Smokey Robinson and the Miracles!
Whew
Oops, I forgot Someone Else’s Story and I Know Him So Well from Chess, one of my favorite musicals. If you happened to hear the Whitney & Cissy Houston version of “I Know Him So Well,” wash your ears out with lye and buy the original cast recording. They’re both incredible songs.
For a torch song…how about Kissing You by Des’ree and Whiter Shade of Pale by Annie Lennox? I’m not exactly what a torch song is, but going by the other nominees, I’d say that these two fit.
By my definition of a torch song, the singer has to be in love and the object of his/her affection needs to not love the singer as much as (or how) he/she wants to be loved. In other words, the singer is in pain.
So “Losing My Mind”
“Not a Day Goes By”
“With Every Breath I Take”
“Good Morning Heartache”
“I Don’t Want to Cry Anymore”
“This Nearly was Mine”
& “The Party’s Over”
You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield
If I Were Your Woman – Gladys Knight
The Way Of Love – Cher
Superstar – Karen Carpenter
I’ll Never Love This Way Again – Dione Warwick
Yvonne Elliman? C’mon. Ever one of the later performances as Magdalene has topped her off-key performance. The actress playing Magdalene in the new version (which was shown recently on “Great Performances”) now owns that role. Great acting job.
Personally, though I loved the take on the Romans, and Annas/Caiphas were spectacular (love the video monitors), I just thought there Jesus was a little too…weak looking. But, he made up for it in his acting in the Trial before Pilate.