Who sang the theme song to 'Minder' - I could Be So Good To You?
"tunes for at least four of the programmes in which he has starred, namely for ""Minder"", ""New Tricks"", ""On the Up"" and ""Stay Lucky"". It is common to misattribute the ""Minder"" theme tune (""I Could Be So Good for You"") to Dennis Waterman. Although he was the singer on the theme song, it was written by his then partner Patricia Maynard and Gerard Kenny. In November 2006, Waterman made a guest appearance in a ""Little Britain"" stage show, alongside the comedy character version of himself. Dennis Waterman Dennis Waterman (born 24 February 1948) is an English actor and singer, best"
"Ralph Salmins, Foster is embarking on several music seminars at different educational establishments around the UK, the most recent (September 2007) being held at Leeds Metropolitan University. The trio have also been invited to give a similar seminar at the famous Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts music school which was started by Sir Paul McCartney. He has also contributed several articles to bass playing specialist magazines. One of Foster's most memorable bass lines was in the theme tune to the late-70s UK TV show ""Minder"" starring Dennis Waterman. The tune, ""I Can Be So Good For You"" started out life"
"featured as a soundtrack in several movies and TV shows within the country. It was later covered by local artist Ariel Rivera. His composition ""I Could Be So Good For You"" was recorded by Dennis Waterman for the theme tune of the ITV series ""Minder"" and became a Top 10 hit single in the United Kingdom during 1980. It also gained an Ivor Novello Award for Kenny. In 1983, he began to work with Alan Jay Lerner on a musical adaption of ""My Man Godfrey"", but Lerner died before it could be completed. However, two of the song the pair"
"became well known and something of a pin-up as DS George Carter in ""The Sweeney"" during the 1970s. As well as starring in ""Minder"", he sang the theme song, ""I Could Be So Good for You"", which was a top three UK hit in 1980 and a top ten hit in Australia. It was written by his then-wife Patricia Waterman with Gerard Kenny. Waterman also recorded a song with George Cole: ""What Are We Gonna Get For 'Er Indoors?"" In 1976 Waterman released his first album, ""Downwind of Angels"", arranged and produced by Brian Bennett. A single, ""I Will Glide"","
"Minister Harold Wilson. The theme song ""Nobody Does It Better"" was composed by Marvin Hamlisch, written by Carole Bayer Sager, and performed by Carly Simon. It was the first theme song in the series to be titled differently from the name of the film, although the title is in the lyrics. It was nominated for Best Song but lost to ""You Light Up My Life"". The song met immediate success and is featured in numerous films, including ""Mr. & Mrs. Smith"" (2005), ""Little Black Book"", ""Lost in Translation"", and """" (2004). In 2004, it was honoured by the American Film"
"gun control measures, opposes military intervention in Syria, and supports fighting climate change. Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country, and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, a live album, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. Her songs include ""All I Wanna Do"", ""If It Makes You Happy"", ""My Favorite Mistake"" and the theme song for the 1997 James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Crow has garnered nine Grammy"
"at which Morgan died suddenly in 1998. Diamond died in his sleep on 8 October 2015. According to his daughter Sara, the cause of death was a pulmonary oedema. He was survived by his wife Christine and their two children. Jim Diamond (singer) James Aaron Diamond (28 September 1951 – 8 October 2015) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three Top 5 hits: ""I Won't Let You Down"" (1982), as the lead singer of PhD; and his solo performances ""I Should Have Known Better"", a United Kingdom No. 1 in 1984, and ""Hi Ho Silver"", the theme song"
"to Be Good"") and sex (""Love on the Rocks"", ""Good Love"", ""Tearin' Down the Walls"", and ""Look but You Can't Touch""). Vocalist Bret Michaels allegedly wrote the band's most successful single, ""Every Rose Has Its Thorn"", in response to a failed love affair with a Los Angeles stripper. Poison had been playing at a cowboy bar called ""The Ritz"" in Dallas, Texas. After the show, Michaels called the woman at her apartment and heard a man's voice in the background. Heartbroken, he wrote the song with an acoustic guitar in a laundromat. The first single ""Nothin' But a Good Time"""
"called ""Better Be Good to Me"". At the time, Kelly Wilde was an established act on the gay circuit. The second entry was a big show ballad, ""That Old Feeling Again"" performed by Stephen Lee Garden and composed by former UK entrant Mike Moran. Thom Hardwell was the singer and composer of the uptempo ""Never Give Up"", a song which received unfavourable comments from panelist Cathy McGowan. Composer Paul Curtis, a familiar contest figure between 1975 and 1986, returned to the national final with ""Give a Little Love Back to the World"". The performer of this anthemic number was 15-year-old"
"Jim Diamond (singer) James Aaron Diamond (28 September 1951 – 8 October 2015) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three Top 5 hits: ""I Won't Let You Down"" (1982), as the lead singer of PhD; and his solo performances ""I Should Have Known Better"", a United Kingdom No. 1 in 1984, and ""Hi Ho Silver"", the theme song from ""Boon"", which reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986. Diamond was born in the Bridgeton area in the East End of Glasgow in 1951. He started his music career at the age of 15 with his"
"Sheryl Crow Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her music incorporates elements of pop, rock, country, and blues. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, a live album, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. Her songs include ""All I Wanna Do"", ""If It Makes You Happy"", ""My Favorite Mistake"" and the theme song for the 1997 James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Crow has garnered nine Grammy Awards (out of 32 nominations) from the National Academy of Recording Arts and"
"(with blue tint) still photographs of Arthur and Terry together outside famous London landmarks, and a few hinting of (unseen) previous escapades typical of a standard episode plot. In the later Gary Webster series, this changed to Arthur and Ray walking along Southend Pier, over a mile long: at the end Arthur realises he has left his lighter at the other end of the pier and they start to walk back to find it. The theme tune, ""I Could Be So Good for You"", was released on 13 October 1980 and originally written in 1979 by Gerard Kenny and Patricia"
"Little Wonder (song) ""Little Wonder"" is a song and single by David Bowie, from the 1997 album ""Earthling"". It was the album's biggest hit, reaching number 14 in the UK. At the 1998 Brit Awards, the song was nominated for Best British Video. Bowie uses the names of all seven dwarfs in the lyrics. The sampled spoken line ""If it's good to ya, it's gotta be good for ya"" during the instrumental break, comes from the spoken intro of a live Steely Dan song called ""Bodhisattva"" from the ""Citizen Steely Dan"" box. Two main interpretations to the lyrics are given"
"I've Been Good to You ""I've Been Good to You"" is a 1961 R&B song by The Miracles on Motown Records' Tamla label. It was released as the B-side of their ""Billboard"" Top 40 hit, ""What's So Good About Goodbye"", and was included on their album ""I'll Try Something New"" the following year. This sad, melancholy ballad charted #103 on the ""Billboard"" Pop chart. Despite its relatively modest chart placing, this song has been hugely influential, and is noted as Beatle John Lennon's favorite Miracles tune, and was the inspiration behind The Beatles' song, ""Sexy Sadie"". Written by Miracles lead"
"He Was Too Good to Me ""He Was Too Good to Me"" is a song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was introduced in the tryouts of their 1930 Broadway musical ""Simple Simon"", but was dropped before the show's New York opening. Despite its inauspicious beginning, the song has become a jazz standard, and has been recorded by such artists as Eileen Farrell, Natalie Cole, Barry Galbraith, Chet Baker, Thad Jones, Nina Simone, Shirley Horn, Chris Connor, Jeri Southern and Carmen McRae. The song is occasionally sung as ""“She was too good to me”"", especially"
"Too Good to Be True (Michael Peterson song) ""Too Good to Be True"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Michael Peterson. It was released in January 1998 as the third single from his debut album ""Michael Peterson"". The song reached #8 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1998. The song was written by Peterson and Gene Pistilli. Larry Flick, of ""Billboard"" magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the tune ""boasts a percolating rhythm and Peterson's personality-packed vocals."" The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann and premiered in early"
"guitarist Larry Carlton‒before Jay Graydon's version became the ""keeper"". He worked on the song for about six hours before the band was satisfied. The song became famous for being the first theme song for Entertainment Tonight from 1981 to 1985. Jay Graydon spoke about his famous guitar solo in a 2014 interview: Michael McDonald can be heard providing multi-tracked backup vocals in the choruses, and keyboardist Paul Griffin can also be heard talking and improvising background vocals in the final chorus and fadeout. The song could be a reference to Broadway star and one-time Hollywood actress Peg Entwistle, who became"
"very surreal atmosphere. ""Cirrus Minor"" was covered by the French artist Étienne Daho on his 2007 album, ""Be My Guest Tonight"". Cirrus Minor (song) ""Cirrus Minor"" is a song written and performed Pink Floyd. It is the first track on their 1969 album ""Soundtrack from the Film More"". The song would later be released on the compilation album ""Relics"". The song is 5 minutes 18 seconds long. It was written by Roger Waters and performed by David Gilmour on vocals and guitar and Rick Wright on organ. The song has a hallucinogenic, pastoral quality, with prominent organ and bird sound"
"clothing for the smaller actor. The film's musical score was composed by Giorgio Moroder, who was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The main theme song of the film is ""Call Me"" performed by Blondie. The song was written by Moroder and Blondie vocalist Debbie Harry, and became a huge worldwide success in 1980. It peaked at number one in several countries including the US and the UK, and became the highest-selling single of 1980 in the United States. In 1981, the song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a"
"as the show's opening theme. Beginning with the show's third season, this was replaced by a slowed-down vocal theme titled ""Eight Is Enough,"" which was sung by series co-star Grant Goodeve. The song had music by Lee Holdridge and lyrics by Molly-Ann Leikin, and was first heard in a longer arrangement on the last episode of the second season titled ""Who's on First?"", which was also performed by Goodeve. Early episodes had instrumental music by Fred Werner and Alexander Courage, but the show's real musical stamp came from composer Earle Hagen, who had a knack of composing memorable cues as"
"So Good to Me ""So Good to Me"" is a song by American DJ and record producer Chris Malinchak. It was released in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2013 by Ministry of Sound. The song samples ""If This World Were Mine"" (1967) by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell. ""So Good to Me"" debuted and peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, failing to prevent ""Get Lucky"" by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams from spending a third week at the top of the UK Singles Chart. It also peaked at number four in Belgium and the Republic of Ireland"
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"Regina Belle Regina Belle (born July 17, 1963) is an American singer–songwriter and actress who first started her career in the mid–1980s. Known for her singles, ""Baby Come to Me"" (1989) and ""Make It Like It Was"" (1990), Belle's most notable for two hit duets, both with Peabo Bryson: ""Without You"", the love theme from the comedy film ""Leonard Part 6"", recorded in 1987 and ""A Whole New World"", the main theme of the Disney's animated feature film ""Aladdin"", recorded in 1992, with which Belle and Bryson won the Grammy award. The theme song ""Far Longer than Forever"" from the"
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"song sung by singer Johnny Nash, the American reggae singer-songwriter best known for 1956's ""A Very Special Love"" and 1972's ""I Can See Clearly Now"". The theme's lyrics were written by Winston Sharples's son Winston Sharples, Jr. under the pseudonym ""Win Singleton"" (his first and middle names). The voice actress for all the female voices is Helene Nickerson. The theme song was covered in 2009 by Canadian jazz musician John Stetch on his album ""TV Trio"". In 2005, the series was re-issued to television in a newly remastered version and was reformatted, and in the process, replacing the familiar theme"
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"the theme song was performed by Shirley Bassey (following ""Goldfinger"" and ""Diamonds Are Forever""). Frank Sinatra was originally considered for the vocals, and Kate Bush was asked, but she declined. Johnny Mathis was approached and offered the opportunity. However, Mathis—despite having started recording with Barry—was unable to complete the project, leaving producers to offer the song to Bassey just weeks before the premiere date in England. Bassey made the recordings with very short notice and as a result, she never regarded the song 'as her own' as she had never had the chance to perform it in full or promote"
"""The Adventures of Robin Hood"", ""The Four Just Men"" and ""Play for Today"". His film credits include ""The Grissom Gang"", ""The Hellfire Club"", ""The Squeeze"" and ""The Treasure of Monte Cristo"". Leon Griffiths Leon Griffiths (15 February 1928 – 10 June 1992) was a British writer for TV and film. He is best known for being the creator of the ITV comedy-drama ""Minder"". The inspiration for the show came from the stories he heard while frequenting drinking clubs in north London. Griffiths was born in Sheffield, but grew up in Glasgow. During his national service he worked for the British"