After a long layoff due to a nagging cough, am back again with this evergreen song which always stirs my soul, every time I hear it. John Denver had a striking golden voice suited for country songs and every word that he sang was so clear. This song is supposed to be his dedication to his wife Annie.
Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross....Endless Love......
There would be very few music lovers who would not have heard the song "Hello" or its cover version or at least a Kenny G Sax instrumental version, on the many of the cookery shows on T.V...Many of Lionel Ritchie's songs were super hits and echo almost everywhere in various forms in the media. "Endless Love" was originally recorded as a duet between Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, who wrote the song. It was later covered by soul singer Luther Vandross with Mariah Carey, and also by country music singer Kenny Rogers. In fact other than the above three versions, I have heard rare versions sung by famous personalities like film actors, actresses and of course other singers. This is a song that has been alive in the voices of different singers right from 1981 when it was born. Ross and Richie recorded the song for the Motown label, and it was used as the theme for the film "Endless Love" starring Brooke Shields. Produced by Richie, it was released as a single from the film's soundtrack in 1981 (see 1981 in music). While the film Endless Love was a failure, the song became the biggest-selling single of the year in the U.S. and landed at number one on Billboard magazine's Pop chart, where it stayed for nine weeks from August 9 to October 10, 1981. It also topped the Billboard R&B chart and the Adult Contemporary chart. The soulful composition became the biggest-selling single of Ross' career, while it was one of several hits for Richie as the 1980s progressed. Ross recorded a solo version of the song for her first RCA Records album, Why Do Fools Fall in Love?, but the famous version was her last hit on Motown. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Original Song" for Richie, and was the second song with which Ross was involved that was nominated for an Oscar. It also won a 1982 American Music Award for "Favorite Pop/Rock Single". This is my version of this very famous song. Well I found a wonderful Karaoke Track for this so just decided to give it a try! I have attempted this song just for a change and did it just for the fun of doing it. Now you may ask me what is the fun? Well really speaking this song is not an easy one to sing as it took me almost 5 hours to record! Now you may wonder why? It was just because it is not a streightforward pallavi, anupallavi charam kind of film song. Even though the song is just 4.12 minutes long it is filled with voices at all places and interludes are almost nil compared to Indian music. The other difficulty was that I had to sing both the male and female parts and the various seconds. This song is also characterised by the fact that it has lot of parts where the singers just go by impulse on the mood. I have not tried to copy the song exactly as it is and have sung it in my own way. If you have listened to the original you will also notice that Ritchie's voice sounds a little different compared to his other songs like Hello, Dancing on the ceiling, Stuck on You etc....
After a long layoff due to a nagging cough, am back again with this evergreen song which always stirs my soul, every time I hear it. John Denver had a striking golden voice suited for country songs and every word that he sang was so clear. This song is supposed to be his dedication to his wife Annie.
