美國黑人巨星〔狄昂華薇克〕──成人抒情榜冠軍佳作──感人的〔No Night So Long〕

〔No Night So Long〕
An old friend told me that you just ran out of chances,
one too many dances down the narrow street of time.
Remember how we faced the world, like two tramps shining.
Please, dont let that magic ever end.
Dont forget what we learned living on the wind.

No night so long that you cant find the day;
no day so wrong that you cant find your way;
call on me like you used to do,
I still can show you who you are.

That day the long and dusty road had us both crying,
we used up our last joke just to try to smile a again.
And only now I find I know what we were learning,
though its dark and you have traveled far.
Evry long night gives you one bright shining star.

No night so long that you cant find the day;
no day so wrong that you cant find your way;
call on me like you used to do,
I can still show you who you are.

Deep in the night you know that youll find,
deep in the night you know that youll find the way.
No night so long that you cant find the day;
no day so wrong that you cant find your way;
call on me like you used to do,
I still can show you who you are.
No night so long that you cant find the day;
no day so wrong that you cant find your way.

Repeat ad lib and fade...

也是惠妮休士頓的表姐（雖然兩人差了二十三歲）
這位黑人歌手自１９６２年出道後唱出許多名曲
例如〔I Say A Little Prayer〕〔Do You Know the Way to San Jose〕
(如果有看過茱莉亞蘿勃茲〔新娘不是我？？？)的人一定對這兩首歌曲印象深刻)

其中與名作曲家／製作人 Burt Bacharach ＆Hal David的合作最為人津津樂道
狄昂的樂風寬廣

Quiet Storm／Smooth Soul／Pop／Brill Building Pop／Pop-Soul／Adult Contemporary都是其擅長的範疇

１９７２年　狄昂與華納唱片簽約　並與Burt Bacharach ＆Hal David拆夥

結果事業下滑

１９７９年她與Arista片簽約　推出大碟〔Dionne〕

以Richard Kerr & Will Jennings譜寫　貝瑞曼尼洛（Barry Manilow）製作的〔I’ll Never Love This Way Again〕

登上美國榜＃５　銷售超過百萬　專輯成為白金唱片　並拿下葛萊美最佳流行女歌手

讓她的事業成功東山再起

１９８０年　狄昂乘勝追擊　發行〔No Night So Long 〕大碟

首支同名單曲仍由Richard Kerr & Will Jennings譜寫

這是一首高雅的成人流行抒情曲　旋律迷人　詞意優美
歌曲依然維持她高雅的風格　
在悠揚的鋼琴聲中　狄昂以她渾厚結實的女中音循序漸進地演繹出這首感人的抒情佳作
此曲在成人抒情榜得到冠軍　流行榜＃２３　黑人榜＃１９
算是狄昂在８０年代的代表作之一

除了〔I’ll Never Fall In Love Again〕外　在華薇克的抒情曲當中

個人最喜歡的就是〔No Night So Long 〕
推薦這首感人的抒情佳作給各位

Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhRbTsI4Aes&feature=related

(Monte Carlo Show 1980)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TButVWg7Fws&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoFOUYccM3M