Friday, September 25, 2020

“One of the Most Beautiful Songs Ever Produced”


For “Music Night” this evening at The Wild Reed, I share a song from my childhood – Judie Tzuke's 1979 recording, “Stay With Me Till Dawn.”

About this song, one contemporary commentator notes:

This is still one of the most beautiful songs ever produced. It touches the soul.

I couldn't agree more. Indeed, in terms of hauntingly beautiful songs of the 1970s, Judi Tzuke's “Stay With Me Till Dawn” is up there with Cat Stevens' “How Can I Tell You?,” Kiki Dee's “Amoureuse,” and Kate Bush's “The Man With the Child In His Eyes.”





Notes Wikipedia:

Written by Tzuke and Mike Paxman and produced by John Punter, "Stay with Me Till Dawn" was Tzuke's only Australian and UK top 40 single, charting at number 8 and 16 respectively. . . . In 2002, [the song] was chosen by the British public as the thirty-ninth best song to have come out of Britain over the previous fifty years (between 1952 and 2002).


Related Off-site Links:
Judi Tzuke's Official Website
Judie Tzuke's The Chrysalis Recordings Highlights Her Early ‘80s Transition to Synthpop – Charles Donovon (Pop Matters, June 17, 2020).
This Much I Know: Singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke – Hilary Fennell (Irish Examiner, October 6, 2018).
Review: Judie Tzuke at Lowdham Village Hall – Mark Salter (Gedling Eye, July 4, 2018).
Judie Tzuke, Beverley Craven and Julia Fordham Team Up for a Supergroup TourSmoothRadio.com (April 6, 2018).
Judie Tzuke Talks About Her Cancer and Her Acoustic Comeback at Sage Gateshead – David Whetstone (Chronicle Live, March 30, 2016).

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