HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 330 torrent

PART 330



THE CHI-LITES - Have You Seen Her (1971)
HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES - If You Don’t Know Me by Now (1972)
AL GREEN - For the Good Times (1973)
THE COMMODORES - Three Times a Lady (1979) ( second version)
THE COMMODORES - Sail On (1979)
THE COMMODORES - Still (1979)



\"Have You Seen Her\" is a song recorded by the soul vocal group, The Chi-Lites, and released on Brunswick Records in 1971. Composed by the lead singer Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin, the song was included on the group\'s 1971 album \"(For God\'s Sake) Give More Power to the People.\" The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached the top of the Billboard R&B Singles chart in November 1971. It also reached number three in the UK Singles Chart in February 1972.The most significant cover of \"Have You Seen Her\" was recorded by MC Hammer, for his successful 1990 LP, Please Hammer, Don\'t Hurt \'Em, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #8 on the UK Singles Chart.
\"If You Don\'t Know Me by Now\" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and recorded by the jersey soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which became their first hit after being released as a single in 1972 topping the R&B chart and peaking at number three on the Pop chart.The song was originally written for Labelle (a trio led by Patti LaBelle) but they never recorded it.Patti LaBelle later made the song as part of her concert repertoire in 1982. A live version appears on her 1985 album, Patti.It was later covered by Simply Red, also becoming their best-known hit after reaching number one on the U.S. Hot 100 on July 15, 1989 and at number thirty-eight on the Hot Black Singles chart. It peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart. It also topped the Canadian Singles Chart. Seal recorded the song for his 2008 album Soul, and, in April 2009, it became his first top-ten Adult Contemporary hit since \"Love\'s Divine\" in 2004; the song was subsequently nominated for the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy

\"For the Good Times\" is a 1970 song penned by Kris Kristofferson that appeared on his debut album Kristofferson. Later that year, Ray Price recorded a version of the song which topped the U.S. country music charts and was awarded \"Song of the Year\" by the Academy of Country Music. The song has been recorded by many artists, including:
Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Al Green, Isaac Hayes, Willie Nelson and Michael Jackson on his mother\'s birthday in 1984.

After years of toiling in the Top Ten, the Commodores finally reached #1 in 1978 with the sweet \"Three Times a Lady.\" The year 1979 saw the Commodores score another Top Five ballad hit \"Sail On\" before reaching the top of the charts once again with another ballad, \"Still.\" The group had no major hits in 1980, but by 1981 they were back with a vengeance, scoring Top Ten hits with the ballad \"Oh No\" (#4 U.S.) and their first upbeat single in almost five years, \"Lady (You Bring Me Up)\" (#8 U.S.).
\"Still\" is a song by Commodores. It reached number one in the U.S. in 1979. It was released as a single on Motown Records with \"Such A Woman\" as the B-side. The song appears on their hit album \"Midnight Magic\". The song reached the top of both the pop and R&B charts. It is one of the group\'s most popular singles. The song is also notable for being their last big hit before Lionel Richie went solo.