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¤ Arlo Guthrie
City of New Orleans is a folk song written by →Steve Goodman, describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois Central Railroad in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. Goodman got the idea while traveling on the eponymous train for a visit to his wife’s […]
¤ Jimmie Rodgers [1897-1933] · · · The Singing Brakeman [1930] 1. Waiting for a Train ↓
All around the water tank, waiting for a train A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of talk He said «If […]
By age 12, Waylon Jennings [1937-2002] was playing in a band and working as a radio DJ. His style evolved over time, taking on a grittier, more bass-driven sound. He befriended such artists as Willie Nelson, and formed the Highwaymen with Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson in 1985.
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The Highwaymen (active between 1985 and 1995) were a Country music supergroup comprising four of the genre’s biggest artists well known for their pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre:
Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson.
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«I met Waylon […]
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This song was released in August 2003 as the lead off single from Toby Keith‘s […]
∇ Kris Kristofferson ⇓
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin’ for the trains, Feelin’ nearly faded as my jeans. Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained, Took us all the way to New Orleans.
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana And was […]
A country song written and recorded by Hank Williams, and later re-recorded by his son, Hank Williams Jr in 1988.
The music video for the song combined television footage that had existed of Hank Williams performing, onto which electronic merging technology impressed the recordings of Hank Jr., which then made it appear as if he were […]
by Jello Biafra’s ⇓ DEAD KENNEDYS ⇐ (1980)
So you been to school for a year or two And you know you’ve seen it all In daddy’s car thinkin’ you’ll go far Back east your type don’t crawl Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz On your five […]
A song by James Brown & Bobby Byrd
◊ Lucky Peterson ↓ [2003]
You can’t tell me how to run my life down and you can’t tell me how to keep my business sound you can’t tell me what I’m doing wrong when you keep dialing and sing […]
I’m M.C. Kat on the rap so mic it Here’s a little story and you’re sure to like it Swift and sly and I’m playing it cool With my homegirl, Paula Abdul
Baby seems we never ever agree You like the movies And I like T.V. I take things serious […]
A song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on the 1965 album of the same name, also appearing on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The song has become a 1960s soul standard, and […]
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Otis Redding wrote this song in 1967, while living on a houseboat in Sausalito on the San Francisco Bay. Otis recorded this song shortly before his tragic death. Steve Cropper finished production on the song after Otis’ plane went down. Released posthumously, it was […]
Written by Motown songwriters Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter, and William «Mickey» Stevenson in 1964, it became the biggest hit and trademark song for Martha & the Vandellas ↓
Callin’ out around the world, are you ready for a brand new beat? Summer’s here and the time is […]
♦ The name of a song written and recorded by Sam Cooke. When released as a single in 1960, the song performed very well, reaching #2 in the United States pop and R&B charts, and #9 in the United Kingdom.
I hear somethin’ sayin’
(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!) (Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)
(Well, don’t you […]
♦ Eddie Cochran ↓ [1958]
Well, I’m gonna raise a fuss , I’m gonna raise a holler About a working all summer just to try to earn a dollar Well, time I called my baby try to get a date My boss says, No dice son , you gotta work late Sometimes […]
«Mr. Sandman« (sometimes rendered as «Mister Sandman«) is a popular song written by Pat Ballard which was published in 1954 and first recorded in that year by The Chordettes. The song’s lyrics convey a request to «Mr. Sandman» to «bring me a dream» – the traditional association with the folkloric figure, the sandman.
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«My Favorite Things» is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. The song was first introduced by Mary Martin and Patricia Neway in the original Broadway production and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film.
In the musical, the lyrics […]
•→ Louis Jordan ⇐[1944] ∞ Nat King Cole & Ida JAMES ↓
I got a gal who’s always late anytime we have a date But I love her, yes I love her I’m gonna walk right up to her gate – see if I can get it straight ‘Cause I […]
A song from the 1924 musical No, No, Nanette with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar. It is a duet sung by Nanette and Tom (Louise Groody and Jack Barker) in Act II as they imagine their future.
The stage musical inspired David Butler‘s musical film in 1950, […]
‾ «This next song was sung by Billie Holliday, called Gloomy Sunday, and when she first recorded on the radio, there was a … protest … from the record company, because it was … uh … it was too pessimistic and depressing. Therefore they had it changed the ending to make it more… optimistic and […]
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