ballads Archives - Mark Pentleton

1 Feb 2017 2010, 2017 1970s, A major, ballads, Carole King 0

You’ve Got a Friend

Mark

It’s time for song 32:365, the first song of a new month, and today I’m playing Carole King’s You’ve Got a Friend, dating from 1971. This classic song won Grammy Awards for Carole King (Song of the Year) and James Taylor’s version won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. It has been covered by many artists including Dusty Springfield, Michael Jackson and McFly. And now me!

I hope you enjoy this one. There’s more Carole King on the site, and if it’s your first time here you can find out why I’m posting a song every day here.

11 Jan 2017 2010, 2017 1990s, ballads, D major, Eva Cassidy, Sting 0

Fields of Gold

Mark

Song 11:365 is the beautiful song Fields of Gold, originally released by Sting in 1993, although my version is more in the style of Eva Cassidy’s version. It wasn’t until two years after her death in 1996 that Eva Cassidy’s recordings of Fields of Gold and Over the Rainbow were played by Mike Harding and Terry Wogan.

I hope you enjoy my performance. If you’d like to hear more Sting, click here to listen to Englishman in New York, Fragile and my version of the Police song, Every Breath You Take. To find out why I’m posting a tune every day, click here.

13 May 2015 2015, Music 1990s, B flat major, B major, ballads, G major, May, modulation, pop, Whitney Houston 0

I Have Nothing

Mark

Today’s song is Whitney Houston’s I Have Nothing from the 1993 Bodyguard soundtrack. I was reminded about this song by a young girl with a big voice singing it on Britain’s Got Talent a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I’d add it to my 365 Songs collection. I hope you enjoy it.

If it’s your first time on the site, find out more about the 365 Songs project or see all of my May songs here.

https://soundcloud.com/mark-pentleton/i-have-nothing/s-wxXzI