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|song name = Over The Rainbow | |song name = Over The Rainbow | ||
|single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small> | ||
− | |performer = Stacy Francis | + | |performer = [[Támar Davis|Ashley Davis]]; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Francis Stacy Francis] |
|writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Arlen Harold Arlen] (music) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yip_Harburg Edgar Yip sel Harburg] (lyrics) | |writer(s) = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Arlen Harold Arlen] (music) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yip_Harburg Edgar Yip sel Harburg] (lyrics) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
|previous song = [[Outa-Space]] | |previous song = [[Outa-Space]] | ||
− | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[Pass The Peas]] |
− | |introduction = '''Over The Rainbow''' is an unreleased cover version of the track originally written for the 1939 movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film) The Wizard Of Oz] (in which it was sung by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland Judy Garland]), recorded in | + | |introduction = '''Over The Rainbow''' is an unreleased cover version of the track originally written for the 1939 movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film) The Wizard Of Oz] (in which it was sung by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Garland Judy Garland]), recorded twice in the nineties at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. |
+ | The song was recorded by [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and given to [[Támar Davis|Ashley Davis]] (who went on to be known as [[Támar Davis|Támar]] eleven years later) through [[Morris Hayes]] who was working on demos with her at the time, during the same set of sessions as [[On Your Own]] sometime in 1994. [[Támar Davis|Ashley Davis]] was a teenager who has just left the group [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%27s_Child Girl’s Tyme], an early incarnation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny%27s_Child Destiny’s Child]. She met [[Morris Hayes]] through a cousin of her and she was invited to record some songs at [[Paisley Park Studios]] but she didn’t met [[Prince]] at that time. | ||
+ | When [[Prince]] and [[Támar Davis|Davis]] began to work together again in early 2005, and [[Támar Davis|Davis]] was renamed [[Támar Davis|Támar]] (later [[Támar Davis]]), '''Over The Rainbow''' is not known to have been worked on further with her, or to have been considered for [[Támar Davis|Támar]]'s first album, then titled [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Beautiful, Loved & Blessed]] (which was later renamed [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Milk & Honey]]). | ||
− | The | + | [[Prince]] worked on the song again in June 1995, with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Francis Stacy Francis], at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. He met her in London, England during the [[The_Ultimate_Live_Experience_1995|The Ultimate Live Experience Tour]]. [[Prince]] offered his help with a couple of songs for the solo album she was working on after she left the American girl-band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Girlfriend_(band) Ex Girlfriend]. Her lead vocal overdubs on '''Over The Rainbow''' was recorded during the same set of sessions as [[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart]]. Her solo project never got off the ground however and she chose to launch an acting career. |
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+ | [[Támar Davis|Ashley Davis]]’ and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Francis Stacy Francis]’ versions of '''Over The Rainbow''' remain unreleased. It is possible, but unclear, that the portion of '''Over the Rainbow''' heard in the 'Versace Experience' remix is one of this recordings or one newly made circa 2006. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = 1993 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Basic tracking ([[Prince]] solo version (assumed) | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = 1994 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = [[Támar Davis|Ashley Davis]] lead vocals overdubs produced by [[Morris Hayes]] | ||
+ | }} | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = June 1995 | |date = June 1995 | ||
− | |studio | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = lead vocals overdubs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Francis Stacy Francis] |
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
− | * | + | '''Ashley Davis version''' |
− | *[[ | + | *[[Támar Davis|Ashley Davis]] - lead vocals |
− | * | + | *[[Prince]] - all instruments (assumed) |
+ | '''Stacy Francis version''' | ||
+ | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Francis Stacy Francis] - lead vocals | ||
+ | *[[Prince]] - all instruments (assumed) | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
{{Unreleased| | {{Unreleased| | ||
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|1= '''Over The Rainbow''' | |1= '''Over The Rainbow''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Recorded | + | |3= Recorded 1993 (assumed); [[Prince]] version |
}} | }} | ||
+ | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Over The Rainbow''' | ||
+ | |2= Studio | ||
+ | |3= Recorded 1994 (assumed); [[Támar Davis|Ashley Davis]] version | ||
}} | }} | ||
+ | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Over The Rainbow''' | ||
+ | |2= Studio | ||
+ | |3= Recorded 1995; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_Francis Stacy Francis] version | ||
+ | }} }} | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|video versions = | |video versions = | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1993|1993]] <small>(instrumental version)</small>, [[All Concerts#2006|2006]] <small>(instrumental prelude to [[Around The World In A Day]])</small>, [[All Concerts#2007|2007]] <small>(instrumental, with lyrics of [[Nine Million Bicycles]])</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1993|1993]] <small>(instrumental version)</small>, [[All Concerts#2006|2006]] <small>(instrumental prelude to [[Around The World In A Day]])</small>, [[All Concerts#2007|2007]] <small>(instrumental, with lyrics of [[Nine Million Bicycles]])</small> | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = This song and [[On Your Own]] are the first known collaborations between [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]/[[Prince]] and [[Támar Davis]] although they didn't met at that time. |
|see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | |see also = [[Unreleased Songs]] | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | ||
|categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1995]] | |categories = [[Category:1995]][[Category:Cover Songs]][[Category:Cover Songs (Studio)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]][[Category:Recorded 1995]] | ||
}} | }} |
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