THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
441-Shirley Bassey-Razzle Dazzle.
1977-Not released as a single.
Best Bit-At 1.58.Britain’s greatest ever female vocalist ‘Razzle Dazzle’s’ us.
Dame Shirley Bassey was born on the 8th January 1937,her father was Nigerian and her mother was English.In 1959 she became the first Welsh person to achieve a UK Number 1 with ‘As I Love You.’
It is told that as a child she sang ‘Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man’ from ‘Showboat’ with such feeling that it made her school teacher uncomfortable.
‘Razzle Dazzle’ was written for the musical ‘Chicago’ in 1975 by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb(see also best songs 469.) In the musical the song is performed by the lawyer Billy Flynn to his client,accused murderess Roxie,explaining how to bamboozle a jury.In the 2002 film version the song is performed by Richard Gere.
‘Back since the days of old Methuselah everyone loves the big bambooz-a-ler.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
442-Elvis Presley-In The Ghetto.
1969-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 2.21.The vicious circle.
In 1968 Elvis Presley(see also best songs 954 and 664) was looking for new material for his 35th studio Album ‘From Elvis In Memphis.’One of the songs chosen and to become the final song on side 2 of the LP was the Mac Davis penned composition In The Ghetto.
Mac Davis is an American Country music singer and songwriter who also provided Presley with his 2002 posthumous UK Number 1 single ‘A Little Less Conversation.’
Other Davis songs worth checking out include ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll(I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life’) and his 1980 UK ‘novelty’ hit ‘It’s Hard To Be Humble.’
In The Ghetto tells a story of poverty,describing a child who can’t overcome his surroundings and turns to crime,which leads to his death and as he is dying another child is being born in the ghetto.
‘As her young man dies,on a cold and grey Chicago mornin’ another little baby child is born in the ghetto.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
443-Ray Noble and his Orchestra with Al Bowlly on vocals-The Very Thought Of You.
1934-Did not chart in the UK as there was no chart until 1952,but did reach Number 1 on Billboard.
Best Bit-At 2.46.I used to get a little embarrassed playing vinyl with the sound of static coming through the speakers,but I must admit in these days of sterile clear audio I do miss it a bit,(but only a bit.)
In the 1920’s and 1930’s the real ‘Pop Stars’ were the ‘Big Band’ leaders and there was no bigger than Ray Noble who composed this song.Over the years it has been covered by many artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra,Ella Fitzgerald,Rod Stewart and Elvis Costello.
Al Bowlly was one of the most sought after vocalists of the period recording approximately 1000 songs in the 1920’s and 1930’s,he is considered to be a pioneer of the art of ‘Crooning.’He died in 1941 when a Luftwaffe Parachute Mine detonated outside his flat in London at ten past three in the morning.
‘The mirror ideal of you,the longing here for you.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
444-De La Soul-A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays.’
1991-Number 22 single.
Best Bit-At 0.18.’All that scratching is making me itch.’
De La Soul were formed in high school in 1987 on Long Island,New York,they are Kelvin ‘Posdnous’ Mercer,David ‘Trugoy’ Jolicoeur and Vincent ‘Maseo’ Mason,they achieved initial success when a demo tape was brought to the attention of producer Prince Paul.
Their first three Albums all produced by Prince Paul are considered classics of the Hip-Hop genre.Their early lyrics focused on striving for peace and harmony,this led to them being labelled ‘Hip-Hop Hippies,’an image they tried to shred on their second Album,’De La Soul Is Dead.’
The band are known also for eclectic sampling and this song contains samples from many different sources,including the 1978 Soul song from The Mighty Ryders called Evil Vibrations.The vocals on the song are provided by American R&B singer Vinia Mojica.
‘Now lets all get baked like Anita.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
445-Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners-This Girl.
2016-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 1.03.In Heavy Metal music they have moshing,in Punk Rock music they pogo and in Electronic Dance Music it is called ‘The Drop.’
In 2009 Australian Funk group Cookin’ on 3 Burners wrote and recorded the original version of This Girl with guest vocals from Kylie Auldist,it didn’t chart anywhere in the world.
Kungs(pronounced Koongs) which is Latvian for ‘Mr’ is the stage name of French music producer Valentin Brunel(born 17th December 1996.) He said ‘It’s a track I produced in my bedroom.I just heard this track on You Tube and I fell in love with it.’
The song tells of a rich guy trying to buy a girls affections with gifts,but he is failing because for her there is nothing more precious than a ‘heart that’s real and a heart that’s true.’
‘These presents don’t really come for free your paychecks don’t mean that much to me.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
447-John Paul Young-Love Is In The Air.
1978-Number 5 single.
Best Bit-At 2.47.Take a deep breath,inhale and enjoy yourself.
The song was written by George Young(no relation to John Paul Young)and Harry Vanda who had both been members of 1960’s Australian Rock band The Easybeats(see also best songs 939.)
John Paul Young was born in Scotland in 1950 and at the age of eleven emigrated to Australia with his family.His big break came when performing on Australia’s number one music show ‘Countdown,’the show’s producers were looking to make a star out of an unknown and he became one of the programmes presenters for the next thirteen years.
In 1992 the song was remixed and became popular again when used in Baz Luhrmann’s debut feature film ‘Strictly Ballroom.’
‘Love is in the air everywhere I look around.’
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
448-Cola Boy-7 Ways To Love.
1991-Number 8 single.
Best Bit-At 2.13.This song is not an abbreviated version of the Karma Sutra.
Cola Boy was the side project of English Indie Pop band Saint Etienne. After performing in many nightclubs in the early 1990’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs the bands founding members knew they could make Euro Dance music that was popular at the time,but because they wanted to be taken seriously as a band thinking that this song might damage their reputation it was released under the pseudonym Cola Boy.
Because of contractual problems with their record label the bands vocalist Sarah Cracknell wasn’t aloud to perform so the voice you hear is that of ex Wham backing singer Janey Lee Grace.
Ironically this song turned out to be their biggest hit as Saint Etienne never managed a top ten single.
‘Seven ways to love(yeah.’)
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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
449-Jackie Wilson-Reet Petite(The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet.)
1957-Number 6 single.When re-issued in 1986 it went to Number 1.
Best Bit-At 0.45.The song which helped finance Tamla Motown Records getting started.
One of the songs co-writers was Berry Gordy who founded Motown records and used royalties from the song to help set up the legendary label.
In 1986 the song was reissued following the showing of a clay animation video,using the song on the BBC2 series Arena.It proved so popular that the song re-entered the chart spending four weeks at Number 1 including being the Christmas Number 1 that year.
Jackie Wilson who had died three years earlier is recognised as one of the most influential performers of all time,those who have said they were influenced by his stage performances include Elvis Presley,Michael Jackson and James Brown.
‘Well,oh she’s my cutie my tutti frutti my heart my love my bathin’ beauty.’
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