The Impossible Dream by lazarus57

lazarus57 - The Impossible Dream

lazarus57

Jun 20, 2025 09:52am

MAGIC MYSTERY MUSIC NOTES - ROUND 1<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/Q3XF/bcbd986e77_WIDJ_media.jpg"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/DU4R/3b9a117bcc_PDGV_media.gif">SING A SONG THAT HAS A MEANING TO YOUOR THAT YOU FEEL IN YOUR COMFORTZONE TO SING."The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">popular</a> song composed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Leigh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Mitch Leigh</a>, with lyrics written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Darion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Joe Darion</a>. The song is the most popular song from the 1965 Broadway musical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Man of La Mancha</a> and is also featured in the 1972 film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">of the same name</a> starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Peter O'Toole</a>.The complete song is first sung by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Don Quixote</a> as he stands vigil over his armor, in response to Aldonza (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulcinea" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Dulcinea</a>)'s question about what he means by "following the quest". It is reprised partially three more times – the last by prisoners in a dungeon as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Miguel de Cervantes</a> and his manservant mount the drawbridge-like prison staircase to face trial by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Spanish Inquisition</a>.A version recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Jones_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Jack Jones</a> peaked at No. 35 on the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billboard Hot 100</a> chart and reached No. 1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Adult Contemporary</a> chart.Leigh received the Contemporary Classics Award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame for the song.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impossible_Dream_(The_Quest)#cite_note-yale-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a> Sir Thomas Jones Woodward <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">OBE</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[2]</a> (born Thomas John Woodward; 7 June 1940) is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Las Vegas</a> from 1967 to 2011. His voice has been described by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">AllMusic</a> as a "full-throated, robust <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baritone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">baritone</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)#cite_note-allmusic-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[3]</a>Jones's performing range has included pop, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">R&B</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_tune" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">show tunes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">country</a>, dance, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">soul</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">gospel</a>. In 2008, the New York Times called him a "musical shapeshifter [who could] slide from soulful rasp to pop croon, with a voice as husky as it was pretty".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)#cite_note-nyt01-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[4]</a> He has sold over 100 million records, with 36 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Top 40</a> hits in the UK and 19 in the US, including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Not_Unusual" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">It's Not Unusual</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_New_Pussycat%3F_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">What's New Pussycat?</a>", the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderball_(soundtrack)#Title_theme_change" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">theme song</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">James Bond</a> film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderball_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Thunderball</a> (1965), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green,_Green_Grass_of_Home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Green, Green Grass of Home</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah_(Tom_Jones_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Delilah</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_a_Lady" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">She's a Lady</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Bomb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Sex Bomb</a>", and a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Prince</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(Prince_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">Kiss</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);">[5]</a> <img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4Er7OJlu9dU/hqdefault.jpg" alt="See the source image">