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I could form eight chords by having C-E-G right on the group.

I played the chords by moving the track according to the chord that I needed. The shorter seven-inch vinyl single version — which omits the song's balladic second movement — afforded Summer her first 1 hit on the Billboard Hot , also becoming the last of seven hit versions of compositions by Jimmy Webb to reach the Top Ten on the Hot , with "MacArthur Park" by Donna Summer being the only recording of a Webb composition to top the Hot The nearly minute musical medley "MacArthur Park Suite" incorporated the original songs "One of a Kind" and " Heaven Knows ", the latter being issued as the second single off Live and More.

The versions of this medley in Live and More and in the inch recording are notably different in the presentation of the two original songs. In the inch version, "Heaven Knows" was extended to incorporate the instrumental string introduction and the bridge horn solo of the single version for radio stations, but left out the second verse and "One of a Kind" was trimmed of a large part of the instrumental break but included the second verse.

Lyrically, Summer's rendition is also curious, in that it adds the word "Chinese" to clarify what type of checkers were being played. A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles. A cover version of "MacArthur Park" was recorded by country music singer Waylon Jennings on his album Country-Folk , which included the family group The Kimberlys. This version charted at number 23 on Hot Country Songs and number 93 on the Billboard Hot , making its chart debut on August 23, The Four Tops version reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot chart [38] and number 37 in Canada.

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This page was last edited on 17 December , at I was playing the piano and singing. He was standing there in his kaftan, waving his arms and expressing excitement at some songs, not so crazy about others. MacArthur Park was at the bottom of my pile.

By the time I played it, we had moved on to straight brandy, but Richard slapped the piano. I'll make a hit out of that, I will. I recorded the basic track back in Hollywood, with myself on harpsichord accompanied by session musicians the Wrecking Crew. We rehearsed it a few times, then played it right through, using the first take and adding the orchestra painstakingly later.

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When Richard did the vocals at a London studio, he had a pitcher of Pimm's by the microphone. We knew the session was over when the Pimm's was gone. I never could get him to sing the title correctly. At one point, he said: We need more orchestra. The damn orchestra's too loud!

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At first, we felt like the guys who'd created the A-bomb: I didn't know I could write something like that. We had doubts about releasing it as a single, but when radio stations began playing it from the album in its entirety, I was asked to do a shorter version as a single.

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I refused, so eventually they put out the full seven minutes 20 seconds. It's since been recorded by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Aretha Franklin. Donna Summer's disco version is my only American No 1, which was quite a thrill.

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I always knew the girl who inspired the song would hear it and know what it meant.