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''Miracle'' is an album by Willy DeVille. Recorded in 1987, it was the first album that Willy DeVille recorded under his own name. Prior to ''Miracle'', DeVille recorded six albums with the band Mink DeVille, the last four of which were really solo albums by Willy DeVille in that no members of the original band played on the four albums. ''Miracle'' was recorded in London and produced by Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler, who also co-wrote the song “Spanish Jack” with DeVille. Dire Straits keyboardist Guy Fletcher, like Knopfler, played on all songs. Two highly regarded session musicians, guitarist Chet Atkins and drummer Jeff Porcaro, also played on the album. DeVille told ''Leap in the Dark:'' : It was Mark (Knopfler’s) wife Lourdes who came up with the idea (to record ''Miracle''). She said to him that you don't sing like Willy and he doesn't play guitar like you, but you really like his stuff so why don't you do an album together? So I went over to London to do this album. It wasn't easy because we didn't want it to sound like a Dire Straits album, and his guitar playing is so unique that it was hard to do. But nothing good is going to be easy. I know that I spent the whole time really trying to impress Mark, I wanted it to be good.〔Marcus, Richard (2006) (“Interview: Willy DeVille.” ) (Leap in the Dark (a blog). ) (Retrieved 3-6-08.)〕 == The Academy Awards: "Storybook Love" == The album includes what is probably the best known Willy DeVille song — “Storybook Love.” The song was the theme of the movie ''The Princess Bride'' and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1987. DeVille performed it at that year’s Academy Award ceremony. :Knopfler heard ("Storybook Love") and asked if I knew about this movie he was doing. It was a Rob Reiner film about a princess and a prince. The song was about the same subject matter as the film, so we submitted it to Reiner and he loved it. About six or seven months later, I was half asleep when the phone rang. It was the Academy of Arts and Sciences with the whole spiel. I hung up on them! They called back and Lisa (his wife) answered the phone. She came in to tell me that I was nominated for "Storybook Love." It's pretty wild. It's not the Grammys — it's the Academy Awards, which is different for a musician. Before I knew it, I was performing on the awards show with Little Richard. It was the year of ''Dirty Dancing,'' and they won.〔Rene, Sheila (1996) (“Interview with Willy DeVille.” ) Willy DeVille Fan Page. (Retrieved 1-30-08.)〕 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「Miracle (Willy DeVille album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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