Sony/ATV’s "Musical Notes" #48 - Dusty Springfield
Dec 03, 2009
A fortnightly newsletter highlighting some of the many classic songs in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog.
From Alan Warner, Creative Consultant
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“Forever Dusty”
24 Sony/ATV Songs recorded by the late Dusty Springfield
WHY list these now?
1. Because there’s continued interest in Dusty, ten years after she lost her battle with cancer. She was the subject of a very successful stage musical in Australia which its producers are talking about bringing to London’s West End.
2. Mercury in the UK are planning a tribute album with artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, Colbie Caillat and Pixie Lott performing Dusty hits.
Known as the ‘white lady of soul’, Dusty loved R&B music and her idols included Aretha Franklin and the early Motown artists. She personally chose many of the songs she recorded and the following is a list of 24 Sony/ATV copyrights from her various singles and albums:
ALL CRIED OUT (Buddy Kaye/Philip Springer)
“I'm all cried out, I'm all cried out
All my little tears are all dried out, oh yeah
Now that you say we're through
I'm all cried out over you”
By Dusty Springfield (Philips/Universal: 1964) US #41 Pop
BABY DON’T YOU KNOW (Buddy Kaye/Beatrice Verdi)
By Dusty Springfield
A BRAND NEW ME (Kenny Gamble/Jerry Butler/Theresa Bell)
“This is my same old coat and my same old shoes
I was the same old me with the same old blues
Then you touched my life just by holding my hand
Now I look in the mirror and see a brand new girl
I got a brand new walk, a brand new smile
Since I met you baby, I got a brand new style
Just because of you, boy, just because of you
Just because of you, boy, just because of you”
By Dusty Springfield (Atlantic/WMG: 1969) US #24 Pop
First recorded by Jerry Butler, this song was a highlight of the sessions which Dusty recorded in Philadelphia with Gamble & Huff producing.
THE CORRUPT ONES (Georges Gavarentz/Buddy Kaye)
Theme song from the movie “The Corrupt Ones”
By Dusty Springfield (Philips: 1967)
DAY DREAMING (Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe)
By Dusty Springfield (UK Parlophone)
GO AHEAD ON (Dusty Springfield/Madeline Bell)
“If you're gonna break my heart, Go ahead on
Guess you think you're kinda smart,
Go ahead on (well you've got another girl)
And you're having fun (got her head in a whirl)
See what you've done, Go ahead on (go ahead on)
I said go ahead on (go ahead on)”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips: 1966)
HAUNTED (Jeff Barry/Bobby Bloom)
By Dusty Springfield (Atlantic/WMG: 1971)
I CAN’T HELP THE WAY THAT I DON’T FEEL
(Michael Garvin/Chris Waters/Tom Shapiro)
“I can't help the way that I don't feel
Take what isn't there and make it real
Where i should be going
My heart is at the wheel
And I can't help the way that I don't feel”
By Dusty Springfield (Columbia/Sony: 1995)
I’M GONNA LEAVE YOU
(Dusty Springfield/Madeline Bell/Lesley Duncan)
“So i'm packin’ up my bags, gonna make my getaway
Get myself together, I can't go on this way
Oh, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you, I'm gonna leave you, baby”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips/Universal: 1966)
IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR YOU (Buddy Kaye/Beatrice Verdi)
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips/Universal: 1966)
IN PRIVATE (Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe)
“What you’re gonna say in private
You still want my love, we’re in this together
And what you’re gonna do in public
Say you were never in love that you can remember”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Parlophone/EMI: 1989) UK #14
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (Buddy Kaye/Beatrice Verdi)
“Where does our love lie?
In The Middle Of Nowhere/
Will it soon pass me by?
In the middle of nowhere
Baby, won't you tell me
What am I to do?
I'm in the middle of nowhere
Getting nowhere with you”
By Dusty Springfield (Philips/Universal: 1965) UK #8
IT WAS EASIER TO HURT HIM (Bert Berns/Jerry Ragovoy)
“It was easier to hurt him/What could I do?
(It was) Easier to hurt him,
That's what I thought was being so smart, oh, oh”
By Dusty Springfield (Philip/Universal: 1966)
This R&B ballad was powerfully introduced by Garnet Mimms as “It Was Easier To Hurt Her”; Dusty gender altered the title and turned in an equally memorable performance.
LITTLE BY LITTLE (Buddy Kaye/Beatrice Verdi)
“Little By Little, bit by bit,
I’m going crazy and you’re causing it
Little by little, bit by bit,
I should stop caring but my love won’t quit”
By Dusty Springfield (Philips/Universal: 1966) UK #17
MAKE IT WITH YOU (David Gates)
“Ah, ha, have you ever tried
Really reaching out for the other side?
I may be climbing up rainbows
But baby, here goes
Ooh, dreams, they're for those who sleep
Life is for us to keep
And if you're wonderin' what this all is leadin' to
I wanna make it with you”
By Dusty Springfield
NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED (Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe)
By Dusty Springfield (UK Parlophone/EMI: 1989) UK #16
OCCUPY YOUR MIND (Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe)
By Dusty Springfield (UK Parlophone/EMI: 1990)
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE (David Gates)
By Dusty Springfield (ABC-Dunhill/Universal: 1973)
PIECE OF MY HEART (Bert Berns/Jerry Ragovoy)
“(Take it) Take another little piece of my heart, now baby (break it) Break another little bit of my heart, now honey (have a) Have another little piece of my heart now, baby You know you've got it if it makes you feel good”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips/Universal: 1968)
Aretha’s sister Erma Franklin cut the original of this and then Janis Joplin sang it live with Big Brother & The Holding Company. Dusty selected it for a session she cut in London in August ’68 for which Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones wrote the chart.
SON OF A PREACHER MAN (John Hurley/Ronnie Wilkins)
“Billy-Ray was a Preacher's son,
And when his daddy would visit he'd come along,
When they gathered round and started talking,
Cousin Billy would take me walking,
Through the back yard we'd go walking,
Then he'd look into my eyes,
Lord knows to my suprise:
The only one who could ever reach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
The only boy who could ever teach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
Yes he was, he was, oh yes he was.”
By Dusty Springfield (Atlantic/WMG: 1969) US #10 Pop, UK #9 (in ’68)
Superb song which was one of the standouts on the milestone album “Dusty In Memphis”,
produced in 1968 for Atlantic by Jerry Wexler, Tom Down and Arif Mardin.
SPOOKY (Mike Shapiro/Harry Middlebrooks/Buddy Buie/J.R. Cobb)
“In the cool of the evening
When everything is getting kinda groovy
You call me up and ask me
Would I like to go with you and see a movie?
First I say no, I've got some plans for tonight
And then I stop and say all right
Love is kind of crazy with a spooky little boy like you”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips/Universal: 1970)
TIME AND TIME AGAIN (Robbie Buchanan/Jay Gruska)
By Dusty Springfield (Casablanca/Universal: 1982)
UPSIDE DOWN (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards)
By Tom Jones & Dusty Springfield (TV soundtrack)
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?(Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe/Allee Willis)
“Since you went away I've been hanging around
I've been wondering why I'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But I don't know, oh
How I'm gonna get through?”
By The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
(UK Parlophone/EMI: 1987) UK #2, US #2 Pop (in ’88)
The final great collaboration in Dusty’s career was her work with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe and this song returned her to the top rungs of the charts one last time.
With thanks to Lindsay Nieman and James Dewar for the heads up on on UK Mercury’s upcoming album.
Click Here For Associated Playlist
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REGGAE CORNER
Jimmy Mastandrea in SATV’s LA office recently unearthed an interesting group of reggae covers of Sony/ATV hits. I offered to find some more and here’s my list:
BABY I’M A WANT YOU (David Gates)
By John Holt
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY (Joe South)
By Bob Andy
GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME (Curly Putman Jr.)
By Dennis Brown
I’VE BEEN HURT (Ray Whitley)
By Delroy Wilson
LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE (John Hurley/Ronnie Wilkins)
By Ken Boothe
LUCILLE (Albert Collins/Richard Penniman)
By The Fabulous Wailers
SON OF A PREACHER MAN (John Hurley/Ronnie Wilkins)
By Marcia Griffiths
STANDING IN (Joe South)
By Slim Smith & The Uniques
SUSPICIOUS MINDS (Francis Zambon)
By Alton Ellis
By The Heptones
TIP OF MY FINGERS (Bill Anderson)
By Desmond Dekker
YOU MIGHT AS WELL FORGET HIM (Tommy Roe)
By Derrick Harriott
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NEIL DIAMOND
Here is an updated list of Neil’s songs which have charted here in the US and in the UK:
AMERICA (ND)
from the movie “The Jazz Singer”
By Neil Diamond (Capitol: 1981) US #8 Pop, #1 AC
AND THE GRASS WON’T PAY NO MIND (ND)
By Mark Lindsay (Columbia: 1970) US #5 Pop
BE (ND) from the movie “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1973) US #34 Pop, #11 AC
BE MINE TONIGHT (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1982) US #35 Pop, #2 AC
BEAUTIFUL NOISE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1976) US #8 AC, UK #13
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1989) US #7 AC
THE BOAT THAT I ROW (ND)
By Lulu (EMI: 1967) UK #6
BROOKLYN ROADS (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1968) US #58 Pop
BROTHER LOVE’S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1969) US #22 Pop
CHERRY, CHERRY (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1966) US #6 Pop
By Neil Diamond (from “Hot August Night”)(MCA: 1973) US #31 Pop, #19 AC
CRACKLIN’ ROSIE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1970) US #1 Pop, #2 AC, UK #3
DESIREE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1978) US #16 Pop, #1 AC, UK #39
DO IT (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1970) US #36 Pop, #25 AC
DONE TOO SOON (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1971) US #65 Pop, #30 AC
FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1979) US #20 Pop, #AC, UK #16
FRONT PAGE STORY (ND/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1983) US #65 Pop, #5 AC
GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #10 Pop
By Urge Overkill (MCA: 1994) US #11 Modern Rock, #59 Pop, UK #37
HEADED FOR THE FUTURE (ND/Alan Lindgren/Tom Hensley)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1986) US #53 Pop, #10 AC
HEARTLIGHT (ND/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1982) US #5 Pop, #1 AC, UK #47
HELLO AGAIN (ND) from the movie “The Jazz Singer”
By Neil Diamond (Capitol: 1981) US #6 Pop, #3 AC, UK #51
HOLLY HOLY (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1969) US #6 Pop, #5 AC
By Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul: 1971) US #33 R&B
By UB40 (DEP International: 1998) UK #31
HOOKED ON THE MEMORY OF YOU (ND)
By Neil Diamond with Kim Carnes (Columbia: 1992 album cut) US #23 AC
I AM…I SAID (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1971) US #4 Pop, #2 AC, UK #4
By Bill Phillips (United Artists: 1972) US #66 Country
I GOT THE FEELIN’ (OH NO NO) (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1966) US #16 Pop
I THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME (ND)
Aka THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #13 Pop
I’M A BELIEVER (ND)
By The Monkees (Colgems: 1966) US #1 Pop, #1 (in ’67)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1971) US #51 Pop, #31 AC
By Robert Wyatt (Virgin: 1974) UK #29
By EMF And Reeves & Mortimer (Parlophone: 1995) UK #3
By Smash Mouth (DreamWorks: 2001) US #25 Pop
I’M ALIVE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1983) US #35 Pop, #4 AC
I’VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1975) US #34 Pop, #1 AC
IF THERE WERE NO DREAMS (ND/Michel Legrand)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1991 album cut) US #14 AC
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1976) US #11 Pop, #1 AC, UK #35
KENTUCKY WOMAN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #22 Pop
By Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton: 1968) US #38 Pop
By Randy Barlow (Gazelle: 1977) US #26 Country
THE LAST PICASSO (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia/Sony BMG: 1975) US #7 AC
A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU (ND)
By The Monkees (Colgems: 1967) US #2 Pop, UK #3
LONGFELLOW SERENADE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1974) US #5 Pop, #1 AC
LOVE ON THE ROCKS (ND/Gilbert Becaud)
from the movie “The Jazz Singer”
By Neil Diamond (Capitol: 1981) US #2 Pop, #3 AC, UK #17
ON THE WAY TO THE SKY (ND/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1982) US #27 Pop, #4 AC
PLAY ME (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1972) US #11 Pop, #3 AC
RED RED WINE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #62 Pop
By Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Pye: 1968) UK #36
By Tony Tribe (Downtown: 1969) UK #46
By Roy Drusky (Mercury: 1972) US #17 Country
By UB40 (A&M: 1988) US #1 Pop, UK #1 (in ’83)
SAY MAYBE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1979) US #55 Pop, #3 AC
SEPTEMBER MORN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1980) US #17 Pop, #2 AC
SHILO (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1970) US #24 Pop, #8 AC
SKYBIRD (ND) from “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1974) US #75 Pop, #24 Pop
SLEEP WITH ME TONIGHT (ND/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1984) US #24 AC
SOLITARY MAN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1966) US #55 Pop
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1970 re-issue) US #21 Pop
By T.G. Sheppard (Melodyland: 1976) US #14 Country
SONG SUNG BLUE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1972) US #1 Pop, #1 AC, UK #14
SOOLAIMON (AFRICAN TRILOGY II) (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1970) US #30 Pop. #5 AC
STONES (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1971) US #14 Pop, #2 AC
THE STORY OF MY LIFE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1986) US #11 AC
SUNDAY AND ME (ND)
By Jay & The Americans (United Artists: 1965) US #18 Pop
SUNDAY SUN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1968) US #68 Pop
SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1969) US #4 Pop, #3 AC, UK #8 (in ’71)
By Bobby Womack (United Artists: 1972) US #16 R&B
By Anthony Armstrong Jones (Chart: 1970) US #40 Country
By Claude Gray (Country International: 1986) US #77 Country
By ‘Glee’ Cast Feat.Mark Salling (Fox/Columbia: 2009) US #34
THIS TIME (ND/David Foster/Jeremy Lubbock)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1989) US #9 AC
TURN AROUND (ND/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1984) US #62 Pop, #4 AC
TWO-BIT MANCHILD (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1968) US #66 Pop
WALK ON WATER (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1972) US #17 Pop, #2 AC
YESTERDAY’S SONGS (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1982) US #11 Pop, #1 AC (in ’81)
YOU ARE THE BEST PART OF ME (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 2001 album cut) US #28 AC
YOU DON’T BRING ME FLOWERS (ND/Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
By Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1978) US #1 Pop, #3 AC, UK #5
By Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius (RCA: 1979) US #10 Country
YOU GOT TO ME (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #18 Pop
YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1984) US #28 AC
View Neil Diamond Profile
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US chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Magazine
11/09
Dec 03, 2009
A fortnightly newsletter highlighting some of the many classic songs in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog.
From Alan Warner, Creative Consultant
***************
“Forever Dusty”
24 Sony/ATV Songs recorded by the late Dusty Springfield
WHY list these now?
1. Because there’s continued interest in Dusty, ten years after she lost her battle with cancer. She was the subject of a very successful stage musical in Australia which its producers are talking about bringing to London’s West End.
2. Mercury in the UK are planning a tribute album with artists such as Natasha Bedingfield, Colbie Caillat and Pixie Lott performing Dusty hits.
Known as the ‘white lady of soul’, Dusty loved R&B music and her idols included Aretha Franklin and the early Motown artists. She personally chose many of the songs she recorded and the following is a list of 24 Sony/ATV copyrights from her various singles and albums:
ALL CRIED OUT (Buddy Kaye/Philip Springer)
“I'm all cried out, I'm all cried out
All my little tears are all dried out, oh yeah
Now that you say we're through
I'm all cried out over you”
By Dusty Springfield (Philips/Universal: 1964) US #41 Pop
BABY DON’T YOU KNOW (Buddy Kaye/Beatrice Verdi)
By Dusty Springfield
A BRAND NEW ME (Kenny Gamble/Jerry Butler/Theresa Bell)
“This is my same old coat and my same old shoes
I was the same old me with the same old blues
Then you touched my life just by holding my hand
Now I look in the mirror and see a brand new girl
I got a brand new walk, a brand new smile
Since I met you baby, I got a brand new style
Just because of you, boy, just because of you
Just because of you, boy, just because of you”
By Dusty Springfield (Atlantic/WMG: 1969) US #24 Pop
First recorded by Jerry Butler, this song was a highlight of the sessions which Dusty recorded in Philadelphia with Gamble & Huff producing.
THE CORRUPT ONES (Georges Gavarentz/Buddy Kaye)
Theme song from the movie “The Corrupt Ones”
By Dusty Springfield (Philips: 1967)
DAY DREAMING (Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe)
By Dusty Springfield (UK Parlophone)
GO AHEAD ON (Dusty Springfield/Madeline Bell)
“If you're gonna break my heart, Go ahead on
Guess you think you're kinda smart,
Go ahead on (well you've got another girl)
And you're having fun (got her head in a whirl)
See what you've done, Go ahead on (go ahead on)
I said go ahead on (go ahead on)”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips: 1966)
HAUNTED (Jeff Barry/Bobby Bloom)
By Dusty Springfield (Atlantic/WMG: 1971)
I CAN’T HELP THE WAY THAT I DON’T FEEL
(Michael Garvin/Chris Waters/Tom Shapiro)
“I can't help the way that I don't feel
Take what isn't there and make it real
Where i should be going
My heart is at the wheel
And I can't help the way that I don't feel”
By Dusty Springfield (Columbia/Sony: 1995)
I’M GONNA LEAVE YOU
(Dusty Springfield/Madeline Bell/Lesley Duncan)
“So i'm packin’ up my bags, gonna make my getaway
Get myself together, I can't go on this way
Oh, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you, I'm gonna leave you, baby”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips/Universal: 1966)
IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR YOU (Buddy Kaye/Beatrice Verdi)
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips/Universal: 1966)
IN PRIVATE (Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe)
“What you’re gonna say in private
You still want my love, we’re in this together
And what you’re gonna do in public
Say you were never in love that you can remember”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Parlophone/EMI: 1989) UK #14
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (Buddy Kaye/Beatrice Verdi)
“Where does our love lie?
In The Middle Of Nowhere/
Will it soon pass me by?
In the middle of nowhere
Baby, won't you tell me
What am I to do?
I'm in the middle of nowhere
Getting nowhere with you”
By Dusty Springfield (Philips/Universal: 1965) UK #8
IT WAS EASIER TO HURT HIM (Bert Berns/Jerry Ragovoy)
“It was easier to hurt him/What could I do?
(It was) Easier to hurt him,
That's what I thought was being so smart, oh, oh”
By Dusty Springfield (Philip/Universal: 1966)
This R&B ballad was powerfully introduced by Garnet Mimms as “It Was Easier To Hurt Her”; Dusty gender altered the title and turned in an equally memorable performance.
LITTLE BY LITTLE (Buddy Kaye/Beatrice Verdi)
“Little By Little, bit by bit,
I’m going crazy and you’re causing it
Little by little, bit by bit,
I should stop caring but my love won’t quit”
By Dusty Springfield (Philips/Universal: 1966) UK #17
MAKE IT WITH YOU (David Gates)
“Ah, ha, have you ever tried
Really reaching out for the other side?
I may be climbing up rainbows
But baby, here goes
Ooh, dreams, they're for those who sleep
Life is for us to keep
And if you're wonderin' what this all is leadin' to
I wanna make it with you”
By Dusty Springfield
NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED (Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe)
By Dusty Springfield (UK Parlophone/EMI: 1989) UK #16
OCCUPY YOUR MIND (Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe)
By Dusty Springfield (UK Parlophone/EMI: 1990)
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE (David Gates)
By Dusty Springfield (ABC-Dunhill/Universal: 1973)
PIECE OF MY HEART (Bert Berns/Jerry Ragovoy)
“(Take it) Take another little piece of my heart, now baby (break it) Break another little bit of my heart, now honey (have a) Have another little piece of my heart now, baby You know you've got it if it makes you feel good”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips/Universal: 1968)
Aretha’s sister Erma Franklin cut the original of this and then Janis Joplin sang it live with Big Brother & The Holding Company. Dusty selected it for a session she cut in London in August ’68 for which Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones wrote the chart.
SON OF A PREACHER MAN (John Hurley/Ronnie Wilkins)
“Billy-Ray was a Preacher's son,
And when his daddy would visit he'd come along,
When they gathered round and started talking,
Cousin Billy would take me walking,
Through the back yard we'd go walking,
Then he'd look into my eyes,
Lord knows to my suprise:
The only one who could ever reach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
The only boy who could ever teach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
Yes he was, he was, oh yes he was.”
By Dusty Springfield (Atlantic/WMG: 1969) US #10 Pop, UK #9 (in ’68)
Superb song which was one of the standouts on the milestone album “Dusty In Memphis”,
produced in 1968 for Atlantic by Jerry Wexler, Tom Down and Arif Mardin.
SPOOKY (Mike Shapiro/Harry Middlebrooks/Buddy Buie/J.R. Cobb)
“In the cool of the evening
When everything is getting kinda groovy
You call me up and ask me
Would I like to go with you and see a movie?
First I say no, I've got some plans for tonight
And then I stop and say all right
Love is kind of crazy with a spooky little boy like you”
By Dusty Springfield (UK Philips/Universal: 1970)
TIME AND TIME AGAIN (Robbie Buchanan/Jay Gruska)
By Dusty Springfield (Casablanca/Universal: 1982)
UPSIDE DOWN (Nile Rodgers/Bernard Edwards)
By Tom Jones & Dusty Springfield (TV soundtrack)
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?(Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe/Allee Willis)
“Since you went away I've been hanging around
I've been wondering why I'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But I don't know, oh
How I'm gonna get through?”
By The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
(UK Parlophone/EMI: 1987) UK #2, US #2 Pop (in ’88)
The final great collaboration in Dusty’s career was her work with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe and this song returned her to the top rungs of the charts one last time.
With thanks to Lindsay Nieman and James Dewar for the heads up on on UK Mercury’s upcoming album.
Click Here For Associated Playlist
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REGGAE CORNER
Jimmy Mastandrea in SATV’s LA office recently unearthed an interesting group of reggae covers of Sony/ATV hits. I offered to find some more and here’s my list:
BABY I’M A WANT YOU (David Gates)
By John Holt
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY (Joe South)
By Bob Andy
GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME (Curly Putman Jr.)
By Dennis Brown
I’VE BEEN HURT (Ray Whitley)
By Delroy Wilson
LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE (John Hurley/Ronnie Wilkins)
By Ken Boothe
LUCILLE (Albert Collins/Richard Penniman)
By The Fabulous Wailers
SON OF A PREACHER MAN (John Hurley/Ronnie Wilkins)
By Marcia Griffiths
STANDING IN (Joe South)
By Slim Smith & The Uniques
SUSPICIOUS MINDS (Francis Zambon)
By Alton Ellis
By The Heptones
TIP OF MY FINGERS (Bill Anderson)
By Desmond Dekker
YOU MIGHT AS WELL FORGET HIM (Tommy Roe)
By Derrick Harriott
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NEIL DIAMOND
Here is an updated list of Neil’s songs which have charted here in the US and in the UK:
AMERICA (ND)
from the movie “The Jazz Singer”
By Neil Diamond (Capitol: 1981) US #8 Pop, #1 AC
AND THE GRASS WON’T PAY NO MIND (ND)
By Mark Lindsay (Columbia: 1970) US #5 Pop
BE (ND) from the movie “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1973) US #34 Pop, #11 AC
BE MINE TONIGHT (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1982) US #35 Pop, #2 AC
BEAUTIFUL NOISE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1976) US #8 AC, UK #13
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1989) US #7 AC
THE BOAT THAT I ROW (ND)
By Lulu (EMI: 1967) UK #6
BROOKLYN ROADS (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1968) US #58 Pop
BROTHER LOVE’S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1969) US #22 Pop
CHERRY, CHERRY (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1966) US #6 Pop
By Neil Diamond (from “Hot August Night”)(MCA: 1973) US #31 Pop, #19 AC
CRACKLIN’ ROSIE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1970) US #1 Pop, #2 AC, UK #3
DESIREE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1978) US #16 Pop, #1 AC, UK #39
DO IT (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1970) US #36 Pop, #25 AC
DONE TOO SOON (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1971) US #65 Pop, #30 AC
FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1979) US #20 Pop, #AC, UK #16
FRONT PAGE STORY (ND/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1983) US #65 Pop, #5 AC
GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #10 Pop
By Urge Overkill (MCA: 1994) US #11 Modern Rock, #59 Pop, UK #37
HEADED FOR THE FUTURE (ND/Alan Lindgren/Tom Hensley)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1986) US #53 Pop, #10 AC
HEARTLIGHT (ND/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1982) US #5 Pop, #1 AC, UK #47
HELLO AGAIN (ND) from the movie “The Jazz Singer”
By Neil Diamond (Capitol: 1981) US #6 Pop, #3 AC, UK #51
HOLLY HOLY (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1969) US #6 Pop, #5 AC
By Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul: 1971) US #33 R&B
By UB40 (DEP International: 1998) UK #31
HOOKED ON THE MEMORY OF YOU (ND)
By Neil Diamond with Kim Carnes (Columbia: 1992 album cut) US #23 AC
I AM…I SAID (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1971) US #4 Pop, #2 AC, UK #4
By Bill Phillips (United Artists: 1972) US #66 Country
I GOT THE FEELIN’ (OH NO NO) (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1966) US #16 Pop
I THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME (ND)
Aka THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #13 Pop
I’M A BELIEVER (ND)
By The Monkees (Colgems: 1966) US #1 Pop, #1 (in ’67)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1971) US #51 Pop, #31 AC
By Robert Wyatt (Virgin: 1974) UK #29
By EMF And Reeves & Mortimer (Parlophone: 1995) UK #3
By Smash Mouth (DreamWorks: 2001) US #25 Pop
I’M ALIVE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1983) US #35 Pop, #4 AC
I’VE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1975) US #34 Pop, #1 AC
IF THERE WERE NO DREAMS (ND/Michel Legrand)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1991 album cut) US #14 AC
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1976) US #11 Pop, #1 AC, UK #35
KENTUCKY WOMAN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #22 Pop
By Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton: 1968) US #38 Pop
By Randy Barlow (Gazelle: 1977) US #26 Country
THE LAST PICASSO (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia/Sony BMG: 1975) US #7 AC
A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU (ND)
By The Monkees (Colgems: 1967) US #2 Pop, UK #3
LONGFELLOW SERENADE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1974) US #5 Pop, #1 AC
LOVE ON THE ROCKS (ND/Gilbert Becaud)
from the movie “The Jazz Singer”
By Neil Diamond (Capitol: 1981) US #2 Pop, #3 AC, UK #17
ON THE WAY TO THE SKY (ND/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1982) US #27 Pop, #4 AC
PLAY ME (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1972) US #11 Pop, #3 AC
RED RED WINE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #62 Pop
By Jimmy James & The Vagabonds (Pye: 1968) UK #36
By Tony Tribe (Downtown: 1969) UK #46
By Roy Drusky (Mercury: 1972) US #17 Country
By UB40 (A&M: 1988) US #1 Pop, UK #1 (in ’83)
SAY MAYBE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1979) US #55 Pop, #3 AC
SEPTEMBER MORN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1980) US #17 Pop, #2 AC
SHILO (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1970) US #24 Pop, #8 AC
SKYBIRD (ND) from “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1974) US #75 Pop, #24 Pop
SLEEP WITH ME TONIGHT (ND/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1984) US #24 AC
SOLITARY MAN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1966) US #55 Pop
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1970 re-issue) US #21 Pop
By T.G. Sheppard (Melodyland: 1976) US #14 Country
SONG SUNG BLUE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1972) US #1 Pop, #1 AC, UK #14
SOOLAIMON (AFRICAN TRILOGY II) (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1970) US #30 Pop. #5 AC
STONES (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1971) US #14 Pop, #2 AC
THE STORY OF MY LIFE (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1986) US #11 AC
SUNDAY AND ME (ND)
By Jay & The Americans (United Artists: 1965) US #18 Pop
SUNDAY SUN (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1968) US #68 Pop
SWEET CAROLINE (GOOD TIMES NEVER SEEMED SO GOOD) (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1969) US #4 Pop, #3 AC, UK #8 (in ’71)
By Bobby Womack (United Artists: 1972) US #16 R&B
By Anthony Armstrong Jones (Chart: 1970) US #40 Country
By Claude Gray (Country International: 1986) US #77 Country
By ‘Glee’ Cast Feat.Mark Salling (Fox/Columbia: 2009) US #34
THIS TIME (ND/David Foster/Jeremy Lubbock)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1989) US #9 AC
TURN AROUND (ND/Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1984) US #62 Pop, #4 AC
TWO-BIT MANCHILD (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1968) US #66 Pop
WALK ON WATER (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Uni: 1972) US #17 Pop, #2 AC
YESTERDAY’S SONGS (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1982) US #11 Pop, #1 AC (in ’81)
YOU ARE THE BEST PART OF ME (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 2001 album cut) US #28 AC
YOU DON’T BRING ME FLOWERS (ND/Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
By Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1978) US #1 Pop, #3 AC, UK #5
By Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius (RCA: 1979) US #10 Country
YOU GOT TO ME (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Bang: 1967) US #18 Pop
YOU MAKE IT FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS (ND)
By Neil Diamond (Columbia: 1984) US #28 AC
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US chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Magazine
11/09
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