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Lyricist (s) Al Dubin. " I Only Have Eyes for You " is a song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin. The song was written for the 1934 film Dames, in which it was performed by Dick Powell. [ 1] Several other successful recordings of the song were made in 1934, and it later became a hit for the Flamingos in 1959 and Art Garfunkel in 1975.
"Good Thing" is a song by British band Fine Young Cannibals, released as the second single from their second and last album, The Raw & the Cooked (1989). The song was their second and final US number-one, topping the Billboard Hot 100 on 8 July 1989. [4] It also peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart. [5] The song made its first appearance in Tin ...
Paul McCartney, 1997 In May 1968, John Lennon and his wife Cynthia separated due to his affair with Japanese artist Yoko Ono. The following month, Paul McCartney drove out to visit the Lennons' five-year-old son Julian, at Kenwood, the family's home in Weybridge. Cynthia had been part of the Beatles' social circle since before the band's rise to fame in 1963; McCartney later said he found it ...
Jeepers Creepers (song) " Jeepers Creepers " is a popular song and jazz standard. The music was written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the 1938 movie Going Places. [1] It was premiered by Louis Armstrong and has been covered by many other musicians. [2] The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in ...
Reflecting on the song's initial rejection, Cohen related that Columbia told him that "we know you are great, but don't know if you are any good". [14] Following his original 1984 studio-album version, Cohen performed the original song on his world tour in 1985, but live performances during his 1988 and 1993 tours almost invariably contained a ...
All the Things You Are. " All the Things You Are " is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II . The song was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939) [1] [2] and was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart. [3] It appeared in the film Broadway Rhythm (1944) when it ...
[99] [100] "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin '" also reached No. 15 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, on the Radio & Records Airplay chart the song debuted at No. 30 on the September 26, 1980, issue, after seven weeks it reached and peaked at No. 4 staying there for one week, the song stayed on the top 10 of the chart for six weeks and ...
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was written during a respite from pre-production on what would eventually become the band's seventh album, American Idiot.Hoping to clear his head and develop new ideas for songs, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong traveled to New York City alone for a few weeks, renting a small loft in the East Village of Manhattan. [5]