"For the performance, she had the word ""Eva"" painted across her back. Madonna also did a ""passionate rendition"" of ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" during the Miami stop of her Rebel Heart Tour on 23 January 2016, accompanied by acoustic guitar. Don't Cry for Me Argentina ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" is a song recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 concept album, ""Evita"", and was later included in the 1978 musical of the same name. The song was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were researching the life of Argentinian leader Eva Perón."
"the first single from the album, accompanied by national and trade advertising, full-colour posters, display sleeves as well as radio interviews. The song reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart and earned a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), with over a million copies sold. It also reached the top of the charts in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand and the Netherlands. ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" was critically appreciated, with Rice and Lloyd Webber winning the 1977 Ivor Novello award in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically. When ""Evita"" moved to a London theatre, Covington—who"
"on the verge of releasing another track from ""Evita"" called ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"", recorded by Barbara Dickson, as the second single. But Radio 1 finally relented and started playing the song due to positive response from audiences. ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" debuted at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart on the week ending 25 December 1976. It started climbing up the chart but for 3 weeks it was kept from reaching the top spot by David Soul's ""Don't Give Up on Us"". On the week ending 12 February 1977, the song reached the top of the"
"Cry for Me Argentina"", achieved commercial success, ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" was released as the second single on 7 February 1977. A reviewer from ""Melody Maker"" complimented the song, saying that without the context of ""Evita"", the song was more acceptable and was ""poignant and lovely. How lucky Lloyd Webber and Rice are to have Julie Covington and now Dickson, to add the flesh and bones to songs which might otherwise be wrecks of soppy melodrama. A smash hit."" It was Dickson's second single to chart on the UK Singles Chart, following ""Answer Me"" in 1976, and entered the"
"the theatre, starring in the 1982 National Theatre production of ""Guys and Dolls"", playing Sister Sarah opposite Ian Charleson's Sky Masterson. Russell Davies said that her performance ""is of such a special timbre that she isn't easily matched."" Julie Covington Julie Covington (born 11 September 1946, London) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of ""Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"". Julie Covington attended the girls' grammar school Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in Kilburn, northwest London. Covington's break came in 1967 when, as a student at Homerton College, Cambridge, she was invited to sing"
"had become disenchanted with the whole project—refused to reprise the part of Eva and the role went to Elaine Paige. ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" has been covered by multiple artists, including The Carpenters, Olivia Newton-John, and Sinéad O'Connor as well as actors Lea Michele and Chris Colfer from the TV series ""Glee‍"". In 1996, American singer Madonna starred in the film adaptation of the musical in the title role. Her version of ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" was released as the second single from the film soundtrack on 4 February 1997. It received positive reviews from music critics who"
"Julie Covington Julie Covington (born 11 September 1946, London) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of ""Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"". Julie Covington attended the girls' grammar school Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in Kilburn, northwest London. Covington's break came in 1967 when, as a student at Homerton College, Cambridge, she was invited to sing on David Frost's television show. After the show, she secured a recording contract. In 1971, she was cast in the original London production of ""Godspell"" at The Roundhouse, alongside David Essex, Jeremy Irons and Marti Webb. A recording"
"at the time as well as her relationship with Juan. The song garnered positive response from music critics, many of them highlighting Madonna's enhanced singing ability. It went on to win the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1997. It was also a moderate commercial success, becoming a top-ten hit in some countries including Finland, Italy and the United Kingdom, while reaching the top-twenty in the United States, where it achieved a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" was released as the second single from the"
"was released in October 1976. It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart and enjoyed similar success internationally. Dickson's ""Another Suitcase in Another Hall"" also became a hit. In the US and UK, respectively, Karen Carpenter, Olivia Newton-John, and Petula Clark released cover versions of ""Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"". The musical employs an eclectic range of styles. Classical music in ""Evita"" includes the opening choral piece (""Requiem for Evita"") and a choral interlude in ""Oh What a Circus"", as well as instrumental passages throughout the musical such as the orchestral version of the ""Lament"" and the introduction to ""Don't"
"FIMI Singles Chart. On the year-end Italian charts, it was ranked at number 21. In Australia, ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" peaked at number 9 on the ARIA Singles Chart, staying on this position for one week and a total of 13 weeks on the chart. On the year-end ARIA charts, the song ranked at number 56. In France, it topped the SNEP Singles Chart for one month. In Ireland, the song peaked at number 8, the week of 19 December 1996. The single also proved to be a commercial success in other countries such as Belgium, Germany, Spain and"
"increase forcing Warner Bros. to release the CD single, and the song becoming eligible to chart. It debuted on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 17 the week of 22 February 1997. The single ultimately peaked at number 8 the week of 1 March 1997. ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" reached number 1 on the European Hot 100 Singles, the week of 8 February 1997. The track also ranked within the top 20 of ""Billboard""s Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts while the ""Miami Mix"" reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club Songs chart. It ranked at"
"a variety of settings, keys and tempos. The central backbone and theme of the soundtrack is ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"", and through the songs it tells the story of Eva's beginnings, her rise to fame, political career and gradually her death. The soundtrack begins with the tracks ""A Cinema in Buenos Aires, 26 July 1952"" and ""Requiem for Evita"", both conducted by John Mauceri, dealing with the announcement of Eva's death. Following this ""Oh What a Circus"" begins, where Banderas takes the lead vocals. Built on the uptempo melody of ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"", the song has rock"
"previously turned down an offer. Covington's recording of the song ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1977. Later offered the opportunity to originate the role in the stage production of ""Evita"", she declined, which led to Elaine Paige being cast. Speaking in 1985, Covington expressed some regret at this decision, but explained that she did not like Eva Peron and that without some positive feeling for the person she had preferred to turn the role down. As ""Evita"" opened in 1978, she instead appeared with the English National Opera as Anna"
"Covington was signed by the songwriters for the track, based on her previous work in musicals. The ""Evita"" album had taken 3–4 months to record, since Rice was not satisfied with the intensity of the initial recordings. The song had a number of different titles before ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" was decided as the final one. The song shares its melody with ""Oh What a Circus"" from the same show and lyrically consists of platitudes where Eva tries to win the favour of the people of Argentina. It was released in the United Kingdom on 12 November 1976 as"
"The album was released on the Ricordi label in Italy, Germany and Japan. In 1977, Milva released the eponymously titled studio album ""Milva"", in which she performed Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" from the musical ""Evita"", in Italian, titled as ""Non pianger più Argentina"", which was the album's lead single. ""Milva"" was released in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Austria and Japan. In Germany, the album was released as ""Non pianger più Argentina"". In 1977, Milva released the studio album ""Auf den Flügeln bunter Träume"", an album composed of popular German film and cabaret standards, including a version of"
"by James for London Weekend Television. These shows, also called ""The Party's Moving On"", each featured three songs and were broadcast only in London late at night. They led to the commissioning of the larger revue format series ""What Are You Doing After The Show?"" Atkin did, and still does, write his own lyrics, but it was the collaboration with Clive James that produced his most famous songs. Atkin and James recorded six albums in the 1970s, as well as writing an album for Covington, best known for her number one hit ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" in 1976. However,"
"dictatorship (1972–86) of President Ferdinand Marcos. The life of former First Lady Imelda Marcos, Marcos' wife, is similar to that of Evita Peron. The presentation of the musical ""Evita"" was repressed. In the United States, the song is also closely linked with Patti LuPone, who performed the role of Eva in the original Broadway production of the show. Credits adapted from the 7"" single liner notes. Since its release, ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" has been covered by numerous artists. One of the earliest covers of the song was by The Carpenters in 1977, who recorded the track for their"
"the album, ""Music and Songs from Evita"". AllMusic's Joe Francis complimented the recording. Singer Sinéad O'Connor recorded ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" on her album ""Am I Not Your Girl"" (1992). Her version received mixed response, with Joy Press from ""Spin"" who described the rendition as ""a melodramatic, sweeping 'Je ne regrette rien'—style apologia. O’Connor had a calling. Obsessed with purity and truth, she pitched herself somewhere between Christ and the Virgin Mary, as an asexual visionary whose suffering was Inextricably Intertwined with the pain of Ireland and of the world."" Released as a CD maxi single, the song reached"
"'A New Argentina', buoyed by the chorus, is a rousing finale to the show’s first act. Brazilian opera singer Paulo Szot, brings a magisterial baritone to Juan Perón. Arena comes into her own in the second act, with highlights including the show’s hit Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (in quite a broad rendition), as well as Rainbow High, Waltz for Eva and Che and You Must Love Me – which was written for Madonna in the film and inserted here, Arena alone onstage, ‘in concert’ style. The show ends on a sombre note, and if Evita's final moments don't quite"
"Daniels"", ""The Generation Game"" and ""Children in Need"". However, by 1978, when they returned to ""The Benny Hill Show"", purely as backing vocalists rather than actual performers, they also had stopped appearing on ""Top of the Pops"". In 1977, The Ladybirds recorded songs for a low budget covers album. Tracks featured included ""Chanson D'Amour"", ""Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"", and ""Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"". The music compelled the all-female group to tackle songs made famous by male singers. On occasion, Tracy Miller and Joan Baxter boosted the Ladybird ranks. In 1979, they all provided backing vocals work on Max"
"praised her vocal performance. A separate version called the ""Miami Mix"", which included re-recorded vocals in English and Spanish and an Argentinean bandoneon in the song's intro, was promoted to radio. The song reached number one in France, Spain, and the European Hot 100 Singles, while the remix topped the US Dance Club Songs chart. The song also reached the top ten on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and several other nations, and received gold certifications from five countries. ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were developing ""Evita"" for Broadway"
"release ""Oh What a Circus"", with another of Che's songs, ""High Flying, Adored"" as its B-side. The song was released on August 19, 1978, under the Mercury subsidiary of Phonogram in the United Kingdom. Musically, ""Oh What a Circus"" is a contrafactum, and shares its composition with the better known ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" from the same show, but has a faster tempo and completely different lyrics. The song includes a choral chant in Latin, based on the Catholic anthem ""Salve Regina"". Alternative lyrics to ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" appear as a prelude to the song from Act"
"in Europe under Harold Macmillan centred on membership of the EEC 'Six' or the EFTA 'Seven' smaller independent states. The phrase appears in a few songs, including ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" from the musical ""Evita,"" ""Raoul and the Kings of Spain"" from Tears for Fears, and ""Playing With Fire"" by Stereo MCs. The eleventh studio album from Strange Music front man Tech N9ne was entitled ""All 6's and 7's"". The song ""Sixes and Sevens"" was co written and sung by Robert Plant. It also appears in the Rolling Stones' song ""Tumbling Dice"". There is an album by Norwegian gothic"
"year on the top ten charting album ""Thank You Very Much"". On the back of this The Shadows recorded an instrumental version of ""Don't cry for me Argentina"" from the west end production ""Evita"", released as a single at the tail end of 1978 the record eventually reached number 5 in the singles chart thereby giving the group their first top ten single since the 1960s. In 1979, their version of ""Cavatina"" also became a top ten hit, and they recorded ten more tracks with Alan Jones on bass and Dave Lawson & Alan Hawkshaw sitting in on Keyboards for"
"capacities and placed the song at number 57 on his raking of Madonna's singles, in honor of her 60th birthday. Writing for ""Entertainment Weekly"", Chuck Arnold opined that ""while credible, [Madonna's rendition] was not going to make anybody forget Patti Lupone"". In his review of Madonna's second greatest hits album, ""GHV2"" (2001), Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic gave a more critical reception, as he felt the track was out of place among other Madonna songs; ""the very presence of 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' [...] simply does not feel comfortable next to the rest of the savvy, modern music"". A"
"Angeles in 1977 in order to generate a similar sound for The Carpenters ""Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"" (1977). He gave a similar treatment to The Carpenters version of ""Don't Cry For Me Argentina"". Knight also collaborated with The Carpenters on their two Christmas Special Television Shows in 1977 and 1978, for which he was the principal arranger. On the special edition CD of the music from these two shows, Peter arranged three of the extended medleys and ten of the single charts. Knight also wrote arrangements for the King's Singers, including the Airwave song ""You are the New Day"","
"stands the test of time too, Under director Harold Prince's deft hands, the song, ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"", shows its true colours: it is designed as a master class in political manipulation"". Arena possesses the vocal range of a soprano. She is multilingual: she speaks and sings in English, Italian and French; and also sings in Spanish. Her singing style is characterised as between R&B and ballad. Numerous media and musical contemporaries have praised Arena's skill as a world-class singer. Music journalist Ed Nimmervoll commented that Arena ""has a voice that can give you goosebumps"", while news journalist Kate"
"music show, ""Top of the Pops"", since Covington refused and whenever it was featured on the show, a montage of images of the real Eva was shown in the backdrops. However, during the week it was number one, she appeared in the audience. Rice and Lloyd Webber then targeted BBC Radio 1, which was in its infancy, but still popular among the general crowd. They had a fairly tight selection of songs they aired on their channels, and Radio 1 completely refused to add ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" in their playlists. Rice and Lloyd Webber panicked and were almost"
"singles: ""Material Girl"", ""Angel"", and ""Dress You Up"", with ""Angel"" also peaking at number one in Australia. In 1985, Madonna released her second US number-one single, ""Crazy for You"", and her first UK number-one single, ""Into the Groove"", both from feature film soundtracks. ""Into the Groove"" also topped the charts in Italy and Spain. The following year, her third studio album ""True Blue"" gave her three number-one singles: ""Live to Tell"", ""Papa Don't Preach"", and ""Open Your Heart"". Two other singles from the album, ""True Blue"" and ""La Isla Bonita"", were top-five hits. In 1987, she scored another number-one single"
"of E to G. Following the completion of the recording of the album, the ""Evita"" team switched on to full promotion of the release, with photographer Tony Snowdon shooting the promotional pictures. The single version of ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" was released in the United Kingdom on 12 November 1976, accompanied by national and trade advertising, full-colour posters, display sleeves as well as radio interviews. Another song from the musical, ""Rainbow High"", was listed as its B-side. MCA marketing manager Stuart Watson explained to ""Billboard"" that their chief goal was to ""get an explanation of the story of Eva"
"but I did try to approach this new project from a different angle, hence my selection of songs for this album made ""Passage"" a bit of a departure from our previous recordings."" Richard Carpenter recalled that ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" was ""submitted to us by the publisher, and I immediately felt it was perfect for Karen, though now I feel differently, as I believe the song doesn't linger long enough in a lower register, a great area for Karen's voice. We contacted England's late, great Peter Knight to orchestrate the song, and two others on ""Passage"". Peter flew to"
"Track 1; Side Two, Track 5) - Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Cullen Arranger (Side One, Track 2; Side Two, Track 2) - Lynsey de Paul and Susan Sheridan Won't Change Places Won't Change Places is an album by Marti Webb released in 1981 as a follow-up to ""Tell Me on a Sunday"". As with her previous album, the recording was produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the Polydor label. It included a recording of ""Don't Cry for Me Argentina"" from the musical ""Evita"" in which Webb was appearing as Eva Perón at the time. The album featured the singles"
"and roughly translates as: ""Don't cry for me Argentina, I remain quite near to you."" Roger Ebert of the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" wrote ""For years I have wondered, during 'Don't Cry for Me, Argentina,' why we were not to cry. Now I understand: We need not cry because (a) Evita got everything out of life she dreamed of, and (b) Argentina should cry for itself. Even poor Juan Peron should shed a tear or two; he is relegated...to the status of a 'walker,' a presentable man who adorns the arm of a rich and powerful woman as a human fashion accessory."""