Mandy (Cover Version of Barry Manilow)

Mandy ...

Very early part of my life, I remember I have tried very hard to learn this song Mandy for my singing competition song  till it also part of me now.  It is another my xfactor signature song .. LOL

"Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr.^[1]

"Brandy" was a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand, but achieved greater success when covered in 1974 by Barry Manilow in the US, with the title changed to from "Brandy" to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with Looking Glass's "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)". His version reached the top of the US Hot 100 Singles Chart. Later on, it was recorded by many other artists. The song was a UK #1 hit in 2003 for Irish boyband Westlife.

Mandy - Barry Manilow

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"Mandy'' as  originally titled "Brandy" was a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand, but achieved greater success when covered in 1974 by Barry Manilow in the US with the title changed to "Mandy" to avoid confusion with Looking Glass's "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)". 
Written by:  originally titled "Brandy", is a song written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr..

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Under the title Brandy, the selection's original title, the song charted in 1971 for Scott English, one of its co-composers, whose version of it reached #12 in the UK Singles Charts. It was also released in the United States, where it was a minor hit, remaining in the lower portion of the Hot 100.

The suggestion that Scott English wrote the song about a favorite dog is apparently an urban legend. English has said that a reporter called him early one morning asking who "Brandy" was, and an irritated English made up the dog story to get the reporter off his back.^[2] In a 2013 interview, he said the idea for the song title came from the off-colour expression "Brandy goes down fine after dinner, doesn't she". He said he hated the Manilow version because he took out part of a verse and made it a bridge, but he later loved it because it bought him houses. The song was inspired by his life, he said, the face in the window being his father.^[3]

In 1974, Barry Manilow recorded it under the title name of "Mandy". The song was Manilow's first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts, and his first gold single.

In the three years between English's and Manilow's recordings, Looking Glass's "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" had hit #1 in 1972. When Clive Davis suggested that Manilow record the selection, the singer changed the title to "Mandy" to avoid confusion. Joe Renzetti arranged the record.^[7]

In the Manilow version, the first two lines from the fourth verse, following the instrumental section, were omitted. They were:

"Riding on a country bus/
No one even noticed us."

I remember all my life

Raining down as cold as ice

Shadows of a man

A face through a window

Crying in the night

The night goes into

Morning just another day

Happy people pass my way

Looking in their eyes

I see a memory

I never realized

How happy you made me

Oh Mandy

When you came and you gave without taking

But I sent you away, oh Mandy

When you kissed me and stopped me from shaking

And I need you today, oh Mandy

I'm standing on the edge of time

I walked away when love was mine

Caught up in a world

Of uphill climbing

Tears are on my mind

Nothing is rhyming

Oh Mandy

When you came and you gave without taking

But I sent you away, oh Mandy

When you kissed me and stopped me from shaking

And I need you today

Oh Mandy

Yesterdays a dream

I faced the morning

Cryin' on the breeze

The pain is calling

Oh Mandy

When you came and you gave without taking

But I sent you away, oh Mandy

When you kissed me and stopped me from shaking

And I need you today

Oh Mandy

When you came and you gave without taking

But I sent you away, oh Mandy

When you kissed me and stopped me from shaking

And I need you

Oh Mandy wont you listen to what I've got to say

Oh Mandy don't you let me throw it all away

Oh Mandy wont you listen to what I've got to say

And I need you today

Oh Mandy

Songwriters

ENGLISH, SCOTT DAVID / KERR, RICHARD BUCHANAN

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Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing

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Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me (Cover Version of Sir Elton John and George Michael)

Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me ...

This song hit me so much when I saw both talent singers Sir Elton John and George Michael on the stage together till it glued unto me and now I sang both of the roles.

"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is a song written by English singer-songwriter Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin. It was originally recorded in 1974 by Elton John for his studio album Caribou and was released as a single that peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart. The song found further success in 1991 in a live cover version recorded as a duet between John and George Michael, which reached number 1 in the UK and US.

Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me (Cover Version of Sir Elton John and George Michael)

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"Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me'' Originally sang by Sir Elton John.  The song found further success in 1991 in a version recorded live as a duet between John and George Michael.

Written by: English singer-songwriter Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin.

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"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" was co-written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin during a ten-day period in January 1974 along with the other songs for John's Caribou album. The song was released as the first single from the album in May 1974 in the United Kingdom, and on 10 June 1974 in the United States.

The chorus of the song is supported with a horn arrangement by Del Newman, and features backing vocals by Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys, Bruce Johnston, and Toni Tennille. Also on the song are percussion accents provided by Ray Cooper and a mellotron played by Dave Hentschel.

In the song, Elton John sings to someone he has helped and from whom he is now experiencing rejection:

I took a chance and changed your way of life
but you misread my meaning when I met you
closed the door and left me blinded by the light
don't let the sun go down on me
although I search myself, it's always someone else I see.
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
but losing everything is like the sun going down on me.

It was written with the other songs on the album during a ten-day period in January 1974.

"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" charted on 1 June 1974 in the UK, reaching number 16 in the UK Singles Chart. The song reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after four weeks, peaking at number 2 for two weeks from 27 July behind John Denver's "Annie's Song". In the US, the single was certified Gold on 6 September 1974 by the RIAA. In Canada, it reached number 1, becoming his fifth chart topper in that country.^[1]

Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me (Song Lyrics)

I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life

It's much too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
Oh, but losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Elton John!

I can't find, oh the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
Don't discard me (oh baby no)
Just because you think I mean you harm
(Just because you think I mean you harm, no)
But these cuts I have (cuts I have)
They need love (they need love, they need love)
To help them heal

Oh, don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
Oh, 'cause losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else that I see, yeah
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free, baby, oh
'Cause losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Mr. Elton John!

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Even Now (Cover Version of Barry Manilow)

Even Now ...

Barry Manilow, one of my ever green singer of my life.  When I was a kid, I always  wanted to speak fluent English language with proper pronunciation and one of my close friend recommended me this great singer to correct my pronunciation by listen to his singing. So EVEN NOW become one of my signature song today.  Sung this lovely song at one of the local pub in Middlesbrough, UK.  Love it so much EVEN NOW.

Barry Manilow

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Even Now (Cover Version of Barry Manilow)

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"Even Now'' as  originally sang by Barry Manilow.
Written by:  Manilow wrote the music and co-produced the track with Ron Dante. The words were written by Marty Panzer

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"Even Now" is a 1978 song by American adult contemporary and pop music singer Barry Manilow. It is the title track from his 1978 album, and Manilow wrote the music and co-produced the track with Ron Dante. The words were written by Marty Panzer.

Released as the second single from the album, "Even Now" became a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1978, peaking at #19.^[1] It became Manilow's ninth song to reach number one on the Billboard easy listening chart, spending three weeks atop the chart beginning May 27, 1978.^[2]

In his autobiography Sweet Life, Manilow said that the song was "one of my personal favorites, which never fails to move me. It reminded me of the great times I had collaborating with" Marty Panzer, with whom the singer had worked previously.^[2]
Even now, when there's someone else who cares
When there's someone home who's waiting just for me
Even now I think about you as I'm climbing up the stairs
And I wonder what to do so she won't see

That even now, when I know it wasn't right
And I found a better life than what we had
Even now I wake up crying in the middle of the night
And I can't believe it still could hurt so bad

Even now, when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
Even now, when I come shinin' through
I swear I think of you
And how I wish you knew
Even now

Even now, when I never hear your name
And the world has changed so much since you've been gone
Even now I still remember and the feeling's still the same
And this pain inside of me goes on and on
Even now

Even now, when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
Even now, when I come shinin' through
I swear I think of you
And God I wish you knew
Somehow
Even now


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Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Us (Cover Version of Sir Elton John & George Michael)

Don't Let the Sun Go Down ...

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"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is a song written by English singer-songwriter Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin. It was originally recorded in 1974 by Elton John for his studio album Caribou and was released as a single that peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart. The song found further success in 1991 in a live cover version recorded as a duet between John and George Michael, which reached number 1 in the UK and US.

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Us (Cover Version of Sir Elton John & George Michael) Published on 25 Aug 2014

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Careless Whisper (Cover Version of George Michael)

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This song I sang in one of the UK pub somewhere on North East England.  Careless Whisper had been with me long ago and I remembered this song touches my heart very much as one of my memories fade back to the time I met this beautiful girl.  She should be my first love.  Her name is Mandy.

To Be forgiven (Cover Version of George Michael)

Published on July 23, 2014 

 

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"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Us" Originally sung by Elton John. 

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Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" was co-written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin during a ten-day period in January 1974 along with the other songs for John's Caribou album. The song was released as the first single from the album in May 1974 in the United Kingdom, and on 10 June 1974 in the United States.

The chorus of the song is supported with a horn arrangement by Del Newman, and features backing vocals by the Beach Boys' Carl Wilson and Bruce Johnston, and Toni Tennille. Also on the song are percussion accents provided by Ray Cooper and a mellotron played by Dave Hentschel.

Song Lyrics from Wikia

I can't light no more of your darkness
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white
I'm growing tired and time stands still before me
Frozen here on the ladder of my life

It's much too late to save myself from falling
I took a chance and changed your way of life
But you misread my meaning when I met you
Closed the door and left me blinded by the light

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Elton John!

I can't find, oh the right romantic line
But see me once and see the way I feel
Don't discard me (oh baby no)
Just because you think I mean you harm
(Just because you think I mean you harm, no)
But these cuts I have (cuts I have)
They need love (they need love, they need love)
To help them heal, oh

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free, oh
'Cause losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Don't let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it's always someone else that I see, yeah
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free, baby oh
'Cause losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Mr. Elton John!

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