℗ 1967 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 2004-01-01
Producer: Norman Whitfield
Associated Performer, Vocals: David Ruffin
Associated Performer, Vocals: Eddie Kendricks
Associated Performer, Vocals: Paul Williams
Associated Performer, Vocals: Melvin Franklin
Associated Performer, Vocals: Otis Williams
Composer Lyricist: Norman Whitfield
Composer Lyricist: Barrett Strong
Composer Lyricist: Rodger Penzabene
Blues master B.B. King performs «The Thrill Is Gone» in Chicago at the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival. Eric Claptons Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 collection captures nearly four hours of highlights recorded live last year at the acclaimed charity music festival founded by the legendary guitarist. Get your copy here: rhino.lnk.to/Crossroads2019
Eric Clapton, one of the world’s pre-eminent blues/rock guitarists, once again summoned an all-star team of six-string heroes for his fifth Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2019. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, the chemical dependency treatment and education facility that Clapton founded in 1998.
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Hes laughing with another girl
And playing with another heart
Placing high stakes, making hearts ache
Hes loved in seven languages
Jewel box life diamond nights and ruby lights, high in the sky
Heaven help him, when he falls
Diamond life, lover boy
He move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy
City lights and business nights
When you require streetcar desire for higher heights
No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
When sentiment is left to chance
No place to be ending but somewhere to start
No need to ask
Hes a smooth operator
Smooth operator, smooth operator
Smooth operator
Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale
Face to face, each classic case
We shadow box and double cross
Yet need the chase
A license to love, insurance to hold
Melts all your memories and change into gold
His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold
No need to ask
Hes a smooth operator
Smooth operator, smooth operator
Smooth operator
Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale