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50+ Music<p>"Heartbreaker" is a song by American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PatBenatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatBenatar</span></a> from her debut studio album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InTheHeatOfTheNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InTheHeatOfTheNight</span></a> (1979). Written and composed by Geoff Gill and Cliff Wade, the song had first been recorded by English singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JennyDarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JennyDarren</span></a> on her 1978 album Queen of Fools, and Benatar adjusted <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> lyrics, as such references as "A to Zed" and "moonraker" would have likely confused American listeners. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd_7jIC9180" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=fd_7jIC9180</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ShelSilverstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShelSilverstein</span></a> and made famous by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnnyCash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyCash</span></a>. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanQuentinStatePrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanQuentinStatePrison</span></a> for his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AtSanQuentin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AtSanQuentin</span></a> album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> performance) in December 1969 at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Madison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Madison</span></a> Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 chart. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gbtm-93oqE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=_Gbtm-93oqE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Baby I'm Yours" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VanMcCoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanMcCoy</span></a> which was a hit in 1965 for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BarbaraLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BarbaraLewis</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> recording artist and featured on her album of the same name. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqzobiBFPBk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=xqzobiBFPBk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Heartbreaker" is a song by American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PatBenatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatBenatar</span></a> from her debut studio album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InTheHeatOfTheNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InTheHeatOfTheNight</span></a> (1979). Written and composed by Geoff Gill and Cliff Wade, the song had first been recorded by English singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JennyDarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JennyDarren</span></a> on her 1978 album Queen of Fools, and Benatar adjusted <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> lyrics, as such references as "A to Zed" and "moonraker" would have likely confused American listeners. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg_xVq862D8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Qg_xVq862D8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Don't Cry" is a song by American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hardRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardRock</span></a> band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GunsNRoses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunsNRoses</span></a>, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I (1991), while the version with the alternate lyrics is the 13th track on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UseYourIllusionII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UseYourIllusionII</span></a> (1991). Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRIbf6JqkNc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=zRIbf6JqkNc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>

"Some Guys Have All the Luck" is a song written by Jeff Fortgang. It has been a top 40 hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 twice, as #theOriginal by #thePersuaders in 1973 reaching No. 39. In 1982, it was covered by #RobertPalmer, which was a hit in the UK peaking at No. 16. Then it was recorded by #RodStewart in 1984 when it hit No. 10 in the U.S. and No. 32 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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"You're My World" is a cover of Italian ballad originally recorded in 1963 as "Il mio mondo" ("My World") by #UmbertoBindi, who co-wrote #theOriginal version with #GinoPaoli. Subsequently, an English version was commissioned, and the lyrics were written by #CarlSigman as "You're My World". The song reached No. 1 in Australia (twice), #Belgium, Mexico, #Netherlands, South Africa and the United Kingdom in recordings by #CillaBlack, #DarylBraithwaite, #GuysnDolls.
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"Something's Coming" is a song from the 1957 musical #WestSideStory. It was composed by #LeonardBernstein with lyrics by #StephenSondheim and is sung solo by the male lead character and tenor 'Tony'. The part of Tony was played by #LarryKert in #theOriginal Broadway production, #RichardBeymer (voiced by #JimmyBryant) in the #1961Film and #AnselElgort in the #2021Film.
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"California Sun" is a #rock song first recorded by American #rhythmAndBlues singer #JoeJones. #HenryGlover is credited on #theOriginal #45RpmSingle as the songwriter, although #RouletteRecords owner #MorrisLevy's name sometimes incorrectly appears on re-issues. In 1961, Roulette issued the song with "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" as the #Bside. The single reached number 89 on #Billboards #Hot100.
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"Daisy Jane" is a song written by #GerryBeckley of the band #America, included on the band's 1975 album #Hearts. Issued as that album's second single — following up the #1 hit "#SisterGoldenHair" — "Daisy Jane" reached #20 on the #Billboard Hot 100, becoming the final Top 20 hit by #theOriginal three-member incarnation of America. On the #EasyListeningChart the track reached #4. In Canada, the chart peak of "Daisy Jane" was #16 on the Pop singles chart.
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"Alone" is a song composed by #BillySteinberg and #TomKelly, who recorded it under the name i-Ten on their 1983 album #TakingAColdLook. It was later recorded by actress Valerie Stevenson and actor #JohnStamos on #theOriginal soundtrack of the #CBS #sitcom #Dreams in 1984. American #rock band #Heart covered it on their 1987 album #BadAnimals, and this version reached number one in the US and Canada. In 2007 #CelineDion recorded it for her album #TakingChances.
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"You Raise Me Up" is a song composed by #RolfLøvland with lyrics by #BrendanGraham. It was first recorded by #SecretGarden, in collaboration with #BrianKennedy. Although #theOriginal version was not a major hit, the song has since been recorded by more than a hundred other artists, most notably American singer #JoshGroban in 2003 and Irish group #Westlife in 2005.
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"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a #funk song recorded by #JamesBrown with #BobbyByrd on #backingVocals. Released as a two-part #single in 1970, it was a no. 2 #RAndB hit and reached no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2004, "Sex Machine" was ranked number 326 on #RollingStone magazine's list of #the500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. In the 2021 update of the list it had risen to 196. In 2014, #theOriginal 1970 recording of "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a).
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"Don't Cry" is a song by American #hardRock band #GunsNRoses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with #theOriginal lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I (1991), while the version with the alternate lyrics is the 13th track on #UseYourIllusionII (1991). Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter.
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"Promises, Promises" is a song by British #newWave band #NakedEyes, released in 1983 as the second single from their debut album #BurningBridges. The single went on to become a top-20 hit in the U.S. in October 1983, peaking at number 11 on the #Billboard #Hot100 singles chart, albeit after it was re-recorded with some lyrics different from #theOriginal UK single.
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"Alone" is a song composed by #BillySteinberg and #TomKelly, who recorded it under the name i-Ten on their 1983 album #TakingAColdLook. It was later recorded by actress Valerie Stevenson and actor #JohnStamos on #theOriginal soundtrack of the #CBS #sitcom #Dreams in 1984. American #rock band #Heart covered it on their 1987 album #BadAnimals, and this version reached number one in the US and Canada. In 2007 #CelineDion recorded it for her album #TakingChances.
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"This Little Light of Mine" is an African-American song from the 1920s. It was often reported to be written for children in the 1920s by #HarryDixonLoes, but he never claimed credit for #theOriginal version of the song, and researchers at the #MoodyBibleInstitute, where Loes worked, said they have found no evidence that he wrote it. It was later adapted by #ZilphiaHorton, amongst many other #activists, in connection with the #civilRightsMovement.
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"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" is a #popular song written by Bill Trader and published in 1952. Recorded as a single by #HankSnow it peaked at number four on the US country charts early in 1953. Since #theOriginal Snow version, "Fool Such as I"—as the song is sometimes known—has been recorded and released as singles several times, by artists such as #JoStafford, #ElvisPresley, #BobDylan, and #BaillieAndTheBoys.
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"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is a #popular #noveltySong written by #BobMerrill and first registered on September 25, 1952, as "The Doggie in the Window". On January 27, 1953, its sheet music was published in #NewYork as "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window". The best-known version of the song was #theOriginal, #recorded by #PattiPage on December 18, 1952, and released in January 1953 by #MercuryRecords as catalog numbers 70070 (#78Rpm).
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