"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" is a #powerBallad by American #glamMetal band #Poison. It was released in October 1988 as the third single from Poison's second album #OpenUpAndSayAhh. The band's #signatureSong, it is also their only number-one hit in the US, reaching #Billboards #Hot100 top spot on December 24, 1988, for three weeks. It also charted at number 11 on the #MainstreamRock chart.
https://youtu.be/j2r2nDhTzO4

"If You Leave" is a 1986 song by English #electronic band #OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark (OMD). It was recorded for the #soundtrack to the film #PrettyInPink (1986), in which it is played prominently during the final scene. Along with 1980's "#EnolaGay", the track has been described as OMD's #signatureSong. "If You Leave" is the group's highest-charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it reached number 4 in May 1986.
https://youtu.be/EPmTGFg06zA

"Misty" is a #jazzStandard written in 1954 by pianist #ErrollGarner. He composed it as an instrumental in the traditional #32barFormat, and recorded it for the album #Contrasts. Lyrics were added later by #JohnnyBurke. It appeared on #JohnnyMathis' 1959 album #Heavenly, and this recording reached number 12 on the #USPopSingles chart later that year. It has since become the #signatureSong of Mathis. The song has been recorded by many other artists.
https://youtu.be/w8DtI4UgDi8

"Coal Miner's Daughter" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter #LorettaLynn. Considered Lynn's #signatureSong, it was originally released as a single in 1970 and became a number one hit on the #Billboard country chart. It was later released on an #albumOfTheSameName. Produced by #OwenBradley, the song tells the story of Lynn's coal-mining father in rural #Kentucky during the #GreatDepression. Lynn, who was born in 1932.
https://youtu.be/uXedhWyTZBs

"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by #NeilSedaka, co-written by Sedaka and #HowardGreenfield. Sedaka recorded this song twice, in 1962 and 1975, in two significantly different arrangements, and it is considered to be his #signatureSong. Between 1970 and 1975, it was a top-40 hit three separate times for three separate artists: #LennyWelch, #ThePartridgeFamily and Sedaka's second version.
https://youtu.be/_fKEkMd2OwY

"Brown Eyed Girl" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter #VanMorrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for #BangRecords owner and producer #BertBerns, it was released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang label, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song spent a total of sixteen weeks on the chart. It featured #theSweetInspirations singing #backupVocals and is considered to be Van Morrison's #signatureSong.
https://youtu.be/UfmkgQRmmeE

"Waterfalls" is a song by American hip-hop group #TLC. It was written by Marqueze Etheridge and #OrganizedNoize with a verse by TLC's #LisaLeftEyeLopes, for their second album, #CrazySexyCool (1994), with production by Organized Noize. The song was the third single released from the album on May 22, #1995, in the United States, followed by a United Kingdom release on July 24, 1995. Often considered the group's #signatureSong, "Waterfalls" was an international hit.
https://youtu.be/FrLequ6dUdM

"The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" is a #country and #popMusic song written, composed, and recorded by #DonnaFargo. It is written in the voice of a newlywed girl, sung to her new husband. It has since become her #signatureSong.
https://youtu.be/_VQU-_18i80

Song of the Day March 22 2023

In honor of the birth of Stephanie Mills

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Mills

Stephanie Mills - "Home" (from the Original Broadway Score of <i>The Wiz</i>)

https://youtu.be/cnKQN7TF4hQ

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #March22 #StephanieMills #Home #TheWiz #TheWizardOfOz #Dorothy #SignatureSong #MusicVideo #Broadway #1970s #1980s