A Song For You - Leon Russell, Donny Hathaway, Amy Winehouse, & Karen Carpenter
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2017
- The work of Leon Russell inspired many musicians. His 1971 'A Song For You' has been covered by over 200 artists including Donny Hathaway, Amy Winehouse, & Karen Carpenter. In a place where there's no space and time they might have come together and perhaps it would have sounded like this.
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Leon Russel was not underrated as some people would have us believe. His songs, like "Superstar" and "Song for You," very famous and covered by a lot of artists including himself.
Didn't know he wrote the George Benson hit, "This Masquerade." What a great songwriter.
He wasn't underrated so much as underappreciated imo. He was hugely popular among people with any musical knowledge and appreciation. I saw him in '72 or '73.
Johnboy33545 I agree wholeheartedly 🙏
Does anyone know if George Benson wrote any original material? @@danehlers9989
I miss Leon so much
they all bring their own magic to this song but Donny will always blow me away.
Anidio
I like The Temptations version better
definately
I don't care for the oversinging version of Mr. Hathaway on this song. Putting notes where they just don't belong. Donnie sure can sing though. I prefer the original Leon Russell's version cuz it's more intimate and personal sounding, like a man who is playing it for a single person who he's loved and maybe lost. ❤
Is Donny Hathaway singing here? His death was so tragic. I understand he committed suicide.
My favorite is Leon Russel's version of this song.
Leon said he didn't want to write 'pop' music. He wanted to write 'Standards', music that would endure the test of time. Leon succeeded! Love Karen Carpenter's cover and Donny Hathaway's cover is a GEM!
No argue!No one can beat an angel named Karen Anne Carpenter...Period
It’s only that when I got older did I gain a appreciation for songs like this. I am 75 now and this is the first time I really listen to this masterpiece. I have listened to about 7 different singers sing it. Leon’s heart and soul is in this song and Ray Charles did it only as he can. I feel and a 75 year old guy can still get emotional and shed a tear. Thank you Leon Russell and Rest In Peace in the arms of the one that gave you to us.
I’m confused as to who wrote it / Leon or Hathaway? Most beautiful words ever.
Leon Russell wrote this song. Many have sang it. Well.
I like all the versions, but I agree. Karen Carpenter's voice is special 💖. Leon sings it pretty well too.
Leon's song has stood the test of time. Thanks for sharing
Leon was an incredible producer, producing some of the greatest hits of the early 60s. He puts his own distinctive mark on every song he produces.
I have been to a lot of live performances. I seen Leon 4 times
The 4 best performances I have ever seen. All others were a distant 2nd. The best love song writer of all time. My favorite artist of all time . RIP Leon. You have left much art for us to enjoy.
Which other love songs has he written, which I might be surprised to know he did?
Moo Moo Puppy... his song THIS MASQUERADE, sung by George Benson, won Best Record Of The Year Grammy in 1976.
HUMMINGBIRD, covered by BB King.
DELTA LADY, by Joe Cocker
SUPERSTAR by The Carpenters
I believe it was my second concert ever (first being Stevie Wonder) was Leon & Mary Russell as the opener for Three Dog Night!
Leon will be always the greatest of all.
Saw him in Marietta, GA a few weeks before he passed. What a great performance. Played his classics... We're all on the tightrope...
Leon Russell..I remember this great 💎
Leon Russell you are the best and in my ❤️🙏😎
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. This is Leon's song....
MY Favorite Musician 50 years ago. My favorite Musician Today. And still learning just how good Leon really Was!
For me it is Donny Hathaway and Karen Carpenter! Thank you Leon for writing such a powerful and enduring song!
Leon Russell wrote this masterpiece from a personal experience. Fabulous! Karen Carpenter’s version takes you to a place where there’s no place or time. It’s not just her amazing vocals : it touches your soul! One of my favourite songs ever!
This is one of my favorite songs. Especially when it is sung by contralto voices like Karen Carpenter, Amy Winehouse and Diana Krall. That said, the tune and the words are by Leon Russell, nonetheless, and I am so happy Russell shared it with us. I do recall visiting RUclips to listen to this tune one time and saw a very upsetting commenting by one who claimed that Russell was an egomaniac with the line: I've acted out my life in stages with ten thousand people watching. I am writing this to say, just read the lyrics again. Any popular musician like Russell will having many 10,000 people looking on his life. And that is the point of the song. Russell very much was and is still enjoyed for his public side, that public side that he shared with us. And this song proclaims his private side (I have mine, and hope everyone else does too) to that special one, to just "listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding."
Joe in Midwest I also hate it when jerks that don"t know what they're talking about make false & ignorant comments. I know Leon was a very humble, kind, thoughtful & loving man & I hope you set that jerk straight.
You are correct and spoke this so beautifully. He was a unique and wonderful songwriter and singer
Leon's Music comes from the Heart and Soul no room for Ego a very Special Human Being 🥰
Whoever the douche that made that comment has no clue about sh*t! Leon was an introvert. His only extroversion was when he performed and even then he usually took a back seat to everyone else on stage with him. One of the true greats and few apostles in the pantheon of music
I love this song. I've loved it FOREVER. I heard it as a little girl listening to Donny Hathaway and the live album by Betty Wright. Both thanked Leon for such a beautiful song. Hearing Leon's original version about 20 plus years ago whew! Just a good song ... The best voices have recorded this masterpiece ... You feel the lyrics.
I agree with the song’s writer. Donny Hathaway’s version is by FAR the best.
I'm an Amy fan. But the only people who do this song justice is Karen and Donny.
Donny Hathaway version will always be better than anyone elses
Well it certainly is the top 3, Karen and Leon may argue with you.
I'd have to say Leon was the best.When he sang it, it came straight from the heart.
Karen!
Nobody and I mean NOBODY sings it better then Karen Carpenter
@@zigman8550 Absolutely. Hathaway over sings it i think. And Winehouse well..
Wonderful
The first time I saw Leon was at Cayo carnival in key west!
Will always love his music especially
A SONG FOR YOU!!
Heard this and thinking of my wire Judy...she passed July 14th.... you are out of pain now....luv ya
I love this song so much and there have been so many great covers by artists like Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Christina Aguilera, but this is the first time that I have ever heard this mix Wow it just goes to show that a great song will always be around and appreciated. 🎶🎵
Absolute magic ...irreplaceable masters of music
Simply beautiful
it just brings a tear 2 my eye im a fan from way back an all that's sang it I remember
Love Donny Hathaway
Karen's reading and Richard's arrangements is the definitive one
Definately! They don't just sing a song, they own a song as if they wrote it, the feeling is so much their and richard and karen really bring that out.
Sublime!
Totally agree!
Also hope to hear mashup of Lalah and Donny Hathaway someday.
He wrote Superstar which Karen Carpenter nailed. Leon was brilliant.
@Dbo83 and rita Coolidge
@@agall1013 no. Not Rita..but Bonnie and Leon.
Delaney and Leon. Bonnie got credit for contractual reasons.
I didn't know that... No wonder I loved that song so much... So many things to keep learning here in old age
I think she owns Superstar along with Luther Vandross. Karen had a once in a lifetime voice though
I love singing this song... Especially that special line that many of you mentioned. To me this song describes a deep love and vulnerable intimacy. Loved it from the first time I heard Leon sing it. 🎵
Donny!!!!
COME BACK LEON, PLEASE!
Dennis EDWARD'S TEMPTATIONS VERSION IS A MASTER PIECE...SOULFUL,PASSION, HARMONY..RIP
Beautiful tribute to Leon and All .. and the Song .. oh what music we have known .. thank you for sharing this medely of voices and souls ..
I saw Leon along with FreddIE King and B.B. in the early 70's about 100 times , Ray Charles version is amazing too. i do this song too, no one can do it without a ton of emotion.
I love Russell11
THERE IS NO SPACE AND TIME FOR OUR LOVE
Leon said he thought the artist Mr Hathaway, did the best recording of his song. Song for You, written by Leon, was recorded by over 200 different people.
My favorite is Willie Nelson’s version. Just a man and his guitar singing a love song to his audience
I read somewhere that Mr. Russell was a classically trained pianist.
Great but they left out some of my favorite lines: "and if my words don't come together, listen to the melody. My love's in there, hiding"♡
those are the most important words in the song.... i cant comprehend why anyone would change or alter these words... its a song for you.... not a song to you.... so disrespectful.....
Brian Guilliaux There is a video of Leon from 1971 on RUclips singing the song and he sings "to you." But all other recordings I've seen or heard he sings "for you."
all it takes is a hard-working genius
Best Song Ever!
Beautiful!
Lovely! Thank you!
Beautiful just beautiful
Wow now this is awesome work
Karen❤️
Damn this is nice!!!
Miss you
Oh my, it does for me. Hope that this can be purchased
Ray Charles also did a great cover of this song, both in the studio and live in concert.
somehow this mix up editing showed the best vocal and musical arrangement ...carpenters
YEAH DAD I AM CRYING FOR YOU NOW
Interesting mash-up, Mr. King.
Wonderful "Sound Collage." Great idea and well executed - very smooth transitions - the crowd sounds and different breaks make for a really cool mental picture of what might have been. Excellent.
"smooth transitions"?? Lol
Never knew a Hill Billy wrote such a soulful song. I know Donny Hathaway’s version since I was a teen.
Much respect to Mr. Russell and Mr. Hathaway.
Leon was hardly a hill billy.
Well..he was from a Oklahoma...lol.
yeah you folks are the best I miss you dad
Miss Leon.
You were a good friend of ours...
I know this is not going to be a popular opinion but I really like Amy winehouse vocals are obscured a bit so you get the feeling which transpires. I’ve spent many night crying to this song. The pain needs to get out for her to keep going. Just hearing the karen version song. Love the horns. I’ve always preferred sound/rnb But yeah this is what heartbreak does. Keep you up all night. One love y’all. Just a beautiful song. Thank you Leon Russell
YEAH YOU FOLKS I MISS YOU DAD
The carpenters version was also great for that arrangement & Sax
the best ....
Carpenter's was the definitive version.
John, thank you for putting this together. What memories! But did you have to show their birth and death dates at the end? I was already crying just from the words of the song...
Love this song.... Love these people.
Not quite sure I love this mix as is melded together ....too many decades the brain won't allow arriving in one space and time at the same listening
UH-MAZING.
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC YOU LEFT ME
Leon's is the best version
A huge song by Leon Russel , Donny made it immortal, nevertheless, the true deep feelings of love in it I heard in the version of Steffen Morrison though.
Karen Carpenter The Best
wowza.. good editing... pretty good song huh?
Are we seriously not going to mention Claudia Linnear? One of the greatest backing singers of all time, she is also a beautiful and intelligent human being. You would have to be made of stone not to be smitten by her.
A gorgeous woman for sure. She was one of the Ikettes for awhile.
@@mizzury54 she sure was. Also the Stones, David Bowie, Joe Cocker and more.
Then becomes an educator who speaks 5 languages.
Thank you! She’s a legend!
Donny sings it so sexy and full of heart! Amy's is nice! Of course Karen's is beautiful.
Kathi McDonald 1948- 2012
Gypsy Lights
Karen Carpenter sets the standard for this Leon cover. Absolutely sublime, nobody comes close.
Respectfully disagree Donny Hathaway owns this one to me anyway.
Also respectfully disagree. Donny's is the best. Karen's version is good tho
I am a Carpenter fan, so I would have to concur.
Give over, Ray Charles and Donny Hathaway.
@@rayward54 Hathaway over sings it, his voice does not have the depth of emotion to sing this particular song imo! Ray i have not heard. So no opinion on his version.
I REMEMBER YOU MY DAD
Karen is the shit outside of Leon.
Love em all except Winehouse. Don't think she did the beauty of the song justice. Donny Hathaway's take is gorgeous. Leon nails it.
Leon did it best…but I love them all❤
All wonderful covers of this great song, but i would have to say Richard Carpenters arrangement sung by the beautiful Karen Carpenter is the top of the tree for me.
He wrote this song to Rita Coolidge.❤
Leon, and only Leon could do his song justice. The way he sang the song came directly from his heart. Other artists purchased rights to the song, but the song is a empty shell when they sing it for monetary profits only. Mr. Russell may have been only a studio musician to these so called "stars", but Leon really really was the star.
so true mikejesh, so so true my brother, well said!
No doubt, Leon sang it best. But he was WAY more than a studio musician, friend.
I disagree. I believe Donny matched the soul power that Leon showed.
The music and the melody belong to Leon. And I thank him for sharing. And I love hearing it sung by many others who share their renditions of this heartfelt song. 8-)
I've never heard the Leon Russel take on the song. My own encounter with it came by the way of Donny Hathaway's version, as well as his daughter's version, which is equally affecting, though in a different way. The Amy Winehouse version does nothing for me.
I like Leon's original best RIP , then Lalah Hathaway , and then the singer Kodi Lee from AGT
Who wrote this masterpiece of music ?? 🎶💕
Karen, had a voice that touches my soul, her ability to use her voice as her instrument 🙏💕🎶
Leon wrote it
Lara Price also sings a pretty descent cover of this masterpiece. . . :>/
Merry Clayton owns the song
Leon, ci hai regalato questo CAPOLAVORO❤️
Are all the singers here passed away? Along with Ray Charles. Maybe it's the curse of the line, when my life is over ..
NICE SAX
i was sing my song to dady as marlin monroe to kennedy
Did he write this song?
Has anyone heard Sim[ply Red's version of this?
Wow, I’ll have to look into this one
The Carpenters is the best: the sax solo, accompanied by the piano... And Karen singing.
YOu keep showing the blonde in the red dressand that is Miss Kathi McDonald standing next to Claudia Lennear. Both awesome singers in their own rights...
Ray Charles el mejor con diferncia