Smooth Sailing: Gentle Waves & Soft Winds
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At a time when Rosie Vela worked as a model, she built a home recording studio for herself and signed a recording contract with A&M Records. Steely Dan’s main members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker played on her 1986 debut album Zazu, which was produced by Gary Katz, who had previously worked with them. Though the album was critically acclaimed, it went largely unnoticed in the U.S. Following Zazu, Vela did not release any further material, but has since become a backing vocalist for other musicians, including Electric Light Orchestra on their 2001 album Zoom. Vela also went on tour with the band, and was for 7 years in a relationship with ELO's frontman Jeff Lynne.
Only a fool from 'Calypso King' The Mighty Sparrow is about a guy who cannot let go. It is a heart breaking love story, sung by a seemingly vulnerable man. The funny thing is, however, that the singer was not that unlucky in love himself. Fact is that he has so many children that he lost count... Only a fool was in the Dutch charts for a short period in 1969, but it was re-released 8 years later. It peaked at #2 then and it stayed for more than 6 months in the Dutch Top 40! The song was co-written by Norman Bergen, who also wrote disco tracks for Moment of Truth, Gloria Gaynor and Vicki Sue Robinson, among others.
Tracklist:
Yvonne Elliman – I’ll Be Around (1978)
Phillips – You And Me, Me And You (1976)
Bill Withers – Use Me (1972)
Syreeta – Harmour Love (1975)
Lion – You’ve Got A Woman (1975)
Rupert Holmes – Lunch Hour (1979)
Jimmy Messina – New And Different Way (1979)
Rosie Vela – Magic Smile (1986)
Randy Crawford – Look Who's Lonely Now (1982)
Future World Orchestra – Desire (1982)
Marcos Valle – Estrelar (1983)
Steely Dan – The Fez (1976)
Leon Ware – That's Why I Came to California (1982)
Phil Collins – I Missed Again (1981)
Pablo Cruise – Whatcha Gonna Do? (1977)
Pieces Of A Dream – Fo Fi Fo (1983)
Cheese – Lady Love (1977)
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. – Shine On Silver Moon (1978)
Ju-Par Universal Orchestra – Gotta Get-A-Way (1976)
McGuinn, Clark & Hillman – Long Long Time (1979)
Allan Thomas – Let It Flow (1971)
Jeff Harrington – Kristi (1975)
The Mighty Sparrow With Byron Lee And The Dragonaires – Only A Fool (1969)
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