The Platters: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

 
A sentimental love song by The Platters.
About the singer: The Platters, one of the most well-known black vocal groups and perhaps the first one that topped the pop charts, was formed in Los Angeles  in 1953. It won such massive popularity among both blacks and whites since its establishment that they claim themselves proudly at [...]

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Homeward Bound: A Song For All Those Who Are Going Home

Spring Festival is drawing near, and time for going home again. These days, many colleagues and friends are racking their brains to scramble for a ticket home, and I really know too well how distracting it is..However, it is Spring Festival–a time for reunion, and we will go home no mater where we are.
 
I’d like [...]

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Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree

The October 14th,1971 edition of New York Post carried a story named Going Home.  On a long-distance bus sat a man who kept silent all along the journey. A young man beside him was curious and kept asking him about him.  The man finally told the young boy his story.  He was once a prisoner [...]

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Giving A Hand

Here’s a story I heard over the radio tonight and would like to share it with you.
 
Sandy Greenberg was an excellent student and was enrolled in the famous Columbia University. He came from a poor family and had to continue his study on scholarship. The competition was fierce and Sandy worked very hard.
 
When he was [...]

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Something About Backstreet Boys: From answers.com

The Backstreet Boys, Singers
Born: 1993
Birthplace: Orlando, Florida
Best Known As: The pop singers of “All I Have to Give” and “I Want It That Way”
The Backstreet Boys won a 1998 Grammy as Best New Artists and became one of the most successful pop music groups of the late 1990s and early ’00s. The quintet’s members are [...]

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An Introduction To Backstreet Boys

Thinking of Backstreet Boys, we may think of many of their classic songs: Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely, Everybody, As Long As You Love Me, Shape Of My Heart, ….just to name a few. The following is an introduction to this band I found on a website:
 
Backstreet Boys
A quintet of hunkalicious singing vocalists, [...]

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Said I loved You But I Lied

Michael Bolton, a cowboy looking man,has made so many fans crazy for him. During his career of over 30 years, he has brought us so many memorable songs. Those songs from his magnetic voice have captured the hearts of numerous young lovers. That famous When A Man Loves A Woman seems still to be echoing [...]

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Against All Odds–Phil Collins

I can feel a trace of despair in Phil Collins’ songs. From Another Day In The Paradise, True Colors,….I like to listen to them when I feel blue, only to find myself more despressed than before. Even so, I still hopelessly love to do so.
The Melancholic man sings with his resonant voice with desperateness, maybe [...]

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Songs That Have Been Part of My Memory

I loved English songs since I was young. Those beautiful songs have become part of my life, part of my past sweet memories.
 
1. Yesterday Once More-The carpenters
 
The first time I heard this song was in junior school. Soon,I was fascinated by its beautiful tunes. Not only did I like the lyrics and melancholic tunes, I [...]

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