Danny Ray Adams

    
     Below is the ©Copyright credits and a brief bio history of the songs found on the Danny Ray Adams "I Believe In Music" CD.  When you have completed reading the song bios...

1. I Believe In Music           
Mac Davis wrote this song in 1970 and Gallery (an American soft rock band) had a hit with their cover version in 1972. It charted moderately well at #22. ©Publisher: ScreenGems-EMI Music Inc, Songpainter Music.
 
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water  (Dedicated to my twin brother, Del)
This song was written in the summer of 1969 by Paul Simon and it was the title song of Simon & Garfunkel's final album together, released January 1970. It reached #1 on the Billboard 100 chart a month later, and stayed at the top of the chart for six weeks. It won both "Record & Song of the Year" at the Grammy Awards of 1971. ©Publisher: Paul Simon Music. 

3. California Dreamin' 
According to John & wife Michelle Phillips, this song was written in 1963 while they were living in New York. He dreamed about the song and woke  her up to help him  write it. At the time, the Phillipses were members of the folk group The New Journeymen which evolved into The Mamas and the Popas.  By early 1966, the song peaked at # 4 and it stayed on the charts for 17 weeks. ©Publisher: Universal-MCA Music Publishing Div. of Universal Music Corp.
 
4. Send In The Clowns  (Dedicated to my older brother, Kerry) 
From the 1973 Broadway musical A Little Night Music, Act II, written by Stephen Sondheim, this ballad was sung by the character Desirée as  she reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. It became Sondheim's most popular song after Judy Collins recorded it in 1975. The song remained on the Billboard Top 100 for 11 weeks, reaching #36. It was named 'Song of the Year' at the Grammy Awards of 1976. ©Publisher: WB Music Corp OBO Rilting MUSIC INC.
 
5. I Started A Joke 
This is a 1968 song by the trio brothers, The Bee Gees from their album, Idea, which was released in September of that year. The song is mainly written and sung by brother, Robin Gibb. It is supposedly about someone who had done or said something terribly wrong, which resulted in social alienation. It top the charts at #6. ©Publisher: Universal Music-Careers OBO Gibb Brothers Music/Warner-Tamerlane Pub Corp OBO Crompton Songs LLC.  

6. Ain't No Sunshine (When She's Gone)
This song was written and released as a single in September 1971 by Bill Withers and became a breakthrough hit for him, reaching #6 on the U.S. R&B chart and #3 on the U.S. Pop chart. He originally intended to write more lyrics for the part of the song where he repeats the phrase "I know", twenty-six times, but the other musicians told him to leave it. It is ranked 280th on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. ©Publisher: Songs Of Universal, Inc. OBO Interior Music.  

7. Woman 
John Lennon wrote this song in 1980, as an ode to his wife, Yoko Ono. It was the second single released from his Double Fantasy album, and the first Lennon single issued after his death on December 8, 1980. The single spent three weeks at #2, on the U.S. charts. ©Publisher: EMI Blackwood Music Inc. OBO Lenono Music.  

8. My Cup Runneth Over  (Dedicated to the memory of my father, Leon Ray)
The title phrase, to this song is a quote from the King James Version of the Bible, Psalms Twenty-three, verse 5, and means "I have more than enough for my needs". It was written by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, featured in the 1966 Broadway musical, I Do I Do! The most popular recording of the song was made by Ed Ames in 1967. This version a top the U.S. pop chart at #8 and spent four weeks a top the contemporary chart that same year. ©Publisher: Chappell & Co.  

9. GreenSleeves 
This traditional English folk song and tune is written in Dorian mode, though modern musicians sometimes play it in the natural minor scale. The tune is found in several late 16th and early 17th century sources as well as various manuscripts preserved in the Cambridge University libraries. ©Publisher: Public Domain-Mechanical Copyright Protection Society LTD.   

10. Tara's Theme (Gone With The Wind)  (Dedicated to my mother, Mary Lynn)
This song is the main title theme to the epic MGM motion picture "Gone with the Wind" a 1939 American Drama-romance-film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel of the same name, which tells a story of the Civil War and its aftermath. The music score for this film is unsurpassed. Max Steiner who wrote and makes use of the dramatic notes and love themes as found in the Tara theme, is symphonic and vintage in stature. It's like hearing a great overture for an equally great film. ©Publisher: Warner Bros. Music A Div. of Warner Bros. Inc. 

11. Turn Around Look At Me  (Dedicated to the memory of my younger sister, Marolyn)   
Jerry Capehart wrote this song and in 1961. Glen Campbell released his version as a single and it was his first song to chart in the U.S., hitting #62 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1962, The Lettermen released their version as a single and it made it to #5 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Single. But it is the success of The Vogues' 1968 remake version as a single, that is the most recognizable, reaching #7 on the Hot 100. ©Publisher: Warner-Tamerlane Pub. Corp.

12. Silence Is Golden
Originally this song was co written by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe and recorded by The Four Seasons in 1964. It was later covered by The Tremeloes, whose 1967 hit single recording charted #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was one of the top 100 songs of 1967. The track sold one million copies globally, earning gold disc  status. ©Publisher: Gavadima Music/Emi Longitude Music Co.

13. Love Me With All Of Your Heart 
This popular love song, recorded by the Bachelors in 1966, is written by Dodd, Liewelyn, Morgan, Sibbles. ©Publisher: Happy Valley Music/Jamrec Music Admin. by Happy Valley Music.

14. Everyones Gone To The Moon  (Dedicated to my younger sister, Marla)
Jonathan King first came to prominence as a Cambridge University undergraduate when he wrote and sang this song in 1965, going on to become an executive and media entrepreneur. He recorded many  more songs as well as becoming a writer and producer for various other musical artists. He has amassed sales as a performer in total of around 40 million. ©Publisher: Mainstay Music, Inc.

15. Make Your Own Kind Of  Music  (Dedicated to my youngest sister, Maelon)
Husband and wife, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil are the  writers of this song, most famously performed by Mama Cass Elliott, on her 1969 album "Bubblegum, Lemonade, and Something for Mama". The song speaks of following your own path in life, no matter who disapproves or how hard it can be. It has been featured on the hit tv series Lost, introducing it to a whole new generation. ©Publisher: Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.