John of Gaunt III's rule was becoming unpopular due to high taxation and his affair with Alice Perrers, political opinion closely associated the Duke of Lancaster with the failing government of the 1370s. Furthermore, while King Edward and the Prince of Wales were popular heroes due to their successes on the battlefield, John of Gaunt had not won equivalent military renown that could have bolstered his reputation. Although he fought in the Battle of Nájera (1367), for example, his later military projects proved unsuccessful. When Edward III died in 1377 and John's ten-year-old nephew succeeded as Richard II of England, John's influence strengthened.
He Was Too Good to Me by male singers, including The Vogues on their album "Till." More recently, the song was covered by Bette Midler on her album "Some People's Lives" in 1990, as a medley paired with "Since You Stayed Here". Australian singer Renée Geyer recorded the song on her album "Difficult Woman" in 1994. On Midler's version the second verse contains the revised line "I was a queen to him. Who's gonna light my way now?", while Geyer's version reprises the original "I was a queen to him. Who's gonna make me gay now?". This song, sung by Bob Shane, is featured in the