Accompanying herself on six and twelve string acoustic guitar, Cheryl Dilch… Read Full Bio ↴Accompanying herself on six and twelve string acoustic guitar, Cheryl Dilcher produced three albums of her poetic tunes between 1973 and 1977. Unfortunately, she arose on the scene at a time when the popularity of acoustic music was at a lull. Although her first two albums -- Butterfly in 1973 and Magic, the following year -- were released on A&M, neither sold and her contract was not renewed. She fared no better with hr third album, Blue Sailor, released on her own Butterfly label in 1977.
Music Box
Cheryl Dilcher Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Music Box' by these artists:
A.J. Croce The courtship of innocence Has since past its prime And th…
Art-Therapy The music box chimes Baby was born in motion: Free from…
As One Sound of this march stuck in my head never stops Ground…
Ashton Edminster White lace on the outside Satin pillows on the inside Spinni…
Bottom Surgery Theres a song i sing It puts me to sleep It's a…
Boz Metzdorf Pretty little ballerina In the silver gown Wind her up And w…
Calexico One, two Here's a little gift From me to you A place to…
Chitty What do you see? You people gazing at me You see…
Cinematic Orchestra ((Feat. Patrick Watson & Lou Rhodes)) My darling, darling girl Won't you shout it to the world? My…
Decoder Ring Der Welt, (the world) Mein Heltร (my hero) Lauf bis zu d…
Dennis Kuo Nice to meet you Where you been? I could show you incredible…
DHeusta Every candle fades to dark Every fire loses spark Watch them…
Eat More Cake Aged eighteen you used to daydream, Steer clear of the mains…
Eminem Yo, yeah, girl Can you hear that? It's playing our song Are…
Eminem (RoyalJatt.Com) Yo, yeah girl, Can you hear that? It's playing our song Are…
Eminem - (2009) Relapse - Refill (Extended) Yo, yeah, girl Can you hear that? It's playing our song Are…
Eminem [vkhp.net] Yo, yeah girl, Can you hear that? It's playing our song Are…
evol-i Sound of this march stuck in my head never stops Ground…
Hooverphonic Sin is so much more than poetry Better start to pray Crime…
Keke Palmer Listen up, turn your box up, gather all around This one's…
Leith Ross Past the fourth turn, by the barn Where Mrs. Fullman lived…
Leon Y a mรญ me gustan como tรบ Rebeldes y obstinadas Con ese…
Lou Rhodes & The Cinematic Orchestra My darling, darling girl Won't you shout it to the world? My…
Malinda Pinch, pull and stretch the clay Swipe away the dust, reveal…
Mariah Carey Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm When I am lost You shine a light f…
Matah My music box is playing inna different style My music box…
NUVILICES NUVILICES - music box (with Pariis) Verse I: Armageddon arou…
NUVILICES PARIIS IX Armageddon around me, Didnโฒt see the TNT Saw you name flash…
Peridot Yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh Keep my guard down never sign a…
Prince of Wales ๅใใฎ็ฎใฎๅใซใใใฎใฏ ๅคใงใใชไธๆ่ญฐใช็ฎฑ ใใใฏใใฅใผใธใใฏใใใฏใน ่จ่ใใใ ไธ็ใซไผใใใใฎ ใใณๅฉใใฆใใใใ…
Professor Caveman Alright One, two, three, four I, I can't understand Wh…
Regina Spektor Life inside the music box ain't easy The mallets hit The gea…
S.E.T.I. Sound of this march stuck in my head never stops Ground…
Sharone & the Wind Spirits in these walls they sing Begging for a savior They'r…
So Called Plan Ryign to get me to sleep all night but I…
Steve Poltz We staggered outside Two figures imposing We were bobbing …
Tadpole Music box won't you sing me a lullaby I'll grind my…
The Cinematic Orchestra My darling, darling girl Won't you shout it to the world? My…
The Cooper Temple Clause This is my music box And this is my home Come in…
Thrice We move for all mankind, a million miles from everything…
Various Artists When the beat goin like that (boom boom) Girl, I wanna…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Cheryl Dilcher:
All Woman I'm not the kind of lady That goes around castin spells The…
Can't Get Enough Of You They say that dreams are for little kids But you know…
Chocolate Candy If you were a little bit older And maybe a little…
Deep Down Inside Me, a funny face, I'm painted up like a clown See,…
High Drove a hundred miles just to see you dance And to…
Irma Today has been the worst day I've ever had You know…
Once Upon A Time Think I'll go and pack my bags And leave tomorrow morn Take…
Rainbow Farm Hello little girls and boys This is your new home There's lo…
So Sad Life it goes on and tonight Think I'll spend the night…
Sweet Mama My sweet mama, don't let life get you down I'm not…
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Cheryl Dilcher - Special Songs
00:00 01. Better Day
03:49 02. Mercy, Dear Lord, Mercy
06:26 03. Three Wishes
09:08 04. Richard Never Cries
11:58 05. Do I Have to Wait Very Long
15:07 06. Song by a Bird
18:35 07. Music Box
19:14 08. How I'd Like to Go Home
22:33 09. Cotton Joe
25:22 10. Little Miss No One
27:55 11. Happy Times
30:28 12. Goodbye
34:26 13. Save the World
Albgardis Tausendschoen
Today is Cheryl Dilcher Day. Every Aug 15th is Cheryl Dilcher Day for me and my husband. So this morning I looked up her name in Google, just to check if there was anything new. Unlikely, of course, but you'll never know. I found this post, how great!!
I had spent the whole year of 2007 on Multiply. Nobody here will remember or know it, but it was THE thing to be on before Facebook came up. A social medium based in Southeast Asia, where people would connect (much like it was on Facebook later), and there were music pages you could download from. YES! You could even search for artist names and tracks, a true paradise for all music collectors. Of course a nightmare to all record companies... And in the end it was EMI who filed charges against them in January of 2008, and it meant the downfall of multiply. After nobody could download mp3s anymore, we all went our ways.
Now to Cheryl Dilcher. I had never heard of her before. I know lots of artists, my record collection is impressive to most, and I have a vast knowledge of the genre "girl with guitar" singer/songwriter. Still, never heard of Cheryl Dilcher. One of my Multiply friends was a Russian guy who had pretty much the same musical taste as I had. So I could almost blindly download his posts, as I knew I would very likely enjoy them. One day in the summer of 2007 he posted an album of an unknown woman, with the picture of the sleeve. It was her first album of 1970, she was sitting in a brook with her feet in the water. The title was "Special Album".
I downloaded it and was amazed! What a great artists! A new Melanie! I had found a new Melanie! (I know the original Melanie and I often refer to other girl singers with guitars as alternative or new Melanies) I played the songs to my husband when he came home that evening and he was blown away, too. We were instant fans! Now I had to find out more about her.
We live in rural Pennsylvania, and to my utter astonishment I found out she was from Allentown! Only 90 minutes from us!!! I knew she had moved away (I guess I ploughed through the whole internet, dug up lots of details) and was no longer there, but I found out the address of the apartment where she had been living while she was preparing for her first album recording. Some people who were playing with her had been writing about that, and so I had found it. Btw, in case anyone is still reading at this point: you will not guess who sang background on her first album!!! Another unknown ambitious singer at the time, her name was Bette Midler. I swear I am not making this up, Bette Midler really sang on the first LP, and we all know the way she took from there, and how much Cheryl wanted that for herself and never achieved it.
We decided to drive up to Allentown and visit the place she had lived. We found it! It was on Aug 15, 2007, my husband had taken a day off from work and we took that trip to walk on Cheryl Dilcher's path. We took pictures of each other in front of her apartment building (this was before "selfies" were known), we had printed out the cover and held it up while posing in front of her former door. I wanted to ask the neighbors whether they remembered her, but didn't dare to. The neighborhood is very "diverse" today and I doubted any of these people around would have even cared for this former inhabitant, a white girl with a guitar.
We actually found the brook as well! I mean, the brook where she was sitting in for the cover of the "Special Album". Right next to it is a kind of park with benches and sports areas where young people played some kind of ball games. We had our picnic there on one of the benches, more pictures were taken.
On the way home my husband and I were spinning out ideas about how we would meet her. We HAD to meet her! We were her fans! We knew Melanie, so of course we would also find Cheryl Dilcher and get to know her as well. At that time we knew she had left PA for California, and we had all kinds of phantasies about how she would come "home" (to PA) for a concert in some club or so, and we would go there and tell her how fantastic she was, how much we loved her album. (There were 3 other albums as well, but they were just meh, it was the first album that really inspired us)
We went home, life went on, half a year later Multiply was killed by EMI, and I discovered Facebook. We were still thinking that ONE DAY Cheryl Dilcher had to come home and we would somehow know about it and then get the chance to meet her. Then, pretty exactly a year after first discovering her, I found out that she had already been dead when we heard the first song. I didn't even know how to tell my poor husband. Cheryl had passed away years before we ever knew she existed, years before we had ever heard her songs! I did tell him that night, and he too was devastated. How tragic! Such a talented person, her background singer becomes a big name in the business, and she never saw the light! Ended up broke and sick, died in her fifties (I believe she was 52, not certain).
This was in July 2008, and then we decided we would drive to Allentown again on the same day as we did the year before, on the 15th of August, and from now on every Aug 15th would be Cheryl Dilcher Day. We would play her record in the car while driving there, we would remember our phantasies about meeting her one day, we would hold up the memory of her, even though nobody else ever knew her or her songs. We gave the album to friends and relatives, tried to promote her, well knowing at the time she had passed and it wouldn't mean anything anymore, but we loved that album so much. I still think to this day that every Melanie fan should have a listen to the first Cheryl Dilcher album!
We did go to Allentown on every Aug 15th for a few years. Then somehow life got in the way, like something important at work and my husband couldn't take the day off (and such). We stopped driving up, but we still think of her. I started traveling the US last year as a house/pet sitter, so I am not at home so often anymore. Today I am in Reno, NV, caring for 6 cats while their owners are on a cruise, and it is the 15th of August today and I remember Cheryl Dilcher.
I am listening to the album right now. I recommend you do it, too. Thanks to the uploader for posting the whole album! It really means a lot to me (as you can tell by my lengthy post). Please note it is NOT FROM 1971 but was released by Ampex in 1970.
Meredith DeVoe
An older friend loaned me this album in about 1981. I never forgot Cheryl Dilcher, and thanks to the Internet I can listen again. Also I could relate to sitting in a swamp for no reason 100%, I still do stuff like that.
Power Of Darkness
Found this for a dollar today. Iโm 20 and have been discovering the 60โs/70โs more in the later years. I must admit that this is simply superb and will be staying in my collection. So enjoyable!
Power Of Darkness
Pretty weird finding it in Denmark though...
Loyal Opposition
I'm also young, and the only thing I listen to and watch (movies) is stuff made before I was born, lol
matycee
good for you laddie... you are on the precipice of along journey of discovery, to be certain.
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Dan Carr
love her saw her 3 times
Dave Johnston
Great voice, melodies and lyrics. Cheryl Dilcher should have had much more recognition as an artist.
itkojecockot
Cheryl Dilcher, Kate Bush, Sandy Denny and Joni Mitchell are my all time fav female musicians
Victoria Racz
Great list! I just stumbled across Cherly Dilcher today. I'm obsessed with Kate, LOVE Joni, and appreciate Sandy's music very much.