附注:
"Everyone wants to know if it's and autobiographical
song," said Gilbert, "based on my father's early death
[when Ray was only eleven]. Well, the fact of the
matter is, I didn't know my father very well, and he
wasn't a good father anyway. He didn't treat my mother
very well."
"Alone Again (Naturally)" was first released in the
States in the summer of 1972 and first caught fire in
Philadelphia. Before long, it had sold more than three
million copies and earned three Grammy Award
nominations (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song
of the Year, and Record of the Year). In his native
Ireland, Gilbert was voted Top International Singer of
1972, and in England, he was named Songwriter of the
Year by the Songwriters' Guild of Great Britain. UPI also
offered Gilbert an award, but it's doubtful that Gilbert
accepted. They called him "the worst potential
influence on the direction of pop music since Tiny Tim."
They gave his record their "Schlock Rock Trophy" of
the year.
