Highlights of Rock & Pop of the 60-70-80th

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Volume 1
▶ CD 2: Volume 2
▶ CD 3: Volume 3
▼ CD 4: Volume 4
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1West End Girls
engineer:
David Jacob
producer:
Stephen Hague
additional vocals:
Helena Springs (from 1984 until 1986)
performer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) (from 1984 until 1986) and Neil Tennant (from 1984 until 1986)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1984 until 1986)
engineered at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 433)
recording of:
West End Girls (from 1984 until 1986)
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Edition Meridian, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM), Cage Music Ltd. (from 1984 to present) and CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (from 1984 to present)
Pet Shop Boys4.354:51
2Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Casablanca (label that Tommy Mottola founded circa 2003, part of UMG) (in 1977)
cover recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
Santa Esmeralda3:26
3Puppet on a String
vocals:
Sandie Shaw (in 1967)
part of:
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest (number: 1967) and Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest (number: 1967)
recording of:
Puppet on a String (in 1967)
writer:
Phil Coulter and Bill Martin (Scottish songwriter & producer)
Sandie Shaw2:24
4Dear Mrs. Applebee
recording of:
Dear Mrs. Applebee
writer:
Phil Barr (songwriter) and Billy Meshel (songwriter)
David Garrick2:15
5Jealous Mind
recording of:
Jealous Mind
lyricist and composer:
Peter Shelley (British 1970s pop singer/songwriter)
Alvin Stardust52:42
6Never Pretend
recording of:
Never Pretend
Hot Chocolate3:41
7Mexico
recording of:
Mexico (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood and Les Humphries
publisher:
Edition Opry Rose and Goldy-Musikverlag Hans Sikorski GmbH
version of:
The Battle of New Orleans
Les Humphries Singers3:45
8Africa
recording engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Toto (US rock group)
mixer:
Greg Ladanyi
acoustic guitar:
Timothy B. Schmit
bass guitar:
David Hungate
congas:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set) and gong:
Jeff Porcaro
electric guitar and guitar:
Steve Lukather
keyboard and piano:
David Paich
marimba:
Joe Porcaro
percussion:
Lenny Castro and Joe Porcaro
recorder:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist)
synthesizer:
Steve Porcaro
background vocals:
Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich and Timothy B. Schmit
lead vocals:
Bobby Kimball and David Paich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1982) and Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1982)
music videos:
Africa by Toto (US rock group)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 452)
recording of:
Africa (Toto)
writer:
Jeffrey Porcaro and David Paich
publisher:
Hudmar Publishing Co. Inc., Rising Storm Music and Spirit Two Music
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
Toto4.154:59
9Comment Ca Va
recording of:
Comment ça va ? (english-french version)
lyricist and composer:
Eddy de Heer
The Shorts3:32
10Save Me
cover recording of:
Save Me
lyricist and composer:
Guy Fletcher (songwriter) and Doug Flett
publisher:
Big Secret Music Ltd.
Clout34:13
11Born to Be Alive
recording of:
Born to Be Alive
lyricist and composer:
Patrick Hernandez
Patrick Hernandez7:25
12Corinna, Corinna
cover recording of:
Corrine, Corrina
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Armetia Chatman (blues musician, aka Bo Chatmon) (in 1929), J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams (in 1929) and Mitchell Parish (in 1932)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., EMI Music Publishing France and Gotham Music Service, Inc. (on 1932-03-18)
Ray Peterson32:43
13Yesterday
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-02-20)
engineer:
Lee Herschberg
producer:
Sonny Burke (producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) and Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
vocals:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1969-02-20)
conductor:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer) (on 1969-02-20)
arranger:
Don Costa (US pop music arranger & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1969)
cover recording of:
Yesterday (on 1969-02-20)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC and Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) (from 1965 to present)
Frank Sinatra33:56
14I Need You
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1983)
recording engineer:
Michael Brooks (sound engineer and remixer, notably associated with The Pointer Sisters)
drum machine programming:
Bob Mithoff and Howie Rice
electronic drum set programming:
Reek Havoc
producer:
Richard Perry (producer)
bass, electronic drum set and percussion and guitar:
Howie Rice (in 1983)
instruments:
Howie Rice (in 1983)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist) (in 1983)
Rhodes piano:
Vince Melamed (in 1983)
synthesizer:
Stephen Mitchell (US musician, composer, songwriter, producer et al.) (in 1983), Howie Rice (in 1983) and John Van Tongeren (in 1983)
lead vocals:
Anita Pointer (in 1983), June Pointer (in 1983) and Ruth Pointer (in 1983)
remixer:
Bill Schnee
recording of:
I Need You
writer:
John Black (Soul keyboardist, songwriter, arranger John Alden Black Jr.), Richard Feldman and Nan O'Byrne (American songwriter and composer)
The Pointer Sisters4:02