| “Lilac Wine” | ||
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| Single by Elkie Brooks from the album Pearls |
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| Released | January 1978 | |
| Recorded | 1978 | |
| Genre | Rock/Pop | |
| Length | 3:54 | |
| Label | A&M Records | |
| Writer(s) | James Shelton | |
| Producer | Mike Batt | |
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| Song by Jeff Buckley | |||||
| Album | Grace | ||||
| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Format | CD, LP | ||||
| Recorded | Bearsville Recording Studio, Woodstock, NY (Fall 1993) | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:32 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Producer | Jeff Buckley Andy Wallace |
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"Lilac Wine" is a song written by James Shelton. Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder 25 February 1945 in Broughton, Salford) is an English singer formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later Pearls is an album by Elkie Brooks. Background With the relative disappointment of her previous album Live and Learn A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Michael Philip Batt (born 6 February 1949 in Southampton, England) is a British based Songwriter, Musician, producer A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17 1966 – May 29 1997 raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist He was the son An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Grace is the first and only complete studio album by Jeff Buckley, released on August 23, 1994 (see 1994 in music) A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio A gramophone A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17 1966 – May 29 1997 raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist He was the son Andy Wallace is a Grammy Award -winning music studio engineer with a long track record of successful productions beginning with the early 1980s production of the Grace is the first and only complete studio album by Jeff Buckley, released on August 23, 1994 (see 1994 in music) " Last Goodbye " is the third track on Grace by the singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley. " So Real " is song #5 on Jeff Buckley 's 1994 album Grace. It was covered by Eartha Kitt (1953), by Judy Henske on her first, self-named album (1963), by Nina Simone on her album Wild Is The Wind (1966), was a solo hit by Elkie Brooks and appeared on her album Pearls and later by Jeff Buckley on his début album Grace (1994). Eartha Mae Kitt (born on January 17 1927) is an American actress, Singer, and Cabaret star Judy Henske (born 20 December 1936 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) is an American singer and songwriter once known as "the Queen of the Beatniks " Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time Wild Is the Wind is Singer / Pianist / Songwriter Nina Simone 's (1933-2003 sixth album under record company Philips. Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder 25 February 1945 in Broughton, Salford) is an English singer formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later Pearls is an album by Elkie Brooks. Background With the relative disappointment of her previous album Live and Learn Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17 1966 – May 29 1997 raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist He was the son Grace is the first and only complete studio album by Jeff Buckley, released on August 23, 1994 (see 1994 in music) It was covered live by Sarah Slean in 1997[1], More recently, the song was covered by Katie Melua on her debut album Call Off the Search (2003). Sarah Hope Slean (born on 21 June 1977) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, painter, and Photographer from Pickering Call Off the Search is the debut Album by Georgian-born British Jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, released in 2003 (see 2003
Jeff Buckley considered Simone's to be the definitive interpretation of the song, stating, "I've only heard Nina Simone's. . . And that's the only one that matters. There's one by Eartha Kitt. There's one by Elkie Brooks, which I've never, ever heard. There's another one. They've done it, but Nina does it best. That's the end all of it. That's the be all end all version. She's the king. " [2]
The only artist to have major chart success with the song was Elkie Brooks in 1978 and the song remains closely associated with her, especially in the UK. Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder 25 February 1945 in Broughton, Salford) is an English singer formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later
Lyrics
The lyrics describe the heady feeling of being in love, of being "hypnotised by a strange delight". The narrator remembers being in love, and is reminded of it by drinking lilac wine he (or she) made at the time.
Notes
- ^ concert in Toronto, September 20, 1997
- ^ Jeff Buckley FAQ
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