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Vikki Carr - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
about 1 year ago
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    How Am I Supposed To Live Without You

Crank those speakers up and hear Vikki's unforgettable version ofHow Am I Supposed To Live Without You. One of my favorites!

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JOLLY OLD ST NICHOLAS /UP ON THE HOUSETOP
about 1 year ago
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    Firestone Presents Your Christmas Favorites Vol. 7 LP
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    JOLLY OLD ST NICHOLAS - UP ON THE HOUSETOP

Here's a special Christmas song Vikki recorded for Firestone Presents Your Christmas Favorites Vol. 7 LP withOrchestrations by Irwin Kostal

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Mala Suerte
about 1 year ago

This video features Mala Suerte (Bad Luck) Vikki's single climbed to # 4 on the Billboard Latin Pop charts, and earning Gold Records for the LP "Esos Hombres" (Those Men)in the US and abroad. Yuri and Ana Gabriel also appear in the video with Vikki. Thanksyoryi1960 for sharing this classic hit with us!

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PUTTIN' MYSELF IN YOUR HANDS (GETTIN' READY TO MOVE)
about 1 year ago
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    Produced by Gene McDaniels
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    Puttin' Myself In Your Hands (Gettin' Ready to Move)

Vikki Carr single from Columbia Records (US), with Gene McDanielsproducing this "disco single".

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Vikki Carr "The Prayer" (English & Spanish) Concluding post on this item.
about 1 year ago
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    The Vikki Carr Christmas Album
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    The Prayer (English & Spanish)
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The songwriting team of David Foster and Carol Bayer Sager wrote “The Prayer” as part of the 1998 animated film “Quest For Camelot.” This song won a 1999 Golden Globe Award for Best Song and was nominated for a 1999 Oscar Award for Best Song. Singers such as Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli have recorded this song. However, the most noteworthy recording is this far superior version by Vikki Carr,...

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Vikki Carr Sings "Mary Did You Know"
about 1 year ago
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This song was originally written by Christian comedian Mark Lowry shortly before he joined the Gaither Vocal Band in 1984. He had been working on a script for a play in which he wrote questions he had always wanted to ask the Virgin Mary. Six years later, Buddy Greene wrote the lyrics and the song became literally an overnight sensation. More than 30 artists have recorded this song, from Kenny ...

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Vikki Carr sings "I Still Believe In Christmas"
about 1 year ago
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In 1968, Vikki Carr was entrusted with recording the very first recording of this piece for famous series of recordings sponsored by the Firestone Tire Company. With music by Edward Thomas and lyrics by Martin Charnin, this song expresses a love of everything good and beautiful about the Christmas season. In this second version as in the first, Vikki Carr has become, for all of us, our special ...

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Vikki Carr Sings "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
about 1 year ago
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A year after Bing Crosby enjoyed his success with “White Christmas,” he began performing another song which tugged on the nation’s heart strings. In 1943, Walter Kent, Kim Gannon and Buck Ram wrote a song which identifies perfectly with the extreme longings men in the armed forces feel wherever they may be at the time. Besides Bing Crosby, Perry Como also made a recording of this emotional song...

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Vikki Carr Sings "What Child Is This" In Spanish and English
about 1 year ago
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    The Vikki Carr Christmas Album
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    What Child Is This - (spanish & english)
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Queen Elizabeth I danced to it and William Shakespeare mentioned the lovely tune known as “Greensleeves” in his play “The Merry Wives of Windsor” but this song is actually much older. It was licensed for the first time to a Mr. Richard Jones in 1580 who described it as a Northern ditty of the Lady Greensleeves but even this isn’t the correct year. The original lyrics were set as a love poem. It...

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Hooray Ory!
about 1 year ago
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WOW! Give it up for "Ory":http://mog.com/ORY everyone. Ory has single-handedly made "Vikki Carr":http://mog.com/music/Vikki_Carr the Top Artist This Month. Bigger than M.I.A. and Bob Dylan. I admire Ory's devotion to this artist. I had no idea who Vikki Carr was until today. I went out and listened to a few tracks and some aren't that bad. I like the older stuff better. Not quite my tas...

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Vikki Carr The Ultimate Collection
about 1 year ago
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For those of you who may only know Vikki Carr from her 1970's recordings, this collection introduces us to someone who could then and can still deliver amazingly convincing performances of a wide spectrum of songs: country, jazz, current and past pop standards as well as Latin favorites. What makes this 3 cd set work is that it also has recordings which have not been available for a while as we...

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Vikki Carr Sings "It Must Be Him" (Belgium 1967)
7 months ago

The music for the rest of this weekend is serving as a tribute to Vikki Carr's 50 years in show business. Carr has always been America's great gift to the world of music. She is a true Renaissance woman and can sing anything under the sun and make old songs sound like newly minted coins. While Saturday may be all Gershwin, it's a tribute to Vikki Carr.This performance of "It Must Be Him" is act...

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Vikki Carr sings "With Pen in Hand" on the Carol Burnett Show
7 months ago

"With Pen in hand," a song by Bobby Goldsboro, has always been one of Vikki Carr's most beautifully poignant hit songs. Originally this and "Honey" were both performed and recorded by Bobby Goldsboro who felt that his songs would sound awful if sung by a woman. Vikki Carr proved him wrong and actually made these songs ring out with authority while never over doing the sentimental nature of the ...

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Vikki Carr Sings "What Child Is This" In Spanish and English
about 1 year ago
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    The Vikki Carr Christmas Album
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    What Child Is This - (spanish & english)
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Queen Elizabeth I danced to it and William Shakespeare mentioned the lovely tune known as “Greensleeves” in his play “The Merry Wives of Windsor” but this song is actually much older. It was licensed for the first time to a Mr. Richard Jones in 1580 who described it as a Northern ditty of the Lady Greensleeves but even this isn’t the correct year. The original lyrics were set as a love poem. It...

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