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The original 25-minute version of the piece was first performed by the Music Now Ensemble, conducted by Bryars, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in December 1972, and recorded for Brian Eno's Obscure label in 1975. In 1990 the Gavin Bryars ensemble recorded a 60-minute version in a restored water-tower in Bourges, France, for Les Disques du Crepuscule.
Broken English is the seventh studio album by English singer Marianne Faithfull. It was released on 2 November 1979 by Island Records. The album marked a major comeback for Faithfull after years drug abuse, homelessness and anorexia. It is often regarded as her definitive recording, and Faithfull herself described it as her "masterpiece".
Co-writer Barry Reynolds released his own version of the song on his 1982 solo album I Scare Myself. A version by English dance music group Sunscreem was released in late 1992 and reached No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1993, from their debut album O 3. [16] The song was also covered by the industrial band Schaft on the album Switchblade.
An alternate promotional 12-minute music video was also created, which was directed by Derek Jarman and features the tracks "Witches Song", "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" and "Broken English" and features Faithfull walking around the centre of London while the songs play one after another the background - the Broken English segment is interspersed ...
The Village Voice named this cover the worst song of the 2000s. [142] NME also included it on its list of the worst songs of the 2000s [143] and Ultimate Classic Rock highlighted the song in its Terrible Classic Rock Covers series. [144] The Village Voice's scathing review of the cover is archived and displayed on Mitchell's website. [145]
Bill Jesse Shirley (July 6, 1921 – August 27, 1989) was an American actor and tenor/lyric baritone singer who later became a Broadway theatre producer. He is perhaps best known as the speaking and singing voice of Prince Phillip in Walt Disney's 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty and for dubbing Jeremy Brett's singing voice in the 1964 film version of My Fair Lady.
It was this version that Elvis Presley heard, and made him want to record it himself. [1] On May 5, 1971, Elvis recorded it—along with the Imperials (as backup singers)—and was released as a single. It became the title track of his 1972 Grammy Award-winning album He Touched Me. [2] In 1972, due to Elvis' version of the song being popular.
Doris Mae Akers (May 21, 1923 – July 26, 1995) [1] was an American gospel music composer, arranger and singer who is considered to be "one of the most underrated gospel composers of the 20th century [who] wrote more than 500 songs". [2]