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THE CARPENTERS - (They Long to Be) Close to You (1970)
THE CARPENTERS - (They Long to Be) Close to You (1971)
ELTON JOHN - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
DONNY OSMOND - Puppy Love (1974)
THE CARPENTERS - Please Mr. Postman (1975)
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS - Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye) (1975)
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was first recorded by Richard Chamberlain and released as a single in 1963 as "They Long to Be Close to You," without parentheses. In 1970, it was released by The Carpenters on their album, "Close to You", and it became their breakthrough hit. The song stayed at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks.Because of "(They Long to Be) Close to You," the Carpenters earned a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus in 1971. It became the first of three Grammy Awards they would win during their careers.In 1972, the song again became a hit when recorded by Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager. It went to #6 on Billboard's R&B chart.The song has been recorded by many other artists, including Bobby Womack, Perry Como, Barenaked Ladies, The Cranberries, Isaac Hayes (on Black Moses, 1971), Les Mouches, Jimmy Bo Horne, Hikaru Utada (Cubic U), Ethyl Meatplow, Freya Lin, Corrinne May, Rie fu, Rick Astley, Emil Chau, and Vincy Chan.
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is a ballad performed by Elton John. The song was written by Bernie Taupin and composed by John for his album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Its musical style and production is heavily influenced by 1970s soft rock. It was widely praised by critics, and some critics have named it John's best song. The song was released in 1973 as the album's second single, and entered the Top Ten in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It was one of John's biggest hits, and surpassed the previous single in sales and popularity quickly following its release.Rolling Stone ranked the song #380 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and later commented that the song "harnesse(s) the fantastical imagery of glam to a Gershwin-sweet melody"
"Puppy Love" is a song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, with whom he was having an affair at the time. Anka's version reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #33 on the UK singles chart. Funicello later recorded it on her album Funicello sings Anka. Twelve years later it was revived by Donny Osmond, who took it to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the UK singles chart for five weeks in July 1972.
"Please Mr. Postman" was the debut single by The Marvelettes for the Tamla (Motown) label, notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. The single achieved this position in late 1961; it hit number-one on the R&B chart as well. "Please Mr. Postman" became a number-one hit again, when The Carpenters' cover of the song.The Carpenters' version resembles an old 50s rock song.The single was released in 1974, reached #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and "easy listening" charts, and was certified a gold record. The album was released in June 1975.
"Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, a member of the The Four Seasons whose version of the song made it to #12 the U.S. singles charts in 1965. On the original issue of the single, the title was "Bye Bye Baby"; A cover of the song by the Bay City Rollers sold a million copies and hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks from March 1975.During the Bay City Rollers version's long run at number one, UK radio DJ Johnnie Walker made somewhat derogatory remarks about the song and called the band "musical garbage", which caused some controversy and can be seen to anticipate his departure from BBC Radio 1 the following year because he disliked the station's pop format and wanted to play more rock music.
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SHANIA TWAIN - Juanita (2002)
"Juanita" is an interesting song because it incorporates a Spanish flair with a distinctive country feel. A typical pop-country ballad,
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