barry mann and cynthia weil wrote the song, play your own kind of music.
barry mann and cynthia weil wrote the song, play your own kind of music.
who wrote the song, play your own kind of music?
barry mann and cynthia weil
"make your own kind of music" is a pop song written by barry mann and cynthia weil, first recorded in 1968 by the new york city-based trio the will-o-bees (janet blossom, steven porter, and robert merchanthouse), who regularly performed mann/weil compositions. after cass elliot had a hit in the summer of 1969 with mann/weil's "it's getting better", she recorded "make your own kind of music" as the follow-up single, and her album "bubblegum, lemonade, and... something for mama" was re-released as "make your own kind of music/it's getting better," the title cut having been added to the original track listing. however, elliot's "make your own kind of music" single only reached no. 36. the similar chart impact of the follow-up single, another mann/weil composition entitled "new world coming," which reached no. 42, signaled elliot's challenges in maintaining a profile as a current hitmaker, as the 1960s turned into the 1970s. the cass elliot track is in the key of e major.
make your own kind of music (song)
the album's influence has reached beyond jazz, as musicians of such genres as rock and classical have been influenced by it, while critics have written about it as one of the most influential albums of all time. many improvisatory rock musicians of the 1960s referred to "kind of blue" for inspiration, along with other davis albums, as well as coltrane's modal records "my favorite things" (1961) and "a love supreme" (1965). guitarist duane allman of the allman brothers band said his soloing on songs such as "in memory of elizabeth reed" "comes from miles and coltrane, and particularly "kind of blue". i've listened to that album so many times that for the past couple of years, i haven't hardly listened to anything else." pink floyd keyboardist richard wright said that the chord progressions on the album influenced the structure of the introductory chords to the song "breathe" on the album "the dark side of the moon" (1973). in his book "kind of blue: the making of a miles davis masterpiece", writer ashley kahn wrote "still acknowledged as the height of hip, four decades after it was recorded, "kind of blue" is the premier album of its era, jazz or otherwise. its vapory piano introduction is universally recognized". producer quincy jones, one of davis's longtime friends, wrote: "that ["kind of blue"] will always be my music, man. i play "kind of blue" every day—it's my orange juice. it still sounds like it was made yesterday". pianist chick corea, one of miles's acolytes, was also struck by its majesty, later stating "it's one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it's another thing to practically create a new language of music, which is what "kind of blue" did."
kind of blue