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April 1, 2019

DON'T KNOW MUCH - Greatest Cover Song




Barry Mann
與妻子 Cynthia Weil 相識至結婚是始於同在 Don Kirshner 與 Al Nevin 合辦的唱片公司 Aldon Music 任職歌曲創作, 公司位於紐約市, 曼克頓 Manhattan, 為隣是"Brill Building", 一幢以歌曲出版業界聞名的"工廠", 更被公認為樂壇創作人的搖籃。

Barry Mann 夫婦兩人同創作的經典歌曲不少, 包括 1964年和 Phil Spector 合作, 由 Righteous Brothers 演繹的 "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"; 1980年與作曲家 Tom Snow 合作撰寫的歌曲 "Don't Know Much",  由 Casablanca Records 完成錄製, 歌曲收錄在 Barry Mann 的個人専輯唱片, 至1981年再交 The Righteous Brothers 之一的 Bill Medley 演繹, 两個唱片演繹同樣不被樂壇注目。1983年, 歌曲以新名字 "All I Need to Know", 由歌影壇聲名大噪的 Bette Midler 演繹之後, 成績稍見好評而已。











Photo L-R: 
Carole Bayer Sager, Carole King, Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann





DON'T KNOW MUCH - Barry Mann 1980
Look at this face I know the years are showing
Look at this life I still don't know where it's going
I don't know much but I know I love you
That may be all I need to know

Look at these eyes they never seen what matters
Look at these dreams so beaten and so battered
I don't know much but I know I love you
That may be all I need to know

So many questions still left unanswered
So much I've never broken through
And when I feel you near me, sometimes I see so clearly
That only truth I'll never know is me and you

Look at this man so blessed with inspiration
Look at this soul still searching for salvation
I don't know much but I know I love you
That may be all I need to know

I don't know much but I know I love you
That may be all I need to know


DON'T KNOW MUCH - Bill Medley 1981


ALL I NEED TO KNOW - Bette Midler - 1983
                                  Audrey Landers 1985
                                  Glenn Jones 1987

DON'T KNOW MUCH
一首早於1980年的作品, 面世之後共有三個不同格調的演繹, 甚至改上新名字, 加上炙手可熱的 Bette Midler, 仍不能引起樂迷注目。

1989年, Linda Ronstadt, Aaron Neville 兩位被譽為靓聲王的對唱版本面世之後, 隨即登上美國十二月份 "Billboard Hot 100" 第二位, 在樂壇大受歡迎, 繼而獲得 "Grammy Awards 格蘭美奬" 合唱歌曲獎項, 銷量最高至白金唱片大獎。2004年, 在她一張兩人合唱専輯, 十五首與不同男女的合唱歌曲當中, "Don't Know Much" 仍最受歡迎之一, 專輯唱片在四月面世之前幾天, Linda 被封登入 "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 搖滾名人殿堂"。


DON'T KNOW MUCH - Linda Ronstadt / Aaron Neville


DON'T KNOW MUCH - Hank Crawford - 1991