Quite Please. there’s a lady on the stage - Peter Allen
Peter came up with the title for this song during at a cabaret performance of the singer Julie Wilson. Peter sat next to a table of rude patrons who kept talking while Ms. Wilson sang. Peter, who admired Julie, slipped a note to the chattering class that read: “Quiet please, there’s a lady on stage.”
Julie Wilson, a singer in the cabaret world over the past few decades led her to be called “The Queen of Cabaret,”
She died in 2015 at the age of 90.
Peter dedicated this song to Judy Garland.
Donna Fargo wrote a song about leaving home.
All the angst and trepidation involved when cutting the strings from those who raised us.
Time to go out on our own, forging a life for ourselves, without our parents being there every minute to guide us.
Little Girl Gone - Donna Fargo
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who’ll Stop The Rain
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Bill Anderson wrote this song as a tribute to his mother; in his words - “my mother inspired me so much as a youngster by singing the old hymns and gospel songs around the house”
I never had a mother who inspired me, so songs like this make me wistful for such lack.
Mama Sang a Song - Bill Anderson
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Last Dance With Mary Jane
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Don’t Come Around Here No More
“Saved by the bell” by Robin Gibb is a sad song of his woman having lost her love for him but miraculously found her way back to the man who would give her everything she wants and needs.
At least that is what Robin hopes will happen.
Robin writes about how he “died for you” and is now walking down “heartbreak lane.”
Saved By The Bell - Robin Gibb