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Looking Back At Some Classics - Music Head - 05-11-2013
#316 - Tina Turner - What's Love Got Do Do With It - 1984
running recap for me - 3's=106, 2's=66, 1's=10
this one - **
from the album: Private Dancer
Written by Terry Britten, Graham Lyle
Produced by Terry Britten
Chart action: #1 US, #3 UK, #1 Australia, #1 Canada
the players:
Tina Turner â vocals
other people playing things
Hated this when it was out. Too much airplay, + the video. I can appreciate it for what it was now, a good pop song. Tina didn't care for the
song when she first heard it (demo I guess). Producer Britten roughed it up for her, to her liking. It went on to be her first #1 record. It was
the second single from her fifth solo album Private Dancer. The song was originally recorded by UK pop group Bucks Fizz but was not released at
the time. Tinas hit would be the version inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame (didn't know there was such a thing) in 2012. It had netted her 3
Grammys in 1985. The song was written for Cliff Richard but he didn't want it, then Phyllis Hyman, then Donna Summer. Good thing Tina gave it a
second look. It served her well.
[video=youtube;oGpFcHTxjZs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpFcHTxjZs[/video]
Lyrics
You must understand
That the touch of your hand
Makes my pulse react
That it's only the thrill
Of boy meeting girl
Opposites attract
It's physical
Only logical
You must try to ignore
That it means more than that
[Chorus:]
Oh what's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart
When a heart can be broken
It may seem to you
That I'm acting confused
When you're close to me
If I tend to look dazed
I've read it someplace
I've got cause to be
There's a name for it
There's a phrase that fits
But whatever the reason
You do it for me
[Chorus]
I've been taking on a new direction
But I have to say
I've been thinking about my own protection
It scares me to feel this way
[Chorus]
What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a sweet old fashioned notion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken
Looking Back At Some Classics - CRAZY-HORSE - 05-11-2013
** from me also, had the post have been for the title track from the album it would have got ***
thanks for the info...was totally unaware Bucks Fizz recorded this one first...(not that i liked them anyway!)
Looking Back At Some Classics - TraceNspace - 06-11-2013
Glad it ended up in Tina's lap
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 06-11-2013
Love Tina and the song!!!!
Looking Back At Some Classics - Music Head - 10-11-2013
#315 - Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops - 1958
running recap for me - 3's=107, 2's=66, 1's=10
this one - ***
from the album: various compilations
Written by Berry Gordy, Gwen Gordy, Tyran Carlo
Produced by Dick Jacobs
Chart action: #7 US
the players:
Jackie Wilson â vocals
other people playing things
![[Image: 220px-Jackie_Wilson_1961.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Jackie_Wilson_1961.jpg/220px-Jackie_Wilson_1961.jpg)
One of Berry Gordy's first hits and he went to the top of the industry. Said to have founded Motown from the profits off this record. Jackie
Wilson was one of the rungs on the ladder to Berry's success. Jackie collapsed on stage with a heart attack while singing this song in 1975,
right at the line "my heart is crying". That's what it says people, I can't make this stuff up. It was at one of those Dick Clark Rock & Roll
Review shows. American Bandstand was Jackies first tv appearance and where the clip is from. Jackie was in a coma for 10 years after that heart
attack, dying in 1984. Song is in the Grammy HOF and Jackie was inducted into the R&R HOF in 1987.
[video=youtube;2nEfuE8Pw4U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nEfuE8Pw4U[/video]
Lyrics
Shooby doo wop wop wop
Shooby doo wop wop wop
Shooby doo wop wop wop
My heart is fine, fine, lonely teardrops
Why they'll never dry up? Lonely teardrops
Come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will, say you will
Say you will, say you will
Hey hey, say you will
My heart is fine, fine, lonely teardrops
Why they'll never dry up? Lonely teardrops
Come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will, say you will
Say you will, say you will
Hey hey, say you will
Just give me another chance, for I'll romance
Come on and tell me that one day you'll return
'Cause everyday that you've been gone away
You'll know why my heart does nothing but burn crying
Lonely teardrops
Why they'll never dry up? Lonely teardrops
Come home, come home
Just say you will, say you will, say you will
Say you will, say you will
Hey hey, say you will
Say it right now baby, say you will
Come on, come on, say you will
Say it darling yeah, say you will
Looking Back At Some Classics - CRAZY-HORSE - 10-11-2013
im a big fan of Jackie Wilson and i love this song so................***
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 11-11-2013
Classic song! love it!
Looking Back At Some Classics - Music Head - 18-11-2013
#314 - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love - 1956
running recap for me - 3's=107, 2's=67, 1's=10
this one - **
from the album: various compilations
Written by Frankie Lymon, Morris Levy
Produced by George Goldner
Chart action: #6 US, #1 UK
the players:
Frankie Lymon â lead vocals
Herman Santiago - backing vocals
Jimmy Merchant - backing vocals
Sherman Garnes - backing vocals
Joe Negroni - backing vocals
![[Image: a97f268b19bbf06579525caf3adcc925b1d02861.jpg]](http://assets-s3.rollingstone.com/assets/images/list/306x306/a97f268b19bbf06579525caf3adcc925b1d02861.jpg)
The doo-wop era strikes again. Not a big fan of this one, but it was ok. Written by the Harlem kid when he was 13. Morris Levy took all the
credit and the money. A court battle in 1992 awarded original members Herman Santiago and Jimmy Merchant with credit in the writing of the song.
That decision was overturned in 1996 reverting back to Frankie and Morris. The lawyers must have had fun with this one. The song got a
resurgence in 1973 after appearing in the film American Grafitti. Didn't help Frankie any. He died of a heroin overdose at the age of 25.
[video=youtube;2sAHiR0rkJg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sAHiR0rkJg[/video]
Lyrics
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do birds sing so gay?
And lovers await the break of day
Why do they fall in love?
(Fools fall in love)
Why does the rain fall from up above?
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do they fall in love?
(Fools fall in love)
Love is a losing game
Love can be a shame
I know of a fool you see, for that fool is me
Tell me why, tell my why?
Why do birds sing so gay?
And lovers await the break of day
Why do they fall in love?
(Fools fall in love)
Why does the rain fall from up above?
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do they fall in love?
(Fools fall in love)
Why does my heart skip this crazy beat?
For I know, it will reach defeat
Tell me why, tell me why?
Why do fools fall in love?
Looking Back At Some Classics - SteveO - 18-11-2013
Not bad but not one I would gravitate to!
Looking Back At Some Classics - CRAZY-HORSE - 18-11-2013
** from me also, much prefer Diana Ross' version from the mid 1980s