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Old 01-13-2023, 08:06 PM   #66 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by GD View Post
The Monkees - "I'm a believer"
I knew the song immediately, but I had to look up what it was actually called


David Bowie - "Heroes"
I'm getting the Bowie ones easily but some of the others are giving me trouble
Correct x 2. The Monkees song was written by Neil Diamond, in case you care.
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The Ronettes - "Be My Baby"

The rotating skulls did it for me. "We'll make them turn their heads everywhere we go."
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The Hollies - "He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother)"
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Originally Posted by Saulaac View Post
"He ain't heavy, he's my brother". Don't know the artist. Wild guess, an American. Jimmy Webb!



"I can't live, if living is without youuu"! - The Carpenters?

I'm resisting the urge to look these up. No..musn't..google..them..no..resist..aargh!
Close but not quite. "He Ain't Heavy" was made famous and recorded by The Hollies indeed. "Without You" is not written by, but made famous by Harry Nilsson. Was actually written by guys from the band (snigger) Badfinger.
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Harry Nilsson - "Without You"

The telling lines (for me) in bold above: "But I guess that's just the way the story goes / You always smile, but in your eyes your sorrow shows / Yes, it shows."
You got it
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My guess was The Hollies - but I don't know if Jimmy Webb also recorded it!
It wasn't.
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