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Any Day Now (Chuck Jackson song)

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Written
  
1962

Writer(s)
  
Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard

"Any Day Now" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard in 1962. It has been recorded by numerous artists over the years, including notable versions by Chuck Jackson in 1962, Alan Price in 1965, Elvis Presley in 1969, and Ronnie Milsap in 1982.

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Chuck Jackson

Jackson, an R&B singer born in South Carolina in 1937, recorded the first version of the song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it reached number twenty-three in 1962 with the title "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" and spent six weeks in the Top 40. Jackson's version appeared on his album, which was also titled Any Day Now. The song was Jackson's highest charting hit on the US pop chart, and also peaked at number two for three weeks on the Hot Black Sides chart.

Jackson's recording of the song was used over the closing credits of the film Inherent Vice.

Elvis Presley

Presley recorded a cover version of "Any Day Now" on 20 February 1969 at American Sound studios, Memphis, Tennessee. This version appeared on his acclaimed album of that year, From Elvis in Memphis. Although not released as a single in its own right, the song appeared as the B-side to Presley's #3 US pop hit, "In the Ghetto", which appeared on the same album.

Ronnie Milsap

Milsap, a popular country / pop singer, recorded the most widely known version of the song. It was the lead single from his 1982 album, Inside, and it peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending nine weeks in the Top 40. In addition, this version went to #1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart (for one week) as well as the Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart (for five weeks). It also went to #1 on Canadian Country and Adult Contemporary (for three weeks) Charts.

Milsap's producer, Tom Collins, encouraged Milsap to make the song sound different from the original by Chuck Jackson. As a result, Milsap recorded it in a different key and sang it softly.

Other versions

  • The song became the theme to the American television drama of the same name that aired on the cable channel Lifetime, starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint. The verse of the song that appears in this theme was sung by Lori Perry.
  • Bill Medley included this song on his 1969 album Soft and Soulful.
  • Scott Walker released an album named Any Day Now in 1973, which featured the song as its opening track.
  • Country singer Don Gibson also released a version of "Any Day Now," which reached the Top 40 of the Billboard country music chart in 1979.
  • Singer Percy Sledge recorded "Any Day Now" in 1969, and this version reached 35 on the Billboard R&B chart and 86 on the Hot 100.
  • Singer Nick Kamen recorded "Any Day Now" in 1987. The song is featured on his album "Nick Kamen" and is the B-side of his single Win Your Love.
  • Frankie Valli recorded two versions of "Any Day Now". Once as part of a medley in 1969 on Half And Half and a full version in 2007 on the album Romancing The 60's .
  • Luther Vandross recorded "Any Day Now" for his 2001 album Luther Vandross. The Vandross version was nominated for a 2003 Grammy award in the category of Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.
  • James Brown included a version of "Any Day Now" on his 1969 album It's a Mother.
  • Carla Thomas included a version of "Any Day Now" on her 1967 album The Queen Alone.
  • In Italy a cover of the song - with the title "Bambolina" - was released in the 1960s by various groups and singers, among them the beat group I Corvi (1967) and Mal Ryder - a.k.a. Mal dei Primitives (1968).
  • British pop duo Peter & Gordon included a version of "Any Day Now" (parenthetically titled, 'My Wild Beautiful Bird') on their 1965 album True Love Ways.

    • The song was also used in the end credits sequence for Paul Thomas Anderson's 2014 film Inherent Vice.

    References

    Any Day Now (Chuck Jackson song) Wikipedia
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