Donderdag is de Amerikaanse songwriter Cynthia Weil op 82-jarige leeftijd overleden. Samen met haar echtgenote Barry Mann, met wie ze 62 jaar getrouwd was, was ze verantwoordelijk voor verschillende grote wereldhits. Ter nagedachtenis aan haar talent zetten we hieronder haar 10 grootste Top 40-hits op een rij.
1. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (1965 / 1988)
(Phil Spector / Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
* stond in 1965 tezamen genoteerd met de covers van Cilla Black en Trea Dobbs
You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips
You're trying hard not to show it
But, baby, baby, I know it
You've lost that lovin' feelin'
Whoa, that lovin' feelin'
You've lost that lovin' feelin'
Now it's gone, gone, gone
2. Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believin' (1972)
(Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
* eerder opgenomen door Bobby Vee en B.J. Thomas
I just can't help believin'
When she's whispering her magic
And her tears are shining honey, sweet with love
This time the girl is gonna stay
This time the girl is gonna stay
For more than just a day
3. Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville - Don't Know Much (1989)
(Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil / Tom Snow)
* eerder opgenomen door Bill Medley en Bette Midler
Look at this face
I know the years are showing
Look at this life
I still don't know where it's going
I don't know much
But I know I love you
And that may be
All I need to know
4. Armand Van Helden - My My My (2004)
(Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil / Armand Van Helden / Gary Wright / Andreas S. Jensen / Joe Killington)
* bewerking van Comin' Apart van Gary Wright
My, my, my
How'd we ever get this way
Where's it gonna go
My, my, my
How we gonna make it through it
What's it gonna take to do it
5. Guys 'n' Dolls - Mamacita (1977)
(Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
* eerder opgenomen door The Grass Roots
Ma-ma-ma-mamacita
She'll break your heart when you need her
She's so sweet you can eat her
Ma-ma-ma-mamacita
6. Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross - All Of You (1984)
(Cynthia Weil / Julio Iglesias / Tony Renis)
All of you, your body and soul
Every kind of love you can express
All the secret dreams you've never told
I want everything and I'll take nothing less
7. Hanson - I Will Come To You (1997)
(Isaac Hanson / Taylor Hanson / Zac Hanson / Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
When you have no light to guide you
And no one to walk beside you
I will come to you
Oh, I will come to you
When the night is dark and stormy
You won't have to reach out for me
I will come to you
Oh, I will come to you
8. Glennis Grace - I'm Gonna Be Strong(1994)
(Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
* eerder opgenomen door Frankie Laine, Gene Pitney, Blue Angel en Cyndi Lauper
I'm gonna be strong
And stand as tall as I am
Yes, I'm gonna be strong
And let you run along
And I take it like a man
9. The Animals - We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965)
(Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil)
We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there's a better life for me and you
10. Lionel Richie - Running With The Night(1983)
(Lionel Richie / Cynthia Weil)
We were running with the night
Playing in the shadows
Just you and I
Till the morning light
We were running
Running with the night
