Folks, do I have a bunch of pop stars on my playlist for this show! The sky is the limit, so enjoy the enchanting beauty of the stars during the next ninety minutes!
| Title | Artist | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Another Star | Stevie Wonder | “Another Star” is the closing track on Stevie Wonder’s landmark double album Songs in the Key of Life, released in 1976. While Stevie Wonder plays most of the instruments himself, he is assisted by 10 different musicians, including Bobbi Humphrey, named Best Female Instrumentalist in 1976, playing the flute at the end, Dominican drummer and timbales player Hungría Carmelo Garcia, and George Benson, credited as guitar and background vocals, who takes over on the lead vocal scatting at about 6:37 for over a minute and half until the fade. |
| Shining Star | Earth, Wind & Fire | “Shining Star” by Earth, Wind & Fire was written by band members “Reese” Maurice White and Philip Bailey and released in 1975. |
| Starz In Their Eyes | Just Jack | “Starz In Their Eyes” by Just Jack (Jack Allsopp), was released in 2007. The song is about the celebrity machine. |
| Gonna Make You a Star | David Essex | “Gonna Make You A Star” written and recorded by David Essex, was released in 1974 and produced by Jeff Wayne. Throughout his early teens David Essex was training at West Ham as a schoolboy player dreaming of becoming a footballer. |
| Emma (1993 Version) | Hot Chocolate | “Emma” by British soul band Hot Chocolate, is a tear-jerker telling the story of an aspiring actress who commits suicide and tied to the death of frontman Errol Brown’s mother, aged 38. |
| Pearl’s a Singer | Elkie Brooks | Elkie Brooks also known as frontwoman of the group Vinegar Joe, covered “Pearl’s a Singer”, written and initially recorded by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller as Dino & Sembello in 1974. |
| Candle In The Wind | Elton John | This Sir Elton John’s tribute to Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson), a famous actress and sex symbol who died of a drug overdose in 1962. The “candle in the wind” represents her short, but eventful life. In 1990 Elton John dedicated it to Ryan White, one of the first high-profile AIDS patients, who got the disease from a blood transfusion and died at age 18. Elton’s lyricist, Bernie Taupin, rewrote the lyrics from “Goodbye Norma Jeane” to “Goodbye England’s Rose,” after the 36-year-old princess Diana, was killed in a car accident in1997. |
| You’re Gorgeous | Babybird | You’re Gorgeous is Babybird’s (aka Stephen Jones) biggest hit and the track that he is best known for. However the song, which many understood to be a besotted love song, is frequently misinterpreted. Jones told The Sheffield Telegraph November 5, 2009: “I can’t tell people how to interpret the song, but the song’s actually about male photographers who want to use women to sell things using sex.” |
| Star Star | The Rolling Stones | The highly controversial song “Star Star” by The Rolling Stones, released in 1973, could be directed at groupies (a word coined by ‘Stones basist Bill Wyman) in general but could also be about Carly Simon, whom at the time of this song Mick Jagger had a relationship with 9 months before and she moved to Hollywood, which is mentioned in a line from this song. |
| Sky and Sand | Paul & Fritz Kalkbrenner | “Sky and Sand” is a song by German electronic music producers Paul Kalkbrenner and Fritz Kalkbrenner. The song was originally produced as the title song of the German movie Berlin Calling written and directed by Hannes Stöhr. It was first released on the Berlin Calling movie soundtrack album in October 2008 and in February 2009 as a single. |
| Castles in the Sky (feat. Marsha) | Ian Van Dahl | Ian van Dahl is a music project of Christophe Chantzis and Erik Vanspauwen. ‘Castles in the Sky’, released in 2000, was co-written by Belgian singer-songwriter Martine D. J. Theeuwen, better known as Marsha. The name Ian van Dahl is derived from the names Jan Vandaal (Average Joe) and British author Roald Dahl. |
| Sky High | Jigsaw | “Sky High” by British band Jigsaw, was composed by band members Clive Scott and Des Dyer. It was released as a single in 1975 and was the main title theme to the film The Man from Hong Kong (also known as The Dragon Flies), which is a martial arts espionage film that combined elements from James Bond and Bruce Lee movies. |
| Seven Horses in the Sky | The Pebbles | “Seven Horses in the Sky” by The Pebbles was written by Fred Bekky and Bob Bobott, both the singers and guitarists of the band. The psychedelic lyrics describe seven purple horses racing in a green pouring sky. Originally called “The Fredstones”, they changed their name on advice of Norman Petty. |
| Iron Sky | Paolo Nutini | “Iron Sky” by Paolo Nutini,released in 2014, urges politicians to turn modern fears “into freedom.” Nutini stated one of the inspirations came from movies by Fritz Lang, like Metropolis. The song features a sample from Charlie Chaplin’s speech in his Hitler–lampooning 1940s film, The Great Dictator (“You are not machines! You are not cattle!”). An enthusiastic Adele once tweeted after seeing Nutini’s performance at Abbey Road Studios: “This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my life, hands down.” (https://youtu.be/ELKbtFljucQ?feature=shared). |
| Skyfall | ADELE | The track, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London was the first Bond theme to win an Oscar. |
| Skybird | Neil Diamond | “Skybird” by Neil Diamond features on the “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” Original Motion Picture Sound Track. It is a song that encapsulates the beauty of dreams, the courage to embark on a personal journey, and the power to inspire others. |
| star Wars’ Title Theme | Meco | Meco, the man who took movie music to the dance floor, released in 1977 a medley of “Star Wars Theme” & “Cantina Band” composed by John Williams. Domenico Monardo’s parents were of Italian descent and all of his family called him by the common Italian nickname for Domenico – which is – Meco. |
| Starlight Dancer | Kayak | “Starlight Dancer” by Dutch band Kayak was released in 1977. The lyrics are very adventurous and fit with a fighting spirit to achieve exceptional result. |
| Counting Stars | One Republic | OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder started writing “Counting Stars” in New York but finished it on the Greek island of Santorini. |
| Drops of Jupiter | Train | Train lead singer Pat Monahan revealed that the song is about the death of his mother, not about reincarnation as such, but about the idea that no one ever really leaves us. |
| Les etoiles | Melody Gardot | The soulful jazz composition “Les Etoiles” by Melody Gardot was released in 2009. Gardot found solace in the beauty of the night sky with the stars or Les Etoiles. At the age of 19, Gardot was hit by an SUV and sustained head, spinal, and pelvic injuries. Confined to a hospital bed for a year, she needed to relearn simple tasks and was left oversensitive to light and sound. Music played a critical role in her recovery. She became an advocate of music therapy, She speaks fluent French in addition to her native English and considers herself a “citizen of the world” |
| Blue Spanish Sky | Chris Isaak | “Blue Spanish Sky” is a romantic ballad by Chris Isaak, reminding him about the “deep blue ocean” and the “warm summer breeze”. |
| England Skies | Shake Shake Go | Shake Shake Go is an indie-pop band formed in London by singer Poppy Jones, guitarist Virgile Rozand and drummer Kilian Saubusse. |
Sources
The information sources of the song facts include, but are not limited to, Wikipedia, songfacts.com, discogs.com, secondhandsongs.com, YouTube and artists’ related websites.
