Celebrating International Women's Day and Carole Bayer Sager, who is marking 80 years on this planet, most of which have been spent providing us with wonderful songs.
For obvious reasons, I'm going to skip her marriage to Burt Bacharach and unforgettable hits like A Groovy Kind Of Love, When I Need You and Arthur's Theme and dozens of other global smashes that she has written and produced. Instead, six selections from iconic women, including herself.
For obvious reasons, today's post is for Mrs. K and Lady K.
I'd also like to dedicate it to Alyson and C. I was late to discovering What's It All About? and Sun Dried Sparrows in the musical blogosphere and both have been an inspiration on so many levels since. Thank you!
Heartbreaker: Dolly Parton (1978)
Nobody Does It Better: Carly Simon (1977)
Break It To Me Gently: Aretha Franklin (1977)
Need A Little Faith: Patti LaBelle (1989)
One Hello: Randy Crawford (1982)
I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love: Carole Bayer Sager (1977)
So pack your toys away
ReplyDeleteYour pretty boys away
Your 45's away
Your alibis away
Your Spanish flies away
Your one-more-tries away
Your old tie-dyes away
You're moving out today
I'm so sorry.
I thought you were giving me my blogging P45 for a moment there, Rol...
DeleteCarole really is a brilliant songwriter, isn't she?
You old smoothie!
ReplyDeleteRol, I presume? I haven't shaved in 48 hours, so I'm positively grizzled!
DeleteAh, Khayem, thank you so much for the mention and kind words! Although Alyson and I may be a little outnumbered by our lovely male blogging counterparts here, I'm sure I can speak for both of us in saying that this corner of the 'sphere feels totally inclusive and unbiased, and I'm glad to have found you too.
ReplyDeleteAnd Carole Bayer Sager, 80?! Bloody hell, where did that time go? Like Rol, first thoughts which came to mind were vivid memories of 'You're Moving Out Today' and it didn't seem that long ago.
Thanks, C. I wasn't aware of Carole's solo work until much, much later. As much as I hate to admit it, I think I may have first become aware of her name via P*** C***ins' cover of A Groovy Kind Of Love, then I started to realise quite how many classic songs she'd had a hand in.
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