Please Love Me Forever

  1960年代早期的四人合唱團The Roomates的男高音及假音和聲Jack Carlson，六月12日去世。

這個合唱團最初於紐約Queens 的Sage中學組成，曾幫他們的經紀人的Valmore唱片公司灌過唱片，第一張暢銷曲是擔任Cathy Jean Giordano 1961年第12名的"Please Love Me Forever"的背景和聲，但是當年他們在唱片推出之前從來沒見過面，接著The Roomates自己推出的"Glory Of Love"則於1961年僅獲得第49名。

沒有Cathy Jean的Roomates很難有作品進排行榜，就在這種時有時無Cathy Jean的狀況下，The Roomate於1965年終於解散，Jack後來搬到科羅拉多州Littleton。

"Please Love Me Forever"於1958年由Tommy Edwards最早推出，只得到第61名，Cathy Jean＆The Roomates的版本得到12名後，Bobby Vinton於1967年翻唱的版本名次最好，獲得過第六名。

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Please Love Me Forever

Words and Music by Johnny Malone and Ollie Blanchard

Please love me forever

Don't forget me ever

Just listen to my plea

Please don't stop loving me

You're in my dreams nightly

Don't take my love lightly

Begging on bended knee

Please don't stop loving me

Oh, when I lay me down to sleep

I pray the Lord your love I'll keep

If I should die before I wake

I'll come back for you

That's no mistake

Oh, I'll love you forever

Can't forget you ever

Our love was meant to be

Please don't stop loving me

I'll love you forever

Can't forget you ever

Our love was meant to be

Please don't stop loving me

懷念的老歌The Three Bells

鄉村歌星Jim Ed Brown六月11日去於田納西州 Franklin去世了（81歲），Jim與妹妹Maxine出生於阿肯色州 Sparkman，最初在Ernest Tubb的廣播節目演唱，1954年曾有一首"Looking Back To See"獲得過排行榜第八名，後來另一位姐妹Bonnie加入變成三重唱the Browns。

從1954-1968年他們有21首鄉村歌曲排行榜暢銷曲，其中有13首歌同時也是熱門歌曲排行榜暢銷曲，包括"The Three Bells" (#1 pop,country-1959), "Scarlet Ribbons" (#13 pop, #7 country-1959) and "The Old Lamplighter" (#5 pop, #20 country-1960)這些受歡迎的歌。

1965年Jim Ed Brown開始推出個人的唱片，the Browns二年後宣告解散，他個人的暢銷曲則有"Pop A Top" (#3 country-1967)，他另與Helen Cornelius合作以二重唱的身份推出"I Don't Want To Have To Marry You" (#1 country-1976) 及 "Lying In Love With You" (#2 country-1979)，並於1977年獲鄉村音樂協會頒年度二重唱獎。

1983 至 1989年Jim Ed Brown主持過電視節目"You Can Be A Star!"，也在"Nashville On The Road"電視節目當助理主持人。

The Browns今年初獲選進鄉村歌曲名人堂，Jim Ed Brown曾在醫院的病房裡展示榮譽獎章給歌迷們看。

The Browns的冠軍曲The Three Bells原是1945年的一首法語歌，1952年版的Les Compagnons de la Chanson獲得過14名，此曲也以"Les Trois Cloches" 及 "While the Angelus Was Ringing"之名灌唱。

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The Three Bells

Original French words by Bert Reisfeld and Music by Jean Villard

English words added by Dick Manning

There's a village hidden deep in the valley

Among the pine trees half forlorn

And there on a sunny morning

Little Jimmy Brown was born

(bung, bung, bung, bung)

All the chapel bells were ringing in the little valley town

And the song that they were singing was for baby Jimmy Brown

Then the little congregation prayed for guidance from above

"Lead us not into temptation, bless this hour of meditation"

"Guide him with eternal love"

There's a village hidden deep in the valley

Beneath the mountains high above

And there, twenty years thereafter

Jimmy was to meet his love

(bung, bung, bung, bung)

All the chapel bells were ringing, 'twas a great day in his life

'cause the songs that they were singing was for Jimmy and his wife

Then the little congregation prayed for guidance from above

"Lead us not into temptation, bless, oh Lord this celebration"

"May their lives be filled with love"

>From the village hidden deep in the valley

One rainy morning dark and gray

A soul winged its way to heaven

Jimmy Brown had passed away

(bung, bung, bung, bung)

Just a lonely bell was ringing in the little valley town

'twas farewell that it was singing to our little Jimmy Brown

And the little congregation prayed for guidance from above

"Lead us not into temptation, may his soul find the salvation"

"Of thy great eternal love"

James Last去世

德國出生的作曲家James Last六月九日於佛羅里達州家中去世（86歲），他的樂團推出由李察基爾主演的著名電影"American Gigolo"「美國舞男」的插曲"The Seduction (Love Theme)"，於1980年曾獲得熱門排行榜第28名，「美國舞男」的電影插曲專輯裡的歌大多由Giorgio Moroder所寫，最有名的歌是Blondie合唱團的六週冠軍曲"Call Me (Theme from American Gigolo)"。

James Last其它在排行榜上有名的歌還有1969年由Andy Williams唱紅得過22名的"Happy Heart"，而貓王Elvis Presley1973年第17名的"Fool"，與Eddie Fisher的 "Games That Lovers Play" (#45-1966)也是他的作品。

英國排行榜的記錄，從1967至1986年James Last有52張專輯唱片進榜，僅次於貓王。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyB_cF7ZuD0

前衛搖滾

前衛搖滾樂團Yes的貝斯手Chris Squire五月19日在鳳凰城家中宣佈，因急性紅白血病需好幾個月的治療，他無法參加即將開始的Yes與Toto這二個超級合唱團聯合巡迴演唱會，這也是Yes首度沒有他的演出。

Yes是於倫敦組成的Progressive-Rock Band前衛搖滾樂團，主唱是Jon Anderson，Chris Squire也是創團人之一，他們1972年獲得13名的Roundabout被收進搖滾樂名人堂，而1983年的Owner of A Lonely Heart則獲得過排行榜冠軍。

Progressive-Rock是1960年代晚期源自英國的一種搖滾樂派，Yes是其中代表性團体，他們直接承襲迷幻搖滾，與藝術搖滾類似，但擺脫短短的流行單曲的框框，而在作曲與樂器譜寫上下功夫，讓搖滾樂與爵士樂及古典音樂同樣受人尊敬。

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Owner of a Lonely Heart

Yes

Move yourself

You always live your life

Never thinking of the future

Prove yourself

You are the move you make

Take your chances win or loser

See yourself

You are the steps you take

You and you - and that's the only way

Shake - shake yourself

You're every move you make

So the story goes

Owner of a lonely heart

Owner of a lonely heart

Much better than - a

Owner of a broken heart

Owner of a lonely heart

Say - you don't want to chance it

You've been hurt so before

Watch it now

The eagle in the sky

How he dancin' one and only

You - lose yourself

No not for pity's sake

There's no real reason to be lonely

Be yourself

Give your free will a chance

You've got to want to succeed

Owner of a lonely heart

Owner of a lonely heart

Much better than - a

Owner of a broken heart

Owner of a lonely heart

Owner of a lonely heart

After my own decision

They confused me so                                      Owner of a lonely heart

My love said never question your will at all

In the end you've got to go

Look before you leap                                     Owner of a lonely heart

And don't you hesitate at all - no no

Owner of a lonely heart

Owner of a lonely heart

Much better than - a

Owner of a broken heart

Owner of a lonely heart

(repeat)

Owner of a lonely heart

Sooner or later each conclusion

Will decide the lonely heart                             Owner of a lonely heart

It will excite it will delight

It will give a better start                              Owner of a lonely heart

Don't deceive your free will at all

Don't deceive your free will at all                      Owner of a lonely heart

Don't deceive your free will at all

Just receive it

Brothers Johnson缺一

The Brothers Johnson這一個R＆B-funk二重唱的團員、貝斯手Louis Johnson五月21日不幸過世（60歲），他倆除了排行榜前十名暢銷曲 "I'll Be Good To You" (#3-1976)，"Strawberry Letter 23" (#5-1977) 與"Stomp!" (#7-1980)之外，Louis曾在Michael Jackson的 "Thriller" 及 "Off The Wall" 專輯，Herb Alpert的 "Rise" 與George Benson的"Give Me The Night"這些名曲錄製時擔任低音吉他伴奏。

Louis Johnson起初和兄弟George、Tommy 及表哥Alex Weir在洛杉磯組了 the Johnson Three Plus，George 與 Louis之後在Billy Preston的樂班工作過，後來二人組二重唱直到1984年分手。

1980年第七名的 Stomp!是一首動聽的舞曲。

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Stomp!

The Brothers Johnson

Words & Music: Johnson - Temperton

Steppin' out the weekends open wide

Fill it up let's blast the jams and ride

While we're cruisin' around in the street

Listen up for the party in feet

Slap me five that's the place we've arrived it's alive

Ev'rybody take it to the top we're gonna

Stomp all night wanna party

Till morning light

Runnin' runnin' runnin'

The set is hot there's people wall to wall

Old gones young things short ones standing tall

Grab the one with the smile on her face

And hit the floor and stay right on the case

The heat is on and the funk just won't leave us alone

Ev'rybody take it to the top we're gonna

Stomp all night in the neighbourhood

Don't it feel all right gonna

Stomp all night wanna party

Till morning light

Stomp step down in it put your foot

Where you feel the fit

Stomp you don't want to quit

Put your heels where you're feeling it

Stomp all night in the neighbourhood

Don't it feel all right gonna

Stomp all night wanna party

Till morning light

藍調歌王B. B. King去世

藍調歌手Riley "B.B." King五月14日在拉斯維加斯家中去世了（89歲），二週前他因心臟不適送醫，後來返家休養直到病故。

"B.B." King 1925年出生於密西西比州Itta Bena，1946年搬到孟非斯，在當地他有個外號"Beale Street Blues Boy"，最後就被朋友暱稱B.B.，1949年他在全部黑人歌手的WDIA電台主持節目，因而開始錄唱片，"3 O'Clock Blues,"是他第一首R&B排行榜的冠軍曲，那是他76首R&B排行榜暢銷曲的開始，其中有24首獲得冠軍。

1957年開始，"B.B." King的歌也跨界進入流行歌曲排行榜，一共有47首歌進榜，其中："The Thrill Is Gone" (#15 Pop, #3 R&B-1970), "I Like To Live The Love" (#28 Pop, #6 R&B-1974) 及 "Rock Me Baby" (#34 Pop, #12 R&B-1964)是成績最好的。

"B.B." King因擁有很多吉他出名，其中一把"Lucille"有個故事：在阿肯色州Twist的俱樂部裡，二個男子為一個叫Lucille女子打架而引發火災，當時在那兒表演的"B.B." King曾衝進火場搶救他那一把珍貴的吉他，因此他叫那吉他"Lucille"。

"B.B." King結過三次婚，其中二次是和同一女人，他有一回不小心告訴別人，他是15個小孩的爸爸，是和15個不同女人生的。

"B.B." King於1990年獲國家藝術獎章，2006年獲得總統自由獎章，1980即進藍調音樂名人堂，1987年又進入搖滾樂名人堂，他還獲得耶魯及布朗二所大學的榮譽學位，ABBA經紀人創辦的Polar Prize則於2004年頒給他流行音樂獎。

The father of blues

RIP BB King

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The Thrill Is Gone

B. B. King

Lead

1. The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away,

The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away,

You know you done me wrong,

And you're gonna be sorry some day,

2. The thrill is gone, it's gone away from me,

The thrill is gone, it's gone away from me,

I know I'll still go on,

Some way,

Lead

3. The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone for good,

The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone for good,

And someday I'll be over you,

Just like a good man should,

4. I'm free, free, free, I'm free from your spell,

I'm free, free, free, I'm free from your spell,

And now that it's all over, baby,

All I can do is wish you well,

Lead & out

The thrill is gone

Something的故事

已故The Beatles批頭合唱團團員George Harrison的前妻Pattie "Layla" Boyd，四月29日在倫敦第三次結婚，73歲的她年輕時是一位模特兒，1966年與George Harrison結婚，1977年離婚，1979年再婚嫁給吉它之神傳奇搖滾樂手Eric Clapton，此次則嫁給1980年代即認識的一位資產開發商。

一直有人說Pattie Boyd是George的 "Something" 與Eric的"Layla" 及'Wonderful Tonight,"這三首歌的創作泉源，但George Harrison後來解釋：他最早寫的情歌是The Beatles的White Album當中的Long Long Long，寫的就是神與一個女人，1969年他告訴朋友"Something"這一首歌是講印度女神Krishna，1976年他接受滾石雜誌訪問時又解釋：愛是宇宙大愛中的一小塊，當你愛一個女人，只是神上其身而已。

1996年George Harrison正式否認"Something"是為Pattie Boyd寫的，他說當年為了披頭專輯唱片的促銷，說他為Pattie Boyd寫"Something"，只是塑造一個披頭團員都愛老婆的假象而已。

"Something"這一首歌於1969年與Come Together以雙單曲推出，獲得二週第三名，滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜獲得第273名，BMI全美最常播出歌曲榜則獲得第17名，是一首非常動聽的情歌，開頭的歌詞Something in the Way She Moves則取材自當年披頭的Apple唱片公司旗下名歌星James Taylor的一首歌。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Q0LmXe9Ek

Something

The Beatles

Harrison

Something in the way she moves

Attracts me like no other lover

Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how

Somewhere in her smile she knows

That I don't need no other lover

Something in her style that shows me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how

You're asking me will my love grow

I don't know, I don't know

You stick around and it may show

I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she knows

And all I have to do is think of her

Something in the things she shows me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how