The beauty of art is that it gives shape to the beauty of intangible human existence.Whether it is a creation or an immeasurable emotion,which is made visible by gesture or a glance.
The sentimental, inspiration "Just A Dream Away" as sung by Deborah Davis is the earliest recording that I know of that song, so far. Is that the earliest publicized rendition? I know that it had won that Frank Sinatra songwriting contest in 1977 and am aware of the 1984 Winter Olympics version by John Denver and other versions by Placido Domingo and Dionne Warwick, all good company for "Just A Dream Away" as well.
@@bigeyezzzzzzzThank you for making this version of "A Dream Away" public. I remember the era of telethons that helped raise money for good causes, in this case, cerebral palsy. I had not seen or known of this particular performance when it had first been broadcast. I do not know if this was the only time that Deborah Davis appeared on camera in performance with any song or not, but she emoted every lyric of your song so very well. The combination of your piano accompaniment to her vocals was all that was needed to convey the feel of the song. I have to note that telethon co-host, Dick Van Patten, from the then-current "Eight Is Enough" series and his wife, Pat were excellent in their intro and outro of your song. His wife had stated that you were young many times and you were, she just seemed so smitten by that, it was cute. It is ironic that a few years later, in 1984, that "A Dream Away" would be used for the Winter Olympics, that the slogan of the Olympics is to "go for the gold" and that your television series and theme song from it is called "Solid Gold", and that Grant Goodeve, from "Eight Is Enough", would be the host, also in 1984, of the "Solid Gold Hits" series that spun off from its main series, "Solid Gold". . I think that goes under the "small world" category, to say the least. As for "A Dream Away", the song still is a song of hope and inspiration, and, knowing its 1977 backstory, could be said to have reverberated through parts of 6 decades, two centuries, and two millennia, with a message that is eternal.
@@jasonburger3533 As much as I am into wordplay and synchronicity, all of those “gold“ and “Eight is Enough” correlations never once dawned on me! So thank you for bringing them to my attention, and thank you for all your positive and kind words!
@@bigeyezzzzzzzThank you for the wordplay and synchronicity references. Some that I had not thought of until this upload include that eight is the number of seasons and years that "Solid Gold" had originally aired and that the first year that it aired had been in 1980 and that the last year of production turned out to be 1988, the year of the 1980s with the most 8s in it. That it is an astronomical fact that it takes 8 minutes for sunlight to travel to Earth from the Sun, and that "Solid Gold" was musical sunshine each episode and that Marilyn McCoo, as part of The Fifth Dimension, had an early 1970s television special that had the words "the travelling sunshine show" in its title and featured Dionne Warwick singing on that special with Marilyn McCoo and the entire original Fifth Dimension band and they both would go on in the 1980s to be the most prominent hosts of "Solid Gold" is some more of that synchronicity. That I was 8 years old the year that "Solid Gold" began as a series is a strange coincidence and that I was twice 8 years old, or 16 years old, when the series ended in 1988, I guess, is some more of that synchronicity. That the show that Grant Goodeve had been on was entitled "Eight Is Enough", of course, referenced the number of children in that large TV family, so I did not think that Eight would be the number of seasons, or years, that "Solid Gold" would be on television originally. Some cultures believe that 8 is such a lucky number that they choose to have telephone area codes and home addresses with lots of 8s in them. As much as that might have crossed from being synchronous to being superstitious as well, I have not yet found a high-rise building in the United States with a 13th floor, yet to some, 13 is considered a lucky number. It runs the gamut on numbers, but the "gold" reference to the Olympics, "A Dream Away" having been used for a 1980s Olympics, namely 1984, and that "Solid Gold" had been the title of a show that went for the gold in so many ways besides gold records of the vinyl kind, no wonder the lyrics included references to "spinning into gold" and the fact that vinyl records are back more popular than compact discs, I guess just shows parts of the cyclical nature of life. That your UA-cam channel is listed with a June 26, 2006 beginning date and that in the case of 26 and 2006, 2 plus 6 equals 8 and that your first upload on your UA-cam channel was in 2008, well, 8 has been a good number, or so it appears, for you and for us all who are fans of "Solid Gold" and your UA-cam channel as well.
The song really touches me.I really like the lady’s voice.The piano playing is uplifting.Wonderfully compesed music. Thank you Michael.
The beauty of art is that it gives shape to the beauty of intangible human existence.Whether it is a creation or an immeasurable emotion,which is made visible by gesture or a glance.
So beautiful! Marred only by Larry’s hair.
The sentimental, inspiration "Just A Dream Away" as sung by Deborah Davis is the earliest recording that I know of that song, so far. Is that the earliest publicized rendition? I know that it had won that Frank Sinatra songwriting contest in 1977 and am aware of the 1984 Winter Olympics version by John Denver and other versions by Placido Domingo and Dionne Warwick, all good company for "Just A Dream Away" as well.
Glad you enjoyed this rendition of my song, Jason, and, yes, this is the earliest version that I have made public.
@@bigeyezzzzzzzThank you for making this version of "A Dream Away" public. I remember the era of telethons that helped raise money for good causes, in this case, cerebral palsy. I had not seen or known of this particular performance when it had first been broadcast. I do not know if this was the only time that Deborah Davis appeared on camera in performance with any song or not, but she emoted every lyric of your song so very well. The combination of your piano accompaniment to her vocals was all that was needed to convey the feel of the song. I have to note that telethon co-host, Dick Van Patten, from the then-current "Eight Is Enough" series and his wife, Pat were excellent in their intro and outro of your song. His wife had stated that you were young many times and you were, she just seemed so smitten by that, it was cute. It is ironic that a few years later, in 1984, that "A Dream Away" would be used for the Winter Olympics, that the slogan of the Olympics is to "go for the gold" and that your television series and theme song from it is called "Solid Gold", and that Grant Goodeve, from "Eight Is Enough", would be the host, also in 1984, of the "Solid Gold Hits" series that spun off from its main series, "Solid Gold". . I think that goes under the "small world" category, to say the least. As for "A Dream Away", the song still is a song of hope and inspiration, and, knowing its 1977 backstory, could be said to have reverberated through parts of 6 decades, two centuries, and two millennia, with a message that is eternal.
@@jasonburger3533 As much as I am into wordplay and synchronicity, all of those “gold“ and “Eight is Enough” correlations never once dawned on me! So thank you for bringing them to my attention, and thank you for all your positive and kind words!
@@bigeyezzzzzzzThank you for the wordplay and synchronicity references. Some that I had not thought of until this upload include that eight is the number of seasons and years that "Solid Gold" had originally aired and that the first year that it aired had been in 1980 and that the last year of production turned out to be 1988, the year of the 1980s with the most 8s in it. That it is an astronomical fact that it takes 8 minutes for sunlight to travel to Earth from the Sun, and that "Solid Gold" was musical sunshine each episode and that Marilyn McCoo, as part of The Fifth Dimension, had an early 1970s television special that had the words "the travelling sunshine show" in its title and featured Dionne Warwick singing on that special with Marilyn McCoo and the entire original Fifth Dimension band and they both would go on in the 1980s to be the most prominent hosts of "Solid Gold" is some more of that synchronicity. That I was 8 years old the year that "Solid Gold" began as a series is a strange coincidence and that I was twice 8 years old, or 16 years old, when the series ended in 1988, I guess, is some more of that synchronicity. That the show that Grant Goodeve had been on was entitled "Eight Is Enough", of course, referenced the number of children in that large TV family, so I did not think that Eight would be the number of seasons, or years, that "Solid Gold" would be on television originally. Some cultures believe that 8 is such a lucky number that they choose to have telephone area codes and home addresses with lots of 8s in them. As much as that might have crossed from being synchronous to being superstitious as well, I have not yet found a high-rise building in the United States with a 13th floor, yet to some, 13 is considered a lucky number. It runs the gamut on numbers, but the "gold" reference to the Olympics, "A Dream Away" having been used for a 1980s Olympics, namely 1984, and that "Solid Gold" had been the title of a show that went for the gold in so many ways besides gold records of the vinyl kind, no wonder the lyrics included references to "spinning into gold" and the fact that vinyl records are back more popular than compact discs, I guess just shows parts of the cyclical nature of life. That your UA-cam channel is listed with a June 26, 2006 beginning date and that in the case of 26 and 2006, 2 plus 6 equals 8 and that your first upload on your UA-cam channel was in 2008, well, 8 has been a good number, or so it appears, for you and for us all who are fans of "Solid Gold" and your UA-cam channel as well.
@jasonburger3533 Keep it comin’!