Vocals: Crystal Gayle. Composers: Jill Jackson & Sy Miller.
This song is performed worldwide throughout the year, and particularly during the Christmas season. It is included in the hymnals of a variety of Christian denominations. It is also sung by those not connected with religious or spiritual matters. Keeping in mind an extract from the prayer Desiderata (“Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be.”) the words “God as our Father” is replaced with “Earth as our Mother” and “Father”is replaced with“creator”. The words “brother” is replaced with “family”or “each other”.
Let there be peace on earth, And let it begin with me. Let there be peace on earth, The peace that was meant to be. With God as our father, Brothers all are we. Let me walk with my brother, In perfect harmony. Let peace began with me. Let this be the moment now. With every step I take, Let this be my solemn vow. To take each moment, And live each moment in peace eternally. Let there be peace on earth, And let it began with me. Let there be peace on earth, And let it begin with me. Let there be peace on earth, The peace that was meant to be. To take each moment, And live each moment in peace eternally. Let there be peace on earth, And let it began with me.
Tomorrow night, December 4th, Thurles Cathedral Choir welcome Clonmel Concert Band; the latter who will join them in a ‘Gala Evening’ of music and song, starting sharp at 7:30pm.
Admission to the event is free, however donations will be greatly appreciated on the night towards the “Cathedral Reroofing Project”.
“And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”[Hebrews Ch.13 – V.16].
Ms Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on this day, November 26th, back in 1939. The American-born, Swiss singer, song-writer and actress remains still today the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, who rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, before deciding to launch a successful career as a solo performer.
To-date, justifiable her records have sold over 100 million copies worldwide, thus making her one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.
She has, to-date, also received 12 Grammy Awards, which include eight competitive awards, three Grammy ‘Hall of Fame’ awards, and a Grammy ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award.
She became the first black artist and first female vocalist to feature on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Rolling Stone ranked her among the 100 Greatest Artists of all time and the 100 Greatest Singers of all time. Ms Turner has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St. Louis Walk of Fame. She is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, [with Ike Turner in 1991 and as a solo artist 30 years later in 2021].
Ms Turner retired in 2009, after her “Tina! 50th Anniversary” tour. She married husband Mr Erwin Bach in 2013 at Lake Zurich, in Switzerland, and shares an idyllic home named “Chateau Algonquin”, with her family also in Zurich.
She is also a 2005 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honours and Women of the Year award.
Happy Birthday Ms Turner – You’re still simply “The Best”.
“The Best” Lyrics by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman.
I call you when I need you, when my heart’s on fire. You come to me, come to me, wild and wired. When you come to me give me everything I need. Give me a lifetime of promises and a world of dreams. Speak the language of love, like you know what it means, And it can’t be wrong, take my heart and make it strong, baby, You’re simply the best, better than all the rest, Better than anyone, anyone I’ve ever met. I’m stuck on your heart, I hang on every word you say. Tear us apart, baby, I would rather be dead. In your heart I see the start of every night and every day. In your eyes I get lost, I get washed away. Just as long as I’m here in your arms, I could be in no better place. You’re simply the best, better than all the rest. Better than anyone, anyone I’ve ever met. I’m stuck on your heart, I hang on every word you say. Tear us apart, no, no, no, baby, I would rather be dead. Each time you leave me I start losing control. You’re walking away with my heart and my soul. I can feel you even when I’m alone, Oh, baby, don’t let go. You’re the best, better than all the rest. Better than anyone, anyone I’ve ever met. I’m stuck on your heart, I hang on every word you say. Tear us apart, no, no, baby, I would rather be dead. Oh you’re the best. END
To my ear nobody sings “I’ll Tell Me Ma” with the same flamboyant confidence of style , as Dublin born singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor.
“I’ll Tell Me Ma”
I’ll tell me ma, when I go home, The boys won’t leave the girls alone. They pulled my hair, they stole my comb, That’s alright, ’til I go home. She is handsome, she is pretty. She is the belle of Belfast City. She is courting one, two, three. Please won’t you tell me who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her. All the boys are fighting for her. They knock at the door and they ring at the bell, Oh, my true love, are you well? Out she comes, as white as snow, Rings on her fingers bells on her toes. Johnny Murphy says, “She will die, If she doesn’t get the fella with the roving eye”. She is handsome, she is pretty. She is the belle of Belfast City. She is courting one, two, three. Please won’t you tell me who is she?
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high, And the snow come shovelling from the sky. She’s as nice as apple pie. She’ll get her own lad, by and by. When she gets a lad of her own, She won’t tell her ma, when she gets home. Let them all come, as they will, But it’s Albert Mooney she loves still. She is handsome, she is pretty. She is the belle of Belfast City. She is courting one, two, three. Please won’t you tell me who is she?
* Tipperary Country Recording Artist Molly O’Connell announced as contestant on Glór Tíre 2023. * Molly rounds off a most successful 2022 with a new Christmas single entitled “Jingle Rock A Melody“.
Country Recording Artist Molly O’Connell chosen as contestant on Glór Tíre 2023.
Top Country Music recording artist Molly O’ Connell will round off a great year, in style, with the announcements that she will be a contestant on Glór Tíre 2023. Sharing her Glór Tíre news on her social media platforms, Molly said, “Over the moon to tell you all that I am a contestant on Glór Tíre 2023. I hope ye can tune in along the way and I would be so appreciative of your continued support.”
The Tipperary woman shot to fame on the country scene in 2022, thanks to a string of original releases that have helped win her a multitude of loyal fans across the country, wherever she has performed. As 2022 comes to a close, Molly clearly has no signs of slowing down when it comes to capturing hearts, with her Christmas single looking like it’s going to be that tune you can’t help but hum through the holiday season.
From the pen of Maurice Ferris, “Jingle Rock A Melody” actually originated as a poem, some forty years ago, before eventually taking shape as a song with a production influenced by the style of the recently deceased country icon Loretta Lynn.
Molly, a native of Kilcommon, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, was approached by Maurice after the songwriter had been following her rapid rise to prominence, during the course of 2022. As with music lovers the country over, Molly’s smooth, honeyed, bird-sweet tones quickly made an impression on Maurice, and he knew hers was the voice through whom he wanted to share some of his songs with the world.
Among a selection of songs he sent to Molly was “Jingle Rock A Melody”. “It’s funny, because I had actually been looking for a Christmas song for a while”, revealed the ‘Crazy, Crazy Baby’ singer. “I love that frosty time of the year, so I’ve always had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to record my own Christmas single, sometime soon.
During 2022, Molly first announced her arrival on the Country Music scene starting in May with a trio of fan and radio favourites; “Crazy, Crazy Baby” – “Waltz A Lifetime With You”, which followed in August, and “Don’t Judge The Book By Its Cover”, recorded in early October. All three records came from the songbook of well-known country musician Stephen Hamilton, latter a collaborator that Molly hopes to work with again in the future, having described meeting him as being “a blessing”. Molly now looks ahead to yet another milestone moment in her music career, with her first Christmas single.
Molly who hails from a family of talented musicians, has fondest memories of songs, echoing through the hills of Kilcommon, during past Christmases. “With all the family home for Christmas, my late dad Denis would be first out with his button-accordion, followed by my sister Siobhan, following suit soon after. From there, it would only be a matter of time before my other two sisters – Breda Jr. and Deirdre, my brother Denis Jr, my Mam Breda, also joining in.” Molly explained. These sing-song sessions were always a family affair in our house and any relatives who came by on Christmas night, would contribute their own favourite party-piece for the occasion as well. We’d never needed to worry about what was on the television, because we’d have such great entertainment going on around us. You’d hear everything from Christmas carols, to country songs, to trad tunes, and needless to say there’d be dancing around the kitchen as well. You couldn’t but dance with all that music.” continued Molly laughing.
“And of course, in more recent times”, recalls Molly, “all the grandchildren would be called by my mum and dad to play their tin-whistles and sing a few songs by the fire too. So many great memories of so many great times
If my new Christmas single can become a part of peoples’ happy memories of this time of the year”, says Molly, “something that can make everyone happy now and give them a reason to look back on days gone by with smiles on their faces in the years to come, well, I don’t think I could make a more lovely Christmas wish than that.” Note: “Jingle Rock A Melody“, this brand new Christmas single from Molly O’Connell, will be available on all digital platforms and to request from radio, later this month.
For more information, do follow Molly’s official music page on Facebook, Molly O’Connell Music.
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