Donna Weiss
Birth name	Donna Terry Weiss
Origin	United States
Genres	Pop, rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, recording artist, lyricist

Donna Terry Weiss is an American singer and songwriter. She won a Grammy Award in 1982 for co-writing "Bette Davis Eyes" (1974) with Jackie DeShannon.

Songwriter/composer credits

Source:^[1]

"Bette Davis Eyes" (1974) with Jackie DeShannon - In 1982, Weiss won a Grammy Award for co-writing this song.^[2]
"The Heart Won't Lie" (1993) - recorded by Reba McEntire and Vince Gill The song debuted at number 51 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated February 20, 1993. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and reached Number One on the chart dated April 10, 1993, where it stayed for two weeks. It was McEntire's seventeenth Number One single, and Gill's third Number One.
"When The Money's Gone"(Cher)"Living Proof" 2002/2003 Warner Bros.
"When the Money's Gone" (1995) - recorded by Bruce Roberts
"Explícame" Terra Firma) Luis Fonsi, (2011) Universal/Latino, Despacito & Mis Grandes Exitos MCA 2017
(Duets)(Gweneth Paltrow) (Original Motion picture soundtrack) "Bette Davis Eyes", Hollywood Records, 2000
(L. Devine) (Peachy Keen)(Near Life Experience) All Media, 2019
Taylor Swift) (Speak Now World Tour Live CD+DVD) (Bette Davis Eyes) Big Machine Records
(Belinda Carlisle) You Don't Die From Love/ The Air You Breathe/Virgin 1992 The Air You Breathe by Belinda Carlisle
(Sweet Amarillo) (Remedy) recorded by (Old Crow Medicine Show) ATO Records 2014
(Tiffany)-( Hold An Old Friend's Hand) 1988, CD
(Tiffany) (Spanish Eyes) Off of Tiffany
(Dee Dee Warwick) I Turn Around and Love You Dee Dee Warwick /The Complete Atco Recordings 2014
(Margie Joseph) I Turn Around and Love You /Margie Joseph 1971 Atlantic Records
(Kim Carnes) (Gypsy Honeymoon) (Don't Cry Now) 1993/EMI Records/US & Canada
(Kim Carnes) (Lighthouse) That's Where the Trouble Lies) (Divided Hearts) (Piece of the Sky) (Only Lonely Love) 1986/EMI Records/US & Canada, UK
(Kim Carnes) (View from the House) (Brass and Batons) (Blood from the Bandit) (Crimes of the Heart) (Just to Spend Tonight with You) 1988/MCA Records
(Kim Carnes) (Checkin Out Tthe Ghosts) (Tears Edge) (River Of Memories) (Look Through Children's Eyes) (Nothing Better Than Love) 1991/Teichiku Records
(Phillip Bailey) (Chinese Wall/Inside Out) "Echo My Heart) (Welcome to the Club) 2012
(Dusty Springfield) (What Do You Do When Love Dies) Complete Atlantic Singles
(Dusty Springfield) (What Do You Do When Love Dies) "A Brand New Me" 1992, 2005 Rhino
(Jackie DeShannon) (New Arrangement) CBS/Columbia/(Barefoot Boys and Barefoot Girls) (Sweet Baby Gene) (Queen of the Rodeo)
(Jackie DeShannon) (Jackie DeShannon/Your Baby Is A Lady) Atlantic 1974/single writer pub discogs
(Jackie DeShannon) (Jackie) (I won't try to Put Chains On Your Soul) Atlantic, 1972
(Rita Coolidge) (Fall into Spring) (Your Baby Is a Lady) A&M Records, 1974, (Hold an Old Friend's Hand) A&M Records 1974
(Rita Coolidge) (Rita Coolidge) A&M Records, 1971, 2001, (Mud Island) Single, (That Man Is My Weakness) A&M Records, 1971
(Rita Coolidge) (Rita Coolidge) A&M Records, 1975, (Star), single, A&M Records
(Rita Coolidge) (Delta Lady, The Rita Coolidge Anthology) (I Turn Around and Love You), A&M Records
(Rita Coolidge) (Rita Coolidge) (It Just Keeps You Dancing) A&M Records, 1978
(Sonia Davis) (Bette Davis Eyes) (Paradise Project records) 1992, Italy
(The Chipmunks) (Bette Davis Eyes)/Heartbreaker 1982, RCA
(Rogue Wave) (Cover Me) (Bette Davis Eyes) Easy Sound Recording Company, ES023, 2017
"I Want You" (1965) - artist, produced by Shelby Singleton; written by Weiss in 1965 when she was a teenager living in Nashville^[3]
(Turn Around And Love You) (Irma Thomas) "Full Time Woman", Cotillian, 2014
"Sweet Amarillo" (1974) - Weiss performed the song several occasions on the second leg of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue concert tour^[4]

Discography

Singles

"I'm Only Human/Bonafide Love Me", 1969
"One Night a Week/That Kind of Woman", 1970
"I Want You/Take Me Now", 1969, Tony and Terri
"California L.A./Everybody Can't Play Shortstop", 1967, Tony and Terri
"Mr. Flower Vendor Man/Shades of Gray", 1968, Tony and Terri
"Back on My Feet Again/For No One", Toni and Terri

As backing vocalist^[5]

Joe Cocker – Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1970)
Al Kooper – New York City (You're A Woman) (1971)
Priscilla Jones – Gypsy Queen (1971)
Rita Coolidge – Rita Coolidge (1971)
Sandy Szigeti – America's Sweetheart (1971)
Ry Cooder – Into the Purple Valley (1972)
Rita Coolidge – The Lady's Not for Sale (1972)
Hoyt Axton – Less Than The Song (1972)
Bob Dylan – Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Knocking on Heavens Door, (1973)
Brenda Patterson – Brenda Patterson (1973)
Sharon Cash – Sharon Cash (1973)
Kim Carnes "Lighthouse" (1986)

References

^ "Donna Weiss – Credits". AllMusic.
^ LARSEN, PETER (March 30, 2022). "Grammy Awards 40 years later: How the 1982 nominees stack up four decades later". Los Angeles Daily News.
^ "Nashville Scene" (PDF). Billboard. October 9, 1965.
^ "1976 - Rolling Thunder Revue II". Olof Björner.
^ "Donna Weiss". Discogs.

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1950s	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1958) "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1959)
1960s	"Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1960) "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1961) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1962) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1963) "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1964) "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1965) "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1966) "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1967) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1968) "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1969)
1970s	"Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1970) "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1971) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1972) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1973) "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1974) "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1975) "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1976) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1977) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1978) "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1979)
1980s	"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1980) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1981) "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1982) "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1983) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1984) "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1986) "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1988) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1989)
1990s	"From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1990) "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1991) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1992) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1993) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1995) "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1996) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1997) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1998) "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (1999)
2000s	"Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2000) "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2001) "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2002) "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2003) "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2004) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2005) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2006) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2007) "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2008) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2009)
2010s	"Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2010) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2011) "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2012) "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2013) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2014) "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2015) "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2016) "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2017) "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2018) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2019)
2020s	"I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2020) "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (songwriters) (2021) "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (songwriter) (2022) "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2023)