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    From digimaus@618:618/1 to All on Thu Jul 9 09:36:41 2026
    Hi everyone,

    "Total Eclipse of the Heart" singer Bonnie Tyler died on July 8 at a
    hospital in Portugal. She was 75. May she rest in peace.

    https://shorturl.at/1QCSX (nypost.com)

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/10 to DIGIMAUS on Sat Jul 11 05:57:00 2026

    "Total Eclipse of the Heart" singer Bonnie Tyler died on July 8 at a
    >hospital in Portugal. She was 75. May she rest in peace.

    I loved her version of that plus 'I Need a Hero'. I have both of those
    in my music collection on my computer.

    Odd coincidence, when I read this message 'Angel of the Morning' was
    playing on my computer and I thought it was her, but it was the Juice
    Newton version of it.

    I went looking for Tyler's and found it online but I'm afraid I much
    prefer Juice Newton's version of that song.. but those other 2 somgs
    Tyler did better than anyone else I think..

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  • From August Abolins@618:400/23.10 to Rob Mccart on Sun Jul 12 23:57:00 2026
    Hello Rob!

    ** On Saturday 11.07.26 - 05:57, you wrote to DIGIMAUS:

    Odd coincidence, when I read this message 'Angel of the Morning' was playing on my computer and I thought it was her, but it was the Juice Newton version of it.

    I concur. Juice Newton's version has a nice punch with the drums. I have that as a 45rpm record too.

    Meanwhile.. I learned that the Pretenders have a version of it too. Not bad, but the Newton version sounds more definitive.

    The original by Evie Sands seems lacking.

    I didn't realize that Olivia Newton-John covered it too. Again, not as good as the JN version.

    The Merilee Rush version comes close to the JN version, but I find the horns somewhat comical and out of place, killing the passion of the song.



    I went looking for Tyler's and found it online but I'm afraid I much prefer Juice Newton's version of that song.. but those other 2 somgs
    Tyler did better than anyone else I think..

    There are a couple of songs that Tyler sings that remind me of a rasping goat. :( Oh well..

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  • From Rob Mccart@618:250/10 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Tue Jul 14 05:53:00 2026
    Odd coincidence, when I read this message 'Angel of the Morning' was playing on my computer and I thought it was her, but it was the Juice Newton version of it.

    I concur. Juice Newton's version has a nice punch with the drums. I have
    >that as a 45rpm record too.

    Meanwhile.. I learned that the Pretenders have a version of it too. Not bad,
    >but the Newton version sounds more definitive.

    That one made the rounds..

    The original by Evie Sands seems lacking.

    Which is unusual, often the first to do a song does it best and
    later copies don't do as well. There's a minor advantage in that
    the original was 'The Original', so nothing else will be fairly
    compared to it unless it is noticable better.

    There are a couple of songs that Tyler sings that remind me of a rasping
    >goat. :( Oh well..

    Yes, the version of 'Angel of the Morning' I found was rather raspy and
    a little flat sounding, which was a surprise.

    Funny my (poor?) memory.. I was thinking it was Tyler that had the
    rather public affair with Glen Campbell way back but it turned out
    it was Tanya Tucker who was involved in that.

    One singer that did a lot of remakes of songs and was probably
    better than she got credit for was LeAnn Rimes. I have about
    a dozen of her songs in my collection and most are pretty good.

    I sort of think she didn't get taken seriously because she
    started off as a Child star best known for doing 'How Do I Live'..

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    þ SLMR Rob þ Now that you mention it, I DO have a vague memory þ

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  • From Mike Powell@618:250/10 to Rob Mccart on Tue Jul 14 15:38:36 2026

    Funny my (poor?) memory.. I was thinking it was Tyler that had the
    rather public affair with Glen Campbell way back but it turned out
    it was Tanya Tucker who was involved in that.

    LOL, I knew that one. There was always the joke that "Glen Campbell got poor Tanya Tucker hooked on drugs!" Whenever his name comes up and I am with my father, I will say that just to get his reaction, which is usually, "Oh balogna! It was the probably the other way round!" :D

    Mike

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