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I have been trying to find an uplifting female singer/artist and after cogitating for awhile, and listening to a few songs, I selected a great singer who I believe fills the bill... That singer is the one and only Carly Simon... Her first song for this afternoon's Music Interlude is titled "Nobody Does It Better"
"Nobody Does It Better" is a power ballad composed by Marvin Hamlisch with a lyric by Carole Bayer Sager. It was recorded by Carly Simon as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. It was the first Bond theme song to be titled differently from the name of the film since Dr. No, although the phrase "the spy who loved me" is included in the lyric. The song was released as a single from the film's soundtrack album. "Nobody Does It Better" became a major hit, spending three weeks at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Easy Listening chart."
ENJOY!!!
"Nobody Does It Better" By Carly Simon
(from "The Spy Who Loved Me" soundtrack)
Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, you're the best
I wasn't looking but somehow you found me
I tried to hide from your love light
But like Heaven above me
The spy who loved me
Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight
And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way you do
Why'd you have to be so good?
The way that you hold me
Whenever you hold me
There's some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from running
But just keep it coming
How'd you learn to do the things you do?
And nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, baby, darlin', you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Darlin', you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Writer(s): Hamlisch Marvin, Sager Carole Bayer
"Nobody Does It Better" is a power ballad composed by Marvin Hamlisch with a lyric by Carole Bayer Sager. It was recorded by Carly Simon as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. It was the first Bond theme song to be titled differently from the name of the film since Dr. No, although the phrase "the spy who loved me" is included in the lyric. The song was released as a single from the film's soundtrack album. "Nobody Does It Better" became a major hit, spending three weeks at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Easy Listening chart."
ENJOY!!!
"Nobody Does It Better" By Carly Simon
(from "The Spy Who Loved Me" soundtrack)
Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, you're the best
I wasn't looking but somehow you found me
I tried to hide from your love light
But like Heaven above me
The spy who loved me
Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight
And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way you do
Why'd you have to be so good?
The way that you hold me
Whenever you hold me
There's some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from running
But just keep it coming
How'd you learn to do the things you do?
And nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest
Nobody does it half as good as you
Baby, baby, darlin', you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Darlin', you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Baby, you're the best
Writer(s): Hamlisch Marvin, Sager Carole Bayer
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MARVIN HAMLISCH "Nobody does it better" Live (1977)
Marvin Hamlisch "Nobody does it better" James Bond Live BBC 1977
Thank you my friend Sgt (Join to see) for posting the music video of Carly Simon performing "Nobody Does It Better" with Marvin Hamlisch on piano
Marvin Hamlisch wrote the music and Sager Carole Bayer wrote the lyrics
Here is Marvin Hamlisch performing his tune on piano
MARVIN HAMLISCH "Nobody does it better" Live (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciDlU6puBXo
Song background "Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager wrote this song, which was the theme for the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. Unlike all previous Bond songs, this one isn't named after the movie, and the film isn't even mentioned in the chorus - the only mention of the movie comes in the first verse: "Like heaven above me, the spy who loved me is keepin' all my secrets safe tonight."
Hamlisch and Bayer Sager didn't write the song for the movie; it was the producer Richard Perry who convinced them to submit it for the film, and the Bond producer Cubby Broccoli loved it. They reworked the song to make it work for 007 and get the movie mentioned in the lyrics.
Richard Perry produced three albums for Carly Simon from 1972-1975. This song reunited them - after Perry heard it from Hamlisch and Bayer Sager, he convinced them that it would be perfect for Simon to sing, and when he played it for Carly, she loved it.
"Nobody Does It Better" repeated Paul McCartney's July 1973 feat of reaching #2 with a James Bond theme tune; in his case it was "Live and Let Die." Duran Duran's American chart-topping "A View To A Kill" is the best ever selling Bond theme tune.
This has been covered by many others including Julie Andrews, Mantovani and The Captain & Tennille. Radiohead has played the song at some of their shows, including one in Los Angeles on December 18, 1995 where lead singer Thom Yorke declared it "The sexiest song that was ever written."
From {[https://www.songfacts.com/facts/carly-simon/nobody-does-it-better]}
FYI CPT Paul Whitmer Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SSG Michael Noll COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SPC Nancy Greene Cynthia Croft Sgt Jackie Julius SPC Diana D. SFC (Join to see) SSG William Jones SPC Randy Zimmerman SPC Margaret Higgins
Marvin Hamlisch wrote the music and Sager Carole Bayer wrote the lyrics
Here is Marvin Hamlisch performing his tune on piano
MARVIN HAMLISCH "Nobody does it better" Live (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciDlU6puBXo
Song background "Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager wrote this song, which was the theme for the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me. Unlike all previous Bond songs, this one isn't named after the movie, and the film isn't even mentioned in the chorus - the only mention of the movie comes in the first verse: "Like heaven above me, the spy who loved me is keepin' all my secrets safe tonight."
Hamlisch and Bayer Sager didn't write the song for the movie; it was the producer Richard Perry who convinced them to submit it for the film, and the Bond producer Cubby Broccoli loved it. They reworked the song to make it work for 007 and get the movie mentioned in the lyrics.
Richard Perry produced three albums for Carly Simon from 1972-1975. This song reunited them - after Perry heard it from Hamlisch and Bayer Sager, he convinced them that it would be perfect for Simon to sing, and when he played it for Carly, she loved it.
"Nobody Does It Better" repeated Paul McCartney's July 1973 feat of reaching #2 with a James Bond theme tune; in his case it was "Live and Let Die." Duran Duran's American chart-topping "A View To A Kill" is the best ever selling Bond theme tune.
This has been covered by many others including Julie Andrews, Mantovani and The Captain & Tennille. Radiohead has played the song at some of their shows, including one in Los Angeles on December 18, 1995 where lead singer Thom Yorke declared it "The sexiest song that was ever written."
From {[https://www.songfacts.com/facts/carly-simon/nobody-does-it-better]}
FYI CPT Paul Whitmer Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SSG Michael Noll COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SPC Nancy Greene Cynthia Croft Sgt Jackie Julius SPC Diana D. SFC (Join to see) SSG William Jones SPC Randy Zimmerman SPC Margaret Higgins
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