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In 1966 Clarence Carter issued "Tell Daddy" (Clarence Carter). The single recorded at FAME in Muscle Shoals peaked at thirty-five on the Billboard R&B chart. Many give writing credit to Clarence along with Wilbur Terrell and Marcus Daniel. Clarence

The Foundations (Lead vocalist Colin Young, Eric Allendale, Pat Burke, Tony Gomez, Tim Harris, Peter Macbeth and Allan Warner) recorded "That Same Old Feeling" (Tony Macaulay - John Macleod) in 1969 for the LP "Digging The Foundations" as produced by the

Edgar's older bother, Johnny Winter was first to record "Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo" (Rick Derringer) on the LP "Johnny Winter And" in 1970 when the writer and other members of The McCoys (Rick and brother Randy Zehringer with Randy Jo Hobbs) were members

Garde Republicaine de Paris recorded the Romanian "Valurile Dunarii" (English translation: The Waves Of The Danube) (Iosif Ivanovici) on a cylinder in 1898. The composition had been played with great success at the 1889 Paris Exposition. In 1946 "The

"Thank You For Being A Friend" is from the Andrew Gold 1978 LP "All This And Heaven Too". The single peaked at number twenty-five on Billboard and higher elsewhere including the A.C. chart where it reached number fifteen in the U.S. and top ten in Canada.

From the Oasis release "Whatever Demos" this is the "Live Forever" (Noel Gallagher) demo written in 1991 before he joined the group and played it for the band in 1993. Issued on the 1994 Oasis (lead vocalist Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Paul Arthurs,

Originally titled "Wishing Stone" this is the demo for "Wonderwall" (Noel Gallagher) by Oasis. The 1995 Billboard top ten album "(What's The Story) Morning Glory?" includes the Oasis (lead vocalist Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Paul Arthurs and Alan

First released by singer and actor Tino (Constantin) Rosssi "Vieni, Veini" (Koger - Varna - Scotto) hit in 1934. In 1982 President François Mitterrand named Rossi a Commander of the Legion of Honour for his contributions to French culture. That same year

The evolution of a tune. Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) sang Willie Dixon's composition "You Need Love" in 1962. This was an instrumental by blues guitarist Earl Hooker and Muddy simply sang over it. In 1966 Small Faces (lead vocals Steve Marriott,

Tina (Anna Mae) Turner was first to record "Don't Turn Around" (Albert Hammond - Diane Warren) as a B side in 1986. Great production and presentation but little or no promotion by the label. The lady with the legs started her professional career in the

"Once I Had A Love" (Debbie Harry - Chris Stein) was recorded as a demo by Blondie (Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison and Frank Infante) in 1975. The group would refer to this as "The Disco Song". The 1978 LP "Parallel

The 1928 German musical revue "Donner Tausend Frauen" introduced "Wenn Der Weisse Flieder Wieder Bluht" (Franz Dolle - Fritz Rotter). Soprano Ruth Jost Arden was first to place the song on vinyl. Berlin born Helmut Zacharias and His Magic Violins had

Actor, singer and songwriter Jesse McCartney with his version of "Bleeding Love", the tune he co-wrote with Ryan Tedder for his disc "Departure" but the label disliked the tune. Jesse gave the song to Leone Lewis for her first LP. Jesse was first noticed

Welcome to the world of auto-tune. Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta) wrote "Telephone" (Lady Gaga - LaShawn Daniels - Rodney Jerkins) for Britney Spears and the LP "Circus". This is Britney's 2008 demo of the song that was leaked in 2010 and for an unknown

Keyboardist and songwriter for Heatwave with tunes "Boogie Nights" and "Always And Forever", Grammy winner Rod Temperton's original demo of "Rock With You" starts off this post. It was Rod who wrote the title track for "Thriller". Michael Jackson's

Keyboard player Steve Porcaro of Toto sings the demo for "Human Nature". After the demo was finished Quincy Jones heard it accidently on the flip side of a cassette. Quincy then had John Bettis rewrite the lyric. Steve played synth on "The Girl Is Mine"

The Everly Brothers "All I Have To Do Is Dream" (Boudleaux Bryant) topped the Billboard pop, country and R&B charts in 1958. They started their careers in the forties on radio as Little Donnie and Baby Boy Phil as part of the Everly Family. Phil died

The original "Draggin' The Line" (Tommy James - Bob King) by Tommy James (Jackson) was issued as a B side to "Church Street Soul Revival" in 1970. Horns were added and the B side became a million selling Billboard number four A side in 1971 after Tommy

"Memories Of You" (Eubie Blake - Andy Razaf) came from "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Of 1930" and was recorded that year by Louis Armstrong and His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra. This recording featured one of the first times that the vibraphone was used

"My Baby Loves Lovin'" (Roger Cook - Roger Greenaway) is sung by co-author Roger Greenaway during a television interview. The songwriters started their music career as David and Jonathan who had success with the Beatles' "Michelle". Originally called

This is a love ballad supposedly written in 1860 by Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku the brother of Queen Liliuokalani who was the composer of "Aloha Oe". "Kaua i ka huahuai" (The Bubbling Spring) from the Richard Walton Tully play "The Bird Of Paradise"

Andre Merrit and Chris Brown wrote "Disturbia" (Brian Seals - Chris Brown - Andre Merrit - Robert Allen). The demo has Andre singing lead and Chris in the chorus. The tune was supposed to be included on a version of the 2007 Chris Brown double platinum

Cincinnati doo-wop group The Students' (lead LeRoy King, James Bolden, Ralph Byrd, Roy Ford, Richard Johnson and Dorsey Porter) 1958 release "Every Day Of The Week" (P. Tyus) was obviously the base for the hit "Bristol Stomp". The Dovells' (lead Len

The Hollies' (Graham Nash on lead vocals, Bernie Calvert, Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Eric Haydock) "Tell Me To My Face" (Allan Clarke - Tony Hicks - Graham Nash) was released on the 1966 U.K. LP "For Certain Because ..." and the U.S./Canada album "Stop,

Leading 10CC in this acoustic version of his hit, Graham Gouldman sings "Look Through Any Window" (Graham Gouldman - Charles Silverman). The concert was held in Beverwijk, The Netherlands in 2011. The Hollies' (Allan Clarke, Bobby Elliott, Eric Haydock,

The tune was first released as "Poppy (Amapola)" (Joseph Lacalle) by Orquesta Francesa de A. Moreno aka Spanish Tango Orchestra in 1923. Albert Games added English lyrics in 1937. Albert wrote the lyric for "Hail To The Chief" while composer Joseph

Johnny Cymbal (see Derek elsewhere on this site) and the 1963 demo for "Mr. Bass Man" (Johnny Cymbal). The unaccredited Ronnie Bright, once with The Coasters and back-up vocalist on "Who Put The Bomp, joined Johnny Cymbal (Blair) for the "Mr. Bass Man"

"Cruel Summer" (Jolley - Swain -Bananarama) hit at number nine on Billboard for girl group Bananarama (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward) from the 1983 LP of the same name. Inclusion in the 1984 movie "The Karate Kid" helped the song's

This is soul! "Your Good Thing (Is About To End)" (David Porter - Isaac Hayes) was first recorded by Mable John in 1966 when the issue peaked at number six R&B and in the mid-nineties on the pop charts. Mable is Little Willie John's sister. Three

Mick (Michael) Jackson issued "Weekend" (Mick Jackson - Tommy Mayer) as a single in 1978 and an album the following year. "Weekend" was covered the next year and became the last top forty hit for Wet Willie (lead vocalist Jimmy Hall and his brother

Recorded in 1927 this is Cuban singer, actress and pianist Rita Montaner (Facenda) with "El Manisero" (Moises Simons). Rita was once married to Xavier Cugat. It's been said that this tune introduced America to the rumba. Grammy winner, bandleader,

Minnesota native, singer, songwriter and session musician Dennis Morgan wrote "Smokey Mountain Rain" with Kye Fleming. This performance was recorded during his 2007 induction into the Mid-America Music Hall Of Fame in Medina, Minnesota. Six time Grammy

The 1997 Disney movie "Hercules" has Tony and Screen Actors Guild Award winner Roger Bart singing the inspirational and empowering "Go The Distance" (Alan Menken - David Zippel) on the soundtrack. Later Michael Bolton (Bolotin) sang "Go The Distance" in

The Isley Brothers original recording of "Love Is A Wonderful Thing" (R. Isley - O. Isley - R. Isley) was cut in 1964 as produced by Bert Berns and was released in 1966 as a single for United Artists. This bubbled under the Top One Hundred. Michael