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"Alone" is a song composed by #BillySteinberg and #TomKelly, who recorded it under the name i-Ten on their 1983 album #TakingAColdLook. It was later recorded by actress Valerie Stevenson and actor #JohnStamos on #theOriginal soundtrack of the #CBS #sitcom #Dreams in 1984. American #rock band #Heart covered it on their 1987 album #BadAnimals, and this version reached number one in the US and Canada. In 2007 #CelineDion recorded it for her album #TakingChances.
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"You Raise Me Up" is a song composed by #RolfLøvland with lyrics by #BrendanGraham. It was first recorded by #SecretGarden, in collaboration with #BrianKennedy. Although #theOriginal version was not a major hit, the song has since been recorded by more than a hundred other artists, most notably American singer #JoshGroban in 2003 and Irish group #Westlife in 2005.
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"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a #funk song recorded by #JamesBrown with #BobbyByrd on #backingVocals. Released as a two-part #single in 1970, it was a no. 2 #RAndB hit and reached no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2004, "Sex Machine" was ranked number 326 on #RollingStone magazine's list of #the500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. In the 2021 update of the list it had risen to 196. In 2014, #theOriginal 1970 recording of "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a).
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"Don't Cry" is a song by American #hardRock band #GunsNRoses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with #theOriginal lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I (1991), while the version with the alternate lyrics is the 13th track on #UseYourIllusionII (1991). Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter.
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"Alone" is a song composed by #BillySteinberg and #TomKelly, who recorded it under the name i-Ten on their 1983 album #TakingAColdLook. It was later recorded by actress Valerie Stevenson and actor #JohnStamos on #theOriginal soundtrack of the #CBS #sitcom #Dreams in 1984. American #rock band #Heart covered it on their 1987 album #BadAnimals, and this version reached number one in the US and Canada. In 2007 #CelineDion recorded it for her album #TakingChances.
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"This Little Light of Mine" is an African-American song from the 1920s. It was often reported to be written for children in the 1920s by #HarryDixonLoes, but he never claimed credit for #theOriginal version of the song, and researchers at the #MoodyBibleInstitute, where Loes worked, said they have found no evidence that he wrote it. It was later adapted by #ZilphiaHorton, amongst many other #activists, in connection with the #civilRightsMovement.
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"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" is a #popular song written by Bill Trader and published in 1952. Recorded as a single by #HankSnow it peaked at number four on the US country charts early in 1953. Since #theOriginal Snow version, "Fool Such as I"—as the song is sometimes known—has been recorded and released as singles several times, by artists such as #JoStafford, #ElvisPresley, #BobDylan, and #BaillieAndTheBoys.
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"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is a #popular #noveltySong written by #BobMerrill and first registered on September 25, 1952, as "The Doggie in the Window". On January 27, 1953, its sheet music was published in #NewYork as "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window". The best-known version of the song was #theOriginal, #recorded by #PattiPage on December 18, 1952, and released in January 1953 by #MercuryRecords as catalog numbers 70070 (#78Rpm).
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"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by #ShelSilverstein and made famous by #JohnnyCash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's #SanQuentinStatePrison for his #AtSanQuentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on #theOriginal performance) in December 1969 at #Madison Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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"Some Guys Have All the Luck" is a song written by Jeff Fortgang. It has been a Top 40 hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 twice, as #theOriginal by #ThePersuaders in 1973 reaching No. 39. In 1982 it was covered by #RobertPalmer, which was a hit in the UK peaking at No. 16. Then it was recorded by #RodStewart in 1984 when it hit No. 10 in the U.S. and No. 32 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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"You're My World" is a cover of Italian ballad originally recorded in 1963 as "Il mio mondo" ("My World") by #UmbertoBindi, who co-wrote #theOriginal version with #GinoPaoli. Subsequently, an English version was commissioned, and the lyrics were written by #CarlSigman as "You're My World". The song reached No. 1 in #Australia (twice), #Belgium, #Mexico, #Netherlands, #SouthAfrica and #UnitedKingdom in recordings by #CillaBlack, #DarylBraithwaite, #GuysnDolls.
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"Don't Cry" is a song by American #hardRock band #GunsNRoses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with #theOriginal lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I (1991), while the version with the alternate lyrics is the 13th track on #UseYourIllusionII (1991). Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter.
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"Fame" is a song written by #MichaelGore (music) and #DeanPitchford (lyrics) and released in 1980, that achieved chart success as the theme song to the #Fame film and #TVSeries. The song was performed by #IreneCara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in #theOriginal film. It was also her debut #single as a #recordingArtist. The song won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1980, and the #GoldenGlobeAward the same year. In 2004.
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"Endless Love" is a song written by #LionelRichie and originally recorded as a #duet between Richie and singer/actress #DianaRoss. In this #ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by #LutherVandross with R&B-pop singer #MariahCarey, and also by #countryMusic singer #ShaniaTwain. #Billboard has named #theOriginal version as the greatest song duet of all time.
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"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a #popularSong composed by #MitchLeigh, with lyrics written by #JoeDarion. It is the best known tune from the 1965 Broadway musical #ManOfLaMancha and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name starring #PeterOToole. According to composer Mitch Lee in Soul Music - #TheImpossibleDream, BBC Radio 4, 2011, #theOriginal lyricist was #WHAuden. "But there were disagreements with Wasserman, the book's writer, on how to adapt it.
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"Fame" is a song written by #MichaelGore (music) and #DeanPitchford (lyrics) and released in 1980, that achieved chart success as the theme song to the #Fame film and #TVSeries. The song was performed by #IreneCara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in #theOriginal film. It was also her debut #single as a #recordingArtist. The song won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1980, and the #GoldenGlobeAward the same year. In 2004.
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