SATURDAY'S SINGLES : JOE COCKER and SONNY & CHER

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, A Birthday edition. First up on our calendar of cake is British singer Joe Cocker (John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE) . He was born in 1944 to his Father,  Harold Norman Cocker, an aircraftman in the Royal Air Force, and his Mother, Madge. Today would have been his 79th Birthday. He passed away December 22, 2014, age 70, from lung cancer.  During the course of his 5 decade career, he released 22 studio albums, 14 compilation records, #9 live ones, and 68 singles. Today we are playing the title track from his 13th LP, Night Moves. The song was released in 1991 on the Capitol label. It was written by Jeff Lynne and produced by Jeff Lynne, Chris Lord-Alge, and David Tickle. It peaked at #44 in the Netherlands, #37 in Germany, and #11 in France. It is b/w "Out Of The Rain" also from Night Calls. Our copy is a cassette single. 

Joe Cocker – lead vocals
Chris Stainton –  keyboards 

Rory Kaplan – keyboards 
Greg Phillinganes – keyboards 
Jeff Lynne – multi instruments 

Phil Grande – guitar 
Mike Campbell – guitar 

T. M. Stevens – bass 

Steve Holley – drums 
Jim Keltner – drums 
Alex Acuña – percussion 
Jim Brock – timbales 

Marti Jones – backing vocals 
Girls Talk (Debra Lewis-Brown, Michelle Cross and Geraldine Reid) – backing vocals 
Cydney Davis – backing vocals 
Maxine Sharp – backing vocals 

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Our second set of candles belongs to El Centro, California native,  singer, actress and television personality, Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian). Happy 77th Birthday Cher !b She was born in 1946 to parents John Sarkisian, a truck driver and Georgia Holt,  a former model and actress. Cher met Sonny Bono in 1962 and married him in 1964. They initially called themselves Caesar & Cleo, but in 1965 became Sonny & Cher, and as they say, the rest is history. Today we are spinning their 1967 Atco Records release, "A Beautiful Story", which was produced by Sonny. It was a non album track that reached #53 on the Hot 100. It's flip side is "Podunk" from the In Case You're in Love album. Sonny passed away January 5, 1998, age 62, after being injured in a  skiing accident. 

Cher - vocals
Sonny Bono - vocals

Harold Battiste, Mac Rebbenack, Michel Rubini - piano
Frank Capp, Jim Gordon, Nick Pelico - drums

Carol Kaye, Lyle Ritz - bass
Barney Kessel, David Cohen - guitar

Gene Daniello, Stanley H. Ross, Robert West, Sydney K. Allison, Leland Postil, William Green, Louis Blackburn, Frederick Hill, Melvin Moore - other

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