Far Away Places by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Far Away Places

lazarus57

Jun 14, 2025 09:34am

MYSTIC-EYES DOOWHOP CONTEST..<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/CHBX/b7483edaaa_K55T_media.gif"><img src="https://image.joox.com/JOOXcover/0/bea3b4e998ec4e32/300" alt="See the source image"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/9UCumAK.gif"> "Far Away Places" is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">popular</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">song</a>. It was written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Whitney_Kramer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Joan Whitney</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Kramer_(songwriter)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Alex Kramer</a> and published in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_in_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">1948</a>.The recording by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Crosby" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Bing Crosby</a> & The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Darby" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Ken Darby</a> Choir was recorded on November 25, 1948<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Away_Places#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a> and released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Decca Records</a> as catalog number 24532. It first reached the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billboard magazine</a> Best Seller chart on December 31, 1948 and lasted 18 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Away_Places#cite_note-Whitburn-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[2]</a>The recording by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Whiting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Margaret Whiting</a> was released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Capitol Records</a> as catalog number 15278. It first reached the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billboard magazine</a> Best Seller chart on December 17, 1948 and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Away_Places#cite_note-Whitburn-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[2]</a>The recording by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Como" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Perry Como</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Away_Places#cite_note-pc22-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[3]</a> was released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Victor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">RCA Victor</a> as catalog number 20-3316. It first reached the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billboard magazine</a> Best Seller chart on January 7, 1949 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Away_Places#cite_note-Whitburn-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[2]</a>The recording by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Shore" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Dinah Shore</a> was released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Columbia Records</a> as catalog number 38356. It reached the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billboard magazine</a> Best Seller chart on January 28, 1949 at #28 on its only week on the chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Away_Places#cite_note-Whitburn-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[2]</a> Samuel Cook<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-britannica-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[4]</a> (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-britannica-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[4]</a> known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter. Considered to be a pioneer and one of the most influential <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">soul</a> artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred to as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorific_nicknames_in_popular_music#Male_titles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">King of Soul</a>" for his distinctive vocals, notable contributions to the genre and significance in popular music.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[5]</a>Cooke was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksdale,_Mississippi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Clarksdale, Mississippi</a> and later relocated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Chicago</a> with his family at a young age, where he began singing as a child and joined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_Stirrers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">the Soul Stirrers</a> as lead singer in the 1950s. Going solo in 1957, Cooke released a string of hit songs, including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Send_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">You Send Me</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Change_Is_Gonna_Come" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">A Change Is Gonna Come</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupid_(Sam_Cooke_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Cupid</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_World_(Sam_Cooke_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Wonderful World</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Gang_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Chain Gang</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twistin%27_the_Night_Away" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Twistin' the Night Away</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_It_On_Home_to_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Bring It On Home to Me</a>", and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Times_(Sam_Cooke_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Good Times</a>". During his eight-year career, Cooke released 29 singles that charted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Top 40</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billboard Pop Singles</a> chart, as well as 20 singles in the Top Ten of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billboard</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Singles_%26_Tracks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Black Singles</a> chart.In 1964, Cooke was shot and killed by the manager of a motel in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Los Angeles</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-mofmotl-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[6]</a> After an inquest and investigation, the courts ruled Cooke's death to be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justifiable_homicide" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">justifiable homicide</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-bookofhits-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[7]</a> His family has since questioned the circumstances of his death.Cooke's pioneering contributions to soul music contributed to the rise of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Aretha Franklin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Womack" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Bobby Womack</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Green" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Al Green</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Curtis Mayfield</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Stevie Wonder</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Marvin Gaye</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Preston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billy Preston</a>, and popularized the work of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Otis Redding</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">James Brown</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[8]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-ROCK_ON_ALMANAC-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[10]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">AllMusic</a> biographer Bruce Eder wrote that Cooke was "the inventor of soul music", and possessed "an incredible natural singing voice and a smooth, effortless delivery that has never been surpassed".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[11]</a>Cooke was also a central part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">civil rights movement</a>, using his influence and popularity with the white and black population to fight for the cause. He was good friends with boxer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Muhammad Ali</a>, activist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Malcolm X</a> and football player <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Jim Brown</a>, who together campaigned for racial equality. <img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.3WOy-LC2XCo73Wx29Z-prgHaHa?pid=ImgDet&rs=1" alt="See the source image">