Céline Dion performed this song as a virtual duet with Barbra Streisand during the Let's Talk About Love Tour. However, the vocalists take the song to a higher place with their performance, and the song and recording have aged fairly well despite of this. Subsequently, “Tell Him” was also recorded by … The music video was directed by Scott Floyd Lochmus and premiered on VH1, on October 24, 1997. He is the New Music Editor for Popdose and a freelance writer. That's particularly present in the Latin-ish triplet rhythm that runs throughout the song, reminiscent of the beat used in Drifters hits like "Save the Last Dance for Me," though more nervous and urgent as deployed in "Tell Him." The overall arrangement seems to come out of the 1980s school of over-production, and it is a bit cloying. "Tell Him" was one of the great girl-group hits, making #4 in 1963 and giving the Exciters -- … "[6], Australian/European/Japanese CD maxi single. and Shout labels, and finally landed at RCA.

One of the first orders of business for Lieber and Stoller was to change the group’s name to the Exciters. It was produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and there are similarities in "Tell Him" with the duo's work with the Drifters.

It was released on November 3, 1997 as the first single from Dion's Let's Talk About Love and Streisand's Higher Ground albums. " Tell Him " is a duet between Barbra Streisand and Céline Dion.

Their record was released in October 1964 and quickly rose up the charts until it eventually reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1963.

7, Roots of Rock 'N Roll: Greatest Groups 1962-1965, Lifetime Music Presents: Weddings of a Lifetime, Rock, Rhythm and Doo Wop, Vol. That note wasn't left without an answer and René Angélil called up David Foster to write a song for them, and the result was "Tell Him.".

However, "Tell Him" was a huge hit outside the U.S.

It was included as a bonus on the Au cœur du stade DVD. Dusty Springfield heard the song in New York while visiting America as part of her early-1960s folk-pop group the Springfields, and cited the tune as one that inspired her to move into rock and soul music. Anyone who’s witnessed, through the cracks of his or her fingers, the video for “Tell Him” in which Ms. Dion relates to Ms. Streisand like a newly born fawn nuzzling up against its mother, will sense that this is no diva face-off. 2, Rock -N- Roll's Greatest Hits of All Time, Vol. "Tell Him" is a duet between Barbra Streisand and Céline Dion. From that point on, Springfield pursued a highly successful career as a pop/soul singing solo artist. Ken is far and away the oldest Popdose writer. There are also the dramatic, almost threatening violin staccato riffs, particularly in the song's opening instrumental section, but also cropping up throughout the rest of the track. Watch the video for Tell Him from Patti Drew's Workin' On A Groovy Thing....The Best Of for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.

"Tell Him" is in the end an excellent combination of girl group rock and Brill Building pop with shades of orchestrated theatrical production and Latin music. "Tell Him" peaked at number 2 in the Netherlands and Ireland, number 3 in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom, number 4 in Italy and Switzerland, and was a top 10 hit in many other countries. It just so happened that the song was originally recorded by the Exciters in 1963. Wilbur left the group early on and she was replaced by Penny Carter but Carter didn’t last long either and to replace her the Masterettes enlisted one of the Masters, Herb Rooney. On October 7, 1997 "Tell Him" had its first runs on the United States radio waves. "Tell Him" was later included on both artists' compilations: Dion's The Collector's Series, Volume One and Streisand's The Essential Barbra Streisandand Duets. The melody of "Tell Him" is far more minor-keyed than much of its competition in early-1960s Brill Building and girl group pop, and well suited for Brenda Reid's lead vocal delivery, which has an energetic immediacy without succumbing to unnecessary melodrama. Signed to United Artists, the group entered the studio in 1962 to record “Tell Him.” The song was written by another legendary producer and songwriter, Bert Berns, under his Bert Russell pen name. In fact, it was Berns who produced the first recording of the song by Gil Hamilton, who was also known as Johnny Thunder, in 1962. This duet was rejected however by non-adult contemporary radio stations. The single has sold very well around the world, receiving platinum awards in the Netherlands (75,000), Belgium (50,000), and gold in the United Kingdom (400,000), France (400,000), Australia (35,000), Switzerland (25,000) and Norway (10,000). But Cole pulled out and two days before the Oscar night, Céline Dion was asked if she could do it.

In addition to singing "Because You Loved Me," she also sang "I Finally Found Someone" from the movie The Mirror Has Two Faces, recorded by Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams. It didn’t matter where they went or what they released. "[4], EW editor David Browne wrote: "Streisand glides like buttah into the duet Tell Him — making Dion sound like margarine in the process — but the song is an Uberschlock ode to subservience. The Exciters continued to put records in the charts including “He’s Got the Power,” “Get Him,” the aforementioned “Do-Wah-Diddy,” “I Want You to Be My Boy,” and “A Little Bit of Soap” but none of them had anything like the kind of success that “Tell Him” enjoyed. At the time, there was a male vocal group at school called the Masters so the four young women decided to become the Masterettes. In fact, it was Berns who produced the first recording of the song by Gil Hamilton, who was also known as Johnny Thunder, in 1962. A few days later, Streisand sent Dion flowers and a note: "I watched the tape afterwards, you sang my song beautifully and I regret I wasn't in the room to hear you, next time let's make one together. There is a story about Dusty Springfield and the first time she heard the Exciters version of “Tell Him.” Dusty was in New York and on her way to Nashville to record a country music album with her group, the Springfields. It had an influence the originators weren't aware of at the time, as well. The tune gets brighter in the latter parts of the verses, though, embellished by smooth backup harmonies from the rest of the Exciters, leading to a jubilant chorus that takes full advantage of the irregular push-pull rhythms. 5: Girl Group Sound, Rock -N- Roll's Greatest Hits of All Time Early 60s, Vol. 2, The Ultimate History of Rock & Roll Collection, Vol. 1 (Hot Rods & Hard Bods), Great Jukebox Hits of the 60's, Vol. 3, Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound [Video], 20th Century Rocks, Vol.

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