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"On My Own" is a duet by American singers Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald. It was written and produced by Burt Bacharach and his then-wife Carole Bayer Sager and originally recorded by singer Dionne Warwick for inclusion on her album Friends (1985).
"On My Own" is a solo from the 1980 musical Les Misérables for the part of Éponine. Beginning in the key of D major, modulating to Bb major , then ending in F major, this is the most important song for the role of Éponine.
This and the "Finale", into which it flows without pause, are sometimes counted as one song. The combination is often known as "The Epilogue" (as the musical also has a Prologue). Fantine and Éponine come to welcome him into salvation. "Valjean's Death" borrows the tune from "Fantine's Death" and "On My Own", and towards the end, "Bring Him Home".
From Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Adele and classics like Etta James and Otis Redding, Insider ranked the best romantic songs across the decades. The 60 best love songs of all time, ranked Skip to ...
After lyrics were written for "Misty", Dakota Staton was the first to record the song in 1957. [6] A number of artists also recorded the song, [10] but it was the recording by Sarah Vaughan that drew greater attention to it. Sarah Vaughan recorded the song in a July 1958 Paris session, with an arrangement by Quincy Jones for her album Vaughan ...
The song was written and produced by the trio, and charted well worldwide. It reached No.1 in Israel and Mexico, No.2 in Canada, as well as reaching No. 69 in the UK Singles Chart. "On My Own" was also their only hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 39 on the week ending October 11, 1997. [6]
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Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records head A&R man, Calvin Carter, brought back "Make It Easy on Yourself" from a trip to New York City where he scouted song publishers.Carter played the demo, featuring Dionne Warwick's vocal, for Vee-Jay artist Jerry Butler who commented: "Man, it's a great song, and the girl who's singing it, and the arrangement, is a hit."