Posted on 07/26/2018 5:22:21 PM PDT by lee martell
There used to be many songs in popular music that featured the word Bell. Which songs do YOU recall with that word in the title? For most people, the sound of a bell signified the moment something of great significance is happening. Two such examples include A. The Bells, as performed by Laura Nyro and Patti Labelle & the Bluebelles. from 1971. The song "The Bells" was written by Marvin Gaye and Iris Gordy, for the group The Originals. Laura and Patti Labelle do a fantastic take on it in the album called "It's Gonna Take A Miracle".
When I want to bring my spirits up, I listen to an album like this one. Other redos on that album include, "I met him on a Sunday. by The Shirelles, You Really Got a Hold on Me, by Smokey Robinson, and Jimmy Mack by Martha & the Vandellas. Both women are examples of pure talent and showmanship. Back then, long before Lady Marmalade, no one knew how big Labelle would become as a group. Here, they act soley as hired backup singers. Even in this understated role, Labelle gives it their all. Tricky harmonizing, gospel deliveries and just enough not to overwhelm the lead, Laura, who had a much more delicate voice.
B. Michael Oldfields :Tubular Bells.is another example. It's from the movie The Exorcist. Once you have heard it in context, you won't forget it. I'll let another poster analyze that classic album. It remains haunting to this very day.
THe Bells of St Mary’s Bing Crosby
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHwkS_KX-j4
The Browns - Three Bells
Is the only solution going to be More Cowbell?
“Nah, I prefer the original by Mike Oldfield. I actually have the LP”
Absolutely. LP, CD, and of course, on my 256gb microSD card in my phone. I’ve had it since shortly after watching The Exorcist for the first time. Great album.
The Three Bells
Jingle Bells
C’mon Ring Those Bells Light the Christmas tree
Thanks for both!
Walkin in a Winter Wonderland (Sleigh Bells ring are you listnin ?)
'Til There Was You" is the correct line and title.
The song originated in the Meredith Wilson 1957 stage show and 1962 movie, The Music Man, a duet between Harold Hill, the traveling salesman, and "Marian, the librarian."
There he saw Fatima laying on a Zebra skin rug
Wearing rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
And a bone in her nose ho, ho.
The Bells of St Genevieve ... classical music.
Does “ Ma Belle Amie” count?
The Bells of St. Mary's--Vera Lynn (with the Rae Jenkins Quartet) (1938)
‘One Less Bell’ by the Fifth Dimension.
Great Bells of Fire!
You want bells?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i-VlUiGxEQ
The Handbell Choir of First Baptist Church Eastman, GA.
Carol of the Bells
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