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3 unusual facts about A Lover's Concerto


A Lover's Concerto

In subsequent years, "A Lover's Concerto" has been recorded by numerous other artists, including Cilla Black, Kelly Chen, the Delfonics, the Fleetwoods, Audrey Hall, Maleewan Jemina (th), Doyle Lawson, the Lennon Sisters, Mrs. Elva Miller, the Peanuts, the Pearls, Perrey and Kingsley, the Supremes, Carla Thomas, Tight Fit, Leslie Uggams, and Sarah Vaughan.

Mrs. Elva Miller

Elva Ruby Connes Miller (October 5, 1907 – July 5, 1996), who recorded under the name "Mrs. Miller", was an American singer who gained some fame in the 1960s for her series of shrill and off-key renditions of then-popular songs such as "Moon River", "Monday, Monday", "A Lover's Concerto" and "Downtown".

The Toyes

In late 1983 The Toys received a Cease and Desist letter from Motown Records' legal department threatening a lawsuit over the use of the name "The Toys", who were a signed act of Motown and who recorded "A Lover's Concerto".


A Lover's Complaint

In similar work on Restoration poets, I continually found parallels with the verse of Ned Ward for works that it was chronologically impossible for him to have written.

However, a scholarly consensus emerged in the 20th century that the poem was Shakespeare's, in particular in notable studies by Kenneth Muir, Eliot Slater and MacDonald P. Jackson.

It is given the title "A Lover's Complaint" in the book, which was published by Thomas Thorpe in 1609.

In 2007 Brian Vickers, in his monograph, Shakespeare, "A Lover's Complaint", and John Davies of Hereford, attributes the Complaint to John Davies.

A Lover's Holiday

Happy Mondays used a sample of this song for their song, "Holiday", off their 1990 album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches.

Autumn's Concerto

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Celtic Harp Orchestra

The third album, although containing some Irish classics, including Constable’s variations of "Greensleeves" and "O'Carolan's Concerto", is far from the canons of traditional music.


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This resulted in what was a Mr. Holland's Opus-esque album, as two songs from the 1993 re-release, "A Lover's Concerto" and "1-2-3", have been featured in the 1996 film Mr.