It is also the most famous protest song ever written. The Chad Mitchell Trio were the first to release a recording of it, and Peter, Paul and Mary turned it into an enormous hit in the summer of 1963. Still, everyone knew the song belonged to the burning-eyed young man who ruled New...
“Any Man”), Common and Sadat X at their cinematic finest (“1-9-9-9”), and the best song ever written about a political assassination (Pharoahe Monch’s “Mayor”).Soundbombing IIisn’t on the big streamers, making the haze of bygone greatness all the more intense. But this album...
"I thought it would be nice to write a song about this, and use the piece to bookend the oldies medley." It worked, and the single version of the track went to number 2. Rainy Days and Mondays Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays Written by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams and given ...
The lyrics were written by Robin Campbell with help from his father Ian Campbell, and were inspired by the genocide in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge. Bob Marley - 'One Love' Bob Marley & The Wailers - One Love / People Get Ready (Audio) Originally recorded as a ska song in 1965, it ...
Before this song, Cliff had already won acclaim: Bob Dylan lauded his 1969 single "Vietnam" as "the best protest song ever written." But Cliff became an international star with this gospel tale of eternal rebellion, expressly written for the movie of the same name, in which he played Ivan...
The song put Agnetha in the strange situation of being asked to sing a breakup song, written by her ex-husband, just a short period afterwards. However, Bjorn didn't intend it to happen this way. She later said it was her favourite ABBA song to perform. Dancing Queen Abba - Dancing Qu...
Another great blues song was written by Roy Alfred, a lyricist best known for novelties like “The Hucklebuck” and “Rock And Roll Waltz,” as well as the lovely doo-wop ballad, “Wisdom Of A Fool.” His contribution to the blues was one he wrote for Woody Herman in 1947, “I’ve...
Over the next 14 years, they collaborated on more than 50 charted singles — mostly written by one or both of them — and became the architects of the New Orleans rock & roll sound: two-and-a-half-minute jewels featuring effervescent piano boogie, in-your-face rhythms and lyrics that ...
songs ever written and that it was his favorite Lennon-McCartney composition. Well, at least he got it half right. Harrison wrote his breathtaking ballad with Ray Charles in mind as the singer, and for the title he borrowed a line from a James Taylor song, Something In The Way She Moves...
“Lie In the Sound,” by sadly defunct Southern California band Trespassers William, is the sort of song written by someone who knows that feeling only too well. And has there ever been a description of love that’s as simultaneously utilitarian and sad as, “What is love, but whatever ...