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.: Bring Me Sunshine. :. Sir Ian Paul Date Submitted:  2014-03-24 [Archive Date: 2014-06-22] Genre:  Easy Listening Original Artist:  Additional Info:  Disc Mfg:    Disc #:   Description:  "Bring Me Sunshine" is a song written in 1966 by the composer Arthur Kent, with lyrics by Sylvia Dee, . and first performed by American artists in the late 1960s. . In Britain, the song is synonymous with the legendary comedy duo Morecambe & Wise, after it was adopted as their signature tune in their second series for the BBC in 1969 ________________________________________________________________ Professor of Critical Musicology at Leeds University, Prof Derek B Scott, . argues that the song is influenced by the Viennese popular style. He writes: "The melody implies a minor key, with harmonies on the tonic and subdominant. This would, of course, be bizarre and inappropriate for the words "Bring me sunshine in Your Smile / Bring me laughter all the while". But we find that the tonality is actually the relative major of the key implied by the tone, and the harmonies consist of the tonic (with a free-floating sixth) and dominant ninth. Suddenly the words and music make perfect sense, the Overall Rank:  Rank Unavailable Total Comments:  0 Listen:    Sorry, this submission has been archived.

Sir Ian Paul performs Bring Me Sunshine. on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: Sir Ian Paul performs Bring Me Sunshine. on Karaoke Showcase - "Bring Me Sunshine" is a song written in 1966 by the composer Arthur Kent, with lyrics by Sylvia Dee, . and first performed by American artists in the late 1960s. . In Britain, the song is synonymous with the legendary comedy duo Morecambe & Wise, after it was adopted as their signature tune in their second series for the BBC in 1969 ________________________________________________________________ Professor of Critical Musicology at Leeds University, Prof Derek B Scott, . argues that the song is influenced by the Viennese popular style. He writes: "The melody implies a minor key, with harmonies on the tonic and subdominant. This would, of course, be bizarre and inappropriate for the words "Bring me sunshine in Your Smile / Bring me laughter all the while". But we find that the tonality is actually the relative major of the key implied by the tone, and the harmonies consist of the tonic (with a free-floating sixth) and dominant ninth. Suddenly the words and music make perfect sense, the
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