Joe cocker i put a spell on you

2004 studio album by Joe Cocker

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Heart & Soul is the nineteenth studio album by Joe Cocker, released in the UK on 12 October 2004, and in the US on 1 February 2005. The album is composed solely of cover songs, including a live version of the U2 song "One" taken from Cocker's 2004 Night of the Proms performance in Antwerp, Belgium.

The album reached No. 61 on Billboard's 200.[2]

Track listing[edit]

Personnel[edit]

  • Joe Cocker – lead vocals
  • C. J. Vanston – keyboards; (organ, acoustic and electric pianos, synthesizers) (2, 4-6, 8-12), bass (2, 5, 9, 10, 12), guitar (10, 12), drums (10, 12), percussion (10, 12), santoor (10, 12), saxophone (10, 12), trombone (10, 12)
  • Shane Fontayne – guitar (1, 5, 7-9)
  • Steve Lukather – guitar solo (1, 5, 12)
  • Jeff Baxter – guitar solo (2)
  • Michael Landau – guitar (2, 4-7, 11)
  • Dean Parks – guitar (2, 4-6, 11), nylon guitar (7)
  • Michael Thompson – guitar (3)
  • Jeff Beck – guitar solo (4)
  • Eric Clapton – guitar solo (7)
  • Gene Black – guitar (8)
  • Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar (8)
  • Leland Sklar – bass (4, 6, 11)
  • Ray Neapolitan – bass (7, 8)
  • Ray Brinker – drums (2, 4-7, 11)
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (8, 9)
  • Rafael Padilla – percussion (1-5, 7, 11)
  • Bruce Eskovitz – saxophone (2, 4, 6)
  • Nick Lane – trombone (2, 4, 6)
  • Bill Churchville – trumpet (2, 4, 6)
  • Chris Tedesco – trumpet (2, 4, 6)
  • Chris Botti – trumpet (9)
  • Jerry Goodman – violin solo (3)
  • Alexander Adhami – santoor (8)
  • Shelly Berg – orchestra conductor
  • Danielle Ondarza – orchestra contractor
  • Bernie Barlow – backing vocals (1)
  • Terry Dexter – backing vocals (2)
  • C.C. White – backing vocals (2)

Production[edit]

  • Joe Cocker – executive producer
  • Roger Davies – executive producer
  • Ray Neapolitan – executive producer
  • C. J. Vanston – producer, engineer, tracking (1, 3), mixing (2, 6, 9-12)
  • Marc DeSisto – engineer
  • Greg Ladanyi – engineer, mixing (2, 6, 9-12)
  • Kevin Harp – assistant engineer, Pro Tools engineer
  • James Hoyson – assistant engineer
  • Bruce Monical – assistant engineer
  • Chris Wonzer – assistant engineer
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
  • Sixtus Oechsle – sound editing
  • Dave Carlock – Pro Tools engineer
  • Robert Hadley – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Tom Halm – production coordination, music copyist
  • Jeri Heiden – art direction
  • Ryan Corey – design
  • Kevin Westenberg – photography
  • Christopher Wray-McCann – photography

References[edit]

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  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 61.

"I Put A Spell On You"

I put a spell on you
'Cause you're mine

You better stop the things you do
I ain't lyin'
No I ain't lyin'

You know I can't stand it
You're runnin' around
You know better daddy
I can't stand it cause you put me down

I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
You're mine

I love ya
I love you
I love you
I love you anyhow
And I don't care
if you don't want me
I'm yours right now

You hear me
I put a spell on you
Because you're mine

album: "Heart & Soul" (2004)

Joe cocker i put a spell on you

Microsoft and Sony are both battling behind the scenes over the Activision Blizzard deal, and Microsoft is no longer pulling its punches with regulators

By Tom Warren / @tomwarren

Oct 12, 2022, 6:23 PM UTC|

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Microsoft isn’t happy with Sony and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. The UK regulator signaled an in-depth review of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard last month, and the CMA has now published its full 76-page report (PDF) on its findings. The CMA says it has concerns that Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal could lessen competition in game consoles, subscriptions, and cloud gaming, but Microsoft thinks the regulator has simply been listening to Sony’s lawyers too much.

Microsoft pleaded for its deal on the day of the Phase 2 decision last month, but now the gloves are well and truly off. Microsoft describes the CMA’s concerns as “misplaced” and says that the regulator “adopts Sony’s complaints without considering the potential harm to consumers” and “incorrectly relies on self-serving statements by Sony which significantly exaggerate the importance of Call of Duty.” Microsoft even accuses the CMA of adopting “Sony’s complaints without the appropriate level of critical review,” suggesting that the regulator is simply just listening too much to what Sony has to say.

At the heart of all the back and forth is access to Call of Duty and concerns around the future of game subscriptions. “The CMA recognizes that ABK’s newest games are not currently available on any subscription service on the day of release but considers that this may change as subscription services continue to grow,” says the UK regulator. “After the Merger, Microsoft would gain control of this important input and could use it to harm the competitiveness of its rivals.”

Microsoft’s full response to the CMA, seen by The Verge, also includes parts where the company tries to, comically, make it look like it somehow sucks at gaming and it can’t compete. Microsoft says Xbox “is in last place in console” and “seventh place in PC” and “nowhere in mobile game distribution globally,” and Microsoft argues it has no reason to harm or degrade rival cloud gaming services as it wants to “encourage the major shift in consumer behavior required for cloud gaming to succeed.”

Microsoft might well be in last place in console sales during the previous generation, but it’s certainly investing billions of dollars to ensure any future Xbox sales aren’t less than half of the PlayStation and that its Xbox Game Pass bet pays off.

Sony and Microsoft have also been battling it out over Call of Duty, and the CMA recognizes this by revealing it’s concerned about Sony’s future revenues related to Call of Duty. “PlayStation currently has a larger share of the console gaming market than Xbox, but the CMA considers that Call of Duty is sufficiently important that losing access to it (or losing access on competitive terms) could significantly impact Sony’s revenues and user base.”

Joe cocker i put a spell on you

Call of Duty is at the center of Sony and Microsoft’s battles.Image: Activision

Sony has shown how significant Call of Duty is after it labeled Microsoft’s offer to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation “inadequate on many levels.” The Verge revealed last month that Microsoft Gaming CEO and Xbox chief Phil Spencer made a written commitment to PlayStation head Jim Ryan earlier this year to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for “several more years” beyond the existing marketing deal Sony has with Activision. “After almost 20 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation, their proposal was inadequate on many levels and failed to take account of the impact on our gamers,” said PlayStation head Jim Ryan in response.

Now Microsoft says keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation is a “commercial imperative for the Xbox business and the economics of the transaction.” Microsoft says it would put revenue at risk if it pulled Call of Duty from PlayStation and that “Microsoft has been clear that it is counting on revenues from the distribution of Activision Blizzard games on Sony PlayStation.”

Microsoft also accuses Sony of not welcoming competition from Xbox Game Pass and that Sony has decided to block Game Pass on PlayStation. “This increased competition has not been welcomed by the market leader Sony, which has elected to protect its revenues from sales of newly released games, rather than offer gamers the choice of accessing them via its subscription, PlayStation Plus.” This comes just months after Microsoft claimed, in legal filings, that Sony pays for “blocking rights” to keep games off Xbox Game Pass.

If the UK battles are anything to go by, this acquisition could get messy as Microsoft and Sony battle it out behind the scenes to sway regulators. Microsoft even has a dedicated website to highlight its arguments as it seeks to convince regulators that its giant deal isn’t a bad one for gamers. We’re still months away from final regulator decisions, but get ready for this battle to continue to spill out onto the internet’s streets.

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What is the original I Put a Spell on You?

"I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Who sings the best version of I Put a Spell on You?

Creedence Clearwater Revival's take on the song was probably one of the most well-known versions of Jay Hawkins' original 'I Put a Spell on You'. The American rock band, who enjoyed a somewhat brief career lasting from 1968 to 1972, featured the song as a single in their 1968 debut self-titled album.

Who sings I Put a Spell on You because you're mine?

Bryan Ferry - I Put A Spell On You/Because You're Mine.

Who was the first artist to sing I Put a Spell on You?

Hawkins himself re-recorded the song several times, so that whatever else you were getting on a new Screamin' Jay Hawkins album, you were likely also getting a new version of “I Put a Spell On You.” The original, though, recorded and released in 1956, made Hawkins immortal.