Musical Notes - Richie Sambora and Nat King Cole (#54)

A fortnightly newsletter by Alan Warner

Sony/ATV’s “Musical Notes” #54
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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Songs by RICHIE SAMBORA

As guitarist with pop-metal superstar band Bon Jovi, Richie is also co-writer with Jon of many of their biggest songs. The list below spells out just how many successful compositions are in his catalog including “Livin’ On A Prayer”, “You Give Love A Bad Name” and “Wanted Dead Or Alive”, all three of which came from ‘Slippery When Wet’, the band’s third and breakthrough album from 1986.

You’ll also find “Who Says You Can’t Go Home”, the song
from their album ‘Have A Nice Day’ which Jon re-recorded as a stunning duet with Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles and which went on to top the country singles chart! This seemingly opened up a whole new side in the Bon Jovi popularity stakes, showing the crossover appeal that their songs possess. Chris Cagle covered “Wanted Dead Or Alive” and then Bon Jovi cut an entire country-themed album called 'Lost Highway' out of which came another big-selling duet “Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore” featuring Jon with LeAnn Rimes.

Check out also Cher’s landmark song “We All Sleep Alone”,
“Hell Is Living Without You” co-written with and for Alice Cooper plus “Notorious” by Canadian rockers, Loverboy.

Finally, please note “Ballad Of Youth” which comes from the Richie’s first solo album 'Stranger In This Town'.

ALL ABOUT LOVIN’ YOU (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child/Carlsson)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 2003) UK #9

BAD MEDICINE (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1988) US #1 Pop, #3 MR, UK #17

BALLAD OF YOUTH (Sambora/Marolda)
By Richie Sambora (Mercury/Universal: 1991) US #63 Pop

BORN TO BE MY BABY(Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
“You were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man”
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1988) US #3 Pop (in ’89), #7 MS Rock, UK #22

DOES ANYBODY REALLY FALL IN LOVE ANYMORE?
(Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child/Warren)
By Kane Roberts (DGC/Universal: 1991) US #38 Pop

EDGE OF A BROKEN HEART (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Polydor/Universal: 1987) US #38 Pop

EVERYDAY (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Carlsson)
By Bon Jovi (Island/Universal: 2002) US #118 Pop

HAVE A NICE DAY (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Shanks)
By Bon Jovi (Island/Universal: 2005) US #53 Pop, UK #6

HELL IS LIVING WITHOUT YOU (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child/Cooper)
By Alice Cooper (Epic: 1989)

HEY GOD (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1996) UK #13

I’LL BE THERE FOR YOU (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
“I’ll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I want to be the air for you
I’ll be there for you
I’d live and I’d die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can’t say what a love can do
I’ll be there for you”
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1989) US #1 Pop, #5 MS Rock, UK #18

I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Jambco/Universal: 1993) US #97 Pop, #29 MS Rock, UK #17

IN THESE ARMS (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Bryan)
By Bon Jovi (Jambco/Universal: 1993) US #27 Pop, #32 MS Rock, UK #9

IT’S MY LIFE (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Martin)
By Bon Jovi (Island/Universal: 2000) US #33 Pop, UK #3
By Glee Cast (Fox/Sony: 2009) US #30 Pop

KEEP THE FAITH (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Jambco/Universal: 1992) US #29 Pop, #1 MS Rock, UK #5

LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1989) US #7 Pop, #20 MS Rock, UK #18

LIE TO ME (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1995) US #88 Pop, UK #10

LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
“Oh we’re half way there
Woah, livin’ on a prayer
Take my hand and we’ll make it, I swear
Woah, livin’ on a prayer”
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1986) US #1 Pop (in ’87), #1 MS Rock, UK #4

MISUNDERSTOOD (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child/Carlsson)
By Bon Jovi (Island/Universal: 2003) US #106 Pop, UK #21

NEVER SAY GOODBYE (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1987) US #28 Pop, #11 MS Rock, UK #21

NOTHING WITHOUT YOU (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Shanks)
By Bo Bice (RCA/Sony: 2005)

NOTORIOUS (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Dean/Cerney/Reno)
By Loverboy (Columbia/Sony: 1987) US #38 Pop

ONE WILD NIGHT (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 2001) UK #10

SOMEDAY I’LL BE SATURDAY NIGHT (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Jambco/Universal: 1995) UK #7

SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1995) US #76 Pop, UK #8

THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
By Bon Jovi (Island/Universal: 2001) US #57 Pop, #15 AC, UK #12

THESE DAYS (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1996) UK #7

THIS AIN’T A LOVE SONG (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1995) US #14 Pop, #22 AC, UK #6

TILL WE AIN’T STRANGERS ANYMORE aka STRANGERS (Sambora/Bon Jovi/James)
By Bon Jovi Feat. LeAnn Rimes (Island/Curb: 2007): US #47 Country

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
I’m a cowboy on a steel horse I ride
I’m wanted dead or alive
I’m a cowboy, I got the night on my side
I’m wanted dead or alive”
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1987) US #7 Pop, #13 MS Rock, UK #13
By Chris Daughtry (RCA/Sony: 2006) US #43 Pop
Other versions incl: Chris Cagle (EMI)

WE ALL SLEEP ALONE (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
“Somebody somewhere turns off the light
Somebody all alone faces the night
You got to be strong when you’re out on your own
‘Cause sooner or later
We all sleep alone”
By Cher (Geffen/Universal: 1988) US #14 Pop, UK #47

WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T GO HOME (Sambora/Bon Jovi)
“Who says you can’t go home
There’s only one place they call me one of their own
Just a hometown boy, born a rolling stone
Who says you can’t go home
Who says you can’t go back
Been all around the world and as a matter of fact
There’s only one place left I want to go
Who says you can’t go home”
By Bon Jovi (Island/Universal: 2006) US #23 Pop, #8 AC
By Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles (Island/Universal: 2005) US #1 Country (in ’06) album cut

WILLING TO TRY (Sambora/Shanks)
By Lucy Woodward featuring Travis Tritt & Richie Sambora (Concord: 2008)

YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME (Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
“Shot through the heart
And you’re to blame
You give love a bad name”
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 1986) US #1 Pop, #9 MS Rock, UK #14
By Blake Lewis (19/Sony: 2007) US #18 Pop
Other versions incl: Atreyu (on Lakeshore’s “Mr & Mrs Smith soundtrack)

(YOU WANT TO) MAKE A MEMORY(Sambora/Bon Jovi/Child)
By Bon Jovi (Mercury/Universal: 2007) US #27 Pop, #35 Country, #5 AC

In the above chart placings, MS Rock denotes Mainstream Rock

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From Clyde Otis’s Iza Music catalog (part of the Famous Music acquisition):

On his newly-released XL comeback album “I’m New Here”, R&B singer Gil Scott-Heron has revived I’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU; written by Brook Benton, the song was an R&B seller in 1960 for Bobby Blue Bland.

In addition, Dinah Washington’s 1960 recording of Clyde’s own ballad THIS BITTER EARTH is featured on the soundtrack of Martin Scorsese’s latest movie “Shutter Island” and on Rhino’s soundtrack album.

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Songs sung by NAT KING COLE

Nat King Cole (1917-1965) was one of the greatest American song stylists. His smooth ballad singing lit up the hit parade in the 40’s, 50’s & 60’s and below is a list of some of the key Sony/ATV songs he recorded including one of his signature hits “Mona Lisa”. Nat was also an outstanding jazz pianist and we have included reference to three of his instrumental-only recordings namely “The Geek”, “I Hear Music” and “Stella By Starlight”.

BE STILL MY HEART (Egan/Flynn)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1958)

BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME (Otis/Benton)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1967)

BEND A LITTLE MY WAY (Sherman/Wolfe)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1967)

A BOY FROM TEXAS, A GIRL FROM TENNESSEE (McCarthy Jr./Segal/Brooks)

CARAVAN (Ellington/Tizol/Mills)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1956)

THE CHRISTMAS SONG (Wells/Torme)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1946) US #3 Pop
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1947 re-issue) US #23 Pop
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1949 re-issue) US #24 Pop
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1953 re-issue) US #30 Pop
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1954 re-recording) US #29 Pop
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1960 re-issue of re-recorded version) US #65 Pop
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1991 re-issue of re-recorded version) UK #69

COLD COLD HEART (Williams)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1961)

DEAR LONELY HEARTS (Anton/Halley)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1962) US #13 Pop, UK #37

DON’T FORGET (Sherman/Weiss)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1963)

DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE (Ellington/Russell)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1957)

FLA-GA-LA-PA (I CALL MY PAPA) (Alfred/Fisher/Roberts)
By The King Cole Trio/Vocal: Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1945)

THE GEEK (Cole/Fisher)
By The King Cole Trio (Capitol: 1947) Instrumental

HOW DOES IT FEEL (Alfred/Fisher)
By The King Cole Trio/Vocal: Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1945)

I DON’T WANT IT THAT WAY (Sherman/Sherman)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1962)

I DON’T WANT TO SEE TOMORROW (Wayne/Morris)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1964) US #34 Pop

I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD (Ellington/Webster)
By Nat King Cole & George Shearing (Capitol: 1961)

I HEAR MUSIC (Loesser/Lane)
By Nat King Cole at the piano (Capitol: 1955)

I KEEP GOIN’ BACK TO JOE’S (Segal/Fisher)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1962)

I REMEMBER YOU (Mercer/Schertzinger)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1960)

IN A MELLOW TONE (Ellington)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1959)

(IT’S EASY TO SEE) THE TROUBLE WITH ME IS YOU (Alfred/Fisher)
By The King Cole Trio (Capitol)

LET ME TELL YOU BABE (Sherman/Weiss)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1967)

LOOK OUT FOR LOVE (Romoff/Meehan)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1958)

LOOKING BACK (Otis/Benton/Hendricks)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1958) US #5 Pop
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1965 re-recording) US #27 AC

LOVE LETTERS (Heyman/Young)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1956)

MONA LISA (Livingston/Evans)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1950) US #1 Pop

MOOD INDIGO (Ellington/Bigard/Mills)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1958)

MOON LOVE (David/Davis/Kostelanetz)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1961)

MORNING STAR (Handy/Mack)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1958)

MR. COLE WON’T ROCK AND ROLL (Sherman/Sherman)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1960)

MY FIRST AND ONLY LOVER (Keller/Kaplan/Kaufman)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1962)

NEVER LET ME GO (Livingston/Evans)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1956) US #79 Pop

NOTHING EVER CHANGES MY LOVE FOR YOU (Segal/Fisher)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1955)

NOTHING IN THE WORLD (Could Make Me Love You More)(Otis/Benton/Hendricks)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1957)

OH MARY DON’T YOU WEEP (Cole/Jenkins)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1959)

RAMBLIN’ ROSE (Sherman/Sherman)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1962) US #2 Pop, UK #5

THE RUBY AND THE PEARL (Livingston/Evans)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1951) US #23 Pop

SILVER BIRD (Tobias/Libbey)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1964)

SING ANOTHER SONG (AND THEN WE’LL ALL GO HOME)(Burke/Romoff)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1962)

SOMEONE TO TELL IT TO (Cahn/Van Heusen/Fuller)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1962)

SOMETHING MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU (Romoff/Meehan)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1964)

STELLA BY STARLIGHT (Washington/Young)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1955) Instrumental

STRANGE (Latouche/Fisher)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1953) US #20 Pop

TANGERINE (Mercer/Schertzinger)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol)

THAT SUNDAY, THAT SUMMER (Sherman/Weiss)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1963) US #12 Pop

TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (Sherman/Sherman)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1956) US #25 Pop

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN (Trad. Arr: Cole/Jenkins)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1958)

WELCOME TO THE CLUB (Sherman/Wolfe)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1958)

WHATCHA GONNA DO (Trad. Arr: Cole)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1959) Instrumental

WHEN I TAKE MY SUGAR TO TEA (Fain/Kahal/Connor)
By The King Cole Trio/Vocal: Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1947)

WHEN ROCK AND ROLL COMES TO TRINIDAD (Alfred/Fisher)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1957) US #48 Pop, UK #28

WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE (Segal/Fisher)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1956)

YOU DON’T LEARN THAT IN SCHOOL (Alfred/Fisher)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1947) US #22 Pop

YOU LEAVE ME BREATHLESS (Freed/Hollander)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1960)

YOU’RE MINE, YOU! (Heyman/Green)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1960)

YOUR CHEATIN’ HEART (Williams)
By Nat King Cole (Capitol: 1962)

EL CHOCLO (Cole/Schluger)
YO VENDO UNOS OJOS NEGROS (Trad.Arr: Cole/Schluger)
Both from one of Nat Cole’s best-selling Spanish language albums “A Mis Amigos” (“To My Friends”) recorded in 1959 for Capitol.

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US chart positions courtesy of Joel Whitburn & Billboard Magazine

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