【Melodic Rock/AOR】Jaime Kyle - Stranded 1996~Emily's collection

【Pls look at the top comment first】What familiar melodies and lyrics ! I trust almost every aor lover has kept this song in deepest mind because this is an everlasting hit, which is deeply impressed in melodic rock history and climbed to number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. Because people know and love this song from Heart, legendary female-fronted melodic rock, included in the band's 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But this time another version of this epic ballad must be taken into consideration and this blonde girl Jaime Kyle must be introduced to more aor lovers. Moreover, this version from Jaime Kyle is a special gift and should be remembered all the way.

It is never too exaggerated to emphasize that Jaime Kyle is one of the most talented female aor artists in history, who also has established a good example for all female artists as an all-around musician. As a singer, she got fame and won warm response from America to Europe. As a songwriter, this everlasting masterpiece "Stranded" means a lot to her as well as took Heart to another apex of their careers in early 1990. Let's review "Stranded". This ballad features Nancy Wilson on lead vocals instead of her sister Ann Wilson, who is the usual lead vocalist of Heart. Lead vocals by Nancy are much rarer than those by Ann, but the songs performed by Nancy always hit fans in the heart, sometimes sound more impressive as this song is the best example. Behind "Stranded", how many people have known it was filled with the efforts of Jaime Kyle as the co-writer before her name was fomally known by the public during 1990s?

In music world, it is common that a multitude of songwriters like Jaime Kyle wrote songs for artists specially as a superb single or even great hit, making the artists stand out or even help the artists to reach the top of their careers while the versions of songwriters themselves were recorded and included in the albums of their own several years after the original artists so that they used to be seemed as the cover artists by mistake. Anyway, they are the hiddlen dedicator of those masterpieces, who deserve all thumbs up and respects.

Before Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert, there was Jaime Kyle. As a solo vocalist, she was the first female rock artist to be signed to a major record deal out of Nashville. Her albums "The Passionate Kind" (Atco/Atlantic), "Back from Hollywood" (Now and Then, England) and "The Best of My Heart" (Frontiers, Italy and Nippon Crown, Japan) were critically acclaimed on Album Rock Radio. Throughout Europe she was dubbed "The Goddess of Hard Rock".

As a songwriter, producer and engineer, her works cover rock, pop and country music. Apart from "Stranded", Faith Hill recorded "Wild One" which Jaime Kyle co-wrote and it made chart history as a debut artist remaining at number 1 for four weeks. This classic country single was inspired by Jaime's childhood experiences in rural Kentucky.

Because of her childhood life in the countryside, her music conveys lots of inspirations from country music, even like "Stranded", a melodic rock hit of Heart but sounds more country-oriented from Jaime's version, especially in the solo passage while the solos in Heart's version are much stronger. People may have different personal tastes in these two versions of "Stranded". As to me, I love both of them because of the different arrangements and the distinguishable voices of two gorgeous ladies, Nancy Wilson and Jaime Kyle.

Jaime Kyle can perfectly combine rock, pop and country music together in one album and arrange them in harmonious proportion, so her music sounds different from many other female aor singers, also different from traditional country singers during 1990s like Faith Hill, Kathy Mattea, Trisha Yearwood, Shania Twain and more. But her voice truly reminds me of many female artists, like the combination of Amy Grant, Robin Beck and Faith Hill.

According to Jaime Kyle, the chain of events led to Nancy Wilson of Heart recording her song "Stranded". For Jaime, that her music became a hit was like walking into a dream. The Wilson sisters are the seniors of Jaime and this epic ballad gave her validation that her music was accessible to people. It also made her legit in the professional music world. Nobody once could imagine that her first time to hear this song performed by Heart was in a record store on their stereo in Pensacola as she couldn't believe it herself.

The music video "Stranded" from Heart is really impressive in fans' deepest hearts. Beautiful lady perfectly matches the vibe of those footages, no wonder this is a monument of Heart both in music and video. The most well-known video of Jaime Kyle is the theme titled song from this album "The Best Of My Heart". Check it out on her utube channel. What a sweet beauty she is in that video ! The artistic and romantic vibes from her video absolutely reflect the best of her heart.
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[BlasMetal]

Emily, I have fallen in love with Jamie's charm and musical skills!

[AlexP]

great song ! one of my old time favourite ballads , till now i knew only Heart's version ...

[Pablocr]

Jaime is a real deal talent. Her forthcoming album is great. She can't wait to get it out there for all to hear. Emily, thank you for all your generous comments. Jaime's time is coming!