Patsy Cline 的I Fall To Pieces

根據排行榜的紀錄來看，很多歌變成暢銷曲之前曾經被別的歌星拒絕過，其中Patsy Cline的冠軍曲"I Fall To Pieces"就是其中之一。

"I Fall To Pieces"的詞曲作者是Harlan Howard 與Hank Cochran，Howard的太太Jan Howard當時叫Harlan Howard 與Hank Cochran二人把 "I Fall To Pieces"去錄一個試唱帶，並想辦法去推銷，他們倆就找了Roy Drusky試聽，Roy聽過之後很喜歡，然後推薦給他的製作人Owen Bradley，但是Owen不贊成Roy錄這一首歌，因為他認為女聲比較適合這一首歌。

後來Patsy Cline被製作人Owen Bradley約到辦公室，他接了Roy Drusky沒有錄的這一首歌，她心想別人不想要的歌推給她，所以也不是很高興，但還是同意去錄，沒想到這一首歌後來大受歡迎。

Decca唱片公司推出Patsy Cline的單曲唱片“I Fall To Pieces”，於1961年四月三日進入鄉村歌曲排行榜，後來獲得二週排行榜冠軍，這一首歌是Patsy Cline的第三首進排行榜的歌，停留在排行榜上達39週之久。

“I Fall To Pieces”在流行歌曲排行榜也獲得第12名，在Grammy等各種音樂獎項中都獲得好評。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZTk1hdpMs

I fall to pieces

Patsy Cline

I fall to pieces

Each time I see you again

I fall to pieces

How can I be just your friend

You want me to act

Like we've never kissed

You want me to forget

Pretend we've never met

And I try and I try

But I haven't yet

You walk by and I fall to pieces

I fall to pieces

Each time someone speaks your name

I fall to pieces

Time only acts to the play

You tell me to find someone else to love

Someone who loves me too

The way you used to do

But each time I go out with someone new

You walk by and I fall to pieces

Patsy Cline的Crazy

在流行歌壇有很多歌星會選一首歌去重灌，目的是希望能有更好的成績，而Patsy Cline的Crazy就是一個例子。

第一次聽到Crazy這一首歌的時候，Patsy Cline並不很喜歡，可能因為那是作曲人Willie Nelson的試唱帶的緣故，Willie練唱時有時候會跟不上拍子。

Patsy Cline後來在錄這一首歌的時候，花了四個小時都無法搞定，她決定休息一會兒重錄，而且她改用聲音部和音樂伴奏部，分二軌混搭在一起的方式去錄，這一回一次就完成了。

Patsy Cline的單曲Crazy，由Decca唱片公司推出， 1961年11月13日進入鄉村歌曲排行榜，最高得到第二名，是她第四首進鄉村排行榜的歌。

Patsy Cline 1932年出生於維吉尼亞州，本名Virginia Patterson Hensley，1963年三月五日31歲時，因飛機失事喪生於田納西州Camden附近。Jessica Lange潔西卡蘭芝主演的電影Sweet Dreams｢甜蜜夢幻｣，就是Patsy Cline的自傳電影。

1961年11月13日，Patsy Cline的Crazy也在熱門歌曲排行榜跨界推出，獲得第九名，這一首動聽的情歌在滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜獲得第85名，也收進Grammy獎名人堂。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVtpnpCOKM

CRAZY

Patsy Cline

Written by Willie Nelson

Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely

I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue

I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted

And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new

Worry, why do I let myself worry?

Wond'ring what in the world did I do?

Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you

I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying

And I'm crazy for loving you

Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you

I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying

And I'm crazy for loving you.

Hotel California

The Eagles合唱團五月一日在加州地方法院打官司，這一場官司主要尋求一項禁令，與他們的名曲Hotel California獲利和解禁有關。原因是在墨西哥Todos Santos有一間旅館就叫Hotel California，這一家飯店於1950年就已開幕，多年來飯店的名字雖然改了好幾次，但是新的經營者在2001年改回原名，並且企圖從一個用The Eagles唱的Hotel California這一首歌為名的協會拿一點好處，其中包括紀念品銷售在內。

The Eagles合唱團是於洛杉磯成立的抒情搖滾樂團，團員Glenn Frey(去年2016/01/18於紐約去世)、Don Henley後來都很出名，原先Frey與 Henley及Randy Meisner是Linda Ronstadt的伴唱樂隊成員，後來組成The Eagles，並於1972年在英國推出首張專輯唱片，並以Take It Easy一曲成名。

The Eagles合唱團於2004年舉辦告別演唱會，他們的Eagles/Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975在當年曾以二千九百萬張創下全美史上最佳銷售紀錄。他們在歷年暢銷歌星與合唱團排行榜獲得第99名。

Hotel California是The Eagles合唱團1977年推出的冠軍曲，在滾石雜誌500大歌曲榜獲得第49名，並入選搖滾樂名人堂。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrfhf1Gv4Tw

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

The Eagles

(D. Felder, D. Henley, G. Frey)

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light

My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dimmer

I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway;

I heard the mission bell

And I was thinking to myself,

'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'

Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way

There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say...

  Welcome to the Hotel California

  Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)

  Plenty of room at the Hotel California

  Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, She got the Mercedes bends

She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain, 'Please bring me my wine'

He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here since 1969'

And still those voices are calling from far away

Wake you up in the middle of the night

Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California

Such a lovely Place (such a lovely face)

They livin' it up at the Hotel California

What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice

And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'

And in the master's chambers, they gathered for the feast

They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was running for the door

I had to find the passage back to the place I was before

'Relax' said the nightman, We are programed to recieve.

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave

作曲人Sylvia Moy去世

寫過許多暢銷曲的作曲人Sylvia Moy四月15日於密西根州Dearborn因肺炎併發症去世(78歲)。

Sylvia Moy是底特律人，她替也位於底特律的黑人流行歌曲大本營Motown唱片公司旗下歌手們寫過很多歌，如Stevie Wonder的成名曲"Uptight (Everything's Alright)"、"My Cherie Amour"及"I Was Made To Love Her" ，Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston的"It Takes Two"與the Isley Brothers的"This Old Heart Of Mine"。

盲歌星Stevie Wonder1967年的暢銷曲"I Was Made To Love Her"，當年曾獲得二週第二名，沒有得到冠軍的原因是前面有一首Areatha Franklin的冠軍曲Respect擋路。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYux5-d1Es

I Was Made To Love Her

Stevie Wonder

Lyrics and Music by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Lula Mae Hardaway & Sylvia Moy

I was born in Lil' Rock,

Had a childhood sweetheart,

We were always hand in hand.

I was hightop shoes and shirt tails,

Suzy was in pig tails,

I know I loved her even then.

You know my papa disapproved it,

My mama boohooed it,

But I told them time and time again,

"Don't you know I was made to love her,

Built a world all around her"

Yah! Hey, hey, hey.

She's been my inspiration,

Showed appreciation

For the love I gave her through the years.

Like a sweet magnolia tree

My love blossmed tenderly,

My life grew sweeter through the years.

I know that my baby loves me,

My baby needs me,

That's why we made it through the years.

I was made to love her,

Worship and adore her,

Hey, hey, hey.

All through thick and thin

Our love just won't end,

'Cause I love my baby, love my baby. Ah!

My baby loves me,

My baby needs me,

And I know I ain't going nowhere.

I was knee high to a chicken

When that love bug bit me,

I had the fever with each passing year.

Oh, even if the mountain tumbles,

If this whole world crumbles,

By her side I'll still be standing there.

'Cause I was made to love her,

I was made to live for her, yeah!

Ah, I was made to love her,

Built my world all around her,

Hey, hey, hey.

Oo baby, I was made to please her,

You know Stevie ain't gonna leave her, no,

Hey, hey, hey.

Oo wee baby, my baby loves me,

My baby needs me,

Hey, hey, hey.

OO my baby loves me....

老古巴古丁去世

The Main Ingredient 合唱團的團員Cuba Gooding, Senior四月20日被發現在加州Woodland Hills的車上身亡(72歲)，Cuba Gooding, Senior老古巴古丁的兒子是因1996年上映的美國浪漫喜劇電影Jerry Maguire｢征服情海｣獲得奧斯卡最佳男配角獎的小古巴古丁Cuba Gooding Jr。

Cuba Gooding Sr出生於紐約，1971年因創團人Donald McPherson去世而加入the Main Ingredient這個組團於紐約哈林區的R&B三重唱，1977年離團而去從事個人的演唱生涯。

The Main Ingredient有二首Top10的暢銷曲"Everybody Plays The Fool" (#3-1972) 及"Just Don't Want To Be Lonely" (#10-1974)，走紅於1970年代前期。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZgoS7rz3jI

EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL

Main Ingredient

(Rudy Clark, Kenny Williams & Jim Bailey)

Everybody plays the fool sometime;

There's no exception to the rule.

Listen, baby, it may be factual, may be cruel,

I ain't lying, everybody plays the fool.

Falling in love is such an easy thing to do,

And there's no guarantee that the one you love is gonna love you.

Oh, lovin' eyes they cannot see a certain person could never be;

Love runs deeper than any ocean,

You can cloud your mind with emotion.

Everybody plays the fool, sometime,

They use your heart like a tool.

Listen, baby, they never tell you so in school

But everybody plays the fool.

How can you help it when the music starts to play,

And your ability to reason is swept away,

Oh, heaven on earth is all you see;

You're out of touch with reality;

Now you cry but when you're through

The next time someone cries for you.

Stevie Wonder

黑人盲歌星Stevie Wonder宣布:六月17日他將和42歲來自牙買加的Tomeeka Bracy結婚，這是Stevie Wonder第三次結婚，已經66歲的他有九個小孩，而Tomeeka有一個三歲的女兒，孩子們將在婚禮上當花童。

Stevie Wonder於1950年出生於密西根州的Saginaw，出生即雙眼失明，但他學會了多種樂器，還能作曲，13歲時就以Fingertips-pt2獲得三週排行榜冠軍而成名，1960他與Motown唱片公司簽約當幕後樂手，1962年就以Little Stevie Wonder之名開始錄唱片，1970-1972曾經和女歌手Syreeta結過一次婚，1973年一次車禍差一點喪命。

Stevie Wonder於1982年獲得當年百位熱門歌星排行榜冠軍，他受歡迎的歌極多，在歷年暢銷歌星排行榜獲得第六名，其中名次最好的歌是1982年與前披頭合唱團團員Paul McCartney合唱，讚美種族和諧的Ebony And Ivory，曾獲得七週排行榜冠軍。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZtiJN6yiik

Ebony And Ivory

By Paul McCartney

Ebony And Ivory Live Together In Perfect Harmony

Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard, Oh Lord, Why Don't We?

We All Know That People Are The Same Where Ever We Go

There Is Good And Bad In Ev'ryone,

We Learn To Live, We Learn To Give

Each Other What We Need To Survive Together Alive.

Ebony And Ivory Live Together In Perfect Harmony

Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard, Oh Lord Why Don't We?

Ebony, Ivory Living In Perfect Harmony

Ebony, Ivory, Ooh

We All Know That People Are The Same Where Ever We Go

There Is Good And Bad In Ev'ryone,

We Learn To Live, We Learn To Give

Each Other What We Need To Survive Together Alive.

Ebony And Ivory Live Together In Perfect Harmony

Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard, Oh Lord Why Don't We?

Ebony, Ivory Living In Perfect Harmony (Repeat And Fade)

The J. Geils Band

來自麻塞諸塞州Worcester 的搖滾樂團the J. Geils Band的領隊與吉他手John Geils，四月11日不幸去世(71歲)。

1967年由John Geils組成的J. Geils Band主唱是Peter Wolf，"Magic" Dick Salwitz擔任口琴手，Seth Justman是鍵琴手，Danny (Dr. Funk) Klein是貝斯手，鼓手是Stephen Jo Bladd。

The J. Geils Band起初走rhythm-and blues｢節奏與藍調｣的樂風，知名的歌有"Looking For A Love" (#39-1972), "Give It To Me" (#30-1973) 及"Must Of Got Lost" (#12-1975)，同一時間他們還擔任了the Byrds、the Allman Brothers Band這二個大牌合唱團演唱會的開場演唱，獲得了熱烈的迴響。

1980年代興起的new-wave風音樂，主宰了流行歌壇，the J. Geils Band也搭上了這班車，他們的"Centerfold"於1982年得到了排行榜冠軍，接著推出的"Freeze-Frame"則得到第4名，而回頭以R&B樂風推出的"I Do"則於1983年得到24名。

好景不常在，J. Geils Band的主唱Peter Wolf也於1983年離團而去從事個人的歌唱事業，沒到二年J. Geils Band就解散了。

公元二千年後部分團員們重聚並復出演唱過幾次，但John Geils因他的隊友用團名巡迴演唱但沒有他在內，他還憤而提告過。

John Geils大部分時間與Dick Salwitz在一起繼續玩音樂，取了一個團名叫 Bluestime，出過二張專輯。

The J. Geils Band曾二度提名進搖滾樂名人堂，但都沒有成功進去。

The J. Geils Band暢銷曲不少，在歷年暢銷歌星與合唱團排行榜獲得第335名，他們成績最好的歌就是1981年11月7日推出，後來獲得六週排行榜軍的"Centerfold"。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg

Centerfold

The J. Geils Band

Does she walk? Does she talk?

Does she come complete?

My homeroom homeroom angel

Always pulled me from my seat

She was pure like snowflakes

No one could ever stain

The memory of my angel

Could never cause me pain

Years go by I'm lookin' through a girly magazine

And there's my homeroom angel on the pages in-between

CHORUS

My blood runs cold

My memory has just been sold

My angel is the centerfold

Angel is the centerfold

(Repeat)

Slipped me notes under the desk

While I was thinkin' about her dress

I was shy I turned away

Before she caught my eye

I was shakin' in my shoes

Whenever she flashed those baby-blues

Something had a hold on me

When angel passed close by

Those soft and fuzzy sweaters

Too magical to touch

Too see her in that negligee

Is really just too much

Chorus

It's okay I understand

This ain't no never-never land

I hope that when this issue's gone

I'll see you when your clothes are on

Take you car, Yes we will

We'll take your car and drive it

We'll take it to a motel room

And take 'em off in private

A part of me has just been ripped

The pages from my mind are stripped

Oh no, I can't deny it

Oh yea, I guess I gotta buy it!

CHORUS