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The song, "You light up my life" was written by Joe Brooks. He was quite the writer if you look him up on Wikipedia. Several famous commercial jingles were written by him.
While the song had been the title track in a movie by the same name, nothing really happened with the song.
The story I heard on this at a songwriter's convention was that it was plugged and rejected by 20 of the biggest publishers in the business for pop singers of the day. The 21st one kinda liked it and had a new singer name of Debbie Boone, looking for some music for her first album.
The song went to #1 on the Billboard charts in rock/pop and set a new record for 11 weeks at #1.... that record was matched (ONJ> Physical) but never broken until Billboard changed the scoring methods. It was the most successful single of the 70's. It was also a top 10 crossover hit on the country charts of the day and even earned a Grammy for Song of the Year..... actually it won several different top awards including an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and ASCAP awards.
The message in all that ^^^^ never give up on your songs. You never know when that hit is coming. Imagine the 20 publishers who turned that song down because they didn't see the potential in it.
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He was quite the writer if you look him up on Wikipedia. Perhaps you're confusing him with another Joe Brooks?  The author of "You Light Up My Life" (and writer, director and producer of the film of the same name) was rather unsavory: In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of casting-couch rapes. He was indicted in 2009, but committed suicide on May 22, 2011, before he could be brought to trial.
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In June 2009, Joseph Brooks was arrested on charges of raping or sexually assaulting 11 women lured to his East Side apartment from 2005 to 2008. His female assistant was charged with helping him. At least four different women accused him of sexual assault. He allegedly lured the women to his apartment to audition for movie roles. Often, the women responded to a notice that Brooks had posted on Craigslist and flew to New York from across the United States at Brooks' expense, the district attorney's account said. He was indicted on June 23, 2009. He was to be tried in the state Supreme Court for Manhattan (a trial-level court) on 91 counts of rape, sexual abuse, criminal sexual act, assault, and other charges.
The grand jury heard more evidence on December 17, 2009, because two new witnesses came forward. However, Brooks died before he could be tried.
His assistant, Shawni Lucier, pleaded guilty to a total of ten counts of criminal facilitation.
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First song I grew to hate because of overplay. Between radio airplay, tv, movies and being "our song" at everybodies wedding there was no way to escape from the song.
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And now.... it's being played on the TV commercial for Lifestyle Lifts..... cosmetic surgery....ha.ha.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Ugh! The commercial version is even more sappy than the original release. I hate that song. I hate that song. I can say that a thousand times but it's like a fly and just won't go away.
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Well, I like it the first 27,000 times I heard in the week it was released ... not so much after that! Actually, it's one of my least favorite songs ever that went to the top of the charts. "My Ding-A-Ling" runs a real close 2nd!
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First song I grew to hate because of overplay. Between radio airplay, tv, movies and being "our song" at everybodies wedding there was no way to escape from the song. Well, it was okay, I guess, the first 27,000 times I heard (about a two months span, maybe!). It grew old real quick!
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Well, it was okay, I guess, the first 27,000 times I heard (about a two months span, maybe!). It grew old real quick!
You heard it 27,000 times ???!!! Come on now, you've missed a few zero's
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