Melody1958

<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">It's Getting Better</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" is a song written by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Mann" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Barry Mann</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Weil" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cynthia Weil</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;that was a&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_pop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">sunshine pop</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;hit single in 1969 for&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Elliot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mama Cass</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The song describes the singer's satisfaction with a love relationship that is down-to-earth rather than extravagantly romantic, a&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">subgenre</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">love song</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;exemplified by the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Kern" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jerome Kern</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">/&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">P. G. Wodehouse</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;composition "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_(Show_Boat)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bill</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">". Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil had previously written the similarly themed "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He%27s_Sure_the_Boy_I_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He's Sure the Boy I Love</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">", a hit for&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystals" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the Crystals</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;in 1963.</span></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.w5wmDMp0ls9VOQ0tX_upSAHaFj%26pid%3DApi&amp;f=1&amp;ipt=c6a20314f09223c8043916056d4c9382c2f3aa0cd80fbdb2f2372f5d44f79357&amp;ipo=images" alt="MAMA CASS - Dream A Little Dream Of Me / It's Getting Better - stereo ...">Thanks for listening</p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/NFZN/a0f72b8250_DWZC_media.gif"></p>