- Every Face Tells a Story
Every Face Tells a Story, written by
Peter Sills , Don Black andMichael Allison , is asong recorded by Australian pop and country singerOlivia Newton-John on her1976 album "Don't Stop Believin'".List placings
The song was released as a single in
1976 and chartered 55th onBillboard Hot 100 , 21st onHot Country Songs and 6th on theHot Adult Contemporary Tracks .Although the song made it to the top 10 in A/C this song broke Olivia's consecutive record of having everyone of her singles to to the top of the A/C charts.
Covers
*Swedish pop and country singer
Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her1982 album "Kikki".Original
The original song was written by Michael Allison and Peter Sills for
Cliff Richard friend of Olivia Newton-John. Richard released an album by the name "Every Face Tells A Story." This song has the same music, but the lyrics are about Jesus and religious. Cliff Richard although a pop star is deeply religious and often devotes several tracks of each album to God.It was Don Black who rewrote the lyrics completely, thus changing the religious song to a non religious number.
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