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Tonight I Celebrate My Love lyrics
Song by Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack
Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
It seems the natural thing to do
Tonight, no one's gonna find us
We'll leave the world behind us
When I make love to you
Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
And hope that deep inside you'll feel it too
Tonight, our spirits will be climbing
To a sky filled up with diamonds
When I make love to you, tonight
Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
And that midnight sun is gonna come shining through
Tonight, there'll be no distance between us
What I want most to do is to get close to you, tonight
Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
And soon this old world will seem brand new
Tonight, we will both discover how friends turn into lovers
When I make love to you
Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
And that midnight sun is gonna come shining through
Tonight, there'll be no distance between us
What I want most to do is to get close to you
Tonight, I celebrate my love for you
Tonight
Songwriters: Michael Masser, Gerald Goffin.
1. Michael Masser簡介
Michael Masser（1941-2015）
邁克爾.威廉.馬塞爾，是美國流行音樂的詞曲作者、作曲家和製作人，創作了幾十首首熱門歌曲。
Michael William Masser was an American songwriter, composer, and producer of popular music. He composed several No. 1 hits in the 1970s and 80s, including songs for Whitney Houston and Diana Ross.
Songwriter/producer Michael Masser first came to fame with the number one smash hit "Touch Me In the Morning" that he wrote and produced for Diana Ross in 1973. He followed that with the chart topping "Theme from 'Mahogany' (Do You Know Where You're Going To?)" and along with lyricist Gerry Goffin received an Oscar nomination for best Original Song.
When Michael produced Teddy Pendergrass' album "Love Language" he discovered and nurtured a promising young singer, Whitney Houston, who sang the duet "Hold Me" with Teddy. Music history was made with the collaboration of Michael Masser and Whitney Houston. The fusion of Whitney's brilliant voice and Michael's songwriting and production talent gave us some of the best songs of our times including three number one hits from Whitney's first two albums "The Greatest Love of All", "Saving All My Love" and "Didn't We Almost Have it All".
Michael's success as a songwriter/producer continued with many more hits including "Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You" - Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson; "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" - Peabo Bryson; "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" - George Benson and Glen Medeiros; "Nobody Wants To Be Alone" - Crystal Gayle; "Last Time I Saw Him" - Dottie West and Diana Ross, "First You Have to Say You Love Me" - with inductee Neil Diamond, "Miss You Like Crazy" Natalie Cole, "It's My Turn" - Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross, "All At Once" - Whitney Houston, "Someone That I Used To Love" - Barbra Streisand.
Dozens of Hot 100 hits from 1970s to 90s
Motown paid tribute to Michael Masser on the Diana Ross album "To Love Again" saying "To this day, the template Ross forged with Michael Masser has remained unique, and influential to new generations of balladeers. But more importantly, the music itself has lost none of its honesty, warmth and romance."
In deep appreciation to his mentor and friend, Johnny Mercer, Masser set up The Johnny Mercer Fund through ASCAP.
Michael Masser passed away July 9, 2015, and is survived by his wife, Ogniana Masser; sister, Rhoda Lev; daughters Jennifer Convery and Aleksandra Rouschkolb; son Sean Masser; and grandchildren Joshua and Ryan Masser.
Michael Masser Obituary
March 24, 1941 - July 9, 2015 Acclaimed songwriter, producer, Songwriter Hall of Fame inductee and Oscar nominee Michael Masser passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015 at his home in Rancho Mirage, CA with his beloved wife at his side. Born March 24, 1941 in Chicago, IL, Michael attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and pursued a career as a stockbroker, but left the field to pursue his love of music. Masser first achieved success with the 1973 #1 smash hit "Touch Me In the Morning," a song he wrote and produced for Diana Ross. It was followed by the chart-topping "Theme from 'Mahogany' (Do You Know Where You're Going To?)" which earned Masser an Oscar nomination in 1975 for Best Original Song. Masser went on to work with Teddy Pendergrass which led to a meeting with Whitney Houston. Masser's partnership with Houston led to three #1 hits from Whitney's first two albums: "Saving All My Love," "Didn't We Almost Have it All" and "The Greatest Love of All"; the latter song was originally written for the movie "The Greatest" (the 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali) and was recorded by George Benson. Michael is survived by his wife Ogniana; his children Sean, Jennifer and Aleksandra; sister Rhoda; and grandchildren Joshua and Ryan. The family will be holding a private memorial service.
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Published by Los Angeles Times from Jul. 12 to Jul. 14, 2015.
2. 關於‘songwriter’的定義
Songwriter通常指歌曲的創作者，包含詞曲創作的綜合性角色，其核心職責是完成歌曲的旋律（曲）與歌詞（詞）的創作。例如在格萊美獎中，"最佳鄉村單曲"提名的songwriter即指同時參與詞曲創作的作者。
在英文語境中，composer多指古典音樂或復雜器樂作品的創作者，側重音樂結構的整體編排。Songwriter則更聚焦於流行歌曲的創作，包含歌詞與簡單旋律的寫作，且常與編曲（Arrangement）分工合作。
若版權或分工明確，songwriter可能僅指詞作者（Lyricist）或曲作者（Melody Writer）中的單一角色。但在多數流行音樂創作中，songwriter通常同時具備詞曲創作能力，例如華語樂壇常見的“詞曲包辦”模式。
行業標準下，songwriter擁有歌曲的詞、曲版權，編曲人（Arranger）一般不享有版權，除非合同另有約定。部分編曲者為提升收益，可能通過署名“共同作曲人”模糊角色界限。
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