Sunday, December 25, 2016

BEFORE IT WAS A HIT: It Must Have Been Love. This segment will resume in January 2017.
BEFORE IT WAS A HIT SONG
These songs are well known but you may not know about the earlier attempts to score a hit record with prior versions of the same song.
It Must Have Been Love
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"It Must Have Been Love" was featured in the film 'Pretty Woman'. Roxette enjoyed worldwide success in 1990 with the ballad, topping charts in America, Europe, Canada and Australia. In Britain, the single peaked at #3. It was written by Per Gessle, the male half of the duo.
Pretty Woman OST.jpgThe original version of the song - also recorded by Roxette- was a Christmas themed track. Cut back in 1987, it was released in time for that year's Yuletide season. The single was entitled "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)" and made the Top 5 on the Swedish chart. It was not issued elsewhere until the duo had notched up hits internationally. Associated with the box office hit film starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts 3 years later, this time the disc was embraced by the public.
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Each new song will be added to the spotify playlist named: ‘Before It Was A Hit Song’.  You can check out the previous earlier / original versions of the hit songs you know and love.
The playlist and other Caffe` Latte` selections can be found at:
spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte

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