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電影製片與作曲人Joseph Brooks 1997年曾獲奧斯卡最佳電影歌曲與葛萊美年度歌曲二項獎，那都因他寫了You Light Up My Life這首歌，他於五月22日被發現死於紐約曼哈頓的家裡（73歲），Joseph曾陷入吸毒案，也被指控利用試鏡性侵13名女子，他兒子Nicholas去年12月也因與一位年輕女友的死有關而遭起訴。


拜DVD之賜，很多從前沒機會看的電影後來都很高興的搜集到了，尤其是裡頭有好歌的片子，You Light Up My Life「你照亮我生命」就是這樣一個例子，不過看完了只記得女主角Didi Conn是個小女生，她在錄音室由管弦樂隊伴奏試唱You Light Up My Life（不是Debbie Boone唱的）真是動聽，其它就毫無印象了。

Debbie Boone唱的You Light Up My Life在1977年曾連續10週獲得排行榜冠軍，她是鄉村歌星Red Foley的外孫女，父親是1950年代的巨星Pat Boone，當年她走紅之後曾與父親一同到台北演唱過，Debbie 1979年嫁給演員荷西法拉與另一位1950年代的名歌星Rosemary Clooney的兒子Gabriel Ferrer，Rosemary Clooney的姪子就是近年很紅的名演員喬治克隆尼。



You Light Up My Life

-Artist: Debby Boone

-Words and Music by Joe Brooks





So many nights I'd sit by my window

Waiting for someone to sing me his song

So many dreams I kept deep inside me

Alone in the dark but now you've come along



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And you light up my life

You give me hope to carry on

You light up my days and fill my nights with song



Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water

Could it be finally I'm turnin' for home?

Finally a chance to say "Hey, I love you"

Never again to be all alone



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'cause you, you light up my life

You give me hope to carry on

You light up my days and fill my nights with song



It can't be wrong

When it feels so right

'cause you?.you light up my life