YVONNE ELLIMAN
''YVONNE ELLIMAN''
1972
40:08
1/Look at You, Look at Me
Dave Mason/4:12
2/I Would Have Had a Good Time
John Kongos/4:21
3/Can't Find My Way Home
Steve Winwood/3:09
4/Everyday of My Life
David Spinozza/3:50
5/I Don't Know How to Love Him
Tim Rice / Andrew Lloyd Webber/3:32
6/Sugar Babe
Steven Gillis/4:19
7/Nothing Rhymed
Gilbert O'Sullivan/3:36
8/World in Changes
Dave Mason/3:40
9/Interlude for Johnny
Yvonne Elliman/2:01
10/Speak Your Mind
Marc Benno/4:35
11/Heat
Bruce Epstein/2:53
Arranged By/David Spinozza
Bass/Stu Woods, Allan Weighall (Track 5)
Drums/Rick Marotta, Bruce Rowland (Track 5)
Flute/George Young (Track 8)
Guitar/David Spinozza, Hugh McCracken, Louis Stewart (Track 5)
Keyboards /Kenny Ascher
Percussion/Ralph MacDonald (Tracks 3, 12)
Piano/George Butcher (Track 1)
Organ/Peter Robinson (Track 5)
Producer/Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
Conductor/Allan Doggett (Track 5)
BIOGRAPHY
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Yvonne Marianne Elliman born in December 29, 1951.
Yvonne Elliman had a brief moment in the spotlight during the middle of the '70s, yet she appeared on many of the decade's biggest hits as a backing singer. While she was in high school in Hawaii, Elliman sang in a group called We Folk. She moved to London in 1969 and began singing at the Pheasantry folk club, located on Kings Road in Chelsea. It was here that songwriters Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice discovered her. The duo offered her the role of Mary Magdalene in their new rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar; the role brought her instant fame. Elliman played the Magdalene character in the film version of Superstar, for which she won a Golden Globe award; it also gave her a hit with "I Don't Know How to Love Him." The hit single became the title of her debut album, which was released in 1972. Pete Townshend helped Elliman prepare her second album, 1973's Food of Love. During this time, she appeared in the American production of Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway, where she met Bill Oakes, the president of RSO Records; the two married soon afterward. Oakes introduced her to Eric Clapton, inviting her to sing backup vocals on "I Shot the Sheriff." Elliman became part of the guitarist's band afterward; she stayed with him for five years.
She joined RSO's roster in 1975, releasing the Steve Cropper-produced Rising Sun. Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb wrote the title song for Elliman's next album, 1976's Love Me; the song became a U.K. hit, paving the way for her greatest chart success, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The Bee Gees wrote several songs on the soundtrack specifically for Elliman, including the number one single "If I Can't Have You." She never followed through on the song's success -- she released two more albums before becoming solely a session musician.
''YVONNE ELLIMAN''
1972
40:08
1/Look at You, Look at Me
Dave Mason/4:12
2/I Would Have Had a Good Time
John Kongos/4:21
3/Can't Find My Way Home
Steve Winwood/3:09
4/Everyday of My Life
David Spinozza/3:50
5/I Don't Know How to Love Him
Tim Rice / Andrew Lloyd Webber/3:32
6/Sugar Babe
Steven Gillis/4:19
7/Nothing Rhymed
Gilbert O'Sullivan/3:36
8/World in Changes
Dave Mason/3:40
9/Interlude for Johnny
Yvonne Elliman/2:01
10/Speak Your Mind
Marc Benno/4:35
11/Heat
Bruce Epstein/2:53
Arranged By/David Spinozza
Bass/Stu Woods, Allan Weighall (Track 5)
Drums/Rick Marotta, Bruce Rowland (Track 5)
Flute/George Young (Track 8)
Guitar/David Spinozza, Hugh McCracken, Louis Stewart (Track 5)
Keyboards /Kenny Ascher
Percussion/Ralph MacDonald (Tracks 3, 12)
Piano/George Butcher (Track 1)
Organ/Peter Robinson (Track 5)
Producer/Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
Conductor/Allan Doggett (Track 5)
BIOGRAPHY
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Yvonne Marianne Elliman born in December 29, 1951.
Yvonne Elliman had a brief moment in the spotlight during the middle of the '70s, yet she appeared on many of the decade's biggest hits as a backing singer. While she was in high school in Hawaii, Elliman sang in a group called We Folk. She moved to London in 1969 and began singing at the Pheasantry folk club, located on Kings Road in Chelsea. It was here that songwriters Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice discovered her. The duo offered her the role of Mary Magdalene in their new rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar; the role brought her instant fame. Elliman played the Magdalene character in the film version of Superstar, for which she won a Golden Globe award; it also gave her a hit with "I Don't Know How to Love Him." The hit single became the title of her debut album, which was released in 1972. Pete Townshend helped Elliman prepare her second album, 1973's Food of Love. During this time, she appeared in the American production of Jesus Christ Superstar on Broadway, where she met Bill Oakes, the president of RSO Records; the two married soon afterward. Oakes introduced her to Eric Clapton, inviting her to sing backup vocals on "I Shot the Sheriff." Elliman became part of the guitarist's band afterward; she stayed with him for five years.
She joined RSO's roster in 1975, releasing the Steve Cropper-produced Rising Sun. Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb wrote the title song for Elliman's next album, 1976's Love Me; the song became a U.K. hit, paving the way for her greatest chart success, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The Bee Gees wrote several songs on the soundtrack specifically for Elliman, including the number one single "If I Can't Have You." She never followed through on the song's success -- she released two more albums before becoming solely a session musician.