Songs from Call the Midwife - Series 15

 

Things have changed on the latest series of Call the Midwife. This is what I wrote at the end of series 14:

We gave up watching Call the Midwife a long time ago, but I still keep up with the songs, even though they are a rarity these days. Last year in my post for Series 13, I found only three tracks. The current Series 14 has just ended, and I could only find one song.

According to the website what-song.com, these are the nine tracks featured in the new series:

Episode 1: Blessed Are by Joan Baez. This is the title track from her album of the same name. I didn't know this song, but it does sound a lot like others she recorded. The best track on the album is a cover of The Band's The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. 

Episode 2: When You Are A King by White Plains. Another song from 1971 (when this episode is set) that is familiar. Written by band members John and Roger Hill and not their usual writers Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway. 

Episode 3: No song.

Episode 4: Take Me As I Am by Speedometer. I cannot find anything about this track except that it is included in their album "Abbey Road Masters: The Funk and Soul Sessions". Recorded live at Abbey Road Studios according to the website Juno.

Episode 5: Nothing Rhymed by Gilbert O'Sullivan. Now this was a very familiar song from 1970. This was his first top ten single in the UK that was also very popular in Europe. Written by the singer, it certainly stands the test of time. It was great to listen to it again. I have to say that the lyrics are all fantastic. "And this pleasure I get from, say, winning a bet is to lose." Gilbert's "Alone Again, Naturally" is equally brilliant.

Episode 6: Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight) by Cilla Black. Written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway (see above) and produced by George Martin, it reached number three in the UK charts in 1971. 

Episode 7: Rose Garden by Sandie Shaw. This is an old Joe South number recorded by Sandie in 1971. Originally recorded in 1967 by Billy Joe Royal, it has been covered by many artists over the years.

Episode 8: My word, there are three tracks in this episode. Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra was composed by Bart Howard and originally recorded by Kaye Ballard in 1954. Frank's version came later in 1964, recorded with the Count Basie Orchestra. Not to be confused with their 1964 collaboration Sinatra-Basie, on which it does not appear. My old LP is still in a box somewhere.

Something Old, Something New by The Fantastics. Written by (yes, them again) Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, and this time with producer Tony Macaulay. Released in 1971, I had no memory of this song until I heard it on YouTube.

My Days Of Loving You by Perry Como. Written by F. Snyder and released in 1971, I had never heard this song before. But Perry was my mother's favourite artist. My parents used to watch The Perry Como Show in the fifties. 

Well, it's been great listening to all these songs on Series 15 of Call the Midwife. They must have kept music supervisor Vicki Williams busy again.