If You Remember Me by Alie58

Alie58 - If You Remember Me

Alie58

Aug 04, 2025 10:40am

rd 3 Remember I met so many people in life that where ships in the night... I mean I knew them for a short period of time..In good and sometimes in bad... I wonder will they remember me .. sitting and thinking of old times.. just as I remember them..and then smiling as I do about the good times.. Christopher Hamlet Thompson (born 9 March 1948) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist known both for his work with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann%27s_Earth_Band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Manfred Mann's Earth Band</a>, specifically for his lead vocal on the classic hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_by_the_Light" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Blinded by the Light</a>" and for his solo accomplishments. In his early career, he used the self-chosen middle name 'Hamlet' to distinguish himself from a folk singer of the same name, who also came from New Zealand. Thompson was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford,_Kent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ashford, Kent</a>, England, but raised in New Zealand. His early musical experiences were whilst still at school with the band The Paragons that played at weekly church youth club dances. Later, as his talent became clear, the band was reformed as Dynasty with other musicians and achieved much local success on the New Zealand music scene. Thompson's last band in New Zealand was Mandrake, formed with university friends who played the Friday and Saturday night dances in and around Hamilton City.He went to Australia before returning to England in 1973 to pursue a musical career, eventually joining <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann%27s_Earth_Band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Manfred Mann's Earth Band</a> in 1976.In 1978, he was featured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds</a>, providing lead vocals for the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thunder_Child_(song)&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(191, 60, 44);">Thunder Child</a>".After several years with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann%27s_Earth_Band" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Manfred Mann's Earth Band</a>, Thompson left in 1979 and formed the Los Angeles–based outfit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_(rock_band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Night</a>, which enjoyed two hits during its lifetime. One of them, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Remember_Me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">If You Remember Me</a>," the unused theme song for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Zeffirelli" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Franco Zeffirelli</a>'s remake of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Champ_(1979_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Champ</a>, was initially credited solely to Thompson; later pressings of the single were credited to "Chris Thompson and Night." (But this source gives lyric credit to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Bayer_Sager" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Carole Bayer Sager</a> for "If You Remember Me," and the music credit to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Marvin Hamlisch</a>.) The song reached #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #7 Adult Contemporary. It was a very minor hit in Canada (#91). After the band broke up in 1982, he rejoined the Earth Band.