Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1983
This Woman (Kenny Rogers song)
Buy This Woman (Kenny Rogers song) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
"'This Woman'" is a song written by Barry Gibb and Albhy Galuten and was performed by American country recording artist Kenny Rogers. It reached No. 2 in the US Adult Contemporary Chart and No. 23 in the US Pop Chart. It was published by Gibb Brothers Music and Unichappell Music.[http://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Rogers-This-Woman-Buried-Treasure/release/1320364 Kenny Rogers This Woman / Buried Treasure at Discogs]
RCA pushed "This Woman" to pop radio, but the country stations flipped to the song's B-side "Buried Treasure". In Germany, "This Woman"'s B-side was "Hold Me", another track from the album.[http://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Rogers-This-Woman/release/2234544 Kenny Rogers - This Woman / Hold Me at Discogs] This song was recorded in May 1983 released in late 1983 in the US, and early 1984 outside the US.
Personnel
*Kenny Rogers vocals
*Barry Gibb background vocals, guitar, arranger
*Maurice Gibb guitar, bass, synthesizer
*Tim Renwick guitar
*George Terry guitar
*George Bitzer piano, synthesizer
*Albhy Galuten piano, synthesizer, arranger
*Ron Ziegler drums
*Joe Lala percussion
Barry Gibb version
The original Barry Gibb demo version was released in late 2006 in iTunes on 'The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos'. The song has a choppy verse with a style more like Miami than Nashville., with Gibb singing lead and harmony on the chorus. Gibb's version of the song was recorded around January 1983, along with two songs, "You and I" and "Midsummer Nights".
Personnel
* Barry Gibb lead and harmony vocal, guitar* Albhy Galuten piano, synthesizer
References
Category:1983 songs
Category:1983 singles
Category:1984 singles
Category:Kenny Rogers songs
Category:Songs written by Barry Gibb
Category:Barry Gibb songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Barry Gibb
Category:Songs written by Albhy Galuten
Category:Song recordings produced by Albhy Galuten
Category:RCA Records singles
Buy This Woman (Kenny Rogers song) now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1983