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Cherish - CCendana Cover
Cover of Chris Cendana's "Cherish"
THIS CAN'T EVEN COMPARE WITH THE ORIGINAL
I just thought it would sound nice with piano :P
Sorry my voice isn't very strong,
but its a good song so i hope the song makes up for my voice...
www.youtube.com/ccendana
my real channel:
www.youtube.com/peeweeatkins
Length: 233
Rating: 3.80 (8 ratings)
Tags: Chris Cendana Peeweeatkins Cherish Peeweeatkins2 ccendana
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EDDY ARNOLD-THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN ME
Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918 -- May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer.
With 146 songs on the country charts -- including 28 number one hits -- Arnold ranks among the most popular country singers in U.S. history. Only George Jones had more individual hits on the country charts but, according to a formula derived by Joel Whitburn, Arnold is the all-time leader in an overall rankings for hits and their time on the charts.
Contents [hide]
1 Early years
2 Second career
3 Reasons for success
4 Private life and death
5 Discography
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
[edit] Early years
Born Richard Edward Arnold in Henderson, Tennessee, he made his first radio appearance in 1936. During his childhood, he lost both his father and the family farm. When he turned 18, he left home to try to make his mark in the music world.
Arnold's formative musical years included early struggles to gain recognition until he landed a job as the lead male vocalist for the Pee Wee King band. By 1943, Arnold had become a solo star on the Grand Ole Opry. He was then signed by RCA Victor. In December 1944, he cut his first record. Although all of his early records sold well, his initial big hit did not come until 1946 with "That's How Much I Love You." In common with many other country and western singers of the time, he had a folksy nickname: "The Tennessee Plowboy."
Managed by Colonel Tom Parker (who later went on to control the career of Elvis Presley), Arnold began to dominate country music. In 1947-48, he had 13 of the top 20 songs. He successfully made the transition from radio to television, appearing frequently in the new medium.
In 1955, he upset many in the country music establishment by going to New York to record with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra. The pop-oriented arrangements of "Cattle Call" and "The Richest Man (in the World)", however, helped to expand his appeal beyond its country base.
With the advent of rock and roll, Arnold's record sales dipped in the late 1950s. Along with RCA Victor label-mate Jim Reeves, he continued to try to court a wider audience by using pop-sounding, string-laced arrangements, a style that would come to be known as the Nashville sound.
[edit] Second career
An Eddy Arnold album entitled "The Tip of My Fingers".After Jerry Purcell became his manager in 1964, Arnold embarked on a "second career" that surpassed the success of the first one. In the process, he succeeded in his ambition of carrying his music to a more diverse audience. Already recorded by several other artists, "Make The World Go Away" was just another song until recorded by Arnold. Under the direction of producer Chet Atkins, and showcased by Bill Walker's arrangement and the talents of the Anita Kerr Singers and pianist Floyd Cramer, Arnold's rendition of "Make the World Go Away" became an international hit.
Bill Russell's precise, intricate arrangements provided the lush background for 16 straight Arnold hits through the late 1960s. Arnold started performing with symphony orchestras in virtually every major city. New Yorkers jammed prestigious Carnegie Hall for two concerts. Arnold appeared before the Hollywood crowd at the Coconut Grove and had long, sold-out engagements in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe.
After having recorded for RCA Victor since the 1940s, Arnold left the label to record four albums for MGM Records in the 1970s, and posting several Top 40 hits with the biggest hit of those being "I Wish That I Had Loved You Better" which was a Top 20 hit in 1974. He then successfully returned to RCA Victor with both the album Eddy, and the hit single "Cowboy", which evoked stylistic memories of his classic "Cattle Call." After a few more RCA releases, he retired from active singing; however, he did release a new RCA album, After All These Years in 2005 at the age of 87.
Eddy performed his final concert on May 16, 1999, the day after his 81st birthday, at the Hotel Orleans in Las Vegas.
In May, 2008, just a week after Arnold's death, RCA Records released "To Life", a song that appeared on his 2005 album, After All These Years, to country radio. For the week of May 31, 2008, it debuted at #49 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, becoming Arnold's first chart entry in 25 years and also is now the oldest person in any genre to chart on the Billboard charts. Arnold now holds the record for the longest span between his first chart single and his latest chart single at 62 years and 11 months with "Each Minute Seems Like a Million Years" which debuted on June 30, 1945 and "To Life" which debuted on May 31, 2008. It also extends Arnold's career chart history to seven decades with this song.[1]
TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THERE.
Length: 139
Rating: 4.80 (8 ratings)
Tags: music country Eddy Arnold
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"Somebody Stole My Gal" (Ted Weems, 1924)
Here's the theme song (instrumental) of one of the early Jazz Age's finest combos, the Ted Weems Orchestra.
More on Ted, the band and the tune from Wiki:
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Wilfred Theodore (Ted) Weems (originally Wemyes) (26 September 1901 - 6 May 1963) was a United States bandleader and musician.
Born in Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, Weems learned to play the violin and trombone. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he and his brother Art organized a small dance band. Going professional in 1923, Weems toured for the MCA Corporation, recording for several years on Victor Records. Somebody Stole My Gal became the band's first #1 hit in early 1924.
Weems moved to Chicago with his band around 1928. The Ted Weems Orchestra had more chart success in 1929 with the novelty song "Piccolo Pete", and the #1 hit The Man from the South.
The band gained popularity in the 1930s, making regular radio broadcasts. These included Jack Benny's Canada Dry program on NBC during the early 1930s, and the Fibber McGee & Molly program in the late 1930s. In 1936, the Ted Weems Orchestra gave singer Perry Como his first national exposure; Como recorded with the band (on Decca Records), beginning his long and successful career. Among Weems' other discoveries were whistler-singer Elmo Tanner, sax player and singer Red Ingle, Marilyn Maxwell, who left the band for an acting career, and arranger Joe Haymes, who created the band's unique jazz-novelty style.
During World War II, Ted Weems enlisted in the United States Merchant Marine, directing the Merchant Marine Band. Reorganizing his big band in 1947, he made records for Mercury, including the hits Peg O' My Heart and Mickey. However, the biggest hit of Weems' career was a reissue on his former Victor label: the Weems Orchestra's 1933 recording of Heartaches topped the national charts for 13 weeks. Decca Records also seized the moment, and its reissue of I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now with vocals by Perry Como became another major chart hit.
Despite this sudden surfeit of popularity, the hits dried up after 1947. Weems toured until 1953. At that time he accepted a disc jockey position in Memphis, Tennessee, later moving on to a management position with the Holiday Inn hotel chain.
Ted Weems died of emphysema in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1963. His son Ted Jr. led a revival band at times during the 1960s and 1970s.
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SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL
(Leo Wood)
Florence Millett - 1918
Ted Weems & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1924
Fletcher Henderson & His Orch. - 1924
Bix Beiderbecke - 1928
Fred Elizalde & His Anglo American Band - 1928
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orch. - 1930
Ted Lewis & His Band (vocal: Ted Lewis)- 1931
Cab Calloway & His Orch. - 1931
Billy Cotton & His Band - 1931
Fats Waller & His Rhythm - 1935
Count Basie & His Orch. - 1940
Benny Goodman & His Orch. - 1940
Johnnie Ray - 1953
Jimmy Roselli - 1967
Also recorded by: Merle Travis; Milton Brown;
Harris Brother's Texans; The Musical Maniacs;
Kid Ory; Chet Atkins; Dick Hyman; Bobby Darin;
Pee Wee Hunt; Errol Garner; Mitch Miller;
Moms & Dads; Tommy Dorsey: ...... and others.
Gee, but I'm lonesome, lonesome and blue.
I've found out something I never knew.
I know now what it means to be sad,
For I've lost the best gal I ever had;
She only left yesterday, Somebody stole her away.
Somebody stole my gal
Somebody stole my pal
Somebody came and took her away
She didn't even say she was leavin'
The kisses I love so
He's getting now I know,
And Gee! I know that she
Would come to me if she could see
Her broken hearted lonesome pal
Somebody stole my gal
Angels they say are only above
I know that's wrong because my old love
Sure is an angel, take it from me
And she's all the angel I want to see
Maybe she'll come back some day
All I can do now is pray
Somebody stole my gal
Somebody stole my pal
Somebody came and took her away
She didn't even say she was leavin'
The kisses I love so
He's getting now I know
And Gee! I know that she
Would come to me if she could see
Her broken hearted lonesome pal
Somebody stole my gal.
And Gee! I know that she
Would come to me if she could see
Her broken hearted lonesome pal
Somebody stole my
Somebody stole my
Somebody stole my gal!
Length: 183
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
Tags: Ted Weems Orchestra 1924 Leo Wood Somebody Stole My Gal
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