Friday 1 October 2004

The Mariah Carey Catalogue

Mariah's second-ever cover song was a sweeping, moving version of "Without you", which had been such a big, enduring hit for Harry Nilsson in the early seventies that it was generally assumed he'd written it. In actuality, it had been penned by Pete Ham and Tommy Evans of the ill-fated British band Badfinger (troubled by financial problems, both those songwriters would eventually commit suicide).

It was Nilsson's hit that Mariah had grown up with and loved, and which she used as a basic for her version. Mariah and Walter's arrangement owed a great deal to his rendition, rather than to the original, although it did strip away some of the massive orchestration that tended to overwhelm the Nilsson cut.

The next chapter of the Mariah Carey Catalogue is about this single. It is the 39th chapter of the book which can be downloaded here. In total there are now 104 pages to download and eventually the book will have over 300 pages when it's finished in the year 2005.

I started working on the Mariah Carey Catalogue two years ago, in May 2002. Then I thought the book would comprise about 1500 items and be 250 pages. But now, I think the book will have at least 2500 items. By the time it will be finished, 3½ years would have gone by. Never before did I spent so much time on a single project. I would be honored if one day the book will become the official Mariah Carey reference guide.


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