Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends showcases a wide variety of Anne's favorite female vocalists. Among the album’s tracks and collaborating artists are "Snowbird" with Sarah Brightman, "You Needed Me" with Shania Twain, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" with Anne’s daughter Dawn Langstroth, "Danny's Song" with Martina McBride, “Another Pot O’ Tea” with Emmylou Harris, “A Little Good News” with Indigo Girls, “Cotton Jenny" with Olivia Newton-John, “Could I Have This Dance” with Amy Grant, “Daydream Believer” with Nelly Furtado, “A Love Song” with k.d. lang, “Time Don’t Run Out On Me” with the song’s writer, Carole King, and more.
In 1979, Anne and Dusty Springfield each recorded the song "I Just Fall In Love Again." Anne's version became a hit single that garnered her Canada’s Juno Award for "Single of the Year" in 1980. Anne and Dusty remained friends until Dusty’s passing in 1999, and for Anne, releasing an album with this type of sisterly theme wouldn't seem complete without Dusty's inclusion. With the blessing of the Springfield family and estate, a new version pairing Dusty's original with Anne’s newly recorded vocals is featured on the album.
Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends was produced by one of the most respected music producers in the world, Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel), who counts 14 Grammy Awards and 32 Grammy nominations among his many honors. Together, Anne and Phil decided they would treat the songs on their own terms and not adhere rigidly to the arrangements of Anne’s classic versions. While Anne had designs on how she imagined the arrangements, she gave Phil free rein to rework the songs.
“We approached the sessions as if we were just handed these songs and told to make this record,” explains Ramone. “While arrangements were changed, there are also licks on some songs that I didn’t mess with. We stayed true to the song.”
Working with Anne for the first time, Ramone adds, was an easy task. “What I love about Anne is there are no words minced about whatever she feels,” he says. “This is not a person you have to think, ‘Will she tell me the truth?’ When we met for a few hours in Michigan before we started, we agreed we wanted to bring some daring ideas and some freshness to this album.”
“I said to Phil,” joked Anne, “The only reason I asked you was that I’m the only singer left that you haven’t worked with!”
“I’ve done duets throughout my career,” Anne says. “I did duets when I started out on (CBC Television’s) ‘Singalong Jubilee.’ I did a duets album in 1971 with Glen Campbell. Growing up I did lot of group singing at school and sang with my brothers. I’ve always loved singing harmony.”
Since releasing her debut album in 1967, Anne Murray has been honored with a spectacular number of awards. She is the proud recipient of four Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards, three Country Music Association Awards, three Canadian Country Music Association Awards and twenty-four Juno Awards. Anne has also been honored with the Legacy Award from the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2006), the East Coast Music Association Directors' Special Achievement Award (2001), induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2002), and induction into the Juno Hall of Fame (1993).
Anne Murray will tour to several U.S. cities in February and March 2008 (confirmed tour dates listed below). For updates and additional information, visit Anne Murray’s official Website: www.annemurray.com
In 2011, Billboard ranked her 10th on their list of the 50 Biggest Adult Contemporary Artists Ever, and on July 1, 2017, in celebration of Canada’s 150th Anniversary, the Toronto Sun listed Anne at #1 in Canada’s Top 160 Influences that helped define Canadian culture!
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Anne Murray Lyrics
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Do you see what I see?
Way up in the sky, little lamb
Do you see what I see?
A star, a star
Dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy
Do you hear what I hear?
Ringing through the sky shepherd boy
Do you hear what I hear?
A song, a song
High above the trees
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea
Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king
Do you know what I know?
In your palace warm mighty king
Do you know what I know?
A child, a child
Shivers in cold
Let us bring him silver and gold
Let us bring him silver and gold
Said the king to the people everywhere
Listen to what I say
Pray for peace people everywhere
Listen to what I say
The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light
The song "Do You Hear What I Hear" tells the story of the night wind asking a little lamb if it sees a star with a tail as big as a kite. Then, the lamb asks the shepherd boy if he hears a song ringing through the sky with a voice as big as the sea. The shepherd boy then tells the mighty king that there is a child shivering in the cold, and they should bring him silver and gold. The king agrees and tells the people to pray for peace and that the child will bring them goodness and light.
The song tells a beautiful story of hope and peace during the Christmas season. The conversation between the night wind, little lamb, shepherd boy, and the mighty king is a symbol of how each one of us has a different perspective and role to play in bringing about change in the world. The child in the story represents the hope that is born during Christmastime, and he brings goodness and light to the world.
Anne Murray's "Do You Hear What I Hear" has been covered by many famous artists, including Whitney Houston, Bing Crosby, and Carrie Underwood. The song was written in 1962 by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which inspired them to write a song about peace. The song quickly became popular and was one of the top-selling Christmas songs of all time.
Line by Line Meaning
Said the night wind to the little lamb
The wind is asking the lamb
Do you see what I see?
Whether the lamb is seeing what the wind is seeing
Way up in the sky, little lamb
The thing in question is in the sky
Do you see what I see?
The wind repeats the question
A star, a star
What the wind is seeing is a star
Dancing in the night
The star is moving in the night sky
With a tail as big as a kite
The star has a long tail like that of a kite
Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy
The lamb is asking the shepherd boy
Do you hear what I hear?
Whether the boy is hearing what the lamb is hearing
Ringing through the sky, shepherd boy
The sound in question is coming from the sky
Do you hear what I hear?
The lamb repeats the question
A song, a song
What the lamb is hearing is a song
High above the trees
The song is coming from above the trees
With a voice as big as the sea
The singer's voice is as big as the sea
Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king
The boy is saying something to the king
Do you know what I know?
Whether the king knows what the boy knows
In your palace warm, mighty king
The king is in their warm palace
Do you know what I know?
The boy repeats the question
A child, a child
What the boy knows is about a child
Shivers in the cold
The child is cold and shivering
Let us bring him silver and gold
The boy suggests bringing silver and gold to the child
Said the king to the people everywhere
The king is speaking to people everywhere
Listen to what I say
The king wants people to listen to them
Pray for peace, people everywhere
The king wants people to pray for peace
Listen to what I say
The king repeats the request
The child, the child
The thing the king is talking about is the child
Sleeping in the night
The child is sleeping at night
He will bring us goodness and light
The child will bring goodness and light
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Written by: Noel Regney, Gloria Shayne
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Robert Thompson
on Me Too
Lyrics found here are completely wrong; completely different song.