Tears In Heaven

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I was really glad to see that in 1993 there were two songs I knew well and liked. The biggest song of this year was “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston and it stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart fourteen consecutive weeks. The songs is from her movie “The Bodyguard”. As much as I love her version I am partial to the original version. The song was written by singer-songwriter Dolly Parton and released as a single in 1974. I feel her version really tugs at the heartstrings especially her country-style of singing. The Song of the Year was a favorite of mine “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton. The song won Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance. The song was written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings. It was on the 1991 Rush film soundtrack. Clapton said even though the song was to be for the film it could have been about his son Conor who at the age of four fell from a 53rd floor New York City apartment window. It has found the 362nd place on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. The best song of this year was “Cannonball” by the Breeders. Here I am at a loss because I do not know the song nor the singers. It is from their album Last Splash. The song was released in France and remained on the charts there for 30 weeks. It has also been on both the U.S. and U.K. charts.