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I think the problem is that Anne Murray hit it so big in the States, she was all that was played on Canadian pop radio for years and years. Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot and the Guess Who were sort of the Canadian pop music triumvirate there for a while. There's no question that Anne Murray is wonderful (and I love her lower register much as I love Karen's), but folks like a little bit of variety.
That's why you have Michael Bublé!
The rules of Canadian radio provide that a certain, fairly large percentage of tracks played MUST be by Canadian artists, so yes, you'd get a lot of sameness from those artists.
Harry
We've been having a little discussion over in the general music forum about an A&M record that was released back in 1974. It was a group fronted by singer/composer Valerie Carter with the odd name of Howdy Moon. I think most Carpenters fans would appreciate this recording of "Cook With Honey". Valerie wrote it, sings lead and backup harmony vocals and the record is just gorgeous.
Like so many other obscure A&M Records, the only source these days is Japanese CD. There are several iterations to choose from at places like CDJapan. I remember the song from radio back in '74. I missed taping it before it disappeared, but never forgot how hauntingly beautiful the record is.
Harry
What I found interesting was this version is very oldies sounding and the Carpenters were so into the oldies you would think Richard would have kept that style but I'm glad he didn't because I like the Carpenters version better....Karen's phrasing and how she goes high and low.."can't help mysel....f
Patti AustinHave loved reading about the music and the artists that everyone here is interested in and thought I would provide a summary of the ones that have been mentioned so far:
Adele
Agnetha & Frida (ABBA)
Alison Krauss
Amy Grant
Amy Winehouse
Andrea Corr and Sharon Corr (The Corrs)
Anita Baker
Anne Murray
Bananarama
Barbra Streisand
Basia
Bebel Gilberto
Bette Midler
Brenda Russell
Carly Rae Jespen
Carly Simon
Carole King
Celine Dion
Cher
Christine McVie
Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Drewery of Swing Out Sister
Crystal Lewis
Dawn Langstroth
Diana Krall
Diana Ross
Dido
Dionne Warwick
Dolly Parton
Donna Summer
Doris Day
Dusty Springfield
Ella Fitzgerald
Emmylou Harris
Eva Cassidy
Evie Sands
Eydie Gorme
Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie
Gladys Knight
Gloria Estefan
Heart's Nancy Wilson
Helen Reddy
Janet Siedel
Jann Arden
Joni Mitchell
Judy Collins
Julie London
Katy Perry aka Katy Hudson
Kd Lang
Kristy McNichol
Kylie Minogue
Lady GaGa
Laura Branigan
Laura Nyro
Lesley Gore
Linda Ronstadt
Manhattan Transfer
Mariah Carey
Marilyn McCoo-Davis & Florence LaRue Gordon of The 5th Dimension
Mary Ford
Melissa Manchester
Michele Pillar
Nancy Sinatra
Natalie Cole
Olivia Newton-John
Patsy Cline
Patti Page
Petula Clark
Pink
Rita Coolidge
Roberta Flack
Rosemary Clooney
Rosie Vela
Rumer
Sade
Sandi Patty
Sara Vaughan
Sarah Slean
Sheena Easton
Susan Jacks of The Poppy Family
Taylor Swift
Teresa Brewer
The Bangles
The Bugaloos with Caroline "Joy" Ellis on lead vocal
The McGuire Sisters
Toni Tennille (The Captain & Tennille)
Tori Amos
Twlia Paris
Vanessa Williams
Whitney Houston
Xtina
So...I'm on itunes downloading that song, Back on the Chain Gang by the Pretenders and when I did a search by Chrissie Hynde I see she recorded the song, "Baby It's You" I guess the track appeared on the album Burt Bacharach-One Amazing Night. This looks like a live version.
This is weird cause I am so use to ONLY hearing Karen sing this track.
Patti Austin
Did anyone mention Chaka Khan yet? This is a great pop song!
Ooh! Good call! Just a phenomenal ballad. It's odd, 'cause that one fell fairly short of the Top 40, and yet I've always felt it's both her best song and best vocal performance (and for a woman whose other hits include knockouts like "Sweet Thing," "Tell Me Something Good," and "I Feel for You," that's really saying something!). She's an awfully underrated singer. A legend in the R&B world, for sure, but she hasn't had nearly as much pop crossover success as she deserves. Does anyone remember off-hand who wrote that one, by the way? I want to say Cynthia Weil ("Just Once," "Never Gonna Let You Go," etc.) was one of the writers on that one, but I'm not positive. Weil's ballads are always first-rate stuff.
And I agree that Sheena Easton's a great example of an amazing singer whose choice in material has been questionable. Even they haven't aged very well, I will admit to still liking "Morning Train," "For Your Eyes Only," and "Strut" (written by Charlie Dore of "Pilot of the Airwaves" fame!) quite a bit, and "Almost Over You," I agree, is a real knockout of a ballad and her most underrated single by far, but when I think of some of the other material she's done, especially "Sugar Walls," which is just downright embarrassing, it really does seem like a waste. She steered way too far into dance-pop and Paula Abdul territory in the back half of the '80s to do true justice to her talents. I can overlook "Strut," 'cause that is a great record and piece of songwriting, but just about everything that came after that one was disappointing.