| Olivia Newton-John Songs: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, You're the One That I Want, Physical, Take Me Home, Country Roads, I Honestly Love You Contributor(s): Source Wikipedia (Author), Group, Books (Editor), Books, LLC (Created by) |
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ISBN: 1155470702 ISBN-13: 9781155470702 Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.21 lbs) 42 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 40. Chapters: A Little More Love (Olivia Newton-John song), Banks of the Ohio, Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain, Come On Over (Bee Gees song), Don't Cry for Me Argentina, Don't Stop Believin' (Olivia Newton-John song), Every Face Tells a Story (song), Face to Face (Barry Gibb and Olivia Newton-John song), Have You Never Been Mellow (song), Heart Attack (Olivia Newton-John song), He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Hopelessly Devoted to You, If (Bread song), If Not for You, If You Love Me (Let Me Know), I Honestly Love You, Jolene (song), Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song), Let It Shine (Linda Hargrove song), Let Me Be There, Long Live Love (song), Magic (Olivia Newton-John song), Make a Move on Me, Physical (Olivia Newton-John song), Please Mr. Please, Rest Your Love on Me, Sam (Olivia Newton-John song), Something Better to Do, Suddenly (Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard song), Summertime Blues, Summer Nights (Grease song), The Twelfth of Never, The Way You Look Tonight, Tied Up, Twist of Fate (Olivia Newton-John song), What Is Life, Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra song), You're the One That I Want. Excerpt: "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a song from the 1978 musical Evita with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Sung by the title character Eva Peron, it was titled "It's Only Your Lover Returning" before Rice settled on the eventual name. It appears early in the second act as Evita addresses the crowd from the balcony of the Casa Rosada and features a sweeping melody tied to broad emotional themes of regret and defiance, characteristic of Lloyd Webber's most popular songs. The song shares its tune with "Oh What a Circus" and "Eva's Final Broadcast" from the same show. The musical Evita was initially produced as an album, before being adapted for the stage, followed a formula Lloyd Webber and Rice had stumbled upon during the production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Julie Covington played the lead role of Eva Peron on the original 1976 album from which the single was released. It reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1977 for a week, selling almost a million physical copies in the United Kingdom. Together with digital sales since it has sold over a million. The song was never performed live on British music show Top of the Pops as might have been anticipated as Covington refused to do so without the full symphonic orchestra. During the week that it was No. 1, though, she appeared in the audience. Whilst producing the Evita album, Tim Rice had tried out various lyrics as the main hook and title of the song including "It's Only Your Lover Returning" and "All Through My Crazy and Wild Days" amid fears that mentioning Argentina would reduce the commercial appeal. Covington recorded both of these lines and a hybrid of the recordings was included on a rarities disc of Andrew Lloyd Webber: Now and Forever, a 2001 box set. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" appeared at the opening and near the end of the show, initially as the spirit of the dead Eva Peron exhorts the people of Argentina not to mourn her - "The truth is I never left you" - and later as she gi |