His first album for Vee Jay, Exodus to Jazz included his own jazz arrangement of Ernest Gold's theme from the movie Exodus. A shortened version of this track, which featured his masterful playing in the upper register of the tenor saxophone, was heavily played on radio and became the first jazz record ever to be certified gold.
Many jazz critics, however, regarded commercial success as a sign that a jazz artist had sold out, and Harris soon stopped playing "Exodus" in concert. He moved to Columbia Records in 1964 and to Atlantic Records in 1965. At Atlantic in 1965 he released The In Sound, a bop album which won back many of his detractors.
Over the next few years he began to perform on electric piano and the electric Varitone saxophone, and to perform a mixture of jazz and funk which sold well in both the jazz and rhythm and blues markets. In 1967 his album The Electrifying Eddie Harris reached second place on the R & B charts.
In 1969 he performed with Les McCann's group at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Although they had been unable to rehearse, their session was so impressive that a recording of it was released as Swiss Movement, which became one of the best-selling jazz albums ever, also reaching second place on the R & B charts.
From 1970 to 1975 he experimented with new instruments of his own invention (the reed trumpet was a trumpet with a saxophone mouthpiece, the saxobone was a saxophone with a trombone mouthpiece, and the guitorgan was a combination of guitar and organ), with singing the blues, with jazz-rock (he recorded an album with Steve Winwood, Jeff Beck, Albert Lee, Ric Grech, Zoot Money, and other rockers), and with comic R & B numbers such as "That is Why You're Overweight."
In 1975, however, he alienated much of his audience with his album The Reason Why I'm Talkin' Shit, which consisted mainly of stand-up comedy, and public interest in his subsequent albums declined sharply. He continued to record into the 1990s, but his experimentation ended and he mainly recorded hard bop.
When a Man Loves a Woman
Eddie Harris Lyrics
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Everybody falls in love somehow
Something in your kiss just told me
My sometime is now
Everybody finds somebody someplace
There's no telling where love may appear
Something in my heart keeps saying
If I had it in my power
I'd arrange for every girl to have your charm
Then every minute, every hour
Every boy would find what I've found in your arms
Everybody loves somebody sometime
And although my dream was overdue
Your love made it well worth waiting
For someone like you
Everybody loves somebody sometime
And although my dream was overdue
Your love made it well worth waiting
For someone like you
"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a romantic song by Eddie Harris that talks about the universal emotion of love and how it can strike anyone, anytime, anywhere. The song begins by stating the basic truth that everyone falls in love with someone sometime in their life. This feeling of love can, therefore, appear unexpectedly or even without intention. The singer admits that he has found his 'sometime' in the person he is singing to, which means that he has fallen in love with them. He talks about how he could just tell that this kiss meant something more significant, and he knew he had found his love.
As the song continues, it talks about how love can come from anywhere, and there is no telling when, where, or how it would appear. The singer mentions that he has found his love here, and the feeling in his heart tells him that this someplace is where he belongs. He admits that he would wish for every girl to experience the charm and appeal of his love interest, and if that were to happen, every boy would find someone like him.
In the end, the song talks about how every person dreams of finding someone to love them someday, and although it may seem overdue, the love that he found is well worth the wait because it is genuine, pure, and real. Overall, the song speaks of the power of love and how it can change someone's life and make everything worth it.
Line by Line Meaning
Everybody loves somebody sometime
Love is universal and is experienced by everyone at some point in their life.
Everybody falls in love somehow
Love can happen unexpectedly and without warning.
Something in your kiss just told me
There was a spark or chemistry in the kiss that gave a sign that love is present.
My sometime is now
The current moment is the time when love is happening for the person.
Everybody finds somebody someplace
Love can be found anywhere, and there's no telling where it will appear.
There's no telling where love may appear
Love is unpredictable and can happen in unexpected ways or places.
Something in my heart keeps saying
The person's intuition is telling them something that they feel strongly about concerning love.
My someplace is here
The person believes that their current location or situation is the place where they will find love.
If I had it in my power
The person wishes they had the power to make everyone else experience the same charm they experienced.
I'd arrange for every girl to have your charm
The person thinks this charm can help everyone find the love they seek.
Then every minute, every hour
Love would be present all the time, every day.
Every boy would find what I've found in your arms
Everyone would find the love and connection that the person singing this song found in the person they love.
And although my dream was overdue
The person had been waiting for love and hoping for it for a long time before it finally happened.
Your love made it well worth waiting
The love that the person found made all the waiting worth it and fulfilled all their expectations and desires.
For someone like you
The person fell in love with a specific person who met all their expectations and desires.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Calvin Houston Lewis, Andrew James Wright
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Nico T
❤️❤️❤️ i played it hundreds of times, playing trombone on karaoké over Eddie Harris
Jack Rocket74
cool luvin
Michael Loman
Oh Yess!!