Sparks Fly was written and recorded by the singer-songwriter of what nationality?
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Sparks Fly (song) "Sparks Fly" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift for her third studio album "Speak Now" (2010). Swift wrote the song when she was 16 years old, prior to the release of her debut single "Tim McGraw" in 2006. Following a 2007 live performance of the song, "Sparks Fly" grew in popularity among Swift's fanbase. While "Speak Now" was under production, she received requests from fans to include the song on the album. Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, the song was serviced to country radio in the United States by Big Machine Records on July 18, 2011, as the fifth single from "Speak Now". A CD single was released on Swift's official store for a limited time on August 10, 2011.
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Taylor Swift Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. One of the leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage.
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Martin Fry Martin David Fry (born 9 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician and record producer.
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Paul Ryan (singer) Paul Ryan (24 October 1948 – 29 November 1992) was an English singer, songwriter and record producer.
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Fly (Hilary Duff song) "Fly" is a song recorded by American singer Hilary Duff for her 2004 self-titled third studio album. The song was written by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, who also produced the song. The song was first released in the United States on August 10, 2004 by Hollywood Records, as the lead single from "Hilary Duff". It was released again by Angel Records on March 13, 2006 in the United Kingdom as the fourth and final single from Duff's first compilation album, "Most Wanted" (2005). It is appeared in "Karaoke Revolution Party".
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Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own songs. Jackson has recorded 16 studio albums, three greatest hits albums, two Christmas albums, two gospel albums and several compilations.
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Róisín Murphy Róisín Marie Murphy ( ; ] ; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer. She first became known in the 1990s as one-half of the UK trip hop duo Moloko with her partner Mark Brydon. After the breakup of Moloko, Murphy embarked on a solo career, releasing her debut solo album, "Ruby Blue", written and produced with experimental musician Matthew Herbert, to critical praise in 2005. Her second solo album, "Overpowered", was released in 2007.
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Francissca Peter Francissca Peter (born 6 September 1961), also affectionately known as Fran, is a Malaysian singer-songwriter.
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Mike Settle Michael Ward Settle (born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 20, 1941) is an American songwriter, journalist, broadcaster and singer.
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Scott Walker (singer) Scott Walker (born Noel Scott Engel; January 9, 1943) is an American-born British singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He is noted for his distinctive baritone voice and for the unorthodox career path which has taken him from 1960s pop icon to 21st-century avant-garde musician.
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Sparks! Sparks! is the debut album by soul jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks recorded for the Prestige label in 1970.
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Billy Field (Australian singer) William Bruce "Billy" Field (born 20 January 1953) is an Australian singer and songwriter, best known for his hit singles "True Love" (1982) (No. 17), "Bad Habits" (1981) (No. 4) and "You Weren't In Love with Me" (1981) (No. 1).
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Eagle When She Flies Eagle When She Flies is Dolly Parton's 30th solo studio album, released on April 6, 1991. Continuing the country sounds of 1989's "White Limozeen", the album featured collaborations with Lorrie Morgan and Ricky Van Shelton; additional supporting vocals were provided by Vince Gill and Emmylou Harris. Dolly Parton's duet with Shelton, "Rockin' Years", topped the country charts, and the follow-up single co-written by Carl Perkins, "Silver and Gold", was a #15 country single. Rounding out the hit singles was the title song "Eagle When She Flies", which only reached a #33 peak, despite spending 20 weeks on the Billboard Country Singles chart. Her duet with Lorrie Morgan, "Best Woman Wins", appeared simultaneously on Lorrie Morgan's 1991 album "Something in Red". She co-wrote the song "Family" with Carl Perkins and "Wildest Dreams" with Mac Davis. The album also topped the U.S. country albums charts, Parton's first solo album to reach the top in a decade (and her last to do so until 2016) and reached #24 on the pop albums charts. The album spent 73 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It was her first album to reach number one album in the United States after 1980's "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs."
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Saints &amp; Angels "Saints & Angels" is a song written by Victoria Banks and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. It was released in September 2001 as the third single from her album "Born to Fly". Evans has stated that this was her favorite song from "Born to Fly".
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Duffy Power Duffy Power (born Raymond Leslie Howard; 9 September 1941 – 19 February 2014) was an English blues and rock and roll singer, who achieved some success in the 1960s and continued to perform and record intermittently later.
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If I Could Only Fly If I Could Only Fly is the fiftieth studio album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 2000. The title song was written by Texas songwriter Blaze Foley. It reached number 26 on the "Billboard" Country albums chart.
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Billy Montana Billy Montana (born September 28, 1959 in Voorheesville, New York) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1995, Montana released one studio album and charted six singles on "Billboard"' s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. As a songwriter, Montana's songs have been recorded by Garth Brooks, Sara Evans, Jo Dee Messina, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride, Sister Hazel and Kenny Rogers, among others.
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Tamara Gee Tamara Gee (born Tamara Diane Wimer on October 11, 1972 in Seattle), is an American vocalist, songwriter, producer, arranger, dancer, and model. She grew up singing and performing from the age of 5, and was a professional vocalist by the time she was 12 years old, winning various singing competitions throughout her adolescence and adulthood, as well as a beauty pageant. Gee opened for vocalist Tony Bennett and his orchestra after being the featured vocalist on various albums throughout her teen years. She released her debut album "Hidden Treasure" with Universal Music in 2007, while living in Poland. Her single from the album, "For Life", was voted unanimous winner of Piosenka dla Europy, the Polish final for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. Tamara and her song "For Life" was the first Polish entry in history to qualify for the Eurovision final since the new rules were designed in the contest and a French television commentator compared Gee's performance to Celine Dion. A portion of Gee's Eurovision performance was shown on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on "The World's Got Talent" episode with Simon Cowell where Gee sang with former participants Celine Dion, ABBA and Julio Iglesias. In 2007 Gee co-wrote and performed "Fate" on DJ Schiller's album "Sehnsucht". The album went triple platinum and was nominated for a Grammy. She released her solo EP "Christmas Angel" in 2009. On November 27, 2014, Tamara released a new highly anticipated album "Love, Tamara" of which she wrote with and was produced by Multi Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter Walter Afanasieff (Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, etc.). She has been named the next Celine Dion.
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Cheryl (entertainer) Cheryl Ann Tweedy (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, dancer and television personality. Born and raised in Tyneside, she rose to fame in late 2002 upon winning a place in girl group Girls Aloud after participating in ITV's "". While still in the group, she began a solo career in April 2009, and between then and 2014, she released four studio albums – "3 Words" (2009), "Messy Little Raindrops" (2010), "A Million Lights" (2012) and "Only Human" (2014) – which collectively produced ten singles, including five number ones ("Fight for This Love, "Promise This", "Call My Name", "Crazy Stupid Love" and "I Don't Care"). Together with Jess Glynne, Cheryl holds the record for the British female artist with the most number one singles at five.
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Fly Trouble Fly Trouble is a novelty song written by Fred Rose, Bunny Biggs, and Honey Wilds and recorded by country singer Hank Williams.
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Eagle-Eye Cherry Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1969) is a Swedish musician best known for his hit single "Save Tonight".
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Alison Moyet Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet ( ; born 18 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy contralto voice. She came to prominence as half of the duo Yazoo, but has since mainly worked as a solo artist.