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"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" is a song written by Bert Berns, Solomon Burke and Jerry Wexler, and originally recorded by Solomon Burke under the production of Bert Berns at Atlantic Records in 1964. Burke's version charted in 1964, but missed the US top 40, peaking at #58. Wilson Pickett covered the song in 1966, and his version (which explicitly mentions Solomon Burke in the opening section) made it to #29 pop, and #19 R&B in early 1967. Other notable versions of "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" were recorded by The Rolling Stones and The Blues Brothers. The song is ranked #429 on the ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. ==Composition and recording== On 28 May 1964, Burke recorded two unreleased songs, and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Atlantic 2241),〔(Atlantic Records Discography: 1964 ). Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved on 2011-04-07.〕 that was also written by Burke (but also credited to Bert Berns and Jerry Wexler), which was Burke's most prominent bid for an enduring soul standard. Burke claims he was the sole writer on the song but was talked into sharing credit by Wexler and Berns.〔Robert Hilburn, ("His Legacy on the Line" ), ''Los Angeles Times'' (August 11, 2002)〕 In an interview Burke recalled the song's origins: "I used to do it in church when I was a kid and it was a march for the offering. We would play it with tubas, trombones and the big bass drum and it sounded really joyful. I played it to Jerry Wexler and Bert Berns, who thought that it was too fast, and had the wrong tempo."〔Spencer Leigh, ("Solomon Burke: The 1960s 'King of Rock and Soul' Who Enjoyed a Modern Renaissance" ), The Independent (October 11, 2010)〕 In August 2008, Burke recalled that he had hired musicians from Charlotte, North Carolina, to play at a gig in Long Island and he drafted them in to play the instrumental riff on "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love". Burke described the recording: "Got the band cooking, get a bit of echo, we went through it, came back out, said to Jerry (), 'Whaddya think?' He said, 'Too fast. Doesn't have any meaning.' (Engineer) Tommy (Dowd) says, 'What can we lose? His band's here, let's just cut it.'"〔Solomon Burke, in ''Mojo Magazine'' (August 2008), quoted in ("Everybody Needs Somebody To Love by Solomon Burke" )〕 In this song, Burke employs the style of a black preacher, in "which he begins by delivering his message in a style of a sermon, and offering salvation".〔Michael Haralambos, Soul Music: The Birth of a Sound in Black America, (Da Capo Press, 1985):101.〕 Dave Marsh explains that in this song, "the porcine, gilt-fingered lay preacher testifies from the top but what you ought to hear is writ large between the lines, especially in the stentorian opening sermon. That is, when Burke sings "(a song I sing, and I believe ) If everybody was to sing this song, it could save the whole world."〔Dave Marsh, ''In The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made'' (Da Capo Press, 1999):297.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Everybody Needs Somebody to Love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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