Numa Records:  The Formative Years

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Long Road

"Sunshine Man"

original promo

Hamilton Joe Frank

& Reynolds

T-Bones "No Matter

What Shape"

Drugstore's Rockin'

Top Teen Time v. 3

Tip Top Teeny v. 6

Heaven Hideaway 1

Teenage Dreams

Judd and Caroline, Star Crash photo still

Judd Hamilton

SIDE B

SIDE A autographed

SIDE A

SIDE A

SIDE B

Judd Hamilton & Caroline Munro

JUDD HAMILTON BACKGROUND AND

BIOGRAPHY

Insight into the Hamilton/Munro record collaborations of the

70s begins properly with an appreciation of Judd Hamilton's

background as an accomplished musician/songwriter who

had a brief solo recording career that started in June 1963

with the Doulton Records hit, "Dream"  (b/w "Your One And

Only Boy"). That same year, Judd and his brother, Dan

Hamilton, wrote "Diamond Head" at the behest of The

Ventures producer Joe Sareceno.  This instrumental hit scored

the kind of international success for Sareceno's band that

well and truly earned the group the right to say it was "big in

Japan":  "Diamond Head" was the first rock single in

Japanese history to sell over a million copies.  Not long

thereafter, Sareceno helped the Hamilton brothers to start

their own studio instrumental band in Los Angeles, The T-

Bones, which enjoyed phenomenal sales and chart success in

1966 with their album No Matter What Shape on Liberty

Records.  It wasn't until 1967, however, that the T-Bones

started writing and performing lyrical work and began touring with other headline music acts of the 1960s like The

Beach Boys and David Gates (founder of the band, Bread).

As a high caliber instrumental band based in Los Angeles, it's no wonder that Hamilton and The T-Bones inevitably

forged ties with the Hollywood studios and advertising agencies looking for competently written jingles and themes. 

Judd, however, was a bit of a dilettante, and in 1970, after two moderately successful solo singles ("Rules" and

"Sunshine Man," on the American International record label), he began to cultivate his talents in scriptwriting and

acting.  Richard Quine selected Judd for a small part in the comedy-western he was directing for Paramount, A

Talent For Loving (also known as Gun Crazy, but which should not be mistaken for the "Bonnie and Clyde" spoof of

the same title).  The film headlined actors Richard Widmark, Cesar Romero and Topol, but for Judd the real star

was another relative newcomer to the screen, Caroline Munro, who played Ms. Patten.  While on their film shoot in

Madrid, Judd and Caroline fell in love and eventually married each another in Las Vegas less than two years later.

Caroline's star at this time was still in ascendancy, and the

couple returned to London, where Munro continued her

modeling career and starred in a run of cult classic Hammer

horrors. During this time, Judd augmented his solo recording

career with touring and frequent visits back to L.A. to assist his

brother, who by this point had reunited his band and changed its

name to one that brought more focus to the vocal personalities

of the group: Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds.  As many will

recall, Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds scored an international

hit in 1971 with "Don't Pull Your Love Out" (with Dan Hamilton

on lead vocals) and in 1975 with "Fallin' In Love," which Dan

wrote and which also went to No. 1 in the U.S. (Regrettably,

Dan Hamilton passed away in 1994 after a long-term battle with

Cushing's Disease.)  Very soon, however, Judd would be pulled

back into the acting world and, once again, beside the actress

whom he married on his first film stint.  Today, his solo

recordings can still be enjoyed among the many Pop-Corn and

Doo-Wop anthology CDs issued on German and Swedish record

labels.

JUDD HAMILTON DISCOGRAPHY

Solo 7" Singles

Dream b/w Your One And Only Boy (Dolton Records) DOLTON 80 June 1963

Rules b/w Someday Morning (American International Records) AIR 151 Sept. 1970

Sunshine Man b/w Baltimore (American International Records) AIR 163 Dec. 1970

Mixed Up Guy / Whatever Happened To July (Demo) STSUP35247 UK 1971

Rose By Any Other Name / Don't Be Afraid Of the World (Demo) STSUP35311 UK 1971

Long Road / C'est La Vie (Demo) STSUP35367 UK 1972

Bonne Chance / Chante Jacques Monte Philips PH 6009363 FR 1972[?]

Anthologized Doo-Wop

Initial In a Tree (track #3, Heaven Hideaway Vol. 1, Rare Rockin' Records RRR1001, 2001; orig. Regency Records

111, 1964 )

Initial In a Tree (track #5, Tip Top Teeny, Vol. 6, Centhy Records CENTHY CD2008, 2001; orig. Regency Records

111, 1964 )

Little Lost Angel (track #25, Teen-Age Dreams, Vol. 12, Teenie Weenie Records FR1017, 2001, GER)

Little Lost Angel (track #23, Top Teen Time, Vol. 3, Caravan Records CAR 200203, 2002, GER)

Dream (track #7, The Drugstore's Rockin', Vol. 3, Bear Family Records BCD16608, 2002, GER)

Albums (as The T-Bones)

No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach Is In), Lp,  Liberty Records, LRP-3439/LST-7439, 1966

Collaborations w/ Caroline Munro (as Judd & Miss Munro)

You Got It b/w Where Does Love Begin Aquarius AQ3  1976

Love Songs b/w Sound Of the Sun RCA Victor PB 5021 Demo 1977

YOU GOT IT

b/w

WHERE DOES LOVE

BEGIN

Judd & Miss Munro

Aquarius AQ3 7" 45 R.P.M.

1976

Given the chemistry that sublimated between Judd and Caroline on camera, and the musical heritage that each of

them pursued off camera, it wouldn't take long before they were to be struck by the notion of a recording

collaboration.  And the "husband and wife" duet was trending in at this time.   Case in point: in early 1970, after

returning from filming Quine's picture, Judd worked a solo supper club act in Los Angeles (until marrying Caroline

and returning to London with her); Daryl Dragon was his keyboardist extraordinaire for the act.  Soon afterward

Dragon would team up with his own wife, Toni, and under the moniker of Captain and Tennille would transform

their act into one of the most successful Grammy-winning pop duos in music history.

The 1976 release of the "You Got It" single on the Aquarius label was Judd and Caroline's first attempt to break into

that genre of "husband and wife" duets.  The artists billed themselves as "Judd & Miss Munro"--five syllables that,

admittedly, roll off the tongue as appealingly as "Captain and Tennille"; furthermore, it showcased not only

Hamilton's skill for producing but also Caroline's hidden talent for songwriting. Side B's "Where Does Love Begin" is

Munro's first original recording as a songwriter and singer.

But the "You Got It" single does more than record these benchmarks in the couple's career, for it exudes a

charming, inexorable limmerance--explicit in the choice of material and the dynamics of the duet, yes, but also

subtly implicit in the overall production of the single.  One feels that Judd's demoted role in, both, the songwriting

credits and the name of the act was the secretly self-effacing strategy of a man who wanted to see his wife shine as

a stand-alone talent.  At the same time, no one doubts for an instant that Caroline is singing, not to a studio

microphone, but to her beloved, and with all the sincerity of emotion and lyrical expression it entails.  This, in my

opinion, gives the Hamilton/Munro collaboration that wholly uncontrived and harmonious credibility that leaves

other pop duets exposed for their contrivance or cloying preciousness.  As Judd and Caroline's first single, "You Got

It" and "Where Does Love Begin" are, in a sense, an exchange of vows.

The songwriting attribution of side A's "You Got It" (click title to hear a sample) is a tad mysterious, but I'm

speculating it was composed by John Langford (of The Mekons/Waco Brothers) and Steve Lang (April Wine), both of

whom were Aquarius Records A-list artists at one time.  In 1981, Langford and his group would actually release their

own single of "This Sporting Life," which was recorded by Caroline Munro in 1967 as the b-side to the scarce "Tar

and Cement" demo that started her singing career.

The 1976 release of the "You Got It" single on the Aquarius label was Judd and Caroline's first attempt to break into

that genre of "husband and wife" duets.  The artists billed themselves as "Judd & Miss Munro"--five syllables that,

admittedly, roll off the tongue as appealingly as "Captain and Tennille"; furthermore, it showcased not only

Hamilton's skill for producing but also Caroline's hidden talent for songwriting. Side B's "Where Does Love Begin" is

Munro's first original recording as a songwriter and singer.

But the "You Got It" single does more than record these benchmarks in the couple's career, for it exudes a

charming, inexorable limmerance--explicit in the choice of material and the dynamics of the duet, yes, but also

subtly implicit in the overall production of the single.  One feels that Judd's demoted role in, both, the songwriting

credits and the name of the act was the secretly self-effacing strategy of a man who wanted to see his wife shine as

a stand-alone talent.  At the same time, no one doubts for an instant that Caroline is singing, not to a studio

microphone, but to her beloved, and with all the sincerity of emotion and lyrical expression it entails.  This, in my

opinion, gives the Hamilton/Munro collaboration that wholly uncontrived and harmonious credibility that leaves

other pop duets exposed for their contrivance or cloying preciousness.  As Judd and Caroline's first single, "You Got

It" and "Where Does Love Begin" are, in a sense, an exchange of vows.

The songwriting attribution of side A's "You Got It" (click the icon at left to hear a sample) is a tad mysterious, but

I'm speculating it was composed by John Langford (of The Mekons/Waco Brothers) and Steve Lang (April Wine),

both of whom were Aquarius Records A-list artists at one time.  In 1981, Langford and his group would actually

release their own single of "This Sporting Life," which was recorded by Caroline Munro in 1967 as the b-side to the

scarce "Tar and Cement" demo that started her singing career.

"You Got It" is not connected in any way with the Roy Orbison hit from his posthumously released 1989 Mystery Girl

album.  In fact, the most apt comparison for the Lang and Langford tune is Randy Newman, whose springy fusion of

folk and cabaret positively define every measure of the Aquarius Records recording.  In consequence, Judd and Miss

Munro's "You Got It" sports an unmitigated mirth that would baffle today's music listeners:  it is relatively vacant of

cynicism and it does not seem to connect the listener to any subculture or millieu on which the industry hangs a

niche-marketing identity.  Instead, the song "keeps it real" by serving up love and happiness as reason enough to

cut a record.  Because of this, it might be difficult for Numanoids and arbiters of New Wave to appreciate

something this . . . well, square.  Like it or hate it, though, "You Got It" still has integrity, for it is sung with the

authority of two people who are actually in love with each other and therefore closer to the source of the song's

inspiration.  In short, "You Got It" was recorded and made into a single because the artists liked it and identified

with the song; it spoke to them, and they rather capably made the lyrics and the melody their own.

Caroline's contribution, "Where Does Love Begin" (click title to hear a sample), is a bright and apt choice for the

single's B-side.  While its emotional compass points true and her performance alongside Judd is heartfelt, the lyrics

sometimes flatten with sentimentality, even cliché.  Pop music has no shortage of clichés, so a few shmultzy lines

are hardly a mortal sin.  (Just add up the number of times in any Top 40 play list, for example, that artists talk

about their hearts!)  In these less creative moments, she resorts to invoking "a child of memory" and using

abstractions such as "like a dream come true" to visualize the abstract feeling of love.  As a professor of writing, all I

can say is that such similes point to a songwriter who has stopped writing a lovesong and instead is writing a song

about herself writing a lovesong.  For all these carpings, "Where Does Love Begin" still holds its own.  As Caroline

Munro's first recorded work of original songwriting, it's enjoyable and eminently bankable as a b-side track.  The

vocals are good, and Caroline's steady, comely voice makes a fantastic counterpoint to Judd's sometimes world-

weary and bluesy inflection.  'Nough said.

LOVE SONGS

b/w

SOUND OF THE SUN

Judd Hamilton and Caroline Munro

RCA Victor PB 5021 DEMO 7" 45 R.P.M.

1977

This 1977 demo was never officially released by RCA Victor. Hamilton arranged and produced both tracks, co-

writing the main track with his wife and the b-side with songwriter David Jones.  As the "You Got It" single will

attest, Hamilton cannot be accused of indulging in some vanity duet.  The songs are complex, well conceived for

their commercial appeal, and unyieldingly precise in their vocal harmonies.

Judd and Caroline had high hopes that the "Love Songs" medley would have a singles release by the end of 1977.

(Click title to hear a song sample.) However, an unexpected change of management at RCA U.K. caused Judd as

producer of the record to lose confidence in the song's chances for a proper promotion. Hamilton explains, "the

then head of RCA/Great Britain, Gerry Ord, who was the person responsible for signing us to RCA, decided to step

down as the Managing Director exactly at the same time the record was being prepared for release. I'm afraid this

news rather panicked me as the record's producer. I knew Gerry believed in our chances and would have pulled out

all the stops, but I didn't know any of the new regime, so I asked him to release us from our contract before he

left." Nevertheless, the demo mysteriously received minor radio rotation in Ireland before disappearing into the

ether altogether. This is pitiable because, not only is Hamilton's songwriting elegantly tailored to Munro's vocal skills

and style, the songs themselves had true potential to chart successfully.  Munro sings harmony to Judd's melody, but

neither outstrips or outshines the other's vocals.  In an era of pop music poised to strike out in opposite directions--

one toward the nadir of disco whimsy and soul, the other toward the zenith of punk influence--the "Love Songs"

single is an interesting time capsule of that hesitation before the break.

Side A is more correctly categorized as a medley, the overture of which, "Love Songs," is Judd and Caroline's own

composition; the ballads included in the medley come from a diverse cross-section of twentieth century American

songwriters:  "Come Softly To Me" (Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis, Gary Troxel); "I Love How You Love

Me" (Barry Mann and Larry Kolber); and "In the Still Of the Night" (Cole Porter).  The production, however,

resonates with the sixties doo-wop on which Hamilton cut his songwriting teeth touring with The Beach Boys; traces

of Daryl Dragon can also be discerned. The result of the Hamilton-Munro collaboration, in any event, is as credible

as anything Barry Manilow might have written, while the subject matter of the lyrics bears out the songwriter's

intention to graft that nostalgia to a modern 70s pop sensibility:  "Play the songs that made us want to fall in love, /

the melodies and memories we're thinking of. / Remember when a touch was such a magic thrill. / Take our breath

away; you know, you always will."  The contrived doo-wop is a bit overwhelming at times but Judd compensates by

keeping the disco squidgets to a minimum.  If it weren't for the limitations of 70s audio production, one could very

easily mistake "Love Songs" as a more contemporary composition written intentionally to evoke the keystone sounds

of the 50s, 60s, and 70s.

Judd and Caroline had high hopes that the "Love Songs" medley would have a singles release by the end of 1977.

(Click the title to hear a song sample.) However, an unexpected change of management at RCA U.K. caused Judd

as producer of the record to lose confidence in the song's chances for a proper promotion. Hamilton explains, "the

then head of RCA/Great Britain, Gerry Ord, who was the person responsible for signing us to RCA, decided to step

down as the Managing Director exactly at the same time the record was being prepared for release. I'm afraid this

news rather panicked me as the record's producer. I knew Gerry believed in our chances and would have pulled out

all the stops, but I didn't know any of the new regime, so I asked him to release us from our contract before he

left." Nevertheless, the demo mysteriously received minor radio rotation in Ireland before disappearing into the

ether altogether. This is pitiable because, not only is Hamilton's songwriting elegantly tailored to Munro's vocal skills

and style, the songs themselves had true potential to chart successfully.  Munro sings harmony to Judd's melody, but

neither outstrips or outshines the other's vocals.  In an era of pop music poised to strike out in opposite directions--

one toward the nadir of disco whimsy and soul, the other toward the zenith of punk influence--the "Love Songs"

single is an interesting time capsule of that hesitation before the break.

Side A is more correctly categorized as a medley, the overture of which, "Love Songs," is Judd and Caroline's own

composition; the ballads included in the medley come from a diverse cross-section of twentieth century American

songwriters:  "Come Softly To Me" (Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis, Gary Troxel); "I Love How You Love

Me" (Barry Mann and Larry Kolber); and "In the Still Of the Night" (Cole Porter).  The production, however,

resonates with the sixties doo-wop on which Hamilton cut his songwriting teeth touring with The Beach Boys; traces

of Daryl Dragon can also be discerned. The result of the Hamilton-Munro collaboration, in any event, is as credible

as anything Barry Manilow might have written, while the subject matter of the lyrics bears out the songwriter's

intention to graft that nostalgia to a modern 70s pop sensibility:  "Play the songs that made us want to fall in love, /

the melodies and memories we're thinking of. / Remember when a touch was such a magic thrill. / Take our breath

away; you know, you always will."  The contrived doo-wop is a bit overwhelming at times but Judd compensates by

keeping the disco squidgets to a minimum.  If it weren't for the limitations of 70s audio production, one could very

easily mistake "Love Songs" as a more contemporary composition written intentionally to evoke the keystone sounds

of the 50s, 60s, and 70s.

Its b-side, "Sound Of the Sun" (click title to listen to an audio sample) is quintessentially a 70s song conceived in the

same vane of songwriting as the score to the hit stage musical, Hair--however, not as an expression of the 60s, but

rather as a response to it with hindsight.  Rather than anticipating the dawning of an Age of Aquarius to enlighten a

closed-minded society in a senseless war, co-writer David Jones's lyrics seem to have been written in the late

morning of Aquarius but with cautionary undertones that anticipate the repeating patterns of closed-mindedness

and war:  "I had no one to listen to. / I had to learn to know what to do / what it would take to get me through. /

We were schooled in the sound of sin. / We were spooked but we never gave in. / . . . When we hear the sound of

the sun / we'll know where our days have gone."   Like its a-side, the rock influences are easily traced (the

ubiquitous Beatles being among them) but nonetheless original in their application.  And, once again, Caroline's

vocals are believably soulful and commanding.  "Sound Of the Sun" is not nearly as contrived a song as "Love Songs,"

mostly because it takes greater risks in its lyrical content and its rock interpretations.  Those same qualities tend to

date it less forgivingly, but I couldn't care less:  to date, it remains my favorite from among the four Hamilton-

Munro collaborations.

HAMILTON-MUNRO FILM COLLABORATIONS

While the "Love Songs" project slowly suffocated under the rock of

RCA's bureaucracy, Judd Hamilton was, himself, suffocating in a

costume as Caroline's robot sidekick, Elle (a.k.a. Helle). The dubious

Starcrash may have shamelessly capitalized on the success of Star

Wars, but it was destined to be as much a cult classic as any of

Caroline's horror films, and in the very same year Munro would make

her now infamous appearance as Naomi in the Ian Flemming serial

flick, The Spy Who Loved Me

In Starcrash, however, the chemistry existing between Judd and

Caroline is positively palpable.  What Caroline lacks in costume, Judd

more than makes up for in his Cylon-esque cum Robbie the Robot

biker raiment.   (Judd's face, of course, is never actually seen In the

film--the fate of all robots, I'm afraid, who strut and fret their hour

upon the stage.)  Even with Hamilton Camp's voice dubbed over Judd

Hamilton's acting, the couple demonstrates a remarkable

protectiveness about one another, a quality that translates into their

duets in the recording studio.

However, after their final musical collaboration as Judd & Miss

Munro, Hamilton explored his talents for campy cinema slaughter as

producer, writer and actor of films like Maniac (1979) and The Last

Horror Film (1981).  Unfortunately, Caroline and Judd were parting ways during this time, and divorced in 1982. 

Caroline, in the meantime, had begun to turn her interests again toward singing, and it wasn't long before she

found a niche for her all three of her skills--acting, modeling, and singing--in a burgeoning music innovation:  the

music video.  By 1983, she had appeared as a singer in a horror film (on which her future husband, George Dugdale,

was working), and in two music videos:  Adam Ant's "Goody Two-Shoes" and Meatloaf's "If You Really Want To."

Judd Hamilton now lives in Seattle in proximity to his two children, Chip and Tami,

though they are all still obviously quite close to Caroline:  Tami runs the

international Caroline Munro Fun Club for her stepmother.  Since 1998, Judd has

demonstrated yet another of his eclectic talents in his capacity as President and

C.E.O. of Co-Operations, Inc., a company that researches and develops eco-

friendly inventions.  His creative side, however, has not gone untended:  he has

written two novels in his spare time, which he hopes to publish soon. 

A collection of interesting archival documents and facsimiles concerning Judd

Hamilton's career, including newspaper reviews, is available on his family history

website among his Selected Documents

CAROLINE MUNRO FILMOGRAPHY / VIDEOGRAPHY

(in chronological order)

For the complete catalogue of Caroline Munro's film and video appearances, including Hamilton and Munro movie

collaborations and an image gallery of posters, movie stills, media artwork and ephemera, visit the Caroline Munro

Filmography section of this website.

Fumo di Londra (1966) (uncredited):  extra

G.G. Passion (1966) (uncredited):  extra

Casino Royale (1967) (uncredited):  Control Room Girl

Joanna (1968) (uncredited):  extra

A Talent for Loving (1969):  Ms. Patten

Where's Jack? (1969):  Madame Vendonne

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) (uncredited):  Victoria Phibes

Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) (uncredited):  Victoria Phibes

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972):  Laura Bellows

Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter (1974):  Carla

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974):  Margiana

I Don't Want to Be Born (1975):  Mandy Gregory

At the Earth's Core (1976):  Princess Dia

The Howerd Confessions:  Captain Latour (1 episode, 1976)

The New Avengers:  Tammy (1 episode, 1977)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977):  Naomi

Starcrash (1979):  Stella Star

Maniac (1980):  Anna D'Antoni

3-2-1:  Hostess (1984-1987)

Don't Open 'Til Christmas (1984):  playing herself

The Making of a Horror Film (1984):  playing herself

Slaughter High (1986):  Carol Manning

Aullido del diablo, El (1987):  Carmen

Cue Gary - film star special (1 episode, 1988)

Faceless (1988):  Barbara Hallen

Maigret (1988) (TV):  Carolyn Page

Gatto nero, Il (1989):  Nora McJudge

This Is Your Life (Peter Cushing):  playing herself (1 episode, 1990)

Sweating Bullets:  Alicia Simmons (1 episode, 1992)

The Last Horror Film (1982):  Jana Bates

Night Owl (1993):  playing herself

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) (TV):  playing herself

The Vampire Interviews (1994) (V):  playing herself

To Die For (1994):  Mrs. Pignon

Thriller Zone (1995) (V):  Jana Bates (segment Fanatical Extremes)

100 Years of Horror: Blood-Drinking Beings (1996) (V):  playing herself

100 Years of Horror: Maniacs (1996) (V):  playing herself

100 Years of Horror: Scream Queens (1996) (V):  playing herself

100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company (1996) (V):  playing herself

100 Years of Horror: The Double Demons (1996) (V):  playing herself

Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (2000) (V):  playing herself

VH-1 Where Are They Now?:  playing herself (1 episode, 2000)

The Joe Spinell Story (2001) (V):  playing herself

Blood Craving (2002) (V):  playing herself

GMTV:  playing herself (1 episode, 2002)

James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002) (TV):  playing herself

VH-1 Where Are They Now: Video Vixens (2002) (TV):  playing herself

Flesh for the Beast (2003):  Carla the Gypsy

Caroline Munro: First Lady of Fantasy (2004) (V):  playing herself

The Absence of Light (2004):  Abbey Church

Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol (2005) (TV):  playing herself

Domestic Strangers (2005):  Counselor

1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) (TV) (special thanks)

The Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006) (V):  playing herself

YOU GOT IT

Written and composed by Steve Lang and Jon Langord

You got it,

All the lovin' inside you.

You got it.

There's no denying you.

So don't you ever think that

It was never fair.

It's always just a memory

Left for you to share.

Yeah, you got it.

So if you're thinking of flying

To the moon and sky

And you've got no way to go,

And if you're winking and deciding

If you're laughing or your crying,

You guess but you just don't know . . .

Chorus:

Oh, baby, just take it, take it,

Take it to your heart.

You gotta make it, make it,

Never fall apart.

You gotta take, take it,

Make it all a part of

You, you, you, ahh . . .

You got it.

Succeeding.

No reason to hide you.

Ooh, the feeling

That it's bringing inside you.

So don't you ever think that

It was never fair.

It's always just a memory

Left for you to share.

Yeah, you got it.

Chorus

Baby, you got it.

[Repeat]

WHERE DOES LOVE BEGIN

Written and composed by Caroline Munro

Where does love begin?

The first day that we saw each other

we knew that we were friends.

Was it when we met

or somewhere long before?

Heard it's everlasting

once you find the door.

Suspended in imagined air,

my life loving you.

Can't help feeling you're

a dream come true.

Where does love begin?

We can't deny this time there's magic.

Truth is when you win.

So in love, my mind

seems to run away

like a child of memory.

We fall in love each day.

Suspended in imagined air,

my life loving you.

Can't help feeling you're

a dream come true.

All my life, loving you . . .

[Spoken]

Judd:  You're a dream come true. 

Caroline:  Where does love begin?

Judd:  Well, if we could measure time and space, at least let's both pretend.

Think of all the places we can

Go and fall in love.

Should we choose the Milky Way

Or somewhere on above?

Suspended in imagined air,

My life loving you.

Can help feeling you're

a dream come true.

All my life, loving you . . .

[Spoken]

Judd:  You're a dream come true. 

Where does love begin?

[Repeat]

LOVE SONGS

Written and composed by J. Hamilton and C. Munro

[Additional lyrics by:  Gretchen Christopher, Barbara Ellis, Gary Troxel; Barry Mann and Larry Kolber; and Cole Porter.]

[A-doobie-doo dum-dum

Duh-um-doo dum.

Be-doobie-doo dum-dum

Duh-um-doo dum. . . . ]

Chorus:

Play the songs that made us

want to fall in love:

the melodies and memories

we're thinking of.

Remember when a touch

was such a magin thrill?

Take our breath away.

You know you always will.

Come softly, darling.

Come to me.  Stay.

You're my obsession

forever and a day.

In the still

of the night

I held you,

held you so tight.

Play those love songs.

Rock and roll, you know

you got us hangin' on.

You mesmerized us long ago

with your love songs,

so rock and roll; that's

where we belong.

I keep my eyes closed

whenever you kiss me,

and when I'm away from you

I love how your miss me.

I love the way you always treat me,

treat me tenderly.

But, darling, most of all,

But darling, most of all,

I love you, love you so.

Promise you'll never, never go.

Chorus.

Play those love songs.

Come softly, darling.

I love how you love me.

You are the sea.

I love how you love me.

I love you always.

I love how you love me.

Always.

Chorus.

SOUND OF THE SUN

Written and composed by J. Hamilton and D. Jones

I began another's idea.

I was born of a lover's affair.

Sick of my mothers so fair,

I had no brothers and sisters to share.

I began to grow and then grew.

I had nobody to listen to.

I had to learn to know anew,

what it would take to get me through.

We were schooled in the sound of sin.

We were spooked but we never gave in.

Good-bye to things with you.

(Oh yeah) Girl, that I'd ever do it here.

There weren't nothing but dark and trees

Till we slipped and we grazed on the ease.

I did all I could do to please.

And now we sail with the evening breeze.

(Sail with the evening breeze.)

Chorus

When we hear the sound of the sun

we'll know where our days have gone.

When we hear the sound of the sun.

we'll know all our days have gone.

When we hear the sound of the sun.

We got worried about our world,

If we was born at the end of the world.

The flowers in the garden, girl!

If you know the meaning of the world,

of the world, now, now . . .

Now our law will be to learn.

Strap me loosely around the gravel

In your talk there was a feeling of love,

And we release it with the sound,

With the sound of the dove.

When we hear the sound of the sun

We'll know that our wars are won.

When we hear the sound of the sun

We'll know that our wars are won.

When we hear the sound of the sun.

We'll know where our days have gone,

When we hear the sound of the sun.

We'll know that our wars are won.

When we hear the sound of the sun.

Sun, sun.

Sun, sun.

We'll know where our days have gone

We'll know that our wars are won.

Hear the sound of the sun.

Hear . . .

The sound . . .

Of the su-u-u-un.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Again, my heartfelt thanks to Judd Hamilton and Tami Hamilton for their warm and earnest assistance, input and advice.

© 2005 - 2009 Karl J. Sherlock