"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" was one of two Michael Masser/ Gerry Goffin co-writes produced by Masser for the Born to Love album. Although the Born to Love sessions marked the first time either Peabo Bryson or Roberta Flack had been produced by Masser, Flack had previously recorded two Masser/ Goffin co-writes: "Independent Man" (album Roberta Flack/ 1978) and "Stay With Me" (album Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway/ 1980): also Masser's Ron Miller co-write "After You" was featured on Flack's 1977 album Blue Lights in the Basement. Flack's first recording of a Gerry Goffin composition had been a remake of his earliest evocation of nocturnal intimacy, Flack's version of the Shirelles' classic—co-written with Carole King—"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"—featured on the 1971 album Quiet Fire—in fact becoming Flack's first solo single to appear on the Hot 100 in Billboard magazine also serving as Flack's solo debut on Billboard's R&B chart (Flack had previously reached both the Hot 100 and R&B charts with two duet singles with Donny Hathaway).
Despite Flack having recorded three of Masser's compositions, the singer would recall that when Masser previewed "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" for her, it was with the advisement that he hoped to place the song, rejected by RCA for Diana Ross, with Barbra Streisand:(Roberta Flack quote:)"[But] I told him I think I can sing that." Flack brought Bryson over to Masser's house for the composer to preview "Tonight, I Celebrate..." for Bryson who would recall (Peabo Bryson quote:) "Even though it's a great song, I [then] didn't [appreciate] it was" since "Michael's not the greatest singer in the world...I only [agreed] to do it because Roberta really wanted to[, but] after the first take in the studio I got [the song's appeal] too." The second Masser/ Goffin co-write on Born to Love: "Comin' Alive", described by Masser as "an uptempo synthesized song", was considered by Masser for single release rather than "Tonight, I Celebrate...": (Michael Masser quote:) "but I just felt that there are people out there who want to be touched by a romantic acoustic ballad...Each year, through whatever else is the particular fashion or mode, there are always great ballads that break through."
Bryson and Flack had previously appeared on the R&B chart in Billboard with two duet singles: "Make the World Stand Still" and "Love is a Waiting Game", both from their collaborative 1980 Live & More double album. However, "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" would be the first Bryson/ Flack duet single to rank on the Billboard Hot 100: with a Hot 100 peak of #16 in November 1983: "Tonight, I Celebrate..." would also rank on the Billboard R&B chart (#5) and on the magazine's Adult Contemporary chart (#4). In the UK, "Tonight, I Celebrate..." would peak at #2 in September 1983, affording both Bryson and Flack their alltime best UK chart showing. "Tonight, I Celebrate..." was afforded further international success charting in Australia (#10), Canada (#4), Finland (#13), Flemish Belgium (#8), Ireland (#5), the Netherlands (#16), New Zealand (#11), Norway (#8), and South Africa (#4).
A promotional video—Flack's video debut—was prepped for "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love". Directed by Martin Pitts, the video was a straightforward performance video showing Flack and Bryson singing the song—she playing the piano and he seated on a stool at her side—while session musicians may be seen in the background: the clip was taped at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood, the Born to Love album being recorded for Capitol Records—Bryson's home label—with Flack on loan from Atlantic Records (the track "Tonight, I Celebrate..." was in fact recorded at A&M Studios with Randy Kerber on piano: Flack did not play piano on any tracks on Born to Love).
"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" would be the only top 40 hit duet for Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack as the only subsequent single from Born to Love to chart on the Hot 100: "You're Looking Like Love to Me", peaked at #58. "Tonight, I Celebrate..." would also be the only major hit duet for Bryson and Flack in the UK where "Heaven Above Me" was issued as the follow-up single to chart no higher than #84. Bryson's only solo hit single after "Tonight, I Celebrate..." would be the Michael Masser co-write "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" which peaked at #10, his only solo top 40 hit. Bryson would however score two more top 10 hit duets in 1991 and 1992, with "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World" respectively; the latter a number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Telegraph listed the song as one of the "50 best love songs of the 1980s", writing "Mmm! Dig those tinkly Eighties keyboards. Almost tasteful, considering its schlockbusting potential." The song is, according to The Telegraph, Roberta Flack's favourite song from her 1980s repertoire. The Monthly describes it as a "big romantic ballad."
Cover versions
Perry Como recorded the song for his 1987 album Today.
https://youtu.be/xBYezrGY_G4
Gloria Loring recorded the song for her 2001 album By Request.
https://youtu.be/S_IQruAGWnU
Canadian singer-songwriter Amy Sky covered the song on her 2003 album With This Kiss.
The Estonian rendering "See öö on armastuse aastapäev" was recorded by Marju Länik for her 1986 album Südame laul, the track being a duet with Jaak Joala.
https://youtu.be/OWZ3mWi0TyE
刘明湘, 郑俊树 - Tonight I Celebrate My Love (中国好声音第三季, 优化版)
https://youtu.be/P_GpKVSMaN4
Tonight I celebrate my love - Peabo Bryson ft Uyên Linh
https://youtu.be/-o15YmV339Q
Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You - Saxophone Cover (Samuel Tago)
https://youtu.be/wuDGtcxuN4w
Wedding Entrance Saxo & Violin Tonight I celebrate my love - Cikallia Music Bandung
https://youtu.be/r2FSy5iciDI
Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You (Instrumental)
https://youtu.be/W6N0cH4P0O8
In popular media
The version by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack was used for the Bo and Hope characters on the American serial Days of Our Lives.
“Tonight, I Celebrate My Love” was one of two Michael Masser/ Gerry Goffin co-writes produced by Masser for the Born to Love album. Although the Born to Love sessions marked the first time either Peabo Bryson or Roberta Flack had been produced by Masser, Flack had previously recorded two Masser/ Goffin co-writes: “Independent Man” (album Roberta Flack/ 1978) and “Stay With Me” (album Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway/ 1980): also Masser’s Ron Miller co-write “After You” was featured on Flack’s 1977 album Blue Lights in the Basement. Flack’s first recording of a Gerry Goffin composition had been a remake of his earliest evocation of nocturnal intimacy, Flack’s version of the Shirelles‘ classic—co-written with Carole King—”Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow“—featured on the 1971 album Quiet Fire—in fact becoming Flack’s first solo single to appear on the Hot 100 in Billboard magazine also serving as Flack’s solo debut on Billboard‘s R&B chart (Flack had previously reached both the Hot 100 and R&B charts with two duet singles with Donny Hathaway).
Despite Flack having recorded three of Masser’s compositions, the singer would recall that when Masser previewed “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love” for her, it was with the advisement that he hoped to place the song, rejected by RCA for Diana Ross, with Barbra Streisand:(Roberta Flack quote:)“[But] I told him I think I can sing that.” Flack brought Bryson over to Masser’s house for the composer to preview “Tonight, I Celebrate…” for Bryson who would recall (Peabo Bryson quote:) “Even though it’s a great song, I [then] didn’t [appreciate] it was” since “Michael’s not the greatest singer in the world…I only [agreed] to do it because Roberta really wanted to[, but] after the first take in the studio I got [the song’s appeal] too.” The second Masser/ Goffin co-write on Born to Love: “Comin’ Alive”, described by Masser as “an uptempo synthesized song”, was considered by Masser for single release rather than “Tonight, I Celebrate…”: (Michael Masser quote:) “but I just felt that there are people out there who want to be touched by a romantic acoustic ballad…Each year, through whatever else is the particular fashion or mode, there are always great ballads that break through.”
Bryson and Flack had previously appeared on the R&B chart in Billboard with two duet singles: “Make the World Stand Still” and “Love is a Waiting Game”, both from their collaborative 1980 Live & More double album. However, “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love” would be the first Bryson/ Flack duet single to rank on the Billboard Hot 100: with a Hot 100 peak of #16 in November 1983: “Tonight, I Celebrate…” would also rank on the Billboard R&B chart (#5) and on the magazine’s Adult Contemporary chart (#4). In the UK, “Tonight, I Celebrate…” would peak at #2 in September 1983, affording both Bryson and Flack their alltime best UK chart showing. “Tonight, I Celebrate…” was afforded further international success charting in Australia (#10), Canada (#4), Finland (#13), Flemish Belgium (#8), Ireland (#5), the Netherlands (#16), New Zealand (#11), Norway (#8), and South Africa (#4).
A promotional video—Flack’s video debut—was prepped for “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love”. Directed by Martin Pitts, the video was a straightforward performance video showing Flack and Bryson singing the song—she playing the piano and he seated on a stool at her side—while session musicians may be seen in the background: the clip was taped at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood, the Born to Love album being recorded for Capitol Records—Bryson’s home label—with Flack on loan from Atlantic Records (the track “Tonight, I Celebrate…” was in fact recorded at A&M Studios with Randy Kerber on piano: Flack did not play piano on any tracks on Born to Love).
“Tonight, I Celebrate My Love” would be the only top 40 hit duet for Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack as the only subsequent single from Born to Love to chart on the Hot 100: “You’re Looking Like Love to Me”, peaked at #58. “Tonight, I Celebrate…” would also be the only major hit duet for Bryson and Flack in the UK where “Heaven Above Me” was issued as the follow-up single to chart no higher than #84. Bryson’s only solo hit single after “Tonight, I Celebrate…” would be the Michael Masser co-write “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again” which peaked at #10, his only solo top 40 hit. Bryson would however score two more top 10 hit duets in 1991 and 1992, with “Beauty and the Beast” and “A Whole New World” respectively; the latter a number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Telegraph listed the song as one of the “50 best love songs of the 1980s”, writing “Mmm! Dig those tinkly Eighties keyboards. Almost tasteful, considering its schlockbusting potential.” The song is, according to The Telegraph, Roberta Flack’s favourite song from her 1980s repertoire. The Monthly describes it as a “big romantic ballad.”
Cover versions
Perry Como recorded the song for his 1987 album Today.
Perry Como: Tonight I celebrate my love for you
Gloria Loring recorded the song for her 2001 album By Request.
Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You
Canadian singer-songwriter Amy Sky covered the song on her 2003 album With This Kiss.
Katie Price and Peter Andre singing Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You!
The Estonian rendering “See öö on armastuse aastapäev” was recorded by Marju Länik for her 1986 album Südame laul, the track being a duet with Jaak Joala.
Marju Länik ja Jaak Joala – See öö on armastuse aastapäev
刘明湘, 郑俊树 – Tonight I Celebrate My Love (中国好声音第三季, 优化版)
刘明湘, 郑俊树 – Tonight I Celebrate My Love (中国好声音第三季, 优化版)
Tonight I celebrate my love – Peabo Bryson ft Uyên Linh
Tonight I celebrate my love – Peabo Bryson ft Uyên Linh
Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You – Saxophone Cover (Samuel Tago)
Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You – Saxophone Cover (Samuel Tago)
Wedding Entrance Saxo & Violin Tonight I celebrate my love – Cikallia Music Bandung
Wedding Entrance Saxo & Violin Tonight I celebrate my love – Cikallia Music Bandung
Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You (Instrumental)
Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You (Instrumental)
In popular media
The version by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack was used for the Bo and Hope characters on the American serial Days of Our Lives.
DAYS – Bo Dies in Hope's Arms – Tonight I Celebrate My Love
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