> My Lord should take<br>"
"Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love is a 2009 double disc compilation album by American singer Frank Sinatra. Released by Rhino just in time for Valentine's Day 2009, Seduction: Sinatra Sings of Love is a good collection of 22 highlights—with an additional ten cuts on the two-disc ""deluxe"" edition—from Sinatra's Reprise recordings. While there are surely some hits here -- ""Some Enchanted Evening,"" ""They Can't Take That Away from Me,"" ""I Get A Kick Out of You,"" ""I've Got You Under My Skin""—what's noteworthy about this collection is that it is not just a recycling of"
"welfare ... On the journey down he composed 'Hey Jude' in the car. I will never forget Paul's gesture of care and concern in coming to see us."" She was once asked if Lennon had written any songs about their time together, and answered: ""It was too sloppy when you were young to dedicate anything to anybody. Macho Northern men didn't do that in those days"". In contrast, Lennon said he wrote the 1965 song ""Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"" about an affair he was having, but rendered it in ""gobbledegook"" so Cynthia would not know. On 31 July"
"Take My Love (Frank Sinatra song) ""Take My Love"" is a 1950 pop song co-written and recorded by Frank Sinatra. The song was released as a Columbia Records A side single. ""Take My Love"" was composed by Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, and Joel Herron in 1950. The melody is based on a motif from the 3rd Symphony in F Major by Johannes Brahms. Frank Sinatra released the song as an A side Columbia single in 1951 backed with ""Come Back to Sorrento"". Frank Sinatra co-wrote the lyrics to ""Take My Love"". He also co-wrote ""I'm a Fool to Want You"""
"Best Mistake ""Best Mistake"" is a song by American recording artist Ariana Grande that features American hip hop recording artist Big Sean. The song served as a promotional single from Grande's second studio album, ""My Everything"" (2014), and was released at midnight on August 12, 2014. Written by Denisia ""Blu June"" Andrews, Brittany Coney, Grande, Big Sean, and produced by Key Wane, the song is a ballad with piano, string, and drum machine instrumentation that lyrically deals with a couple trying to decide on what their future, troubled relationship is going to be like. Grande has claimed it is her"