19 April 2010: 1972

[RGMike]

Oh. My. Gawd. I can't imagine anyone on any 10@10 has played this ever. BOS3 Cher, The Way of Love.

indeed, it's an ATBB (tho' it was on Casey's '72  chart last week). I requested it on FB, never expecting that AL would take me up on it.

[Davefish]

HM for Jimmy Cliff encouraging us to get it.  This was also an LSJUMB song, first heard by me on tape.

[RGMike]

BOS7 Jimmy Cliff.

and urth, "Way of Love" was written by Jacques Dieval and Al Stillman  -- orig in French; it was a hit for Kathy Kirby in the '60s ('LNG plays that version semi-regularly).

[ggould]

Staples Singers!
I'll Take You There!

[RGMike]

Staples Singers!
I'll Take You There!

he'p me now!  call fo' MERCY!

[mshray]

HM for Jimmy Cliff encouraging us to get it.  This was also an LSJUMB song, first heard by me on tape.

I was going to settle for a VHM for Jimmy C., until I saw that this is quite surprisingly a Db bustout.  So one more BOS.

[Tinka Cat]

add this one to the bass lines everyone should know.

[urth]

Oh. My. Gawd. I can't imagine anyone on any 10@10 has played this ever. BOS3 Cher, The Way of Love.

ETA: Is this a Paul Williams composition?

Nope, Jack Dieval & Al Stillman.

But! I discovered that Cher released this song on an album in '71 (Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves) and again on another one in '73 (Half Breed) as well as *two* greatest hits albums that came out in '72 and '74 (both on MCA). So Dieval and Stillman must have been just rakin' in the royalties during those years.

ETA: Scratch Half-Breed, at least on the original release. Digging deeper it appears it was a bonus track on a latter-day rerelease, but not when it originally came out. However it was on two different best-ofs released two years apart. Weird.

[urth]

BOS7 Jimmy Cliff.

and urth, "Way of Love" was written by Jacques Dieval and Al Stillman  -- orig in French; it was a hit for Kathy Kirby in the '60s ('LNG plays that version semi-regularly).

Funny that AMG has anglicized Dieval's name to "Jack."

[RGMike]

Oh. My. Gawd. I can't imagine anyone on any 10@10 has played this ever. BOS3 Cher, The Way of Love.

ETA: Is this a Paul Williams composition?

Nope, Jack Dieval & Al Stillman.

But! I discovered that Cher released this song on an album in '71 (Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves) and again on another one in '73 (Half Breed) as well as *two* greatest hits albums that came out in '72 and '74 (both on MCA). So Dieval and Stillman must have been just rakin' in the royalties during those years.

ETA: Scratch Half-Breed, at least on the original release. Digging deeper it appears it was a bonus track on a latter-day rerelease, but not when it originally came out. However it was on two different best-ofs released two years apart. Weird.

MCA put out many many crappy Cher re-packages over the years. None of which had everything; you were always missing a single or 2. The best package is this 2-disc set that I bought a few years back:

http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Cher/dp/B0007OY442/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1271699599&sr=1-10

[RGMike]

4/18/10...Monday...Back we go to...1972!!

 1. Allman Brothers Band- Ain't Wasting Time No More
 2.  Fleetwood mac- Bare Trees
(Ad: Action Jackson toy)
 3.  Uriah Heep- Easy Livin'
 4.  Deep Purple- Space Truckin'
(News: Watergate)
 5. Rolling Stones- Rocks Off
 6. Rod Stewart- Twistin' The Night Away
(Ad: New Reese's Cups)
 7. The Raspberries- Go All The Way (B.O.S!!)
(Movie: The Heartbreak Kid-Charles Grodin)
 8. Cher- The Way Of Love
 9. Jimmy Cliff- You Can Get It If You Really Want
10. The Staples Singers- I'll Take You There