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Carnes will forever be known for her #1 smash hit Bette Davis Eyes, released in 1981. However, my favorite Carnes tune is this earlier single, a cover of a 1967 tune originally recorded by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Starting with fantastic source material from Robinson, whoever arranged this single did a fantastic job of updating the sound, combining the popular emerging synth sounds with the tried-and-true disco strings of the time. To be honest, when I was digging this song back in 1980, I had absolutely no idea it was a cover.
The saxophone solo is performed by Raphael Ravenscroft, an English session musician who also played the iconic intro to Gerry Rafferty's 1978 single, Baker Street.
I never purchased this 45. For whatever reason, this particular single didn't get much airplay on the Houston area stations I listened to, so the only time I got to hear it was when Casey Kasem rolled it out each week on AT40. But being a resourceful dude, I recorded AT40 each week direct from AM radio to cassette. My only mistake was recording over the same tape each weekend.
b/w Changin'
| Released: May 1980 (EMI) Written by: Smokey Robinson Produced by: George Tobin in association with Mike Piccirillo Album: Romance Dance |
| U. S. Billboard Charts: | |
| Hot 100 | 10 |
| Adult Contemporary | 6 |
Carnes will forever be known for her #1 smash hit Bette Davis Eyes, released in 1981. However, my favorite Carnes tune is this earlier single, a cover of a 1967 tune originally recorded by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Starting with fantastic source material from Robinson, whoever arranged this single did a fantastic job of updating the sound, combining the popular emerging synth sounds with the tried-and-true disco strings of the time. To be honest, when I was digging this song back in 1980, I had absolutely no idea it was a cover.
The saxophone solo is performed by Raphael Ravenscroft, an English session musician who also played the iconic intro to Gerry Rafferty's 1978 single, Baker Street.
I never purchased this 45. For whatever reason, this particular single didn't get much airplay on the Houston area stations I listened to, so the only time I got to hear it was when Casey Kasem rolled it out each week on AT40. But being a resourceful dude, I recorded AT40 each week direct from AM radio to cassette. My only mistake was recording over the same tape each weekend.
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