Cheryl Lynn, Daybreak (Storybook Children) | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 47^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Daybreak (Storybook Children)” by Cheryl Lynn.

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 47^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Daybreak (Storybook Children)”, performed by 🎙 Cheryl Lynn. 

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“Daybreak / How can I ever leave this place beside you? / You were the only one I ever cried to / The night is through.” The lush ballad, 🎵 “Daybreak (Storybook Children)” appears as the ninth track on 💿 Cheryl Lynn, the 1978, gold-certified debut album by 🎙 Cheryl Lynn. Lynn is best known for the platinum crossover hit, 🎵 “Got To Be Real” from the same album. Even so, “Daybreak (Storybook Children)” is a marvelous record in its own right. While this gem sounds like it could be an original by Lynn, it was 🎙 Randy Bishop who originally recorded it in 1977 (a recording is hard to come by these days). Furthermore, 🎙 Bette Midler covered it later that same year (💿 Broken Blossom) before Lynn delivered her stirring rendition.  “Daybreak” was penned by 🎼 ✍ David Pomeranz and Spencer Proffer.

Focusing on Cheryl Lynn, she sings with incredible expression; she sounds utterly sublime. In addition to her tone, something that shines about Lynn’s voice is the range – she possesses elite talent. Beyond the voice, the arrangement and production are incredibly sophisticated – idiomatic of 1970s soul through and through.  The strings soar, the winds – specifically French horn – are warm, and the overall aesthetic is breathtaking.  Lynn does a superb job of bringing the fairytale lyrics alive: “And now it’s daybreak / We were like storybook children / Hey, but, like all good fairytales / This one must end.” The good news for all music lovers is that the legacy of 🎵 “Daybreak (Storybook Children)” endures forever and ever.

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🎙 Cheryl Lynn • 💿 Cheryl Lynn • 🏷 Sony Music Entertainment • 📅 1978

Cheryl Lynn, “Daybreak (Storybook Children)”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 47 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via  Pixabay]