![]() ![]() Jonathon from River Falls,wi, WiI love this song! I want to go and buy the single now! I always have to stay up and watch "One Shining Moment" at the end of the post game show, even if my dad yells at me and saying it is time for bed.I'd love to see CBS go back to the original as his, to me, is far superior. His vocals remind me so much of old England Dan and John Ford Coley songs. John from Newport News, VaWhile Luther's version is good, I much prefer Davis Barrett's original.The song is available as a CD Single on his website: Īdditionally, there are different versions available through iTunes, including the current version used, sung by Luther Vandross. To my knowledge, this is the ONLY time that this version of the song was aired. The Chicago White Sox used the version with "The Gun Goes Off" to close their telecast on the final game at Comiskey Park on September 30th, 1990. And so having the first line fall into place as it did was poetic and true." Ironically - I wrote the song about basketball (after watching Larry Bird) but for some reason (who knows what I was thinking?!?) I didn't write it into the original first line. The original line was, the gun goes off.which I changed to suit the tournament. "My daughter informed me that they claim that the initial line was the ball is kicked. Contrary to poular belief, the first line in the song was NOT changed from "The Ball is Kicked" to "The Ball is Tipped." In his reply, he said: Barrett through his website, asking if this version existed. Bill from Fort Wayne, InJust a comment on the "Ball is kicked" line being changed.Karel from Amsterdam, NetherlandsDoes anyone know if the Luther Vandross version is available on CD or CD-single somewhere?.Charlene Miller from Toledo,ohioMy all time favorite sport song and love Luther Vandross.My team lost today tOSU, but I'll watch March Madness till the end just to hear One Shining Moment!.As part of the 14-year, $11 billion deal that began in 2011, Turner and CBS will alternate as the Final Four broadcaster from 2016 to the conclusion of the deal in 2024. This year's Final Four is on TBS for the first time. Knight's Indiana Hoosiers beat the Syracuse Orange that night to win the title on Keith Smart's jumper. The highlights set to the now-familiar music featured coaches including Jim Boeheim getting a Gatorade bath, Jerry Tarkanian biting his towel and Bobby Knight slamming his hand on the scorer's table. On March 30, 1987, CBS played the song in the background of a montage that included players such as Sherman Douglas, Rony Seikaly, Derrick Coleman, David Robinson and J.R. Wednesday is the 29th anniversary of the song's first airing. It was Barrett's voice on the recording for the first seven years from 1987 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2002.īarrett told on Tuesday that he had not been informed that there would be a new artist singing the song. After being strongly criticized by fans, CBS returned with the Vandross version the following year. In 2010, CBS commissioned Jennifer Hudson to do a version that veered from the original. ![]() The version of the song, composed by David Barrett, with Vandross' vocals first aired in 2003 and was used every year through 2009. "One Shining Moment" will be sung by a new artist this year, a Turner executive revealed Tuesday.Ĭraig Barry, executive vice president and chief content officer of Turner Sports, disclosed the news in a conference call but didn't elaborate.įor the past five years, the song that accompanies the montage at the end of the NCAA men's basketball tournament was a recording by Luther Vandross.
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