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It Never Rains in Southern California "It Never Rains in Southern California" is a 1972 song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and sung by Hammond, a British-born singer-songwriter. Instrumental backing was provided by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew. The song appears on Hammond's album "It Never Rains in Southern California" and peaked at number five on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. In the UK, the song is perhaps the quintessential example of a turntable hit: a song that, although very frequently played and requested on radio, never makes it into the charts. Through the 1970s,
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the record was reissued at least five times by various labels but never charted, despite yet more airplay, and is still frequently heard on UK radio. The song concerns the struggles of an actor who moves to California to pursue a career in Hollywood but does not have any success and deteriorates in the process. In the chorus, Hammond sings: "It never rains in California, but girl don't they warn ya. It pours, man, it pours." In 1989, Hammond re-recorded the song for his "Best of Me" greatest hits compilation. It Never Rains in Southern California "It Never Rains in
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It Never Rains in Southern California "It Never Rains in Southern California" is a 1972 song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and sung by Hammond, a British-born singer-songwriter. Instrumental backing was provided by L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew. The song appears on Hammond's album "It Never Rains in Southern California" and peaked at number five on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. In the UK, the song is perhaps the quintessential example of a turntable hit: a song that, although very frequently played and requested on radio, never makes it into the charts. Through the 1970s,
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It Never Rains in Southern California (album) It Never Rains in Southern California is the debut album by Albert Hammond released by Mums Records. The album landed on the "Billboard" 200 chart, reaching #77. The title song hit #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #5 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and #51 on the UK Singles Chart in 1972. The single "Down By The River" hit #38 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #91 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The single "If You Gotta Break Another Heart" hit #63 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1973. "The Air That I
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Breathe" would go on to become a major hit for British band The Hollies in 1974. The album was produced by Albert Hammond and Don Altfeld and was arranged by Michael Omartian. All tracks by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. Album Singles It Never Rains in Southern California (album) It Never Rains in Southern California is the debut album by Albert Hammond released by Mums Records. The album landed on the "Billboard" 200 chart, reaching #77. The title song hit #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #5 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and #51 on the UK Singles Chart in
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film not to have an official soundtrack. The song "Moonlight Feels Right" by Starbuck, written and produced by lead singer/keyboardist Bruce Blackman also appears in the film. Pete Yorn recorded a cover of the Albert Hammond classic "It Never Rains in Southern California" for the film, and like the aforementioned Cher song, remains unreleased. The Kings of Leon songs "California Waiting", "Molly Chambers" and "Holy Roller Novocaine" are all featured in the film as well, from the band's first EP "Holy Roller Novacaine". Greg Kinnear's version of "Summertime" is an almost note-for-note cover of the Billy Stewart version. Eight minutes
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The Air That I Breathe "The Air That I Breathe" is a ballad written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, initially recorded by Albert Hammond on his 1972 album "It Never Rains in Southern California". This song was a major hit for The Hollies in early 1974, reaching number two in the United Kingdom. In the summer of 1974, the song reached number six in the United States on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and number three on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number five on the "RPM" magazine charts. The audio engineering for "The
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The Pipkins, and "The Air That I Breathe" for Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers, for his 1973 solo album "Star Spangled Springer". The latter song was recorded by and a hit for The Hollies. Hazlewood's collaboration with Hammond resulted in co-composed songs for the latter such as "It Never Rains in Southern California" and "The Free Electric Band". Hazlewood and Hammond also wrote the international hit song "Make Me an Island" for the Irish singer Joe Dolan in 1969, as well as his follow-up singles, "Teresa" and "You're Such a Good Looking Woman". The latter became a signature hit
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episode could be the series finale, Thomas did not want it to completely resolve all plot lines; his intention was to keep viewers guessing and prevent the conclusion from being too bland or typical. He ultimately felt that the final shot of Veronica walking away from the voting booth in the rain was "a pretty melancholy way to go out". The song "It Never Rains in Southern California" by Albert Hammond plays during the final scene. In promotional advertising for the episode, The CW billed it as a season finale, despite the fact that the series had already been cancelled.
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played the Glastonbury Festival 40th anniversary in June 2010 on the acoustic stage. Stewart sang a duet with Albert Hammond of Hammond's "It Never Rains in Southern California" on Hammond's 2010 album "Legend". In 2011, Stewart sang a duet with his guitarist and opening act Dave Nachmanoff on Nachmanoff's album "Step Up". The song, "Sheila Won't Be Coming Home", was co-written by Stewart and Nachmanoff. In May 2015, Stewart performed the albums "Past, Present and Future" and "Year of the Cat" in their entirety at the Royal Albert Hall with a band that included Tim Renwick, Peter White and Stuart
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through Red Bull Records on March 9, 2018. Hammond was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of British-Gibraltarian singer-songwriter Albert Hammond, best known for his 1972 hit single "It Never Rains in Southern California", and Argentine former model and beauty pageant winner Claudia Fernández. Hammond was a championship-winning roller skater as a child. At the age of 13, Hammond Jr. was sent to boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. While there, he met Julian Casablancas, who would go on to be a fellow band member. Hammond moved back to Los Angeles where he completed his high
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Storm. At the same time Steve Rowland, of Family Dogg, heard the band playing live on Radio One Club and offered to sign them to his production company. He arranged for Albert Hammond, who was also in Family Dogg, to write a number for the band, entitled "It Never Rains in Southern California". However, before it could be released, Hammond decided to record it himself, for which Kelly was recruited by Steve Rowland to play drums. Hammond wrote other songs for the band, and a single "You Ring a Bell"/"Have You Met Angela" was recorded, but due to various problems
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and São Paulo in Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Mexico; and Venezuela. In 1973, he recorded the "International/Internacional" LP for the Discos Latin International label, which included his Spanish cover version of Albert Hammond's "It Never Rains in Southern California", "Nunca llueve en el Sur de California". In addition to the United States, this album was sold in South America and Europe. In Spain, the album received a rave review, and Russell was described as "The Latino Sinatra" and his singing style as "timeless, universal, and as valid today as when he began." Lastly, during this period, he appeared on various
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1100 Bel Air Place 1100 Bel Air Place is an album of love songs performed by Julio Iglesias, and released by Columbia Records in 1984. It was the first of Iglesias' albums to be sung largely in English, and it is generally considered his breakthrough album in English speaking markets. The album features Julio's only US Top 40 hits, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", with Willie Nelson, and "All of You" with Diana Ross. The Beach Boys sang back-up on "The Air That I Breathe", a tune from Albert Hammond's 1972 album "It Never Rains in Southern California,"
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new listeners won't have too much to dislike. The good news is that "Travelling" is definitely more charming than "Charm School"." Monsters and Critics praised the diversity of material found on the record: "In the new songs, Beatles fan [Per Gessle] lets his love for '60s pop and '70s classic rock run wild: 'Me & You & Terry & Julie' captivates with a Motown soul-organ pop refrain and a Kinks reference, while 'Lover, Lover, Lover' is reminiscent of Albert Hammond's evergreen 'It Never Rains in Southern California'." In a brief review, Barry Walters of "Spin" said: "Now that their Scandinavian
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on VFR Records in 2000. This album contained their debut single "It Never Rains in Southern California", a cover of Albert Hammond's hit single from 1972. An independently released live album was issued three years later, followed by "Horseshoes & Hand Grenades" in 2006. In addition to his contributions as a member of The New Row Mob, frontman Trent Summar has composed songs for other country music artists, including album tracks by Billy Currington and Gary Allan, as well as "Love You", a 2006 single for Jack Ingram, and "There's the Sun", a 2013 single for Kix Brooks. He also
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by Hammond include "Make Me an Island" and "You're Such a Good Looking Woman" by Joe Dolan, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship, "One Moment in Time" sung by Whitney Houston, "The Air That I Breathe", a hit for The Hollies, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" a Julio Iglesias/Willie Nelson duet, and "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer. In 2015 he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. He was also a solo singer in his own right. His biggest (and only Top 20) Billboard hit was "It Never Rains in Southern
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Bobby Roberts (film producer) Robert M. "Bobby" Roberts (May 9, 1929 – October 10, 2004) was a musician, producer, record executive and Hollywood film producer. In 1964, Roberts co-founded Dunhill Productions, which became Dunhill Records the following year. Roberts also managed performers such as The Mamas and The Papas, Richard Pryor, Mort Sahl, Mama Cass Elliott, Paul Anka, Ann-Margret, Johnny Rivers and many others. Roberts formed Mums Records with Hal Landers and Don Altfeld in 1972. The label, which was distributed by Columbia Records, had several notable releases, including Albert Hammond's hit single "It Never Rains in Southern California", and
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Luis Obispo areas. Southern California contains several different types of climate, including Mediterranean, semi-arid, desert and mountain, with infrequent rain and many sunny days. Summers are hot or warm, and dry, while winters are mild, and rainfall is low to moderate depending on the area. Although heavy rain can occur, it is unusual. This climatic pattern was alluded to in the hit song "It Never Rains (In Southern California)". While snow is very rare in the southwest region of the state, it occurs occasionally in the southeast region of the state. Southern California consists of one of the more varied
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theatre in Montclair, California. In the video, Raven sings the song while she is in a car with a boy, while Larsen sings and plays the guitar in front of another car. This footage is mixed with M2M singing together at the drive-in, people dancing, the projectionist struggling with his malfunctioning equipment, and the concession stand worker who has an overflowing popcorn maker. When the popcorn stand explodes, M2M continue to perform surrounded by people as popcorn rains down. Air cannons were used to fire 200 garbage bin-sized bags of popcorn into the air to create the raining popcorn effect.
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sounds like a Sunday morning testimonial." After the first five songs, "The Revival" features songs at a calmer tempo and more conventional style, with ballads that are more relaxed and low-key. "It Never Rains (In Southern California)" was titled after an oft-repeated phrase from one of Tony! Toni! Toné!'s attorneys, who used it in response to the group wearing heavy coats after returning from visits on the East Coast. Group drummer Timothy Christian played most of the song's instruments, and bassist Raphael Wiggins wrote its lyrics about a man longing for a woman who was in southern California. The ballads
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and almost never experiences frost. In addition, the Colorado Desert experiences two rainy seasons per year (in the winter and late summer), especially toward the southern portion of the region; the more northerly Mojave Desert usually has only winter rains. The west coast Peninsular Ranges, or other west ranges, of Southern California–northern Baja California, block most eastern Pacific coastal air and rains, producing an arid climate. Other short or longer-term weather events can move in from the Gulf of California to the south, and are often active in the summer monsoons. These include remnants of Pacific hurricanes, storms from the
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perceptions of others to the differences between Scott's appearance and the music he sings. Song of a Jewish Cowboy Song of a Jewish Cowboy is a 2002 documentary about Scott Gerber, a rancher and musician from Sonoma County, California, who sings cowboy music and Yiddish folk songs. The documentary shows clips from his performances and a personal interview with Scott. Scott's parents were socialist chicken ranchers who moved to Petaluma, California. Scott also went into chicken ranching and then dabbled in shearing sheep. He was instilled with a love of his Jewish heritage from his mother and grandmother, and sings
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You Gotta Break Another Heart" for his 1973 album "It Never Rains in Southern California". From the liner notes for the original album: Alone Again (Naturally) (album) Alone Again (Naturally) is the thirtieth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams, released in September 1972 by Columbia Records and mainly consisting of songs originated by other artists. For its release in the UK, the album was titled "The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)", and three of the songs were replaced with the 7-inch single tracks "Who Was It?" and "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" and a recording that was
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Norwegian versions of "Only You (and You Alone)" ("Bare du") and "It Never Rains in Southern California" ("Solen skinner der du aller helst vil være"). After this, Ingebrigtsen stepped down his own musical activity and only sporadic releases such as "Stjernetegn" and "Soldatenes kortstokk" in 1988 and 1989. He continued working as a producer for other musicians. Ingebrigtsen released "Edelstein – de 20 beste" in 2001. He is the father of pop-singer Christian Ingebrigtsen, who is a member of the British-Norwegian band A1. Stein Ingebrigtsen Stein Ingebrigtsen (born 23 August 1945) is a Norwegian singer. He was enormously popular in
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The Ziggens The Ziggens are a band based out of Orange County, California whose self-described style of "cowpunksurfabilly" combines elements of cowpunk, surf, rockabilly, punk, ska, and country. The Ziggens are led by Bert Susanka who sings and plays rhythm guitar. Other members include Dickie Little on lead guitar, Jon Poutney on bass, and Brad Conyers who plays the drums and provides background vocals. The Ziggens have been playing since the early 1990s and have developed a strong following in Southern California. The Ziggens were contemporaries with Sublime and were originally signed to their Skunk Records label. Their song "Big
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Up Smiling". Her part in the film was written especially for her. She sings two songs during the film's climax, "If It Rains, Who Cares" and "Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark", which was staged in a massive 40 foot set build for the film replicating a radio station. Rita Pauncefort, who plays Kellaway's nagging wife, was a highly experienced actor of stage and film. She had first acted opposite Cecil Kellaway in South Africa in 1914. Joan Deering, who plays the ingenue, had never acted on screen before but had a strong theatrical background, having toured with revue companies in
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Carey) sings the song at Madison Square Garden during her first sold-out concert. Frank's performance of the song in the film omits its entire second verse, and the song's development runs in parallel with the film's love story. The album's third single, "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)", released on December 10, 2001, mirrored the same weak charting as "Never Too Far", although receiving more rotation on MTV due to its video. Directed by Sanaa Hamri, it features the theme of southern bayous and lifestyles, and presents Carey and Mystikal in "southern style" clothing and hairstyles. Some shots feature three versions
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of "What A Fool Believes" as performed by Loggins and McDonald on the live recording "Outside: Live From The Redwoods". Keep the Fire Keep the Fire is a soft rock album released in 1979 by Kenny Loggins. It was his third solo album after Loggins & Messina disbanded, and is perhaps best known for the hit single "This is It". The song was co-written by Michael McDonald, who also performed on the track. Michael Jackson sings backup vocals on the track "Who's Right, Who's Wrong". "Rolling Stone" magazine described it as "the new sound of Southern California: a sophisticated, diffuse,
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Song of a Jewish Cowboy Song of a Jewish Cowboy is a 2002 documentary about Scott Gerber, a rancher and musician from Sonoma County, California, who sings cowboy music and Yiddish folk songs. The documentary shows clips from his performances and a personal interview with Scott. Scott's parents were socialist chicken ranchers who moved to Petaluma, California. Scott also went into chicken ranching and then dabbled in shearing sheep. He was instilled with a love of his Jewish heritage from his mother and grandmother, and sings many of the songs they taught him. Much of the documentary focuses on the
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Keep the Fire Keep the Fire is a soft rock album released in 1979 by Kenny Loggins. It was his third solo album after Loggins & Messina disbanded, and is perhaps best known for the hit single "This is It". The song was co-written by Michael McDonald, who also performed on the track. Michael Jackson sings backup vocals on the track "Who's Right, Who's Wrong". "Rolling Stone" magazine described it as "the new sound of Southern California: a sophisticated, diffuse, jazz-inflected pop rock performed by an augmented rock band in which guitar and keyboards share equal prominence" and "churning romantic
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I Will Never Be a Star "I Will Never Be a Star" is a single by the Norwegian duo Ylvis, although it was the brothers' little brother, Bjarte Ylvisåker, who sang the song. It was uploaded onto YouTube on October 14, 2014, and had over 4.7 million views . In the song Bjarte sings about living in the shadow of his two older brothers' success. The song was released as a part of Ylvis' TV show "I Kveld Med Ylvis LIVE" on TVNorge. The song was performed live during concerts given in 2014 in Norway as a part of Ylvis'
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The Expensive Jacket Tour. The song has won Best Artist Performance award at the 2015 Nordic Music Video Awards. I Will Never Be a Star "I Will Never Be a Star" is a single by the Norwegian duo Ylvis, although it was the brothers' little brother, Bjarte Ylvisåker, who sang the song. It was uploaded onto YouTube on October 14, 2014, and had over 4.7 million views . In the song Bjarte sings about living in the shadow of his two older brothers' success. The song was released as a part of Ylvis' TV show "I Kveld Med Ylvis LIVE"
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later Aak-syu sings in an impromptu, and attracts a plutocrat's attention. The plutocrat wants to marry her, but is refused. Dang-zai takes part in a beauty contest of Calendar Queen by chance. Accidentally, she is chosen as the winner by the wealthy old lady who sponsor the contest. At the same time, "Shanghai Blues", a song composed by Gwok-man, is chosen by a famous singer Zau Siu-sin, and is suddenly popular among the Shanghai people. One day it rains very heavily, Gwok-man and Aak-syu share an umbrella, they return to Gwok-man's home together, but are encountered by Dang-zai, who is
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N' Roses' 1987 album "Appetite For Destruction". "Big Fish Little Fish" was the single released by Bob the Builder from the "Never Mind the Breeze Blocks". It was released in November 2008 in the United Kingdom, where it charted at number 81 in the UK Singles Chart. It is the third song released by the character. Neil Morrissey, who voiced the character, again sings in the song. Never Mind the Breeze Blocks Never Mind the Breeze Blocks is the second album by the Bob the Builder character from the BBC television series of the same name. It was released in
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of town. Many homes located in the river valley were washed into the Gulf of California. Clean-up was still being done in January, 2015. The entire peninsula of Baja California is an area with one of the lowest precipitation rates in the world. Rain is rare but usually occurs between December and March, and hurricanes are occasionally a major threat to the Mulegé area. There is a saying in Baja California: "It never rains in Baja, but if it rains, it pours." Due to fertile soil and a rich water supply in the Mulegé river valley, irrigation has supported agriculture
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an often ill Tammy finding herself strangely uncomforatble in front of disappointed and often angry audience members, a few of whom never failed to holler and scream, even in the middle of one of her songs: 'Where's George!?'" Despite the acrimony between them, Jones and Wynette were compelled to record and even perform together, leaving fans wondering if they might reconcile. "Southern California" was written by producer Billy Sherrill, Roger Bowling, and George Richey, whom Wynette would marry in 1978. The song tells the story of a woman who leaves her lover in Tennessee to follow her dream of moving
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and reached number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the fall of 1990, going on to sell over one million copies. In late 1990, the album's fourth single "It Never Rains (In Southern California)" became a number-one R&B hit and also peaked at number 34 on the Hot 100. On January 28, 1991, "The Revival" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of one million copies in the United States. By 1992, it had sold two million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which began tracking sales data in 1991. Reviewing the album for
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at number 34 on the chart. The album's second single "Feels Good" was released on June 19 and certified gold on November 13 after it had shipped 500,000 copies. The single topped the R&B chart for two weeks and reached number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the fall of 1990, going on to sell over one million copies. In late 1990, the album's fourth single "It Never Rains (In Southern California)" became a number-one R&B hit and also peaked at number 34 on the Hot 100. "The Revival" broadened the group's exposure to fans beyond their initial R&B
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Never Fade (Alice in Chains song) "Never Fade" is a song by the American rock band Alice in Chains and the third single from the band's sixth studio album, "Rainier Fog", released on August 24, 2018. The song was written by vocalists/guitarists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall, who also share lead vocals, with DuVall singing the verses and the pre-chorus, while Cantrell sings the chorus. "Never Fade" is a tribute to DuVall's grandmother, Soundgarden lead vocalist Chris Cornell, and Alice in Chains' original lead singer Layne Staley. The song was released as a single on August 10, 2018 via YouTube,
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, focusing on the songs of Johnny Mercer. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California. This is Fitzgerald's fifth and final collaboration with Riddle during her years on the Verve label. The album is notable as Fitzgerald's only Song Book to concentrate on the work of a lyricist. Riddle's lush arrangements interact most beautifully with Fitzgerald on ballads like "Midnight Sun" and "Skylark". Fitzgerald's impeccable swing is most
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platinum status. The album spawned several #1 R&B hits with "It Never Rains (In Southern California)", "Feels Good", "The Blues", and "Whatever You Want" all topping the R&B charts. "Feels Good" was the group's first single to breach the Top 10 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 and went gold. Inspired by live instrumentation, turntablism, and classic soul music, Tony! Toni! Toné! recorded and produced their second album, "The Revival", mostly themselves and released it in 1990 to commercial success. Released on May 8, 1990, by Wing Records, "The Revival" charted for 64 weeks on the "Billboard" Top Pop Albums, peaking
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in the UK, but these also failed to chart. He also earlier had contributed vocals to The Alan Parsons Project's first album, "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (1975), singing lead on "To One in Paradise", and providing background vocals on "The Cask of Amontillado", behind John Miles. In 1994, a further solo album appeared, "I Believe in Love", comprising live versions of both his Hollies and solo recorded songs, plus covers such as "It Never Rains in Southern California", from a concert recorded on 20 March 1994 in Germany. In 1982, Sylvester, in collaboration with Jimmy Griffin in Memphis, Tennessee,
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her song "Your House" was included in the ABC series entitled "Once and Again". Brooke was featured as a guest vocalist with artists such as Lisa Loeb, Chris Botti and Patty Larkin, and has co-written tracks for Joe Sample's "The Pecan Tree". In 2002 she moved from California to New York and married manager Patrick Rains. She performed two songs on Disney's "Return to Never Land" (2002) soundtrack, a movie based on the Peter Pan story, contributing her original song "I'll Try" and a cover "The Second Star to the Right". In 2003, Brooke revamped 1995's song "War" as a
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elements from jazz and hip hop, including improvisational sounds, conversational vocals, and digital samples. The group's lyrics exhibit contemporary hip hop attitudes and traditional soul themes, with songs about unruly women, low-key ballads, and more danceable tracks. The album was critically well received; reviewers applauded Tony! Toni! Toné!'s songwriting and appropriation of older sounds with contemporary R&B. Commercially, it charted for 64 weeks and peaked at number 34 on the "Billboard" Top Pop Albums. Four singles were released to promote the album, including the top 40-hit "It Never Rains (In Southern California)" and the gold-certified "Feels Good". "The Revival" was
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material. He then moved to the United States, where he continued his professional career as a musician. However, he had his greatest commercial success in mainland Europe. He is known for his successful singles of the 1970s, released on Columbia subsidiary Mums Records: "Down by the River", "It Never Rains in Southern California", "The Free Electric Band" (his only single to chart in the UK), "Half a Million Miles from Home", "If You Gotta Break Another Heart", "The Peacemaker", "I Don't Wanna Die in an Air Disaster", "I'm a Train" and "99 Miles from L.A." Written with Carole Bayer Sager,
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Un train qui part "Un train qui part" (English translation: "A departing train") was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in French by French singer Marie. The song is about people striking out on their own. Marie sings about a girl from rural France who is boarding a train to Paris in the hope that she will find work there, despite not knowing exactly what she will do. The departing train, she sings, ""is a bit like a home...For one who has never known home"". The song was performed sixth on the night, following Norway's Bendik
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Bee Gees-like falsettos on the chorus and "Williams background interjections sprinkled throughout the track," as noted by Maura Johnson from Idolator. During the pre-chorus Madonna sings the line, "Always a bridesmaid, never the bride", followed by "I'll throw you some rope, if it'll give you hope." In December 2007, it was announced that a new version of the song was being developed with American rapper Kanye West as featured guest. "Beat Goes On" was re-recorded in October 2007 by Spike Spent, Andrew Coleman and Alex Dromgoole at Sarm Studios, London, and at the Record Plant Studios, California. Spent and Coleman
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as backing vocalist on several popular songs of the 1970s including "Desiderata", "It Never Rains in Southern California", "Undercover Angel", "Rock Me Gently", "The Goodbye Girl", "Little Green Apples", "Train of Thought", "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" and "Delta Dawn". During the mid-70s she joined up with David Gates, founder member of the band Bread, and became his backing singer for a number of his solo tours, alongside her future husband. Together, they also supported the reunited Bread during their 1978 tour of the UK, although the 1978 UK TV special featured Parks singing from off stage.
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had inspired in Southern California. Brian finished the song, titled "Surfin'", and with Mike Love, wrote "Surfin' Safari". Murry recalled, "They had written a song called 'Surfin',' which I never did like and still don't like, it was so rude and crude." Murry Wilson, who was a sometime songwriter, arranged for the Pendletones to meet his publisher Hite Morgan. He said: "Finally, [Hite] agreed to hear it, and Mrs. Morgan said 'Drop everything, we're going to record your song. I think it's good.' And she's the one responsible." On September 15, 1961, the band recorded a demo of "Surfin'" with
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hot drum roll between verses of the song. However, in performing "Hound Dog" "Elvis sings the first line like Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, who repeat "hound dog" behind the lead singer: Elvis sings "hound dog" and his "second voice" repeats "hound dog." By the third verse, he sings the phrase like Thornton." An upbeat version ended abruptly as Presley threw his arm back, then began to vamp at half tempo, "You ain't-a nuthin' but a hound dog, cuh-crying all the time. You ain't never caught a rabbit…" A final wave signaled the band to stop. Elvis pointed threateningly at
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Tal Herzberg, who has worked the Black Eyed Peas on previous studio recordings, performed additional engineering on the track with the use of Pro Tools. Tony Maserati was signed as the principal mix engineer while Ryan Kennedy assisted him at The Record Plant in Hollywood, California. The song was finally recorded at Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia and The Record Plant in Hollywood, California by "Angry" Mike Eleopoulos. Since the song was released, the lyrics in the chorus have been a matter of dispute. It appears that Fergie sings the words "Flossy Flossy" or as some hear "Flowers Flowers",
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which most of the land area is assigned to a town. Or, it could refer to separate districts on the county legislative body. An episode of the television series "Two and a Half Men" is titled "It Never Rains in Hooterville". In the episode, Alan Harper tells his brother Charlie about his disastrous rainy camp night with his son Jake. Charlie asks where Jake is now, and Alan says that he went with his friends to Hooterville, to which Charlie replies, "It never rains in Hooterville". In the song, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", singer Gil Scott-Heron refers to
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1966". Their only other studio album is "Ella at Duke's Place" (1965). For the 1957 Verve 4-LP set: Verve MGV 4010-4 Disc one Disc two Disc three Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1999 3CD re-issue, Verve 314 559 248-2 Recorded June 15–October 27, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, focusing on Ellington's songs. Part of Fitzgerald's "Song Book" series, it is the only one where
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It is Southern California's largest coastal wetland. It is naturally prone to flooding during heavy rains. The Tijuana River enters the Pacific 10 mi (15 km) south of downtown San Diego at the southern city limits of Imperial Beach. The river is an intermittent river, flowing naturally only during rains. The river is impounded in Mexico southeast of Tijuana by the Abelardo L. Rodríguez Dam for drinking water and irrigation. Former Baja California Governor Milton Castellanos Everardo constructed concrete barriers along the riverbank to prevent flooding during his tenure. The United States was supposed to build a complementary system of
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song for her 1968 album "Nora Aunor Sings". I'll Never Find Another You "I'll Never Find Another You" is a 1964 single by The Seekers which reached No. 1 in the UK in February 1965. It was The Seekers' first UK-released single, and was the second-best selling single of 1965 in the UK. The song was also popular in the US, reaching peaks of No. 4 pop and No. 2 easy listening on the "Billboard" Hot 100 charts. The track was written and produced by Tom Springfield, who was also responsible for most of The Seekers' subsequent hits. The tune
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left unreleased. After Vinton had a hit with "Roses are Red (My Love)", Diamond Records purchased the demo and issued it as a single, reaching #38. They didn't even have another Vinton song to use as the B-side, so they put a song by Chuck and Johnny as the flip. Diamond refused to lease the single to Epic for the LP, so Epic had Vinton rerecord the song. The original hit version has never been issued on LP. Album - "Billboard" (North America) Singles - "Billboard" (North America) Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones Bobby Vinton Sings the Big Ones
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electronic music under his own name, including the "Modelwork" EP with Precinct Recordings. While Macfarlane sings lead vocals and plays bass guitar and synth during Friendly Fires' live performances, it is his style of dancing that has received much of the attention surrounding their gigs. His dancing style was described by a punter at one of the band's earliest American shows at the Glass House in Pomona, California, on 23 August 2009 like this: ""Seriously. He's shaking it like I have NEVER seen it shaken before. Not just for one song, but for the entire night. He's putting every dirty
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learning but not production. Juvenile birds who have not yet fully learned their songs and that have lesions of the AFP never learn to make normal songs. Adult birds who experience these same lesions continue to sing normally for some time. The song system is sexually dimorphic in many species of songbirds, especially in species in which the male primarily sings. The song system has emerged as leading model of adult neural plasticity. The song system is the first neural circuit in which it was conclusively demonstrated that newly generated neurons are incorporated into the brains of adults vertebrates. Some
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evident on "Something's Gotta Give" and "Too Marvelous for Words". For the 1964 Verve LP release; Verve V6-4067; Re-issued in 1984 on CD, Verve-PolyGram 823 247-2 Side One: Side Two: "All lyrics by Johnny Mercer, composers between brackets." Recorded October 19–21, 1964 at Radio Recorders Studio 10-H, Hollywood: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book is a 1964 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, focusing on the songs of Johnny Mercer. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California. This is Fitzgerald's fifth and
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rapidly weakened over cooler sea surface temperatures. It became a tropical storm on October 11 and a depression on October 12. It dissipated shortly thereafter. Torrential rains deluged Southern California, resulting in street flooding. Two people perished in separate traffic accidents. In Los Angeles, three more people perished in separate traffic incidents. Heavy rains extended west and was also reported in Hemet in Riverside County, where three people were also injured during a car accident. The rains helped dissolve a week-long forest fire 16,000 acre (65,000,000 m²) on Mt. Palomar. The Spring Creek River overflowed its banks. The tropical moisture
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(re-release) single In 1997, British singer Lisa Stansfield covered "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" for her eponymous album. It received favorable reviews from music critics who called it "excellent" and "strong," and described Stansfield's voice as "seductive" and "sexy." William Stevenson from "Entertainment Weekly" wrote: "The British soulstress sings with an irresistible urgency, seductively wrapping her silky voice around each phrase while building in intensity. She’s never sounded better." The song was released as the second single from "Lisa Stansfield" in Europe, Australia and Japan on 9 June 1997 and first proper single in North America on 21 July
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than The Rolling Stones." In the 1983 film "Never Cry Wolf", the hero sings the song. Similarly, in the 2001 time-travel comedy "Kate & Leopold", Leopold sings the song; however, the scene is anachronistic in that "The Pirates of Penzance" premiered in 1879, "after" Leopold had already left his own time of 1876. A nonsense pastiche of the song in 2017 film "Despicable Me 3", sung by Minions, was uploaded to YouTube by Illumination Entertainment as a singalong challenge; the video has been viewed more than 15 million times. The song, or parts of it, has been sung in numerous
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Happy (Michael Jackson song) "Happy" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1973. The song featured on Jackson's album "Music & Me". Its full title is "Happy (Love Theme from "Lady Sings the Blues")", although it was never featured in the film or the soundtrack for "Lady Sings the Blues". The song was first released as a single by Bobby Darin in November 23, 1972, peaking #67 on the Billboard Hot 100, his last single to hit the chart. Michael Jackson's single was first released in Australia, backed by "In Our Small Way". Jackson continued
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mimicry of his idol Lawrence of Arabia, the android David sings the words of the song's title while he is cutting his own hair in the mirror. I've just got here, to Paris, from the sunny southern shore; I to Monte Carlo went, just to raise my winter's rent. Dame Fortune smiled upon me as she'd never done before, And I've now such lots of money, I'm a gent. Yes, I've now such lots of money, I'm a gent. "As I walk along the Bois de Boulogne "With an independent air "You can hear the girls declare ""He must be
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animated TV show "Cartoon Planet" (the skit is also featured on the companion album, "Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que"). Brak sings the song until he is asked to stop by Zorak, who finds it annoying. Brak explains that he is unable to because it's the "song that doesn't end." He attempts to continue until Zorak loses his temper, causing Brak to cease, remarking, "I guess it just ended." The song has been adopted as an unofficial anthem by disparate groups. The Discordian organization (or "dis"organization) known as POEE has listed the song in their material with claims that it was written
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countries, the German version even topping the Munich charts for several weeks, giving Francis her biggest German hit to date. In the wake of this success, Francis returned to Nashville several times to record further singles and albums with Bradley's highly prolific team of musicians and arrangers until her contract with MGM Records ended in 1969. ""Connie Francis sings 'Never on Sunday'"" was the first of these album projects to be released. Another album, ""Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites"", had been recorded two days before on August 8 and 9, 1961 but was released later. Connie Francis Sings "Never
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Jetpack (musician) Jetpack is based in Southern California and is primarily musician Jetpack Dan or Daniel J. (real name: Dan J. Standiford) with Michael Kramer, who drums and sings and co-produces. Jetpack composes, records, and performs the guitar dominated instrumental music known as surf or surf rock, that was a music industry phenomenon of the early 1960s. Although it had retained a following, especially in Southern California, surf experienced a world-wide revival in the 1990s. Jetpack often mixes the traditionally accepted surf instruments, such as Fender guitars and tube amplifiers, with nontraditional instruments such as fretless bass and 12 string
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A Woman in Love (Ronnie Milsap song) "A Woman in Love" is a song written by Curtis Wright and Doug Millett, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in September 1989 as the third single from the album "Stranger Things Have Happened". It was his last song to reach number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The song tells the story of man who is confused with the way women in love behave. For an example, during the chorus, Ronnie sings the following line: "You "never know" with a woman in love." "A Woman
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starred in the original London and Broadway productions of Sunset Boulevard, also recorded the song for her album "Encore". Chris Colfer (as Kurt Hummel) sings the song on the Glee Season 2 episode "Born This Way". Jason Manford recorded the song for his 2017 album "A Different Stage". As If We Never Said Goodbye "As If We Never Said Goodbye" is a song from the musical "Sunset Boulevard". It is written by Don Black, Christopher Hampton (with additional lyrics by Amy Powers), and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Ben Rimalower on Playbill calls it Andrew Lloyd Webber's greatest song. In "Sunset Boulevard",
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Broadway" parody, an actress playing Mary Martin sings the song "Never Never Panned" to the tune of "Never Never Land" from the musical "Peter Pan". One of the lines sung is "you too can be a star, like my son who plays J.R. on "Dallas"! We're never never panned!" The series is mentioned in the lyrics of Swedish pop band ABBA's 1982 single "The Day Before You Came": "There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see." Country singer Hank Williams, Jr. had a hit with a song called "This Ain't Dallas" comparing his and his
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Additionally, the song that Kitenge sings when driving the Simpsons ("Wé-Wé" by Angélique Kidjo) was a popular song in Africa. In order to make it sound accurate, Hank Azaria, who portrays Kitenge in the episode, was taught to sing the song phonetically by a professor in Swahili in the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Joan Bushwell, the "Jane Goodall-type" character in the episode, was portrayed by American voice actress Tress MacNeille, who also voices Lindsey Naegle among other characters in the series. All animals' noises (except for Santa's Little Helper, who is voiced by main cast member Dan Castellaneta)
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video. The song received a "thumbs up" review from Engine 145 reviewer Matt C., who called it a "successful 'slice of life' song" because the writers "confine[d] themselves to a manageble theme and paint[ed] a charming picture". He also said that Morgan's Southern twang was a natural fit for the lyrical content, despite expressing uncertainty that listeners would be able to identify with the song's farmer character (as opposed to identifying with those stuck in traffic behind him). Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B rating. He says Morgan "sings it with enthusiasm and
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father's law practice in East Saginaw for over a year. Over a year later, Gage relocated to California, settling in Los Angeles. Between 1874 and 1877, Gage was a successful sheep dealer, selling sheep to various farms around Los Angeles County. In 1877, Gage returned to law, opening his own practice. Largely successful in court, his practice quickly began to attract a number of prominent corporate clients in Southern California, including the Southern Pacific Railroad, who would enjoy a decades-long relationship with Gage. Three years later, Gage married Francesca V. Rains, a great granddaughter of a Californio family. The Gages
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I can be/ Cause I can sometimes treat the people/ That I love like jewelry" sung by Halsey. During the chorus, she sings "So I'm sorry to my unknown lover/ Sorry that I can't believe/ That anybody ever really/ Starts to fall in love with me". Toward the ending, she sings "Someone will love you/ But someone isn't me". An accompanying music video for "Sorry" was directed by Sing J Lee and Halsey, who had also helmed the videos for the previous singles, "Now or Never" and "Bad at Love". It was uploaded on February 2, 2018, on Halsey's Vevo
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the Band's album, and had never seen the printed lyrics at the time she recorded it, and thus sang the lyrics as she had (mis)heard them. In more recent years in her concerts, Baez has performed the song as originally written by Robertson. Johnny Cash recorded the song on his 1975 album "John R. Cash". Old-time musician Jimmy Arnold recorded the song on his album "Southern Soul", which was composed of songs associated with the Southern side of the Civil War. A fairly large-scale orchestrated version of the song appears on the 1971 concept album "California '99" by Jimmie Haskell,
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map". The species was introduced to Bermuda in 1700. It has also been introduced in Hawaii and southern California. Its natural habitat is in woodlands, gardens, shrublands, and wetlands. The northern cardinal is a territorial song bird. The male sings in a loud, clear whistle from the top of a tree or another high location to defend his territory. He will chase off other males entering his territory. He may mistake his image on various reflective surfaces as an invading male, and will fight his reflection relentlessly. The northern cardinal learns its songs, and as a result the songs vary
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from the entertainment industry, "Donna Cruz Sings Her Greatest Hits" did not include any newly recorded material. Cruz's version of "Jubilee Song", which was not found on any of Cruz's albums (as she never recorded studio albums after "Hulog Ng Langit" in 1999) was included. It was seen as an updated version of Cruz's greatest hits as it included her latest singles "Hulog ng Langit" and "Ikaw Pala 'Yon". Donna Cruz Sings Her Greatest Hits Donna Cruz Sings Her Greatest Hits is the second compilation album by the Filipino singer Donna Cruz, released in the Philippines in 2001 by Viva
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the competent routine sentiments of “Our Big Love Scene” and the pleasing little pastoral lyric “We’ll Make Love When It Rains” they range down to that brooding song which Mr. Crosby, loaded with whisky and sorrow, sings across a Mexican bar while the glamorous Miss Davies is far away. Variety's reaction was mixed as they commented: "Pretentious musical with class in every department but one. It has names, girls and good music, but its story is weak from hunger and the script will prevent a big click. Fair is its rating...Marion Davies is starred and Bing Crosby featured, but Crosby
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play" scene. For example, in the 1983 film "Never Cry Wolf", the hero sings the song. Similarly, in "Kate and Leopold", Leopold sings the song while accompanying himself on the piano; however, the scene is anachronistic in that "The Pirates of Penzance" premiered in 1879, "after" Leopold had already left his own time of 1876. In the "Two and a Half Men" episode "And the Plot Moistens" (Season 3, Episode 21), Alan sings a verse of the song to encourage Jake to join a school musical. Similarly, in season 2 of "Slings & Arrows", Richard Smith-Jones uses the song as
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Bell Boy (song) "Bell Boy" is a song recorded by The Who for the 1973 album "Quadrophenia" and 1979 movie of the same name. It was never released as a single. Besides the main lead vocals by lead singer Roger Daltrey, the song features vocals by drummer Keith Moon (most of whose relatively few vocals for the band dated from the '60s). Moon mostly talks (or sings) his lines in a cartoonish voice with an exaggerated Cockney accent; however the bridge and the last line are sung in his natural voice. The shouts of "Bell Boy" are the lines of
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Michael Rains Michael Rains is a California criminal defense attorney known for representing police accused of misconduct, including the case of the BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant and a successful defense of the Oakland Riders. Rains also won acquittal of the Corcoran 8, prison guards accused of staging fights amongst inmates. He formerly represented baseball player Barry Bonds who was ultimately exonerated by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to a perjury allegation. Rains is a California State University, Long Beach graduate who served in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Marines. Working as a former Santa
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Sometimes It Rains "Sometimes It Rains" is a 2006 single by David Charvet, his last release before returning to an acting and television career. The song is co-written by Arnie Roman (who had penned songs for the Pointer Sisters, Celine Dion, Marc Anthony and others) and Ty Lacy (with songs for LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Keith Urban, amongst others). The song appears in Charvet's third and last album "Se laisser quelque chose" with Universal Music and his second single from the album, after the initial track "Je te dédie". The song released by Mercury Records and distributed by Universal Music
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this into something special with someone like Matt, who can sell stories so purely, who sings one word and I'm there. The first time I ever heard 'Fake Empire' from "Boxer", I will never fucking forget that." Bianca Gracie of Fuse complimented Chvrches' ability to "effortlessly express tangible emotions in synth-pop", writing that the song has "a completely different tone" than "Get Out" and "leaves you feeling surprisingly empty, but satisfied enough to give it another play". Scott Russell of "Paste" sees the song as "another indication that Chvrches are aiming high on their new album, packing more punch than
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Limitless (Jennifer Lopez song) "Limitless" is a song recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez for the soundtrack of her upcoming romantic comedy film, "Second Act" (2018). It was released as a single on November 16, 2018. The video was released on YouTube on December 20, 2018. "Limitless" is a power ballad produced by Jesse Shatkin, who co-wrote the song with Sia. Over a piano, Lopez sings about perseverance, stating in the chorus: "I'd given up on the saying ‘I’ll never give up’/ But look at me now/ Yeah, look at me, I'm limitless." Lopez debuted the song with a performance
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southern Asia, and as far east as Yunnan in southern parts of China. It typically occurs around stream beds in river valleys, where it can alternatively tolerate long seasons of drought and inundation from winter rains. "Nerium oleander" is planted in many subtropical and tropical areas of the world. On the East Coast of the US, it grows as far north as Virginia Beach, Virginia, while in California and Texas miles of oleander shrubs are planted on median strips. There are estimated to be 25 million oleanders planted along highways and roadsides throughout the State of California. Because of its
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strings and an uplifting aggressive piano accompaniment. Nadine Cheung of AOL Radio noted that though Beyoncé rips through the verses, she sings the chorus and bridge with restraint; on the latter, she affirms that she has moved on in life. The song ends as Beyoncé repeatedly sings, "What goes around comes back around / I bet it sucks to be you right now". "Best Thing I Never Had" received average to favorable reviews from music critics. Gerrick D. Kennedy of the "Los Angeles Times" noted similarities between "Best Thing I Never Had" and Beyoncé's previous singles including "Irreplaceable" and "If
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to write his verse. The weekend after the song was completed the video was then recorded. The original version contains a sample taken from Joe Cocker's 1972 song "Woman to Woman". The remix version contains a sample taken from Kleeer's 1984 song "Intimate Connection". The chorus, "California knows how to party", was sung by Roger Troutman using his characteristic talk box and was taken from the 1982 song "West Coast Poplock" by Ronnie Hudson & The Street People which was written by Ronnie Hudson and Mikel Hooks. In the song where Troutman sings "shake it, shake it baby", he interpolates
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Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash song) "Southern Cross" is a song written by Stephen Stills, Rick Curtis, and Michael Curtis and performed by the rock band Crosby, Stills & Nash. It was featured on the band's "Daylight Again" album and was released as a single in September 1982. Stephen Stills sings lead vocals throughout, with Graham Nash joining the second verse. Because David Crosby did not rejoin the band until the album was already underway, his vocals are not featured on the album version of the song, although he did appear in the video and subsequently sang the song
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third to the first person and amended the last line in the verses. The song "If Long Suffering" was recorded for the movie "The Cook and the Singer" (1978) and sounded there in full. According to the original idea, this song should not have been in the "Woman Who Sings". During the time of its release, the film had a mixed critical reception. The Woman who Sings The Woman who Sings () is a 1978 Soviet film by Aleksandr Orlov. It is a musical melodrama and fictionalized biography of Alla Pugacheva, where the heroine is represented by Anna Streltsova. The
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fashion. And, what's more, arranged it in a way that was far superior to what I had written." The song was recorded at the Olympic Studios in London with producer Glyn Johns. Glenn Frey sings the lead vocal on the Eagles recording of "Take It Easy". Bass player Randy Meisner sings the harmony vocal in the beginning of the second verse with Frey, but drummer Don Henley sings harmony at the end of the verse ("Though we will never be here again...). Bernie Leadon provides the lead guitar and distinctive banjo parts, as well as harmony vocals. The track's producer
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the tracks "Telegraph Road" and "Private Investigations". Dialogue in the film also makes reference to the band and song lyrics. After the main character Allan "Dicky" Bird's car has been vandalized, a colleague quips, "I hear the seven deadly sins and the terrible twins came to call on you"—a direct quote from the song "It Never Rains". Bird responds, "Dire Straits!" All songs were written by Mark Knopfler. The "Comfort and Joy" soundtrack was released as a three-song 12" vinyl record in 1984. It has never been released in CD format, but the songs were issued in CD as b-side
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The music video for the song was of the Yuna character singing the song in the Thunder Plains in the world of Spira. In the segment, Yuna sings the love song, written by the character Lenne, to her lover, Shuyin - both who had died 1000 years ago in Zanarkand. During the scene, it shows the couples' back story of how the two were killed by guards of Bevelle in front of the weapon Vegnagun. Lenne's song was written to reflect the "1000 words over 1000 years" she was never able to tell Shuyin. Upon the single's release in 2003,
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Platinum in the United Kingdom in 2013 for sales of 600,000. The song is about the aftermath of a break-up. The protagonist says that even though she might date other people, she will always have love for her former boyfriend. Jo O'Meara sings the lead vocals for the song while the rest of the members are in supporting vocals. Jo also sings the song as a solo in S Club's feature-film "Seeing Double". This was S Club 7's only single to chart in the United States, where it peaked at number ten on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in May 2001.
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theme song of "The Mermaid" is titled "Invincible". The song was written and composed by Stephen Chow and performed by Deng Chao. Film score composer Raymond Wong ("Shaolin Soccer," "Kung Fu Hustle", "CJ7" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons") made the arrangement, while the music producer Patrick Tsang (who produced records for Faye Wong, Eason Chan and more) mixed it. The song also has a music video in which Deng Chao sings in studio while Stephen Chow, Kris Wu and Lin Yun appear to sing the song too. Their vocals are never heard as there is only one
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the couple who can prove they are her parents. Healy then sings a song with the Boylan Sisters ("You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"). Back at the orphanage the girls are listening to the song. Everyone is fascinated that their friend is on the radio, except Pepper; who couldn't care less. ("You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" reprise). When Miss Hannigan hears, she barges in and demands to know what was happening. Molly announces that Annie was on the radio, and that there is a $50,000 reward for her parents. Miss Hannigan is anything but pleased. Shortly after,
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in the film but does appear in the musical. In the musical, he sings the song "Let's Go Fly a Kite" with Bert and the children. The Matchman or "Bert" is Mary Poppins's friend. In the books, when the weather is fine, he draws lifelike pictures on the pavement with chalk, but when it rains he instead sells matches and is thus known as the Matchman. Mary Poppins sometimes goes on outings with Bert on her Second Thursday off. Bert is also friendly with the Banks children and the other residents of Cherry Tree Lane. As well as match selling
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In the wake of this success, Francis returned to Nashville several times to record further singles and albums with Bradley's highly prolific team of musicians and arrangers until her contract with MGM Records ended in 1969. ""Connie Francis sings Folk Song Favorites" was the first of these album projects to be recorded. Another album, ""Connie Francis sings 'Never on Sunday'"", had was recorded two days later on August 10 and 11, 1961 but was released in October 1961, one month prior to the Folk Song album. Two songs from the album were released in late 1964 and early 1965 as
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that helps. They finish the song but Derek tells them never mind as he gives in to Veronica and her mother to let Veronica sing the songs she's comfortable with. Meanwhile, Julia Houston (Debra Messing) and Peter (Daniel Sunjata) struggle to make improvements to "Bombshell's" script. Jimmy storms off and gets high, while Kyle looks for him and sings "Everybody Loves You Now", which is then continued by Veronica, who is changing her mind on doing things Derek's way. Tom has looked at Jimmy and Kyle's song and convinces Derek to use it in the concert. Karen finds a drugged
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with "slinky synth insinuations," whilst Jerome Blakeney for BBC wrote that it is a "guitar drenched" and "synth-crunching" song. Alex Fletcher for Digital Spy commented that the song incorporated a "jagged" use of synthesizers. For the most part of the song, Levine sings in his falsetto register, whilst Rihanna adopts "silky tone". Upon the release of "It Won't Be Soon Before Long", music critics commented on the original version of the song, which does not include guest vocals by Rihanna. Jerome Blakeney for BBC wrote that "If I Never See Your Face Again", along with another "It Won't Be Soon
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Bradley Stern from the website MuuMuse noted that Scherzinger opts to moan and do "sultry, filtered near-whispers" throughout the song. Lyrically, Scherzinger sings how her man's love makes her feel. The song begins with a rave piano-driven beat with Scherzinger repeating "yeah" and "woo". On the first verse she sings “Something ’bout you so enticing, even when I try to fight it / Knock me out like Michael Tyson / I’ll do whatever you want” over the galloping beat. The pre-chorus follows, with her pleading the lines, "I’m never letting you go baby, I love you so baby!" The song's
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