<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Ready To Take A Chance Again" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Somewhere in the Night" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Ships" (1979) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Ready To Take A Chance Again" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Somewhere in the Night" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Ships" (1979) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Somewhere in the Night" is a ballad written by Richard Kerr and lyricist Will Jennings which was a US Top 20 hit for both Helen Reddy and Barry Manilow . </P> <P> The first song composed by Kerr and Jennings as a team, "Somewhere in the Night" appeared on four 1975 album releases: You Are a Song by Batdorf & Rodney, Rising Sun by Yvonne Elliman, No Way to Treat a Lady by Helen Reddy released July 1975 and Kim Carnes' November 1975 eponymous album release . The Yvonne Elliman version was released as a single in August 1975 which month also saw the release of a "Somewhere in the Night" single recorded by the song's co-writer Richard Kerr: Kerr's version would have its UK release in January 1976 when it also served as the title cut of an album release by Kerr . However, "Somewhere in the Night" did not appear on any chart until the Batdorf & Rodney version was issued as a single in October 1975 to reach #69 on the Billboard Hot 100 . </P>

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