Hello,
I have a question to ask for those of you familiar with these songs. One of the moderators of this messageboard (Honeychile) may be of help. First off, I must tell you I am not college educated. So of course that means I never belonged to any sorority or fraternity. So you may be wondering why I am posting here. I am trying to find the correct titles and songwriters names to two Alpha Delta Pi sorority songs. One of them is a song mentioned by Honeychile in a thread I found by Googling on the Internet. That song in question is "When You Love An Alpha Delta."
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/ar...p/t-51251.html
The other song I am trying to find, it may be entitled "Teardrops" although I have some reservations regarding that title.
The lyrics partially go like this (or at least I think they do):
We are Alpha Delta Pi
And we love our sisters dearly
We are Alpha Delta Pi
And we grow much closer yearly
We will cherish all our memories
That we gather while we’re here
For they bring back many thoughts and happy tears
There's a bit in the Youtube link I've provided below in which the tempo increases and some of the verses above are repeated along with what sounds like teardrops rah-do-a-rah or something to that effect.
As for the reason I am trying to find the correct songtitles and songwriters, I am working on a book about Elvis Presley's recording sessions. Now you may be thinking "what does that have to do with Alpha Delta Pi?" Well, in November, 1973 Sam Thompson (the brother of Linda Thompson, Elvis' then girlfriend and also an Alpha Delta Pi sorority sister from Memphis State University) made a home recording of Elvis and Linda singing these two songs as duets. Here are links to youtube videos that feature the home recordings:
Teardrops (or whatever the title may possibly be)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCGccXZoT50
When You Love An Alpha Delta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRcHLmSP_oQ
Any assistance on this matter would be appreciated. One thing I would like to point out is that as far as I know neither song has rightfully be credited in the Elvis fandom as far as correct songtitle / songwriter. In fact the song that I now know as "When You Love An Alpha Delta" was wrongly credited as "(Your) Life Has Just Begun" and miscredited to songwriter Randy California of the pyschedelic rock group "Spirit" since they had a song titled "Life Has Just Begun." One listen to this home recording compared to the "Spirit" song easily disproves this. I highly suggest listening to the youtube videos with earphones/earbuds than relying on PC / laptop speakers.
Daryl
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