Aretha Franklin Respect The Very Best Of Download Google' title='Aretha Franklin Respect The Very Best Of Download Google' />Spanish Harlem song WikipediaSpanish Harlem is a song released by Ben E. King in 1. 96. 0 on Atco Records, written by Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector, and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. During a 1. 96. 8 interview, Leiber credited Stoller with the arrangement 1 similarly, in a 2. Leiber and Stoller on the Bob Edwards Weekend talk show, Jerry Leiber said that Stoller, while uncredited, had written the key instrumental introduction to the record. In the teams autobiography from the same year, Hound Dog, Stoller himself remarks that he had created this fill while doing a piano accompaniment when the song was presented to Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records, with Spector playing guitar and Leiber doing the vocal. Since then, Ive never heard the song played without that musical figure. I presumed my contribution was seminal to the composition, but I also knew that Phil didnt want to share credit with anyone but Jerry, so I kept quiet. It was originally released as the B side to First Taste of Love. The song was Kings first hit away from The Drifters, a group he had led for several years. With an arrangement by Stan Applebaum featuring Spanish guitar, marimba, drum beats, soprano saxophone, strings, and a male chorus, it climbed the Billboard charts, eventually peaking at 1. R B and 1. 0 Pop. It was ranked 3. Rolling Stones list of the 5. Greatest Songs of All Time. Kings version was not a hit in the UK instead, the original A side, First Taste of Love, that was played on Radio Luxembourg, charting at 2. In 1. 98. 7, after Stand By Me made 1, the song was re released and charted at 9. Cover versions6editJay and the Americans released a cover version of the song on their 1. She Cried. Mike Stoller, alongside with Andre Salvet, wrote french lirycs in 1. With help of Lucien Morisse, song was presented to Dalida. She recorded it as Nuits dEspagne and released it in 1. Jimmy Justice UK number 2. Cliff Richard released a version on the 1. The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection recently introduced Dodd Frank and made amendments to Regulation Z. Stay in compliance with this helpful list. Internet Download Manager 6 12 Final Cracked Magazine. Adele gets away with being mediocre in the music industry because she is stellar and soulful by white standards. And we have 10 performances as proof. Atlantic Recording Corporation simply known as Atlantic Records is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegn and Herb Abramson. Minutes and 1. 7 Seconds. He also recorded a German version, titled Das ist die Frage aller Fragen, with lyrics by Carl Ulrich Blecher, that was a 1 hit in Germany and Austria in 1. Switzerland in 1. Herb Alperts Tijuana Brass on the album Volume 2 in 1. Percy Faith in 1. The Mamas The Papas released a cover version on their 1. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. Trini Lopez recorded a version in Spanish as Aquella Rosa on his 1. LP, The Second Latin Album, issued by Reprise Records 6. Slim Smith released a cover version in 1. Chet Atkins in 1. Long John Baldry released a cover version on his 1. Wait for Me. It was later included on the 2. Let The Heartaches Begin The Pye Anthology. Checkmates, Ltd. released a version of the song as the B side to their 1. Proud Mary. 7 It was featured on their 1. Love Is All We Have to Give. Andy Williams released a version in 1. The Andy Williams Show. Laura Nyro covered Spanish Harlem in her live concert, at the Fillmore East, released in 2. CD Spread Your Wings and Fly Live at the Fillmore East May 3. On November 1. 7, 1. Nyro released a studio version on the album Gonna Take a Miracle. Her covers gender shift some of the lyrics of Spanish Harlem. Thus, she sang Im goin to pick that rose and watch him as he grows in my garden originally watch her as she grows. She also added an original gender reference, i. With eyes as black as coal he looks down in my soul. The original lyric is with eyes as black as coal that look down in my soul. The live version also substitutes rare rose up for red rose up in the second refrain. Aretha Franklin released a cover version of the song in the middle of 1. R B for three weeks and 2 Pop for two weeks. Aretha Franklins version earned a gold single for sales of over one million. Dr. John played keyboards on Franklins version with Bernard Pretty Purdie on drums and Chuck Rainey on bass. This version hit 6 on Billboards Easy Listening chart. Franklin also changed the lyrics slightly, from A red rose up in Spanish Harlem to Theres a rose in Black n Spanish Harlem. A rose in Black n Spanish Harlem. Leon Russell in 1. The song was performed live by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band in 1. Suki Lahav on the violin. Only 3 recordings are known to exist. Led Zeppelin covered the song, at least in part, in a live recording of Dazed and Confused. An example of this appears on the Led Zeppelin bootleg Get Back to L. A., a recording of their Los Angeles concert of March 2. A Macedonian version, Spanski Noki, with lyrics by Gjoko Georgiev and re edition by Milan Kotlic, was recorded by Nina Spirova in the 1. There are also versions in French, Swedish, and Finnish. Neil Diamond in 1. Rebecca Pidgeons 1. Phil Spector 2. 01. Janet Seidel in 1. Kenny Rankin in 2. Willy De. Ville in 2. Bowling for Soup in 2. Phil Spector recorded a version of the song, which can be found on the compilation album The Phil Spector Collection, released in 2. American composer and producer Kramer covered the song and included it on his sixth album The Brill Building, released in 2. Tzadik Records. 1. The song has also been covered by The Cats, Geoff Love, Paolo Nutini. Billy Joe Royal1. In mediaeditThe song is referred to in the 1. Elton John song, Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters on the Honky Chteau album. The lyrics, written by Bernie Taupin, begin with And now I know, Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say. I know that rose trees never grow in New York City. The speaker is saying that the song Spanish Harlem had given him a romanticized image of the city, but now that he has seen it for himself, he refers to it as a trash can dream come true. In turn, Rob Thomas stated in interviews that Eltons song inspired the line, my Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa, in the 1. Santana song Smooth, which Thomas wrote and sang. The song was included in the musical revue Smokey Joes Cafe. Referencesedit ab. Gilliland, John 1. Show 1. 4 Big Rock Candy Mountain Rock n roll in the late fifties. Part 4  UNT Digital Libraryaudio. Pop Chronicles. Digital. Retrieved 2. 01. 1 0. Billboard. Books. Retrieved 2. 01. 6 0. Whitburn, Joel 2. Top R BHip Hop Singles 1. Record Research. p. Rolling Stones 5. Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone. April 7, 2. Retrieved October 1, 2. The Official Charts Company Spanish Harlem song. The Official Charts Company. May 2. 01. 3.   abCover versions of Spanish Harlem written by Jerry Leiber,Phil Spector. Second. Hand. Songs. Retrieved 2. 01. 6 0. Checkmates, Ltd., Proud Mary single release Retrieved January 2. Whitburn, Joel 2. Top R BHip Hop Singles 1. Record Research. p. Warner, Jennifer September 2. Respect The Life and Times of Aretha Franklin. Create. Space Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9. 78 1. 50. Retrieved 1. 8 May 2. Phil Spector Various The Phil Spector Collection. Discogs. com. Retrieved 2. Kramer The Brill Building Review. Allmusic. Retrieved July 1. Paolo Nutini Last Request Webster Hall June 1. You. Tube. Retrieved 2. Billy Joe Royal, Spanish Harlem Retrieved September 2. External linksedit.