The Chimes
The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol and one year before The Cricket on the Hearth. It is the second in his series of "Christmas books": five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840s.
Development history
The book was written in late 1844, during Dickens' year-long visit to Italy.John Forster, his first biographer, records that Dickens, hunting for a title and structure for his next contracted Christmas story, was struck one day by the clamour of the Genoese bells audible from the villa where they were staying.
Two days later Forster received a letter from Dickens which read simply: ""We have heard THE CHIMES at midnight, Master Shallow!", and the writing of the book began. Forster describes Dickens' intentions in writing The Chimes as striking "a blow for the poor".
Dickens returned to London for a week in December 1844 and gave readings of the finished book to friends prior to publication, to judge its impact. The artist Daniel Maclise, who had contributed two illustrations to The Chimes and attended two of these events, portrayed the reading of 3 December 1844 in a well-known sketch.
The Chimes (US band)
The Chimes (later Lenny Cocco & the Chimes) were an American doo wop group from Brooklyn.
The group came together under the direction of lead singer Lenny Cocco in the mid-1950s. Their first single was a version of Tommy Dorsey's "Once in a While", released on Tag Records. The song became a hit in the U.S., peaking at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. The follow-up single was "I'm in the Mood for Love", a song from the 1930s. This hit #38 later that year. In 1962, they began recording as Lenny & the Chimes, and moved to Metro Records and then to Laurie Records in 1963. In 1964, they released the single "Two Times" on Vee-Jay, but broke up shortly after.
In subsequent decades they have re-formed for the doo-wop revival circuit, usually under the name Lenny Cocco and the Chimes.
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The Chimes (disambiguation)
The Chimes is a short 1844 novel by Charles Dickens.
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Cry to Me
"Cry to Me" is a song written by Bert Russell a/k/a Bert Berns, first recorded under the production of Bert Berns by Solomon Burke, who released the song in 1962. Other versions of the song were later recorded by the Rolling Stones, Precious Wilson, The Pretty Things and Betty Harris among others.
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Cry to Me (album)
Cry to Me is the second studio album recorded by American singer Loleatta Holloway, released in 1975 on the Aware label.
History
The album peaked at #47 on the R&B albums chart. The album features the title track, which peaked at #10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #68 on the Billboard Hot 100. Three other singles released, "H•e•l•p M•e M•y L•o•r•d", "I Know Where You're Coming From" and "Casanova", failed to chart.
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CRY TO ME
by: Tom PettyWhen your baby leaves you all alone
And nobody calls you on the phone
Don't you feel like cryin'
Don't you feel like cryin'
Come on baby, cry to me
When you're all alone in your lonely room
And there is nothing, but the smell of her perfume
Don't you feel like cryin'
Don't you feel like cryin'
Come on baby, cry to me
Nothing can be sadder than a glass of wine alone
Loneliness--loneliness just a a waste of your time
But your won't ever have to walk alone
Say honey, just breakdown--breakdown and cry
When your're waiting in your lonely room
And there's nothin' but the smell of her perfume
Don't you feel like cryin'
Don't you feel like cryin'
Come on baby, cry to me
Come on baby, cry to me
Come on baby, cry, cry, cry, cry