最近有二位作曲人去世,他們在流行歌壇都留下了許多膾炙人口的好歌。
出生於丹佛的Wayne Carson七月20日於納許維爾去世(72歲),Wayne Carson於1997年被即被選入納許維爾作曲家名人堂,他寫的"The Letter"於1967年由the Box Tops推出獲得排行榜冠軍,1970年Joe Cocker重唱亦獲得第七名佳績,the Box Tops演唱另一首Wayne Carson的作品"Neon Rainbow"則獲得24名,而他另一作品Willie Nelson的名曲"Always On My Mind"於1982得過第五名。
另一位作曲人、製作人及出版商Buddy Buie,則於七月18日因心臟病病逝阿拉巴馬州Eufaula,出生於該州Dothan的他,最令人印象深刻的是替the Classics IV及the Atlanta Rhythm Section合唱團寫的那些動聽的歌,如the Classics IV的"Spooky" (#3-1968),
"Traces" (#2-1969) 及 "Everyday With You
Girl" (#19-1969),和 the Atlanta Rhythm Section的"So In To You" (#7-1977) 及
"Imaginary Lover" (#7-1978),這些暢銷曲也都由他製作與發行。
The Classics IV合唱團來自佛羅里達州Jacksonville,主唱是Dennis Yost(他已於2008年去世,享年65歲),他們的歌搭配絕妙的薩克斯風伴奏,令人一曲難忘,他們1969年第二名的"Traces"更是BMI全美最常播出歌曲榜第32名的歌,是一首百聽不厭描述懷舊心境的情歌。
Traces
Faded photograph, covered now with lines
and creases
Tickets torn in half, memories in bits and
pieces
Traces of love, long ago that didn't work
out right
Traces of love.
Things we used to share, souvenirs of days
together
The ring he used to wear, pages from an old
love letter
Traces of love, long ago that didn't work
out right
Traces of love, with me tonight.
I close my eyes and say a prayer
That in his heart, he'll find a trace of
love still there,
Somewhere
Traces of hope in the night that he'll come
back and dry
These traces of tears from my eyes.
Traces of hope in the night that he'll come
back and dry
These traces of tears from my eyes.
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