“You Gentle Up My Life” is a ballad written by Joseph Brooks, and initially recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack to the movie of the identical identify. The tune was lip synched within the movie by its lead, Didi Conn. Background Cisyk’s authentic soundtrack recording was launched as a single to bolster gross sales of the soundtrack, after Debby Boone included her model on her first solo album additionally entitled You Gentle Up My Life. (Though the soundtrack was licensed gold, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, it by no means included Boone’s model of the tune.) Cisyk’s single was credited to “Authentic Forged”, to not Cisyk herself, and solely reached No. 80 on the Billboard Scorching 100.

Brooks additionally launched an instrumental model of the tune from the soundtrack as a single, however his model didn’t chart. Boone’s success resulted in Grammy nominations for Greatest Pop Vocal Efficiency Feminine and Report of the Yr and received her the 1977 Grammy for Greatest New Artist and the 1977 American Music Award for Favourite Pop Single.

The tune earned Brooks the 1977 Greatest Authentic Music awards Golden Globe and Academy Awards. The tune ranks #7 on Billboard’s All Time Prime 100.

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