Songs I Like

[hardrockminer]

Time to switch.  This song is a well known one by a well known singer who is gone now.  I think he'll live on in blues music for centuries.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MHkpkMcgzc

[hardrockminer]

We used to sing this song in high school, at around 3 pm when it was time to go home.  The halls would ring with the sound of a thousand students!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6gcxNFc1I0

[hardrockminer]

In 1978 I spent the entire summer on my motorcycle before heading back to school.  This song was popular and I often sang it while on the road.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyLhMgB_hcE

[Steve G.]

  On this date, November 11, 1976, Queen released the single "Somebody to Love".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kijpcUv-b8M


Chart (1976–1977)   Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report)[31]   15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[32]   2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[33]   5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[34]   5
Denmark (Tracklisten)[35]   19
Finland (Suomen Virallinen)[36]   21
Ireland (IRMA)[37]   6
Italy (Musica e Dischi)[38]   10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[39]   1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[40]   1
South Africa (Springbok)[41]   7
UK Singles (OCC)[42]   2
US Billboard Hot 100[5]   13
US Cash Box Top 100[43]   9
West Germany (GfK)[44]   21


Certifications

Region   Certification   Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[62]   Gold   30,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[63]   Platinum   90,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[64]   Gold   250,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[65]   2× Platinum   200,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[66]   Platinum   60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[67]
2011 release   2× Platinum   1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[68]   3× Platinum   3,000,000‡

[hardrockminer]

This song was a very popular protest song from the sixties.  The video is interesting.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I

[Steve G.]

 

  On this date, November 13, 1964, The Moody Blues [very early,,,,Denny Lane lead vocal] released the single "Go Now".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2L3UzM_FfE                   Filmed at BBC 1,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvMWVNQ5VVI     Live in Inglewood, Cal. , June 21,1976, when Denny was with Paul McCartney and Wings.



Chart (1964–1965)   Peak
position
US Record World 100 Top Pops[31]   8
US Cashbox Top 100[30]   6
US Billboard Hot 100[29]   10
UK Singles (OCC)[28]   1
Sweden (Kvällstoppen)[27]   17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26]   10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[25]   8
Ireland (IRMA)[24]   4
Hong Kong (RTHK)[23]   6
France (SNEP)[22]   15
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[21]   2
Australia (Kent Music Report)[20]   12

Chart (1964–1965)   Peak
position
US Record World 100 Top Pops[31]   8
US Cashbox Top 100[30]   6
US Billboard Hot 100[29]   10
UK Singles (OCC)[28]   1
Sweden (Kvällstoppen)[27]   17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26]   10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[25]   8
Ireland (IRMA)[24]   4
Hong Kong (RTHK)[23]   6
France (SNEP)[22]   15
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[21]   2
Australia (Kent Music Report)[20]   12

[hardrockminer]

It was definitely a Denny Laine song.  He used to sing it after he joined Wings.

This song is about being married but also having a girlfriend who takes care of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkP4-hAbYNg

[Steve G.]

 On this date, November 15, 1974, Kiki Dee sang live on Midnight Special, her hit song " I got the Music in Me".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqg80DNQB0M


Weekly charts
Chart (1974)   Peak
position
Australia KMR   52
Canada RPM Top Singles[5]   20
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6]   9
UK (OCC)   19
US Billboard Hot 100[7]   12
US Cash Box Top 100[8]   18

[Steve G.]

   On this date, November 14, 1982, the Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes showcase hit "Up Where We Belong" , began it's 3 week straight reign on the Billboard US Hot 100. The song was specifically written as a song track for the movie " An officer and A Gentleman". Song and movie won multiple Academy, Golden Globe, Grammy, and other world awards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjrOcrisGyI           Original video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpYxZ-1PnlA


Chart (1982–1983)   Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[44]   1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[45]   14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[46]   32
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[47]   1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[48]   2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[49]   13
Ireland (IRMA)[50]   3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[51]   3
Norway (VG-lista)[52]   3
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[53]   1
Spain (AFYVE)[54]   2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[55]   3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[56]   7
UK Singles (OCC)[57]   7
US Billboard Hot 100[12]   1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[23]   3
US Cash Box Top 100[58]   1
West Germany (Offiziele Deutsche Charts)[59]   6



Certifications and sales
Region   Certification   Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[66]   Gold   35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[67]   Gold   50,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[68]   Gold   45,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[69]   Gold   25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[25]   Gold   400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[70]   Platinum   1,000,000^



Accolades
Award   Category   Nominee(s)   Result   Ref.
Academy Awards   Best Actress   Debra Winger   Nominated   [36]
Best Supporting Actor   Louis Gossett Jr.   Won
Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen   Douglas Day Stewart   Nominated
Best Film Editing   Peter Zinner   Nominated
Best Original Score   Jack Nitzsche   Nominated
Best Original Song   "Up Where We Belong"
Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie;
Lyrics by Will Jennings   Won
British Academy Film Awards   Best Score for a Film   Jack Nitzsche   Nominated   [37]
Best Original Song Written for a Film   "Up Where We Belong"
Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie;
Lyrics by Will Jennings   Won
Directors Guild of America Awards   Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures   Taylor Hackford   Nominated   [38]
Golden Globe Awards   Best Motion Picture – Drama   Nominated   [39]
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama   Richard Gere   Nominated
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama   Debra Winger   Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture   Louis Gossett Jr.   Won
David Keith   Nominated
Best Original Song – Motion Picture   "Up Where We Belong"
Music by Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie;
Lyrics by Will Jennings   Won
New Star of the Year – Actor   David Keith   Nominated
New Star of the Year – Actress   Lisa Blount   Nominated
Grammy Awards   Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal   "Up Where We Belong" – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes   Won   [40]
Japan Academy Film Prize   Outstanding Foreign Language Film   Won
NAACP Image Awards   Outstanding Motion Picture   Won   
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture   Louis Gossett Jr.   Won
National Board of Review Awards   Top Ten Films   4th Place   [41]
Writers Guild of America Awards   Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen   Douglas Day Stewart   Nominated   [42]
Louis Gossett Jr. became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the fourth Black Oscar winner overall (after Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, and Isaac Hayes).
Producer Don Simpson complained about the song "Up Where We Belong", "The song is no good. It isn't a hit," and unsuccessfully demanded it be cut from the film. It later became the number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100.


The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions—#29[43]
2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:
"Up Where We Belong"—#75[44]
2006: AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers—#68[45]


On the Songs of the Century list compiled by the RIAA in 2001, the song was listed at number 323.[12] In 2004, it finished at number 75 on AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema, and in 2016, one of the duo's live renditions of the song was listed at number 18 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 20 Greatest Best Song Oscar Performances.[31] In 2020, it was included on Billboard magazine's list of the 25 Greatest Love Song Duets.[32]

[hardrockminer]

Joe had a unique singing voice.  Here is a Ray Charles song that he covered.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R9c5fFVtBI

[fffCycles]

Yes! A lot of us liked Joe ‘s voice.
Had my ‘70’s Sansui amp repaired and dragged out all my LP’s been listening to old tunes for about a month now. I love it!!

[Steve G.]

  On this date, November 15, 1975, The Eagles released the single, " Take it to The Limit".  With the angelic voice of Randy Meisner.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyLhMgB_hcE   original track


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fCZUMcF_ZM    Live at The Capital Centre  in Landover, Maryland, March 1977




Weekly charts
Chart (1975–1976)   Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[20]   30
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[21]   16
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[22]   6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23]   23
UK Singles (OCC)[24]   12
US Billboard Hot 100[25]   4
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[26]   4
US Cash Box Top 100[27]   5

[Steve G.]

  On this date, November 15, 1972, America released its its second studio album " Homecoming'.

 Included in this epic album was "Ventura Highway'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnV7dTXlXxs   LP Track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSEYI6Ellw    Live, Central Park, New York, 1979

Weekly charts
Chart (1972–1973)   Peak
position
Australia (KMR)[12]   28
Canada RPM Top Singles[13]   5
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[14]   42
New Zealand (Listener)[15]   12
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)   43
US Billboard Easy Listening   3
US Billboard Hot 100 [16]   8
US Cash Box Top 100 [16]   8
US Record World Singles Chart [16]   7

[hardrockminer]

This is a pretty good cover of a song by Jessie Winchester.  Jessie was an American draft dodger who fled to Montreal in the 60's and lived there until he died of cancer.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9ZfqtQyoCc

[hardrockminer]

At the center of country music is the rodeo, and this guy was a top rodeo guy for years before he became the best country singer around.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtVeDaZxAXo