This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs by the Beatles.
“Do You Want to Know a Secret” is a 1963 Beatles song written primarily by John Lennon, though credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, and sung by George Harrison on the group’s debut album, Please Please Me; recorded at EMI Studios in London on February 11, 1963, and produced by George Martin, it is a brief, tender early-pop love
This list of Live Rock Albums are 50 years old or older.
Made in Japan is Deep Purple’s landmark double-live album, recorded during the band’s first Japanese tour on August 15, 16, and 17, 1972, with performances at Festival Hall in Osaka on August 15 and 16 and Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on August 17, featuring the classic Mark II lineup of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice.
These are songs that contain the month “September” in their lyrics.
“Wake Me Up When September Ends” is a song by Green Day, written by lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and released on June 13, 2005, as the fourth single from the band’s seventh studio album, American Idiot (2004). Produced by Rob Cavallo, the emotionally powerful rock ballad was inspired by Armstrong’s father, Andrew,
This “Stand Out Single” reached the #1 spot, on the charts, in multiple countries.
“We Can Work It Out” / “Day Tripper” was released by the Beatles on December 3, 1965, in the United Kingdom, and three days later in the United States. It was the first Beatles single to be marketed as a true double A-side, with both songs receiving equal billing on the record label and both considered strong enough to stand as the featured song.
The album Rumours became a phenomenon almost without precedent, eventually spending 31 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Fleetwood Mac began in London in 1967 during the peak of the British blues explosion, growing directly out of the enormously influential circle surrounding John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
These are songs that contain “Waterfall” in their lyrics.
“May This Be Love,” sometimes known by fans as “Waterfall,” is one of the gentlest and most lyrical compositions written by Jimi Hendrix and was featured on the 1967 debut album Are You Experienced by the The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Written solely by Hendrix and recorded at Olympic Studios in London on April 3, 1967, the song stands in sharp contrast to the explosive
This is a series of posts that will talk about some of my favorite songs that contain whistling. See if you agree with any of these!
“Walk Like an Egyptian” is a 1986 pop hit by the Bangles, written by songwriter Liam Sternberg, whose quirky inspiration came from observing people awkwardly balancing themselves on a ferry during rough seas, which he likened to the stylized poses seen in ancient Egyptian art; recorded for the album Different Light,
This “Stand Out Single” was a double-sided hit!
The single “Down on the Corner” / “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, released in September 1969, stands as one of the most striking examples in popular music of a 45 rpm record whose A- and B-sides both achieved enduring cultural importance. Issued during the band’s extraordinarily prolific year that also produced the album Willy and the Poor Boys,
This “Stand Out Single” was written by singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller.
The song “Me and Bobby McGee” stands as one of the most enduring compositions of late-1960s American popular music, written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, and first recorded in 1969 by Roger Miller. Its origin has become part of music lore, with Foster suggesting the title and the name “Bobby McKee,” inspired by a secretary,
This “Stand Out Single” reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in February 1974.
Dolly Parton’s single “Jolene” / “Love, You’re So Beautiful Tonight” was released on October 15, 1973, by RCA Victor, and it quickly became one of the defining records not only of her career but of modern country music. “Jolene,” written solely by Parton, was produced by Bob Ferguson and served as the title track of her 1974 album Jolene.
