Monday, November 25, 2013

Millenium - Robbie Williams

"Millennium" is a song by English singer Robbie Williams from his 1998 album I've Been Expecting You. In September 1998, it was released as the album's first single which became Williams' first single to top the UK Singles Chart. The song also received extensive airplay in the United States andCanada where it was the lead single from Williams' 1999 compilation album, The Ego Has Landed.
The song borrows heavily from the musical arrangement of John Barry's "You Only Live Twice", the title track of the 1967 James Bond film of the same name, said to be one of Williams' favourite Bond movies.

Monday, November 18, 2013

Dancin' - Chris Isaak


Silvertone is the first album by Chris Isaak, released in 1985, and named after his three-piece backup band. It features the song, Dancin'. 


Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee

"Is That All There Is?" is a song written by American songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller during the 1960s. It became a hit for American singer Peggy Lee and an award winner from her album in November 1969Peggy Lee's version reached number 11 on the U.S. pop singles chart - becoming her first Top 40 pop hit since "Fever," 11 years earlier - and doing even better on the adult contemporary scene, topping that Billboard chart. It won Lee the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and then later was named to the Grammy Hall of Fame.
The orchestral arrangement on the song was composed by Randy Newman who also conducted the orchestra.