日別アーカイブ: 2011/04/06 水曜日

人の世に ただ歌のみぞ美しけれ(8)

 

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【歌・歌うことに否定的な歌】

The Idle Race – Please No More Sad Songs
from the album “Idle Race”(UK:1969)

Ruth McFadden – Stop Playing That Song(That’s What You Said)(1962/06)
Composer: Robelt Spencer

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Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers – Don’t Play That Song(1970/07/20 mono 45)
アレサ・フランクリン – 悲しき想い出

produced by Wexler, Dowd & Mardin
Pop Chart Peaks: Record World 7, Cash Box 10, Billboard 11 – R&B Peak: 1 – UK Peak: 10 (MN)
As she did on many occasions, Aretha put her distinctive mark on another recycled hit, this one originally popularized in 1962 by Ben E. King.

La Lupe – Don’t Play That Song(France:1969)
シングル “Seacabo(Once We Loved)” のB面。
Composer: A. Ertegun, B. Nelson
2度目の引用。

Ben E. King – Don’t Play That Song(You Lied)(1962/04)
ベン・E・キング – わが傷心の唄
Composer: Nugetre
日本盤シングル(1962/09)では “Besame Mucho”(ベサメ・ムーチョ)のB面だった。

orchestra and chorus conducted by Jimmy Haskell
A #2 R&B, #11’pop’ hit for the “Stand By Me” guy. Aretha Franklin would successfully revive the song in 1970.