Who, together with Howard Greenfield, co-wrote the song 'Is this the way to Amarillo'?
"The collaboration came about when, on a whim, two Aldon songwriting partnerships decided to switch partners for a day—Gerry Goffin (who normally worked with King) partnered with Jack Keller, leaving King and Greenfield to work as a pair for the day. Despite the commercial success of their collaboration, King and Greenfield never wrote another song together. Sedaka and Greenfield also continued to work together as Sedaka's schedule allowed. After Sedaka's singing career cooled in 1963, they kept writing hits for other artists, including the 5th Dimension's and Tom Jones' ""Puppet Man"". Greenfield moved to Los Angeles in 1966, but still"
"the Bad Times are Good"" (The Tremeloes), ""The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"" (Georgie Fame), ""Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha"" (Cliff Richard), ""Ragamuffin Man"" (Manfred Mann), ""Hitchin' a Ride"" (Vanity Fare), ""Turn On The Sun"" (Nana Mouskouri) and ""Avenues and Alleyways"", ""Las Vegas"", and ""I Did What I Did for Maria"" for Tony Christie. Murray and Callander were also Christie's producers, and produced ""Is This the Way to Amarillo?"" (written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield). In an interview in ""The Times"" in which Christie described another Murray-Callander penned tune, ""Las Vegas"", he noted that the two ""were the star songwriters"
"release, ""Tried and True"". Sedaka continued to be seen in the ""American Idol"" studio audience—most recently on May 19, 2011, when Seacrest had Sedaka stand and greet the audience on-camera during Season 10's ""Top 3"" results show. On a business trip to New York in mid-1971, Harvey Lisberg, who was a longtime fan of Sedaka, asked Don Kirshner if he'd written anything new. Kirshner took Lisberg to a small room with a piano where Sedaka was already seated, and he tapped out a few songs. One of these was the Sedaka/Greenfield composition ""(Is This the Way to) Amarillo?"" which Lisberg"
"This the Way to Amarillo"", with 1.28 million copies sold. Westlife's 2001 cover of Billy Joel's ""Uptown Girl"" is the second biggest-seller, followed by 1986's ""Living Dolls"" and the Spice Girls' 1997 double-A side single ""Mama""/""Who Do You Think You Are"", with Boyzone's 1999 cover of ""When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"" rounding up the top five. In addition, the first Red Nose Day Schools' song ('Make Someone Happy') was published in 2007. A CD of the song, together with backing tracks and fundraising ideas was sent free of charge to all primary schools in the UK"
"a gold disc. His early songs were dramatic big-voiced numbers, many of which were written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander. He recorded albums regularly throughout the 1970s and made infrequent appearances on the charts. His album ""With Loving Feeling"" sold well boosted by the hit single ""Is This The Way to Amarillo"". He recorded an album in the United States in 1973 with the record producer Snuff Garrett, which did little to stop his commercial slide. A live album followed which sold relatively better. But by the mid-1970s recorded work became rarer and stage work took preference. In June"
"Panhandle Regional Narcotics Task Force that it set up to oversee the sting operation; and require early retirement for two Amarillo Police Department officers who were responsible for supervising the sting's sole undercover agent. Amarillo has been mentioned in popular music such as George Strait's ""Amarillo by Morning"" by Paul Fraser and Terry Stafford, Nat King Cole's ""(Get Your Kicks) on Route 66"", Bob Dylan's ""Brownsville Girl"" (Amarillo was referred to as the ""land of the living dead""), Rob Zombie's ""Two Lane Blacktop"", ""Amarillo Sky"" by Jason Aldean, and the song ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"" written by Neil"
"Tony Christie Tony Christie (born 25 April 1943) is an English musician, singer and actor. He is best known for his recording of ""(Is This The Way To) Amarillo"", a double UK chart success. He lived for many years in Sheffield where his wife, Sue, was born. He used to be a frequent artist on the stage at many working men's clubs like his contemporary, Joe Cocker. Discovered and managed by Harvey Lisberg, he had three hits in 1971, beginning with ""Las Vegas"" which reached number 21 in the UK, and went on to have two Top Twenty hits in"
"the King. Tony Christie Tony Christie (born 25 April 1943) is an English musician, singer and actor. He is best known for his recording of ""(Is This The Way To) Amarillo"", a double UK chart success. He lived for many years in Sheffield where his wife, Sue, was born. He used to be a frequent artist on the stage at many working men's clubs like his contemporary, Joe Cocker. Discovered and managed by Harvey Lisberg, he had three hits in 1971, beginning with ""Las Vegas"" which reached number 21 in the UK, and went on to have two Top Twenty"
"the UK Singles Chart with ""I Did What I Did for Maria"", which reached number two, and ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"", which peaked at number 18, all in 1971. Subsequently he had a minor hit with ""Avenues and Alleyways"" which reached number 37, and was the theme to the television series ""The Protectors"". In addition he also charted with 'Drive Safely Darlin' in early 1976 which was recorded on the MCA label and reached 35 in the UK chart. ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"" had sold more than one million copies by September 1972, and was awarded"
"Murray and Callander produced tune, ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"". In an interview in ""The Times"" in which he described another Murray-Callander penned tune, ""Las Vegas"", Christie noted that the two ""were the star songwriters of the day"". Also in 2005, Swedish pop singer Agnetha Fältskog recorded the tune, ""A Fool Am I"", which had been a hit in the UK for Cilla Black in 1966, for Fältskog's successful comeback album, ""My Colouring Book"", a collection of covers of classic 1960s pop tunes. Callendar provided the English language lyrics to what had originally been an Italian language song. He"
"""Avenues & Alleyways"" in March 2004. In 2002, ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"" was used in the TV comedy series ""Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights"", leading to a resurgence in his popularity. The song was re-released on 14 March 2005 to raise money for the Comic Relief charity, and reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart (outselling all the first release's chart run put together). This led to the biggest sales for a Number 1 single for the whole year, with seven weeks at the chart pinnacle. It also became the longest running chart-topper since Cher's ""Believe"", almost seven"
"With his public profile raised, in 2000, he co-wrote and starred in ""That Peter Kay Thing"" for Channel 4. This resulted in a spin-off sitcom, ""Phoenix Nights"", which ran for two series from 2001-02, and in turn generated another spin-off, ""Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere"", in 2004. In 2005, he recorded a promotional video in which he mimed to Tony Christie's 1971 hit ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"", which was re-released in aid of the Children In Need charity and credited to ""Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay"". The song reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart, remained at"
"Amarillo by Morning (song) ""Amarillo by Morning"" is a country music song written by Terry Stafford and Paul Fraser, and recorded by Stafford in 1973. Several cover versions have since been made, including a major 1983 hit for George Strait. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Stafford conceived the song after playing with his band at a rodeo in San Antonio, Texas, and then driving back to his home in Amarillo, Texas. Stafford recorded the song on his ""Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"""
"Blackpool. Lisberg secured a record deal with MCA Records and introduced Christie to Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, the successful songwriting and production duo. Christie's first two hits were the Murray and Callander compositions ""Las Vegas"" and ""I Did What I Did for Maria"", which respectively peaked at numbers 21 and 2 in the UK singles chart, but a follow-up third single was lacking. On a business trip to New York in mid-1971, Lisberg approached Neil Sedaka's publisher Don Kirshner in search of a new gem, and when Sedaka tapped out ""(Is This the Way to) Amarillo?"" on piano, Lisberg"
"version of the Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song ""Barcelona"". Watson claimed on ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"" that he recorded some of Ryder's vocals himself. In 2004, Ryder landed the job of a voice actor in """" in which he played Maccer, a washed-up, self-abusing musician who was planning a major comeback tour in 1992. Ryder appeared in Peter Kay's ""Is This the Way to Amarillo?"" charity music video in 2005. Also in 2005, he collaborated with Gorillaz on ""DARE"", a song on their ""Demon Days"" album. In the music video, he is featured as a large disembodied head kept"
"Avenues and Alleyways ""Avenues and Alleyways"" is a 1972 single recorded by Tony Christie as the theme song for the television series ""The Protectors"". It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's ""Las Vegas"" and ""I Did What I Did for Maria"". Following the chart-topping success of the re-release of ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"" in 2005, this song was also re-released and peaked at No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart. On its original release, it had only reached No. 37. It is included in the soundtrack of the"
"a big band version of ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"" and a live recording of ""If It Feels Good, Do It"" plus videos of the first two tracks. However, it only reached Number 49 on the UK chart. To coincide with the 2006 World Cup, a new version of ""Amarillo"" was released on the novelty single ""(Is This The Way To) The World Cup?"" on 29 May 2006, reaching Number 8 in the UK. On 6 November 2006, Christie issued the album ""Simply in Love"". In 2008 Christie recorded the album ""Made in Sheffield"", with production from Richard Hawley"
"so. And as of 2007 will have served for almost 17 years. Holyfield received a Grammy Award nomination in 1972 for ""Could I Have This Dance"" and in 1979, he received the NSAI Presidential Award. Holyfield has won 14 BMI Performance Awards and 16 ASCAP Performance Awards. Holyfield was the 1983 ASCAP Country Writer of the Year co-winner and in 1992 he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and to the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame. Wayland Holyfield Wayland D. Holyfield (born March 15, 1942) is a prominent American songwriter and leader in the songwriting community. His"
"media appearances to ""Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay"". However, Kay does not appear on the record, since it is a re-issue of the original version and not a re-recording. Having sold 1.2 million copies by the end of 2009, ""(Is This the Way to) Amarillo"" was the third best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK, behind ""Anything Is Possible""/""Evergreen"" by Will Young and ""Unchained Melody"" by Gareth Gates. As of March 2017, it has sold 1.28 million copies. The Dutch singer Albert West covered the song in 1988. After the successful re-release of the song in the UK, Tony"
"a gentleman who walked onstage from the wings. The planned scenario was that Sedaka was to begin performing ""Amarillo"", and after one verse, the audience was to be surprised by the appearance of Christie for an eventual duet. But at the interruption, a seemingly annoyed Sedaka asked, ""What is this?"" The interloper was a representative from Guinness Records, and he was there to present Sedaka with an award from ""Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums"" for composing ""(Is This the Way to) Amarillo?"", the most successful UK single of the 21st century (up to that date, of course)."
"2000 film ""Love, Honour and Obey"", starring Ray Winstone and Jude Law. Avenues and Alleyways ""Avenues and Alleyways"" is a 1972 single recorded by Tony Christie as the theme song for the television series ""The Protectors"". It was written and produced by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander, who were also responsible for Christie's ""Las Vegas"" and ""I Did What I Did for Maria"". Following the chart-topping success of the re-release of ""Is This the Way to Amarillo"" in 2005, this song was also re-released and peaked at No. 26 on the UK Singles Chart. On its original release, it had"
"upon as being too hillbilly. Susan Gibson and ""Wide Open Spaces"" has been considered an example of the influence of the West Texas influence in country music songwriting; Gibson herself considers Amarillo to be ""where the wide open spaces are. Amarillo has the most beautiful sunsets."" Gibson's childhood family drives from Amarillo to Missoula, Montana, also trace the song's lyric and settings. The song gained Nashville respect, as it was named the Country Music Association Awards Single of the Year in 1999. It also won Gibson the ""American Songwriter"" Professional Country Songwriter of the Year award in early 2000, as"
"Garfield Akers Garfield Akers (possibly born James Garfield Echols, c.1902 – c.1959) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He sometimes performed under the pseudonym ""Garfield Partee."" Akers' extant recordings consist of four sides, which are nonetheless historically significant. His most well-known song was his debut, ""Cottonfield Blues"", a duet with friend and longtime collaborator Joe Callicott on second guitar, based on a song performed by Texas blues musician Henry Thomas a few years earlier. Akers lived in Hernando, Mississippi most of his life, working as a sharecropper and performing during off-hours at local house parties and dances. He was"
"Ballard MacDonald Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was an American lyricist, who was one of the writers of Tin Pan Alley. Born in Portland, Oregon, he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). MacDonald wrote lyrics for a song called ""Play That Barber-Shop Chord"" in 1910, which became a hit with revised lyrics when it was sung in The Ziegfeld Follies by vaudeville star Bert Williams. He subsequently worked with composer Harry Carroll on ""On the Mississippi"" (1912) and ""The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"" (1912, based on the"
"Jim Capaldi Nicola James Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005) was an English drummer, singer, and songwriter. His musical career spanned more than four decades. He co-founded the psychedelic rock band Traffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood with whom he co-wrote the majority of the band's output. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a part of Traffic's original line-up. Capaldi also performed with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Alvin Lee, Cat Stevens, and Mylon LeFevre, and wrote lyrics for other artists, such as ""Love Will Keep Us Alive"" and ""This is"
"Rick Seibold Rick Seibold ( ; born April 16, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter from Wilmington, North Carolina, now based in Los Angeles. Seibold has received considerable recognition as an independent recording artist from his debut record ""That's the Day"". He has worked with artists such as Lee DeWyze, David Archuleta, Katelyn Tarver, Kat DeLuna, and Alex Lambert. Rick Seibold grew up on the East Coast in Wilmington, North Carolina. His music career began around age 10 when he appeared in the film The Road to Wellville as John Harvey Kellogg's son, played by Anthony Hopkins, singing the Christmas classic"
"Tony Camillo Tony Camillo (died August 28, 2018) was an American record producer, orchestrator and arranger. He worked on many soul, pop and disco recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, including recordings by Dionne Warwick, Eric Carmen, The Stylistics, Dazz Band, Millie Jackson, Chambers Brothers, Peaches & Herb, Sha Na Na, Grand Funk Railroad, Stevie Wonder, The 5th Dimension, Martha Reeves, The Supremes, Parliament, and Tommy James. He co-produced and arranged Gladys Knight and The Pips's 1973 number one hit, ""Midnight Train to Georgia"", which was awarded a Grammy Award. He co-wrote and produced the group's 1974 hit, ""I Feel"
"Monroe Rosenfeld Monroe H. ""Rosey"" Rosenfeld (c.1861 – December 13, 1918) was an American songwriter and journalist. He is credited with coining the term ""Tin Pan Alley"", around 1903. Rosenfeld was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of German immigrants. By the early 1880s, he was working in New York City as a songwriter, often using pseudonyms such as E. Heiser and F. Belasco. He started having success around 1884 with such songs as ""Climbing Up the Golden Stairs"", and ""Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back"", written with Scottish-born composer Felix McGlennon and recorded by Dan Quinn. His"
"Percy Mayfield Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920 – August 11, 1984) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter, known for the songs ""Please Send Me Someone to Love"" and ""Hit the Road Jack"". Mayfield was born in Minden, Louisiana, the seat of Webster Parish, in the northwestern part of the state. As a youth, he had a talent for poetry, which led him to songwriting and singing. He began his performing career in Texas and then moved to Los Angeles in 1942, but without success as a singer until 1947, when a"
"and stepfather Lawrence J. Stiglbauer (1913-1994). Terry Stafford Terry LaVerne Stafford (November 22, 1941 – March 17, 1996) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1964 U.S. Top 10 hit, ""Suspicion"", and the 1973 country music hit, ""Amarillo by Morning"". Stafford was also known for his Elvis Presley sound-alike voice. Stafford was the only son of William Nathan ""Bill"" Stafford (1921–2011), a United States Navy veteran of World War II and a construction worker, and the former Juanita J. Roach (1919–2001). He had two sisters, Linda Williams of Amarillo and Judy Snead of Hendersonville, Tennessee. He, like"
"part of the soundtrack of many American films. South American Way ""South American Way"" is a 1939 song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Al Dubin. This tune is commonly associated with both the Andrews Sisters and Carmen Miranda, who introduced the song in the 1939 stage musical ""Streets Of Paris"" (which starred Abbott & Costello). Carmen performed it on-screen a year later in her breakout role for U.S. audiences in the film ""Down Argentine Way"" (1940), causing it to become very popular in the United States. The song became very popular in the United States, and had"
"Cary Gilbert Cary Grant Gilbert (March 20, 1942 – February 15, 1993) was an American lyricist who wrote songs with Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff at Philadelphia International Records in the 1970s. Among the songs he co-wrote are the international #1 hits ""Me and Mrs. Jones"" and ""Don't Leave Me This Way."" Gilbert, widely known as ""Hippy,"" grew up in Camden, New Jersey, and became friends with Gamble and Huff when the two were members of Kenny Gamble & the Romeos. After holding several jobs and marrying, Gilbert turned to songwriting with Gamble and Huff and penned the lyrics for"
"That's the Way Love Is (The Isley Brothers song) ""That's the Way Love Is"" is a 1967 Tamla (Motown) single recorded by The Isley Brothers and produced by Norman Whitfield, later covered in a 1969 hit version by Marvin Gaye. The single was his third consecutive million-selling solo hit after ""I Heard It Through the Grapevine"" and ""Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"" written by Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Whitfield took the up-tempo Isley Brothers record, and turned it into a slowed-down psychedelic soul opus. Like ""Grapevine"", the song is sung by an emotionally wrought Gaye, singing the song in"