query: who sang the first time ever i saw your face originally

pos: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife. At the time, the couple were lovers, although MacColl was still married to Joan Littlewood. Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers and became a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972, winning Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. "Billboard" ranked

pos: Ewan MacColl (1959–2000). Many of MacColl's best-known songs were written for the theatre. For example, he wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" very quickly at the request of Peggy Seeger, who needed it for use in a play she was appearing in. He taught it to her by long-distance telephone, while she was on tour in the United States (from which MacColl had been barred because of his Communist past). Peggy Seeger said that MacColl used to send her tapes to listen to whilst they were apart and that the song was on one of them. This song became

neg: The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) (Johnny Mathis album) The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) (Johnny Mathis album) The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 10, 1972, by Columbia Records and continues in the tradition set by his recent studio releases of covering mostly current chart hits. A trio of selections on side one ("Love Theme from 'The Godfather' (Speak Softly Love)", "Theme from 'Summer of 42' (The Summer Knows)", and "Brian's Song (The Hands of Time)") originated as film scores and had lyrics added later. The album made its first appearance

neg: The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) (Johnny Mathis album) our everlasting love." "Billboard" was complimentary. "Mathis is one of the best contemporary balladeers around, and here he wisely sticks to his forte." This album's CD release as part of the 2017 box set "" included a bonus track that was previously unavailable: From the liner notes for "": The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) (Johnny Mathis album) The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on May 10, 1972, by Columbia Records and continues in the tradition set by his recent studio releases of covering

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face the song: Flack's version was heard twice in the superhero film "", set largely in 1973, while a "cover" of it was performed by one of the protagonists in "The Inbetweeners 2" for comic effect. Flack's version was used as the outro in episode 88 of the television series "Mad Men" in 2015; in 2016 the same version was featured in the finale episode of the HBO series "The Night Of" and played in the background of Episode 3 of the FX Cable TV Miniseries "". The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face "The First Time Ever I Saw

neg: David Cook (singer) "Death of Me." Cook appeared at the 2008 "Glamour" magazine Women of the Year Awards as a guest of Mary Steenburgen to surprise honoree Hillary Clinton, a fan of "American Idol". He sang one of Clinton's favorite songs, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which he also sang during the Top 3 week on "Idol". Cook appeared in several promotions for the November 1, 2008, episode of "Saturday Night Live", hosted by Ben Affleck. Cook performed two songs on the program, the first "Light On" and the second "Declaration". In 2009, Cook performed songs from his debut album

neg: Roberta Flack Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937 or 1939) is an American singer. She is known for her #1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love", and for "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. Flack is the only solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year on two consecutive years: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won at the 1973 Grammys as did "Killing Me Softly

neg: Matt Cardle biggest surprise of today for me!" He was moved to the boys category when the age limit was raised to 28, making Dannii Minogue his mentor. Cardle was favourite to win from before the live shows until the end of the series, with some of the shortest odds the show had ever seen. On the first live show he sang "When Love Takes Over" which received high praise from all four judges. In week 5 he performed "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" again, which earned him the first standing ovation from all four judges of the series.

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face would regularly perform "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in her set-list at the Pennsylvania Avenue club Mr Henry's where Flack was hired as resident singer in 1968. In February 1969 Flack would record the song for her debut album "First Take", her rendition of which was much slower paced than Seeger's original, Flack's take running more than twice the two and a half minute length of Seeger's. Flack would recall that while she made her studio recording of "The First Time..." she felt the loss of her pet cat, Flack having two days earlier returned home to

neg: Solid Wood Solid Wood "Solid Wood" is a song by the British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released as the second and final single from her 1995 compilation album "Singles". It was written by Moyet and produced by Ian Broudie. In May 1995, Columbia released Alison Moyet's first compilation album, "Singles", which reached the UK number one spot the following month. To promote the album, two newly-recorded tracks, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Solid Wood" were released as singles. "Solid Wood" was the second, released in August. Unlike "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which did not chart,

neg: Handbags and Gladrags was released as a single on 3 December 2001. Five different releases were made available to the public, this included: two CDs, maxi-CD, vinyl and cassette. The first CD released included two more covers, Ewan MacColl's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and John Lennon's "How?". The second CD contained a live version of "Caravan Holiday" and "Nice to be Out", both from "Just Enough Education to Perform". The 7" vinyl only had "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" for a b-side, as did the cassette format. The maxi-CD includes all five songs but not the live version

neg: Matt Cardle Charts for week ending 25 December 2010. Following Cardle's success on "The X Factor", the band saw an upsurge in popularity, with their music videos gaining large numbers of views on YouTube. In 2010, Cardle auditioned for the seventh series of "The X Factor" in front of Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh, singing Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good". At the Bootcamp stage of the show he sang "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", a performance which prompted Simon Cowell to say "Why haven't we noticed him before?" and Louis Walsh to say "He's the

neg: Yes/No (Glee) staging of the song as "phoned in". "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" was given an "A" by Lynch and an "A−" by Slezak; the latter called the vocals "pretty electrifying". Flandez said the song was "sublime" and complimented the lighting, the mood, and the direction by Eric Stoltz, and VanDerWerff described it as the episode's "best single number". While Futterman thought the performers sang with "controlled power", she felt "singing it dressed in black with tears rolling down" was funereal rather than bridal, and Sullivan called it an "odd song choice" that was made "worse" by "Lea

neg: 1970s in music The Stylistics, The Fifth Dimension, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The O'Jays, Barry White and Issac Hayes. The 1970s saw African-American audiences shift away from genres like rock and blues which had originally been invented and dominated by black musicians. While blues performers like B.B. King and Albert King remained successful, they changed to a mostly white audience. Soul, R&B, and funk became the predominate music styles among black artists and audiences. Roberta Flack had two of the biggest hits of the decade with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", from the Clint Eastwood movie "Play Misty for Me";

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Washington D. C. from Detroit (where she had played her first non-local engagement) to find that her cat had passed away. Flack's slow and sensual version was used by Clint Eastwood in his 1971 directorial film debut: "Play Misty for Me" to score a love scene featuring Eastwood and actress Donna Mills. Flack would recall how Eastwood, who had heard her version of "The First Time..." on his car radio while driving down the LA Freeway, phoned out of the blue to her Alexandria (Virginia) home: "[Eastwood said:] 'I'd like to use your song in this movie...about a disc jockey

neg: Solid Wood same tracks as the main European release. In addition to "Blue", "Ode to Boy", taken from the "Essex" album was included, along with a live version of "There Are Worse Things I Could Do". For the UK CD2 version, the third and fourth tracks were "Whispering Your Name", also from "Essex", and "First Time (Are You Sure It's Your...)", a remix of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Mark Saunders. Solid Wood "Solid Wood" is a song by the British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet, released as the second and final single from her 1995 compilation album "Singles". It

neg: Celine (concert residency) a year-long hiatus in August 2015 with 40-50% changes to the original setlist. 10 songs were cut, whereas 13 were added. Between 2015 and June 2018, once again, the show saw mostly cosmetic changes (changing the order of songs rather than adding/cutting songs). The biggest changes included: - cutting "All The Way", "Unison", "If I Can Dream", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Over the Rainbow", "Incredible", "Immortality" and "I'm Your Angel" - adding "Recovering", "Ashes" and "I Drove All Night" - adding and later cutting "How Does a Moment Last Forever", "Think Twice" The show also included

neg: Miracle (Celine Dion album) of babies. The songs were produced by David Foster, who hadn't worked with Dion since 1999. Among tracks on the album are cover versions of John Lennon's "Beautiful Boy", Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World", Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", Johannes Brahms's "Brahms' Lullaby", Nancy Wilson's "If I Could", Henri Salvador's "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)", and Carol Welsman's "Baby Close Your Eyes". All other tracks are original songs such as the title track, which was written in 2001 for "A New Day Has Come" to celebrate the birth of

neg: Rockin' Robin (song) the album, hitting number 1 on the "Cash Box" singles chart and peaking at number 2 on both the "Billboard" Hot 100, behind "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. On the Billboard soul singles chart, "Rockin' Robin" went to number 2. Rockin' Robin (song) "Rockin' Robin" (originally released as "Rock-In Robin" on the Class Records 45 single) is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas, and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's biggest hit single, becoming a number two hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and spent one

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [with] a lot of music in it. I'd use it in the only part of the movie where there's absolute love.' I said okay. We discussed the money.[Eastwood would pay $2000 to use Flack's "The First Time..."] He said: 'Anything else?' And I said: 'I want to do it over again. It’s too slow.' He said: "No, its not.'" Flack in fact has also recalled that during the "First Take" sessions her producer Joel Dorn had suggested re-recording "The First Time..." with a slightly speeded tempo and lyric edit to trim its running time but Flack had not then been

neg: Matt Cardle before "Run For Your Life" was sent to him and was generally better received by fans and journalists. Despite this, it only charted at number 185 but sparked a boost in album sales which saw "Letters" return to the top 25 on the album charts shortly after "Starlight"s release. The third and final single to be released from "Letters" was Amazing which was released as an EP, containing a new track called "All Is Said", which Cardle wrote with James Walsh, a new recording of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and a live version of the album track

neg: I Gotcha (Joe Tex song) so he tests her to ask her to kiss him for a longer time, and when he is unsatisfied, he demands to her to have her give him back his love, as a result of playing with his affections. Radio DJs decided to flip the single over and started playing "I Gotcha". This would result in Tex having his first major hit in five years as "I Gotcha" eventually peaked at Number 1 on the R&B chart and Number 2 on the Pop chart for two weeks, behind "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack and

neg: Way Out West (Way Out West album) cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", (titled "First Time Ever") and "Ajare" samples "" by Rose Royce. Upon release, "Way Out West" was met with positive reviews from critics. John Bush from Allmusic summarised the album as "a varied, engaging debut". In a review of Way Out West's second studio album "Intensify", Christian Hopwood from BBC Music commented that "it ["Intensify"] might lack the variety of the first album ["Way Out West"]", he also praised "King of the Funk", describing it as "excellent". Way Out West Sampled artists Way Out West (Way Out West album) Way

neg: Sam Watters song of the decade on the chart, went gold, and was nominated for two Grammys (Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song). The Watters and Biancaniello duo also worked on U.K. pop star Leona Lewis' 2007 debut album, "Spirit", which sold seven million units worldwide. The duo co-wrote and co-produced two songs, "Yesterday" and "Take a Bow" and produced a third, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Watters and Biancaniello wrote three songs for Kelly Clarkson's March 2009 studio album "All I Ever Wanted": "Whyyawannabringmedown," "The Day We Fell Apart" and the title track, "All I

neg: Re-creation (album) material with Johnny Cash. Chapman said that "He [Rubin] took those great songs you couldn't imagine ever redoing, everything from the Beatles 'In My Life' to Roberta Flack's 'The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face' [sic] and he even did a cover of Nine Inch Nails' 'Hurt.' They became almost like new songs... The emotion and what you could really feel in them was inspiring the way I wanted to record these songs". Chapman had some difficulty choosing the songs on the record, commenting that "This was an album that seemed much easier to do in theory". Chapman chose

neg: Eternal (group) reggae band Aswad to record a cover of Diana King's "Shy Guy", which was released as a single in August 2002 and peaked at #62 on the UK Singles Chart. Easther also recorded a solo cover of the classic song "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" which appeared on many "Love" themed compilations around 2002/3 including "The All Time Classic Tearjerkers". She also features on the Peter Cox cover of the Marvin Gaye song "Your Precious Love". Easther then decided to turn to songwriting and has written for many different artists including Girls Aloud. Easther also sings backing vocals

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face of 1972, with a No. 4 R&B chart peak. Reaching No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart, Flack's "The First Time..." was No. 1 for three weeks on the singles chart in Canada's "RPM" magazine. The song was also played as the wake-up music on flight day 9 to the astronauts aboard Apollo 17, on their last day in Lunar orbit (Friday, 12/15/1972) before returning to earth, thus ending the first manned exploration of the Moon. The use of the song was most likely a reference to the "face" of the moon below the spacecraft. In 2014, two films featured

neg: Alone Again (Naturally) (album) Alone Again (Naturally) (album) Alone Again (Naturally) is the thirtieth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams, released in September 1972 by Columbia Records and mainly consisting of songs originated by other artists. For its release in the UK, the album was titled "The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)", and three of the songs were replaced with the 7-inch single tracks "Who Was It?" and "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" and a recording that was not released on vinyl in the U.S., "If You're Gonna Break Another Heart". The album made its first appearance on the Top LP's

neg: Josh Krajcik the Top 32 and performed in the Judges Houses round "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in front of special guest Enrique Iglesias and mentor Nicole Scherzinger (who replaced Cole). From there, he moved on to become one of the finalists (Final 16), qualifying for the live shows in the Over-30s category mentored by Scherzinger. During the live shows, he gave the following performances: After finishing "The X Factor", Josh began working on his album and touring regionally in the midwest. Recording for the album took place between Los Angeles and London. Throughout the recording process Josh worked

neg: Peter Blakeley 1988 on Capitol Records. In 1989, he released the album "Harry's Café De Wheels", which was executive produced by Peter Asher. Artists involved with the album included Linda Ronstadt, Siedah Garrett, Wendy Matthews and Andrew Gold, in addition to legendary session musicians such as Jeff Porcaro, Jim Keltner and Larry Klein. The lead single "Crying in the Chapel" was produced by Stewart Levine who worked extensively with Simply Red. "Harry's Café De Wheels" spawned a total of four singles including, "Crying in the Chapel", "Quicksand", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", and "You Never Heard It From Me".

neg: Sarah McQuaid Denny and Nick Drake, and her diverse work has also explored three-part round singing (with Niamh Parsons and Tom Barry). All of McQuaid's albums are distributed in the U.K. by Proper Music Distribution. She is one of several artists who have covered Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," which appears on McQuaid's "Walking Into White" album (2015). McQuaid is the author of "The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book" (Ossian Publications/Music Sales Ltd, 1995). Born in Spain to American art critic Jane Addams Allen (founder and editor of the New Art Examiner) and Spanish artist , McQuaid grew

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face agreeable: "Joel said: 'Okay you don’t care if it's a hit or not?' I said: 'No sir.' Of course he was right for three years, until [after] Clint got it" - as the attention Flack's "The First Time..." garnered ensuant to the November 1971 release of "Play Misty For Me" did persuade Atlantic Records to issue the track as a single - trimmed by a minute - in February 1972: the track became a smash hit single in the United States, reaching No. 1 for six weeks on both the "Billboard" Hot 100 and easy listening charts in the spring

neg: Clint Eastwood in the 1970s were obtained after Eastwood saw Garner at the in 1970 and he later paid $2,000 for the use of the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. At Eastwood's insistence, the movie was filmed in Monterey and Carmel, California starting in September 1970. Although this was Eastwood's debut, Siegel stood by and frequent collaborators of Siegel's, such as cinematographer Bruce Surtees, editor Carl Pingitore and composer Dee Barton, made up part of the filming team. Meticulous planning and efficient directorship by Eastwood saw the film fall nearly $50,000 short of its $1 million budget and

neg: Letters Tour as "Run For Your Life" B-side "Lost & Found". On the third show into the tour he took "Reflections" out of the set list and added a cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", a song which he'd received high praise for on "The X Factor". As well as playing acoustic and electric guitar himself, Cardle had a live band backing him, the same band he plays with for promotional appearances and gigs. They are Remy Mallett on bass, Lorenzo De Feo on lead guitar, pianist Paul Bullen and Tom Peters on drums. The support act on

neg: Alone Again (Naturally) (album) You Gotta Break Another Heart" for his 1973 album "It Never Rains in Southern California". From the liner notes for the original album: Alone Again (Naturally) (album) Alone Again (Naturally) is the thirtieth studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams, released in September 1972 by Columbia Records and mainly consisting of songs originated by other artists. For its release in the UK, the album was titled "The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)", and three of the songs were replaced with the 7-inch single tracks "Who Was It?" and "Marmalade, Molasses & Honey" and a recording that was

neg: Gerde's Folk City soon-to-be new owners, Robbie Woliver, Marilyn Lash and Joseph Hillesum took over the booking duties from Mike Porco, continuing to 1980 when they officially bought the club from Porco. "Folk City", under new ownership, underwent a revival, bringing back folk legends like Odetta, Arlo Guthrie, Ewan MacColl ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"), Maria Muldaur, Eric Andersen, The Band and others, and also introducing a new breed of singer-songwriter and expanding its boundaries to a wider range of rock music, especially alternative music like Richard Thompson, Pentangle, Elvis Costello, Sonic Youth, The Bongos (who made their debut there

neg: The Way of Love by . Another Dutch-language version "Ik verlang naar jou" - lyrics by Will Ferdy - was recorded by Belgian singer Will Ferdy in 1967. Roslyn Kind recorded an English version with completely different lyrics - also by Al Stillman - entitled "Can I Stop the Rain?" on her 1968 album "Give Me You". Shirley Bassey featured "The Way of Love" on 1972's "And I Love You So". That same year Vikki Carr included the song on her "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" album which was produced by Snuff Garrett. The song "It's Impossible" is sometimes identified as

neg: Foxy Ladies Love/Boogie 70's Explosion First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "Higher and Higher," "You're So Vain," "Love Will Keep Us Together," "Dancing Queen," "Lovin' You," "I Will Survive," "Evergreen," "I Feel the Earth Move," "I Love the Nightlife," and "We Are Family." Emmy nominee Fritz Brekeller created and directed the revue. The musical director was Tracy Stark the choreographer was Ashley Wren Collins, and the costume designer was DeWayne Kirchner. Foxy Ladies Love/Boogie 70's Explosion Foxy Ladies Love Boogie 70's Explosion is an 85-minute revue that traces cultural and political changes concerning women in the 1970s, through a selection of 43 songs from

neg: The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face) (Johnny Mathis album) on "Billboard" magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated June 10, 1972, and remained there for 15 weeks, peaking at number 71. This LP was released as a DTS Surround Sound CD on May 23, 2000. The reason for the selection of this particular album for DTS release is suggested in a message in the liner notes from the CD's producer, Patricia Miller: "I dedicate this to the memory of my loving Brad. Thank you for all the strength and passion you gave me during our time together and forever. These love songs tell a story of

neg: All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video "Beauty and the Beast" and "I'm Your Angel" (duet with R. Kelly). New tracks include a remake of the Roberta Flack classic, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," "If Walls Could Talk," a Mutt Lange tune featuring background vocals by Shania Twain (this video wasn't available before), and "Then You Look at Me," title track from the Chris Columbus movie "The Bicentennial Man" which reunites James Horner and Dion. The DVD also includes a bonus video and other goodies. "Beauty and the Beast," "Because You Loved Me" and "To Love You More" were taken from the "Live in

neg: Tally Koren to make change. Her third album "A Love Song For You" is a collection of love songs, containing classic covers such as "What a Wonderful World", "The Look of Love", "First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" and for the first time in history Koren has used the words of Mozart himself from letters that he wrote to his wife with her own adaptation to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K.488 song named – "One Million Kisses". The title track was co-written with Barry Upton as a surprise for her husband Simon Edwards on their wedding day. On 8 March

neg: All the Way... A Decade of Song from the music industry. On 31 December 1999, she performed her last concert at Montral's Molson Center, with guest Bryan Adams and a host of French-Canadian singers. "That's the Way It Is" was released as the first single from the album in November 1999. It reached number six on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and became a top ten hit around the world. In February 2000, "Live (for the One I Love)" was released as the second single in selected European countries and in March 2000, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was issued as the next single

neg: All the Way... A Decade of Song on a team of collaborators that understands this artists's strengths. Among the highlights Paoletta mentioned: the first single "That's the Way It Is", a welcome uptempo number; "I Want You to Need Me", a consummate love song ripe for a second single; "If Walls Could Talk;" "Then You Look at Me", a characteristically "roof-raising, fan-stoking" Dion anthem; her "beyond-the-pale" duet with Frank Sinatra on "All the Way"; and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", a remake that "affirms Dion's ability to lay low and still scintillate." Chuck Taylor from "Billboard" also praised "That's the Way It Is". He

neg: Then You Look at Me second reason was that "That's the Way It Is" became a hit and was still strong on the singles charts around the world. However, "Then You Look at Me" was included as a B-side to the "Live (for the One I Love)", The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "I Want You to Need Me" singles. The movie soundtrack also included the song but in a slightly modified version, produced by James Horner and Simon Franglen. The version from Dion's album was produced by David Foster, Horner and Franglen and differs in arrangements and in Dion's interpretation. The

neg: A New Day... DVD of 2008 in the U.S. and the best-selling by a female artist.[17] At the end of 2009, the DVD was still charting in the top 10, being the tenth best-selling DVD in the U.S. Even though the official DVD contains many extras, a lot of songs which were performed throughout the years have not been included: "Nature Boy," "At Last," "Fever," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Et je t'aime encore," "Have You Ever Been in Love", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "God Bless America", "In Some Small Way", "What a Wonderful World", "Can't Help Falling In

neg: Live in Las Vegas: A New Day... result, she returned to her long brunette hair with extensions and the DVD was reshot. The "Live in Las Vegas - A New Day..." DVD includes the last version of the show, performed between November 2006 and December 2007. But during previous years in the show, Dion wore alternate costumes and performed several other songs: "Nature Boy," "At Last," "Fever," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Et je t'aime encore," "Have You Ever Been in Love", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "God Bless America", "In Some Small Way", "What a Wonderful World", "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Taking

neg: Live in Las Vegas: A New Day... Chances" and "The Christmas Song". "Nature Boy," "At Last," "Fever," "Et je t'aime encore," and "What a Wonderful World" were included on the "A New Day... Live in Las Vegas" CD, released in June 2004. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was filmed during Celine in Las Vegas, Opening Night Live although it does not appear on any official release. Other songs that have not been included neither on cd nor on dvd include: "Have You Ever Been in Love", "God Bless America", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "In Some Small Way", "Can't Help Falling In Love", "Taking

neg: Play Misty for Me the radio station returned to the air in 2011. The rights to the song "Misty" were obtained after Eastwood saw Erroll Garner perform at the Concord Music Festival in 1970. Eastwood also paid $2,000 for the use of the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. Meticulous planning and efficient directorship by Eastwood (which would become one of his trademarks) enabled the film to be made nearly $50,000 short of its $1 million budget, and it was completed four or five days ahead of schedule. "Play Misty for Me" premiered in October 1971 at the

neg: I Am Tour (Leona Lewis) venues for the next ten years". Adrian Caffery of the "Birmingham Mail" gave a mixed review of the show at the city's Symphony Hall. While he was complimentary of Lewis' vocals performances on most of the original tracks, most notably on "Ave Maria", which he described as demonstrating "an amazing transformation to opera diva", he was critical of Lewis' decision to include seven cover songs on the set list. Although Caffery wrote that "Run", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Ave Maria", and "A Moment Like This" – the last of which he described as "cheesy" – were

neg: Roberta Flack Dick Clark in 1973. Flack has received one award from six nominations. Sarah Bryan and Beverly Patterson, "African American Trails of Eastern North Carolina", North Carolina Arts Council, 2013, p. 92 Roberta Flack, Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937 or 1939) is an American singer. She is known for her #1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love", and for "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. Flack is the only solo

neg: Bert Jansch on songs such as "Reynardine" where the bends are from the diminished fifth to the perfect fifth. Jansch often fitted the accompaniment to the natural rhythm of the words of his songs, rather than playing a consistent rhythm throughout. This can lead to occasional bars appearing in unusual time signatures. For example, his version of the Ewan MacColl song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", unlike most other covers of that song, switches from 4/4 time to 3/4 and 5/4. A similar disregard for conventional time signatures is found in several of his collaborative compositions with Pentangle: for

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face bottom of the Post Office Tower singing up to Juliet. And the other versions, he thought, were travesties: bludgeoning, histrionic, and lacking in grace." The song was popularised by Roberta Flack in 1972 in a version that became a breakout hit for the singer. Flack knew the song from the Joe & Eddie version which appeared on that folk duo's 1963 album "Coast to Coast" (as "The First Time"), Flack's friend singer Donal Leace having brought the track to Flack's attention. Having taught the song to the young girls in the glee club at Banneker High School (Washington D.C.), Flack

neg: All the Way... A Decade of Song did not like "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "All the Way". According to him, the remaining three new songs "aren't bad", but they're not particularly memorable, especially compared to the hits. "All the Way... A Decade of Song" debuted at number three on the US "Billboard" 200 with sales of 303,000 copies, the second-largest opener in Dion's career at that time, exceeded only by the 334,000 units that 1997's "Let's Talk About Love" spun in its first week. Thanks to Dion's CBS television special, she earned a second-week gain of 30% (394,000 copies) and the third

neg: The Gift (Way Out West song) The Gift (Way Out West song) "The Gift" is a song by English electronic music duo Way Out West featuring English singer Joanna Law, credited as Miss Joanna Law. It was released on the since defunct record label Deconstruction Records on 2 September 1996. The song reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart that year, and also peaked at #2 on the UK Dance Chart. It is the third single from their eponymous debut studio album "Way Out West". The song uses a sample from Joanna Law's cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", titled "First Time

neg: Singles (Alison Moyet album) Singles (Alison Moyet album) Singles is the first greatest hits album of singer Alison Moyet, released in 1995. The album includes two previously unreleased tracks, Moyet's version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Solid Wood", as well as a number of hits from the singer's stint in 1980s electro-pop band Yazoo. The album was re-released by Sony the following year as a two-disc set, "Singles/Live", the second disc being a live recording of Alison on tour, again in 2000 as a one-disc set under the title "Best of The Best – Gold" and a third time

neg: Solitaire (Andy Williams album) weeks, eventually getting to number 35. "Solitaire" was released on compact disc for the first time as one of two albums on one CD by Collectables Records on February 19, 2002, the other album being Williams's Columbia release from the fall of 1972, "Alone Again (Naturally)". Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 2", which contains 15 of his studio albums and two compilations and was released on November 29, 2002. "Solitaire" was paired with the UK version of "Alone Again (Naturally)" (which was entitled "The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)") as

neg: Echo (Leona Lewis album) them and we kinda got into the vibe straight away. Obviously I'm still getting to know Timbaland, it's kind of a continuing and evolving relationship, so this time he's not on the album, but hopefully next time he will be". The album was released in two formats. In addition to the standard edition, albums downloaded from iTunes receive two live performance songs. The two live songs, "Brave" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", were recorded at a concert at London's Hackney Empire on 2 November 2009. In July 2010 it was reported by the "Sunday Mirror" that

neg: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends Bolt, Prefuse 73, and Yoko Ono. Four tracks from these sessions appear on the album. The remaining seven songs were recorded at different times and locations, and are exclusive to the LP. The CD, vinyl reissue and digital releases of the album omit the track "I Don't Want You to Die" featuring Chris Martin, but feature an exclusive track with Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory, "Tasered and Maced". The Erykah Badu version of Ewan MacColl's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", was a result of Lips frontman Wayne Coyne's unsolicited calls to the singer. Badu was initially opposed

neg: The Essential Alison Moyet Alison Moyet" excludes "Only You", "Situation', "Ordinary Girl", "Ode To Boy II", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Solid Wood", and replaces them with "Don't Go", "Winter Kills", "Our Colander Eyes" and "Blue" (the latter two recorded in 1995/1996) plus cover versions "Ne Me Quitte Pas" and "There Are Worse Things I Could Do". The Essential Alison Moyet The Essential Alison Moyet was essentially a third re-release of "Singles", the 1995 greatest hits album of recordings by singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album was released in 2001 by Sony Music Entertainment in response to renewed interest in the

neg: I Am Tour (Leona Lewis) J Connolly of "Gay Times" praised the singer's openness regarding her personal and private life throughout the show, which gave the audience an insight as to "why she's remained quiet in previous months and why, as we all love, each album is full of emotion and honesty". He singled out "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Bleeding Love", and "Thunder" as the show's highlights, and described "Run" as "perfect". Emma Noye of the "Ipswich Star" wrote that despite there being some Americanisms in the show, such as "horse-riding, beach-walking backing visuals with a voiceover talking about the 'journey'

neg: I Am Tour (Leona Lewis) the core" which enabled the crowd to "really [hear] that incredible voice at its best". Allan Jones of the "Bournemouth Echo" was also complimentary of Lewis' performance during the show at the Bournemouth International Centre. Although he disapproved of the performance of "Ave Maria" (but noted that it garnered a standing ovation from the crowd), he thought that standout performances included "Run", "Bleeding Love", and Lewis' cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. He concluded his review by writing that Lewis has "that really big soul/pop voice that should see her continuing to pack

neg: These Are Special Times Dion's CBS television special for "These Are Special Times". Celine Dion promoted the album in the United States with a television special which aired on CBS on 25 November 1998. It included two musical guests: Andrea Bocelli on "The Prayer" and Rosie O'Donnell on "Do You Hear What I Hear?". Dion also performed album tracks ("O Holy Night", "These Are the Special Times"), her number-one hits ("The Power of Love", "Because You Loved Me", "My Heart Will Go On"), as well as favorites ("Let's Talk About Love", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"). "These Are Special Times" was

neg: All the Way... A Decade of Song by Max Martin, best known for his work with young pop artists. Other highlights on "All the Way... A Decade of Song" include a remake of Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which Dion has performed acoustically in her Let's Talk About Love World Tour; the Robert John "Mutt" Lange ballad "If Walls Could Talk", with Shania Twain on background vocals; the power ballad "I Want You to Need Me" from Diane Warren; another, orchestrated power ballad "Then You Look at Me;" and a song Dion and René Angélil got married to, "All the Way", here

neg: I Am Tour (Leona Lewis) joined Lewis on stage as a special guest for the final show of the tour to perform a cover of "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" by Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin. Lewis performed a nineteen-song set list with a four-piece band and two backup vocalists. Her vocals, stage presence and interaction with the crowds was lauded by the critics in attendance. Many singled out her performance of "Ave Maria" as the set's highlight, while others also praised renditions of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "A Moment Like This" and "Run". Several noted that nearly a third of

neg: Miracle (Celine Dion album) Dion's son René-Charles, but the song was never published on that album. Some tracks were previously released on Dion's albums, including "Brahms's Lullaby" on "These Are Special Times" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" on "All the Way... A Decade of Song". Live performances of "If I Could" and "What a Wonderful World" were available on "A New Day... Live in Las Vegas". "A Mother's Prayer" is a solo version of "The Prayer", a duet with Andrea Bocelli from "These Are Special Times". "Le loup, la biche et le chevalier (une chanson douce)" was performed live by

neg: Roberta Flack and CD packet in 2004 but Roberta Flack declined permission for her image and recording to be included for unknown reasons. Her captivating a cappella performance of the traditional spiritual "Oh Freedom" retitled "Freedom Song" on the original Soul to Soul LP soundtrack is only available in the VHS version of the film. Flack's cover version of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" hit number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. Her Atlantic recordings did not sell particularly well, until actor/director Clint Eastwood chose a song from "First Take", "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" written by

neg: Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein so greatly impressed future First Lady of the United States Abigail Adams, who accompanied her husband John Adams, then US minister plenipotentiary to France, that she described him in letters home as: "The Baron de Staël, the Swedish ambassador, comes nearest to that character, in his manners and personal appearance, of any gentleman I ever saw. The first time I saw him I was prejudiced in his favor, for his countenance commands your good opinion; it is animated, intelligent, sensible, affable and, without being perfectly beautiful, is perfectly agreeable; add to this a fine figure and who can fail in

neg: Do I Ever Cross Your Mind cover of "I Will Always Love You" for the 1992 film The Bodyguard). "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" was performed by American Idol (Season 7) finalist Ramiele Malubay in 2008. She sang the song during the Dolly Parton tribute week. A studio version of her cover was released on the iTunes Store as "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (American Idol Studio Version) - Single" in 2008. The duet version plays over the closing credits of "Women and God"—the third episode of the BBC comedy "Bob Servant, Independent". The episode first aired February 6, 2013 on BBC Four .

neg: Let's Talk About Love World Tour fans for being "lucky charm people"; this was the third time she opened a world tour here. At The Arena in Oakland, James Sullivan ("San Francisco Chronicle") felt the night showed off Dion's prowess as a performer. He elaborated, "Easily the best part of the 80-minute set came when Dion summoned her band to center stage, where they sat on the lip of the riser as she essayed a medley of some favorite songs. Roberta Flack's 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', the Beatles' 'Pet Sounds'-inspired 'Because' and Eric Clapton's 'Tears in Heaven' were all delivered with tender

neg: Younger Now (song) featuring a varied array of senior citizen men and women, many of whom in their late eighties, as the main dancers, as well as several young children riding mini-motorcycles. On September 7, Cyrus performed the song on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". She also performed "Younger Now" live for the third time in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, accompanied with other songs like "Malibu", "See You Again", "Party in the U.S.A." and a cover of Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", the following week. Accompanying the song was a music video featuring a "mishmash" of 1950s-inspired

neg: Glassheart Tour predominately on songs from "Spirit" (2007) and "Glassheart" (2012), the concert was largely acoustic music with a band and string quartet. In particular Joyce praised Lewis' performances of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Bleeding Love" which earned her standing ovations, in addition to the "note perfect" rendition of "Run". Katherine Hollisey-McLean for the "Worthing Herald" largely agreed, commenting that if anyone expected Lewis to be "belting out song after song" they were right. Hollisey-McLean praised the decisions to switch the song arrangements, for example adding reggae beats to "Better in Time" and performing the acoustic version of

neg: Zhang Yanze submitted petitions on his own behalf and that of his aunt/adoptive mother (Shi Jingtang's wife) Empress Dowager Li, surrendering to the Liao emperor. He also summoned Zhang, wanting to confer with Zhang what his appropriate response should be. Zhang declined, stating, "I, your subject, do not have the face to meet Your Imperial Majesty." Zhang forced Sang Weihan (who was no longer Shi's chief of staff but was serving as the mayor of Kaifeng Municipality (i.e., the Daliang region)) to meet him, and after Sang rebuked him, strangled Sang to death, while reporting to Emperor Taizong (who had no intent

neg: Why Can't We Live Together (album) The session consists of Timmy Thomas singing and accompanying himself on organ. The rest of the album is almost as sparse. If you like a lot of production, you won't find it here. Remakes of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and the Chi-Lites' "Coldest Days Of My Life" won't make you ditch the original versions. And with the exception of the title track, the originals are forgettable". Why Can't We Live Together (album) Why Can't We Live Together is the debut album by Timmy Thomas released in 1972. It was historically the first record to fully replace

neg: Grammy Award for Record of the Year Troubled Water" in 1971, and "Graceland" in 1988). Tom Elmhirst has won three times as an engineer/mixer (2008, 2012 and 2017). Roberta Flack was the first artist to win Record of the Year in two consecutive years for the years 1973 ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face") and 1974 ("Killing Me Softly with His Song"). This happened again when the group U2 won for the years 2001 ("Beautiful Day") and 2002 ("Walk On"), the only occurrence of an artist winning the award two consecutive years with records from the same album. Other artists to receive two Grammys for

neg: Singles (Alison Moyet album) in 2001 as "The Essential Alison Moyet" with a slightly revised track listing. Singles (Alison Moyet album) Singles is the first greatest hits album of singer Alison Moyet, released in 1995. The album includes two previously unreleased tracks, Moyet's version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Solid Wood", as well as a number of hits from the singer's stint in 1980s electro-pop band Yazoo. The album was re-released by Sony the following year as a two-disc set, "Singles/Live", the second disc being a live recording of Alison on tour, again in 2000 as a one-disc set

neg: The Chad Mitchell Trio subsequent rendition became the best-known version), "With God On Our Side", "Mr. Tambourine Man"). The Mitchell Trio also did the first major recording of John Denver's later hit "For Baby (For Bobbi)" and also handled his "Leaving on a Jet Plane". Their final album offered a soft, harmonized version of The Beatles' "She Loves You". Kobluk's solo vocal on "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" pre-dated the Roberta Flack major hit version by several years. Johnny Cash cited their version of "Four Strong Winds" as a stylistic influence and included it on his "Artist's Choice" album of favorites.

neg: Yes/No (Glee) she, Riley, Rivera and Ushkowitz perform a rendition of the Roberta Flack cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". The 5th Dimension's cover of "Wedding Bell Blues" is performed by Mays with backing vocals by Jones and Lynch. "Yes/No" was first broadcast on January 17, 2012 in the United States on Fox. It received a 3.1/8 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic, and attracted 7.50 million American viewers during its initial airing, an increase from the 3.0/8 rating/share and 7.13 million viewers of the previous episode, "Extraordinary Merry Christmas", which was broadcast on December 13, 2011. In

neg: See You Again (Miley Cyrus song) Now", "Party in the U.S.A." and a cover of Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". It was the first performance of the song in nearly six years. English electropop singer Little Boots recorded a cover version of "See You Again" that surfaced the Internet in December 2008. In an interview with Digital Spy, Little Boots said, "That's a wicked song! The line 'My best friend Lesley said, "Oh she's just being Miley"' is awesome. Me and my friend have been obsessing over that lyrics for ages now, it's getting ridiculous!" Breathe Carolina's act consisted of a

neg: Whitley Bay town and in 2001, the Radio 1 Dance Party also came from The Links. The video for Tina Cousins's single "Pray" was filmed at St Mary's Lighthouse, the Spanish City, along the sea front and in an alley behind Whitley Bay Baptist Church. The Spanish City is also referenced in the Dire Straits song "Tunnel of Love". Journey South recorded scenes for the video of their single "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" on the seafront and at the Rendezvous Cafe. Whitley Bay Whitley Bay is a seaside town on the north east coast of England. Historically in

neg: Gilbert O'Sullivan in the Top 40); and No. 1 in Japan (21 weeks on the chart). The guitar solo was played by Big Jim Sullivan. In total US sales for 1973, O'Sullivan's hit was topped only by Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Both songs were nominated for a Grammy Award in the Song of the Year and Record of the Year categories in 1973, but Flack won both. O'Sullivan followed "Alone" with "Clair" (1972, from the album "Back to Front"). The single reached No. 2 in the United States on the Hot 100 and No. 1 in

neg: Celine Dion Kelly) which became Dion's fourth US No. 1 single, and a smash hit across the world. The album's second single "The Prayer" (a duet with Andrea Bocelli) served as the soundtrack of the 1998 film "Quest for Camelot" and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. "All the Way... A Decade of Song" drew together her most successful hits coupled with seven new songs, including the lead-off single "That's the Way It Is", a cover of Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", and "All the Way", a duet with Frank Sinatra. "All the way"

neg: Roberta Flack movie "X-Men: Days of Future Past", her hit "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is playing on the radio in the room when Hugh Jackman's character, Wolverine's consciousness initially arrives back in 1973. Her song, "Compared to What" was used in the intro to the 2015 movie The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Flack was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009. The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Flack has received four awards from thirteen nominations. The American Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony created by

neg: Matt Cardle performed a cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" at the "Miss World 2013" in Bali, Indonesia. The Porcelain Tour in support of the album was announced on 30 October 2013, beginning in April 2014. On 20 June 2014, Cardle performed a free gig at the Portadown's Got Talent awards, hosted in the People's Park of Portadown, Northern Ireland. The event is part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland and is supported and backed by the EU. On 11 May 2015 it was announced Cardle would take over the lead role of Huey Calhoun in Memphis

neg: Faithfull Forever and Jean-Marie Perrier for the photography. Faithfull Forever Faithfull Forever is a studio album by Marianne Faithfull. It was released only in the United States. "Some Other Spring", "Lucky Girl" and "I'm the Sky" are unique to this album. The rest of the songs had been released as singles or would later be released on "Love in a Mist", although the version of "Counting" is a different mix from its European release, and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," with choral overdubs, differs significantly from the one on "North Country Maid". Mike Leander was the arranger; Gus Dudgeon

neg: Faithfull Forever Faithfull Forever Faithfull Forever is a studio album by Marianne Faithfull. It was released only in the United States. "Some Other Spring", "Lucky Girl" and "I'm the Sky" are unique to this album. The rest of the songs had been released as singles or would later be released on "Love in a Mist", although the version of "Counting" is a different mix from its European release, and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," with choral overdubs, differs significantly from the one on "North Country Maid". Mike Leander was the arranger; Gus Dudgeon and Vic Smith were the engineers

neg: Song Sung Blue spent seven weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart. It also made the pop chart in the United Kingdom, reaching #14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song has become one of Diamond's standards, and he often performs it during concerts. "Song Sung Blue" was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1973, Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Both awards that year were won by Roberta Flack's rendition of Ewan MacColl's song, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Diamond described "Song Sung Blue" in the liner notes to his 1996 compilation album, "In My

neg: Reigne chronicled by de Leon after working with the latter for five years. The coffee book comes in a special gift box that includes an EP CD with songs The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face and Misty Glass Window. It was released by Viva Foundation For The Arts. Reigne (standard version) Reigne: The Book (EP) Reigne Reigne is the 11th studio album by Filipino singer-actress Regine Velasquez, released on November 29, 2001 by Viva Records in the Philippines in CD and cassette format and later in digital download. The album was produced by Velasquez and contained original Filipino compositions

neg: Carla Cook second CD, ‘Dem Bones’ (a tribute to all the trombone players she’d worked with in the Lionel Hampton and George Gee groups), released in 2001, was also a success, and received a glowing review from Down Beat magazine, the leading jazz publication. In 2002 she released her CD ‘Simply Natural’, which was inspired by her love for the beauty found in nature. In 2011 her rendition of Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was featured on jazz percussionist Steve Kroon's CD 'Without A Doubt'. Cook performs globally both with her own groups, most notably 'the Carla

neg: Peggy Seeger ensemble seeking to perform satirical songs in a mixture of theatre, comedy and song, which eventually created a series of annual productions called "The Festival of Fools" (named for a traditional British Isles event in which greater freedom of expression was allowed for the subjects of the king than was permitted during most of the year). Seeger and MacColl performed and recorded as a duo and as solo artists; MacColl wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in Seeger's honour (and did so during a long-distance phone call between the two, while Seeger was performing in America and

neg: Malibu (Miley Cyrus song) for the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, accompanied with other songs like "Younger Now", "See You Again", "Party in the U.S.A." and a cover of Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Rebecca Black covered the song and filmed its music video in Malibu beach, which Shem from Kiss FM felt that the singer had "displayed her singing chops". Digital download Digital download – The Him Remix Digital download – Tiësto Remix Digital download – Lost Frequencies Remix Digital download – Gigamesh Remix Digital download – Dillon Francis Remix Digital download – Alan Walker Remix Malibu (Miley

neg: A New Day... 'Fever' and the Frank Sinatra-phrased 'I've Got the World on a String' — magnified her lack of soulfulness, but they did display her capacity for mimicry: She phrases everything exactly as her predecessors did. For 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' it appeared Dion and her musical director Claude (Mego) Lemay had the softness of Roberta Flack's original in mind. But they then go out on a bizarre limb, progressively bloating the arrangement and her vocal interpretation. Worse yet, Dion ascends 70 feet into the heavens with dancers all around her. Nice effect, but another song would be more

neg: Yes/No (Glee) to their friends, singing "Summer Nights". Sam suggests to Mercedes that they get back together, but she reminds Sam she is dating Shane (LaMarcus Tinker). Sam, hoping a varsity letterman jacket will impress her, joins the only sports team still recruiting: synchronized swimming. Later, while Mercedes sings "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" with Rachel (Lea Michele), Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) and Santana (Naya Rivera) for Will as their proposal suggestion, she mentally pictures Sam rather than Shane, and is distressed. Becky Jackson (Lauren Potter, with inner voiceover by Helen Mirren), decides she wants Artie (Kevin McHale) for her

neg: All the Way... A Decade of Song performed: "Love Can Move Mountains", "To Love You More" (with Taro Hakase on violin), "That's the Way It Is" (with 'N Sync), "All the Way" (virtual duet with Frank Sinatra), "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and a medley of "Here We Are/Because You Loved Me/Conga" in duet with Gloria Estefan. The television special aired on 22 November 1999 and was the second-most-watched program in its time slot, with an 8.3 rating and a 14 share. Dion also performed "That's the Way It Is" in various television and award shows in late 1999, before taking a two-year break

neg: Blue City (film) we'd be able to supply her with. She was out there pretty much by herself. That's really tough your first time out. I think Michelle will turn out to have enormous amounts of talent. She kills herself. I never saw anyone work harder, ever. She's very smart. I think she'll be one of the few who gets a second chance. I don't think a first-time male director would have had much more luck than Michelle, given all those things. It had nothing to do with her being a woman." After hearing Steel's comments, Manning said: "I think that's fair. I

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face it as the number one Hot 100 single of the year for 1972. There are two differing accounts of the origin of the song. MacColl said that he wrote the song for Seeger after she asked him to pen a song for a play she was in. He wrote the song and taught it to Seeger over the telephone. Seeger said that MacColl, with whom she had begun an affair in 1957, used to send her tapes to listen to whilst they were apart and that the song was on one of them. The song entered the pop mainstream when

neg: Yes/No (Glee) both fits the overall theme of the show and the characters singing it". Five of the six singles released from the episode, which included a total of seven cover versions due to the "Moves Like Jagger / Jumpin' Jack Flash" mash-up, debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100. "Without You" debuted at number twenty-eight, followed by "We Found Love" at number fifty-six, the aforementioned "Moves Like Jagger / Jumpin' Jack Flash" mash-up at number sixty-two, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" at number seventy and "Summer Nights" at number eighty-eight. The same five songs charted in Canada on the

neg: Twenty Five (album) Wham! track "Freedom", and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (from "Songs from the Last Century") replaced "Round Here", a track from "Patience" that was not released as a single in the US. A 3-CD limited deluxe version was released in the United States exclusively by Best Buy. The track listing for the third CD is the same as the international version, but unlike the 2-CD US version, it includes "Freedom" instead of "Feeling Good". The 3-CD version is packaged in a digipak. It includes a 36-page colour booklet with lyrics for every track, along with screen shots

neg: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face it was released by the Kingston Trio on their 1962 hit album "New Frontier" and in subsequent years by other pop folk groups such as Peter, Paul and Mary, The Brothers Four, and the Chad Mitchell Trio, and by Gordon Lightfoot on his debut album "Lightfoot!" (1966). MacColl made no secret of the fact that he disliked all of the cover versions of the song. His daughter-in-law wrote: "He hated all of them. He had a special section in his record collection for them, entitled 'The Chamber of Horrors'. He said that the Elvis version was like Romeo at the

neg: Spike Jones scene in the romantic comedy "I.Q." shows a man demonstrating the sound of his new stereo to Meg Ryan's character by playing a record of Jones' music. In 1974, Tony Levin (future bass player for King Crimson), recording under the name, The Clams, released a Spike Jones tribute of him giving the songs, "Close To You", by The Carpenters, and, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", by Roberta Flack, the Jones treatment. http://www.45cat.com/record/thb404f In 1986, the Belgian synthpop group Telex paid homage to Spike Jones in their album "Looney Tunes", with a song named after him. The intro

neg: The Other Side of Me (Andy Williams album) from the fall of 1974, "You Lay So Easy on My Mind". Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled "Classic Album Collection, Vol. 2", which contains 15 of his studio albums and two compilations and was released on November 29, 2002. Along with the addition of "Love Said Goodbye", the UK version replaced "Solitaire" with "Pieces of April" from "Alone Again (Naturally)", Williams's 1972 album that was re-titled "The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)" for its UK release. From the liner notes for the 2002 CD: From the liner notes for the original album: The Other