“Everybody Loves Somebody” is a song written in 1947 by Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor and Ken Lane. By 1964, the song had already been recorded by several artists (including Frank Sinatra), but without much success. Continue reading
“Everybody Loves a Lover” is a popular song.
The writers were both people who were best known for collaborations with other partners. The music was written by Robert Allen (whose songs were usually collaborations with Al Stillman) and the lyrics by Richard Adler (after the 1955 death of his usual partner Jerry Ross). Continue reading
這首歌原本是祕魯的民俗音樂家丹尼爾阿羅密亞斯羅布列斯( 1871~1943 )的作品，1956 年首先被艾多阿德法爾以吉他獨奏的方式發表，1965 年，歐洲著名的「印加民俗樂團」再度灌錄此曲，恰巧被到巴黎旅行的保羅賽門( Paul Simon )聽到，保羅賽門相當喜歡這首曲子，一時興起填上英文歌詞，回到美國後和搭檔亞特葛芬柯( Art Garfunkel )一同灌錄成唱片，於 1970 年發行後風行全球，這首曲子因此成為南美洲最具代表性的一首民謠，後來出版的南美民謠專輯中，這首歌幾乎不曾被遺漏掉。 Continue reading
“Edelweiss” is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps. It is sung by Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp and his family during the concert near the end of Act II as a defiant statement of Austrian patriotism in the face of the pressure put upon him to join the navy of Nazi Germany. In the 1965 film adaptation, the song is also sung by the Captain earlier in the film as he rediscovers music and a love for his children. It was introduced in the original Broadway production by Theodore Bikel . Continue reading
“Early Morning Rain” is a song composed and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. The song appears on his debut album Lightfoot! (1966) and in a re-recorded version on the 1975 compilation Gord’s Gold. Continue reading