Singer Songwriters who should be household names....

by hillary_step 178 Replies latest social entertainment

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  MsMcDucket

  Normon Connors - I'm Your Melody ( I love this! I blast this one!)

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmwCnIHXRK4

  Oops! I better add the writer composer info!

  Norman Connors (born March 1, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz drummer.

  Connors became interested in jazz as a child, and began playing drums early, once sitting in for Elvin Jones at a John Coltrane performance he attended while in middle school. Connors studied music at Temple University and Juilliard; his first recording was on Archie Shepp's 1967 release, Magic of JuJu. He played with Pharaoh Sanders for the next few years until signing with Cobblestone Records in 1972 and releasing his first record as a bandleader. In the mid-1970s, Connors began focusing more on R&B tunes, and had several US hits with songs featuring vocalists such as Michael Henderson, Jean Carn, and Phyllis Hyman. The most successful of these was "You Are My Starship". His more recent work has seen him operating more in the vein of smooth jazz and urban crossover music.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Connors
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  SixofNine

  Now see? This thread has truly come full circle, at least from the perspective of my first post in it:

  After the Bath Festival of 1970, Led Zeppelin paid tribute to Harper with their version of the traditional song, "Shake 'Em On Down", originally written by the blues artist Bukka White. "Hats Off to Harper" (titled "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper"), appeared on the album Led Zeppelin III.

  I wonder if they credited Bukka White. Bet not.
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  hillary_step

  Six,

  I wonder if they credited Bukka White. Bet not.

  Yeah, but Bukka White probably nicked it from Barry Manilow.

  HS
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  MsMcDucket

  My Funny Valentine sung by Chaka Kahn written by Rodgers & Hart

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY-LlevOPCI

  Rodgers & Hart made their professional debut with the song "Any Old Place With You," featured in the 1919 Broadway musical comedy A LONELY ROMEO. Their breakthrough came with the score for a 1925 charity show, THE GARRICK GAITIES, which introduced the classic valentine to their hometown, "Manhattan." From 1920 to 1930 Rodgers & Hart wrote an astonishing array of musical comedies for Broadway and London's West End. At their pinnacle the team was writing an average of four new shows a year, and among these were: DEAREST ENEMY, BETSY, PEGGY-ANN, THE GIRL FRIEND, CHEE-CHEE and A CONNECTICUT YANKEE.
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  MsMcDucket

  Dream On - Performed by Aerosmith written by Steven Tyler

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNzEQ8hG1zA
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  avishai

  Ms. Mckducket, I don't think anything you've posted is "mediocre" as a matter of fact, I think most of it is brilliant...
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  avishai

  Speaking of blues...This one was written in the 20's by this guy, who was an influence on Robert johnson, but lived much longer. This song was recently covered by the white stripes. They did it justice, but i still prefer the sound of Son beating the heck out of a national

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnbe8wXzCI

  And this one, by Blind Willie Johnson..No lyrics, but possibly one of the most emotional songs I've ever heard. No lyrics, just "moaning".

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g
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  avishai

  Oh and here's one by Blind Willie Johnson that Zeppelin ripped off...

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKj_QHpMy6o
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  Shawn10538

  Some of us are really stretching the term/category of singer/songwriter. Rod Stewart, Mick Taylor, Bernie Taupin?
  
  So as a reminder, just because someone sings and writes songs does not put them in the singer/songwriter category. Singer/songwriter (coming from someone who used to have the job at a radio station sorting according to genre) is a specific type and style of musician/music, closely akin to folk, though some have played punk, rock and other styles like jazz and R n B as well. Roughly, it's HOW they played these styles that made them singer/songwriters, and not just the fact that they sang and wrote.
  
  I'll let Wikipedia do the rest:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter
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  avishai

  While agree that some on here have stretched it abit, I think your definition of "singer-songwriter" is pretty damn narrow. Yes, I know about the whole brill bldg., etc., and the narrow radio station "singer songwriter" genre. But i think it's evolved. Singer songwriter no longer applies to Carole King and Bob Dylan (who also blatantly ripped off alot of his stuff)