美國實力歌姬［狄昂．華薇克］──流行靈魂曲──［This Empty Place／空蕩之處］

 

 

Theres an empty place beside me

When Im walking down the street

Thats the place where you used to walk

The place where you held my hand

Now I reach and all I touch is this

An empty, empty place

Sadness and tears, thats all you left me

Theyre such bad souvenirs

Of a love that once was, oh, so very great

The greatest love, reaching all the way to the stars above

But now theres not a star left in the sky

And if you dont come back to me Ill die

Only your embrace can fill this empty place

If I dont fill this emptiness

I know that Ill lose my mind

Looking out and only seeing space

An empty, empty place

Ah, sadness and tears, thats all you left me

Theyre such bad, bad souvenirs

Of a love that once was, oh, so very great

The greatest love, reaching all the way to the stars above

But now theres not a star left in the sky

And if you dont come back to me Ill die

Only your embrace can fill this empty place

Come back, come back, come back to me

Come back and fill my empty arms

I need your loving, darling

Your lips are loving, darling

Come back, come back, come back to me

Oh, come back and fill my empty arms

I need your loving, darling

Your lips are loving, darling

Come back, come back, come back to me

 

 

 

１９６２年１０月．美國非裔歌姬紅星的狄昂．華薇克（Dionne Warwick，1940-）推出個人首支單曲［Dont Make Me Over／別讓我改變］（Scepter出版）

登上美國Billboard單曲榜＃２１　副榜──R&B單曲榜＃５，開始受人矚目．

 

［Dont Make Me Over］收在１９６３年４月推出，狄昂首張大碟［Presenting Dionne Warwick］中，由Burt Bacharach, Hal David製作．

未入美國Billboard專輯榜，但拿到英國專輯榜＃１４

 

大碟第二單曲為１９６３年３月推出的［This Empty Place／空蕩之處］

由導師Burt Bacharach, Hal David創作，並製作成一首流行靈魂曲，

節拍輕盈搖曳，狄昂以高亢的唱腔演繹，展現其出色的歌唱功力．

 

［This Empty Place］登上美國Billboard單曲榜＃８４　

副榜──R&B單曲榜＃２６．

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbupUtOyncs

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFsdbtNkUw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hwNPlDwBBA