Songs with Lyrics by Bob Hilliard - Any Day Now, Our Day Will Come, Civilization, Dear Hearts and Gentle People, Be My Life's Companion, Dearie (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: Any Day Now, Our Day Will Come, Civilization, Dear Hearts and Gentle People, Be My Life's Companion, Dearie, in the Wee Small Hours of the Morning, the Coffee Song, Please Stay, (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai, a Poor Man's Roses, the Autumn Waltz. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "Any Day Now" is the title of a popular song written by songwriters Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard in 1962. The song has been recorded by numerous artists over the years, including notable versions by Chuck Jackson in 1962, Elvis Presley in 1969, and Ronnie Milsap in 1982. Jackson, an R&B singer born in South Carolina in 1937, recorded the first version of the song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it reached number twenty-three in 1962 with the title "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" and spent six weeks in the Top 40. Jackson's version appeared on his album, which was also titled Any Day Now. The song was Jackson's highest charting hit on the US pop chart, and also peaked at number two for three weeks on the Hot Black Sides chart. . Presley recorded a cover version of "Any Day Now" on 21 February 1969 at American Sound studios, Memphis, Tennessee. This version appeared on his acclaimed album of that year, From Elvis in Memphis. Although not released as a single in its own right, the song appeared as the B-side to Presley's #3 US pop hit, "In the Ghetto," which appeared on the same album. Milsap, a popular country / pop singer who is also blind, recorded the most widely known version of the song. It was the lead single from his 1982 album, Inside, and it peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending nine weeks in the Top 40. In addition, this version went to #1 on both the Billboard Hot Cou...http: //booksllc.net/?id=18359287