The song for which Vince Guaraldi is probably best known, “Cast Your Fate To The Wind” was on his 1962 album Impressions of Black Orpheus, which included a couple of songs from the movie as well as a couple of originals (this being one of them) and covers of other artists’ songs. It won the Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963, and it reached #22 on the Hot 100 and #9 on the Easy Listening chart.
Another song from 1964’s The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi, “Star Song” was Guaraldi original. Eddie Duran played guitar on this one, along with the other members of Guaraldi’s trio, Fred Marshall on bass and Jerry Granelli on drums
Mr. Lucky was a TV series that ran on CBS in the United States during the 1959-1960 season. It was developed by Blake Edwards, and by now you should know, if Edwards is involved, Henry Mancini will be as well. Mancini wrote the theme for the series, and it became a jazz standard after that. Vince Guaraldi covered it on his 1964 album The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi.
Jim has assigned us the prompt words “end, finish, over, stop” for today’s edition of Song Lyric Sunday. I came up with two that I liked just about the same and couldn’t decide between them. So I’m going to do both.
First up is Chris Rea’s “Fool (If You Think It’s Over).” It’s from his debut album, 1978’s Whatever Happened To Benny Santini? Chris wrote the words and music, and as a single, it readched #12 on the Hot 100, #10 on the Cash Box Top 100, and #1 on Billboard‘s Easy Listening chart. In Canada, it wernt to #15 on the RPM Top Singles chart and #1 on RPM‘s Adult Oriented playlist. The single also earned him a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist in 1979.
The lyrics are from AZLyrics:
Fool if you think it’s over
‘Cos you said goodbye
Fool if you think it’s over
I’ll tell you why
New born eyes always cry with pain
At the first look at the morning sun
You’re a fool if you think it’s over
It’s just begun
Miss teenage dream, such a tragic scene
he knocked your crown and ran away
First wound of pride and how you cried and cried
But save your tears you’ve got years and years
Fool if you think it’s over
‘Cos you said goodbye
Fool if you think it’s over
I’ll tell you why
New born eyes always cry with pain
At the first look at the morning sun
You’re a fool if you think it’s over
It’s just begun
I’ll buy your first good wine
We’ll have a real good time
Save your crying for the day
That may not come but anyone
Who had to pay would laugh at you and say
Fool if you think it’s over
‘Cos you said goodbye
Fool if you think it’s over
I’ll tell you why
Today’s second song is The Hollies’ “Stop! Stop! Stop!” It was written by the band’s Allen Clarke, Tony Hicks, and Graham Nash as a rewrite of a previous song and included on their 1966 UK album For Certain Because. It was a Top 10 hit worldwide, including #7 in the US, #2 in the UK, and #1 in Canada.
The lyrics, once again from AZLyrics:
Bells on feet go ting-a ling-a linging
Going through my head
Sweat is falling just-a like-a tear drops
Running from her head
Now she’s dancing, going through the movements
Swaying to and fro
Body moving, bringing back a memory
Thoughts of long ago
Blood is rushing, temperature is rising
Sweating from my brow
Like a snake, her body fascinates me
I can’t look away now
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Give me time to breathe
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Or I’ll have to leave
Now she’s moving all around the tables
Luring all in sight
But I know that she cannot see me
Hidden by the light
Closer, closer, she is getting nearer
Soon she’ll be in reach
As I enter into a spotlight
She stands lost for speech
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Give me time to breathe
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Or I’ll have to leave
[Break]
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Give me time to breathe
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Or I’ll have to leave
Now I hold her, people are staring
Don’t know what to think
And we struggle knocking over tables
Spilling all the drinks
Can’t they understand that I want her
Happens every week
Heavy hand upon my collar
Throws me in the street
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Give me time to breathe
Stop, stop, stop all the dancing
Or I’ll have to leave
And that’s Song Lyric Sunday and Song of the Day for May 24, 2020.
We talked about Herb Alpert on Monday’s Music Moves Me this past week. In addition to being a highly successful musician, Herb and Jerry Moss founded A&M Records in 1962, on which the TJB appeared, as did a number of well-known and successful acts. Wikipedia gives this partial list:
Gin Blossoms, Dishwalla, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Captain & Tennille, Sting, Sergio Mendes, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Supertramp, Bryan Adams, Burt Bacharach, Liza Minnelli, The Carpenters, Paul Williams, Quincy Jones, Janet Jackson, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Elkie Brooks, Carole King, Styx, Extreme, Amy Grant, Joan Baez, the Human League, The Police, Jann Arden, CeCe Peniston, Blues Traveler, Soundgarden, Duffy, and Sheryl Crow.
A couple more acts include Wes Montgomery, whose last two albums showed up on A&M, and Argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri, who started with the label in 1976 with Caliente!, from which today’s song, “Fiesta,” is drawn.
