Category: Music
Birth Of A Song – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
This is a fabulous piece of music. I also first heard Karl Denver’s version back in the early 60s. Obviously back in the 30s to the 60s it certainly was the wild west and some of todays publishing houses were built very differently. I know of latin songwriters with now very famous standards selling off…
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – Nothing Has Been Proved
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – Nothing Has Been Proved ****** A song about Christine Keeler, Mandy Rice-Davies the Profumo Affair & the 1960s cold war. Read more… The song was the second collaboration between Springfield and Pet Shop Boys, following their UK #2 and US #2 hit duet “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” in 1987….
Level 42 Love Games (Original Audio)
This was recorded at our old studio…Vineyard Studio London Brilliant bass playing from Mark, he could play bass,talk and drink tea at the same time!
Viola Wills – Essential Gold
Viola WIlls Viola Wills’ first major break into the mainstream came in 1979 with her hugely influential cover version of Milton Kellem’s 1951 classic “Gonna Get Along Without You Now” which started a string of hits. In 1982, her cover of “Stormy Weather” peaked at number 4 in the U.S. This song is hugely popular…