You and Me (Alice Cooper song)
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"You and Me" is a 1977 song by Alice Cooper
, released in 1977 as the lead single from his album Lace and Whiskey
.
The song was an easy listening
ballad, reaching #9 on the US singles charts
in 1977. It may have alienated even the biggest of Cooper's rock
fans as it turned out to be his last US top-ten hit until "Poison
" 12 years later.
Cooper regularly performed "You and Me" live on his 1977 and 1978 concert tours. He also performed the song on The Muppet Show
in 1978, as a duet.
Frank Sinatra
performed "You and Me" as a tribute to Cooper, after Cooper helped a young boy gain entry into a baseball game. The boy turned out to be Sinatra's best friend's son.
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
, released in 1977 as the lead single from his album Lace and Whiskey
Lace and Whiskey
Lace and Whiskey is the 10th studio album by Alice Cooper, released in May 1977.After many years of portraying a dark and sinister persona Alice Cooper decided to try something new and donned the persona of a heavy drinking comic PI named "Maurice Escargot" - a fictional character in the same vein...
.
The song was an easy listening
Easy listening
Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...
ballad, reaching #9 on the US singles charts
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
in 1977. It may have alienated even the biggest of Cooper's rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
fans as it turned out to be his last US top-ten hit until "Poison
Poison (Alice Cooper song)
"Poison" is a song by artist Alice Cooper co-written and produced by Desmond Child, released worldwide as a single in 1989 and is featured on his 18th studio album Trash...
" 12 years later.
Cooper regularly performed "You and Me" live on his 1977 and 1978 concert tours. He also performed the song on The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show is a British television programme produced by American puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring Muppets. After two pilot episodes were produced in 1974 and 1975, the show premiered on 5 September 1976 and five series were produced until 15 March 1981, lasting 120 episodes...
in 1978, as a duet.
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
performed "You and Me" as a tribute to Cooper, after Cooper helped a young boy gain entry into a baseball game. The boy turned out to be Sinatra's best friend's son.