Charles asked Mayfield, a one-time R&B hitmaker whose performing career was curtailed by a car accident in 1952, if he had any songs for Charles to record. Mayfield offered up "Hit the Road Jack." The snarling female vocal was provided by Margie Hendricks of the Raelettes. Hendricks' ...
The album was influenced by an accident lead guitarist Jake Ames had just after the band’s hometown record release show for Bummer Year, when he was hit by a car outside the venue and ended up in the hospital with a fractured skull and tailbone, along with short-term memory iss...
Released in 1966, "Just Between You and Me" marked the first big hit of Charley Pride's career. This song is about a man going through the deepest depths of heartbreak — and he's in so much pain that he doubts he'll ever recover. No. 5: Loretta Lynn, "Dear Uncle Sam" YouTube...
Stanley wrote the song about a KISS fan who was felled in a car crash after he went to see the band perform. Artist: Kiss Album(s): Destroyer, Destroyer- Resurrected Composer: Kiss, Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin Length (seconds): 5:17 Also ranks #25 on The Best Songs Named After US ...
While obviously about substance abuse, it's less well known that Neil Young wrote this song about a specific person. Included on the 1972 album Harvest, "The Needle and the Damage Done" eulogizes the addiction of his bandmate, guitarist Danny Whitten. As the story goes, while rehearsing for...
I was also thinking about [Steely Dan’s] “Babylon Sisters”: “Drive west on Sunset to the sea.” The idea that the manifest destiny of the American dream is actually to just drive your car into the ocean and kill yourself.And I was picturing a world where everything grows in ...
Wiz Khalifa taps Charlie Puth for the fan-favorite Fast franchise’s musical tribute to Paul Walker, who died in a car accident before wrapping on Fast & Furious 7. The heartbreaking yet hopeful piano-driven tune rose to the top of the Hot 100 — for a total of 12 weeks. Listen here...
Song About Death No. 14: “Drink A Beer” By Luke Bryan Country star Luke Bryan was hit with sudden and multiple family tragedies when he was just starting his career in the music industry. His brother passed away in a car accident when Luke was only 26 years old, then his sister died...
Crosby's then-girlfriend Christine Hilton died in a car accident just days before he recorded his vocal part, and his usually delicate coo was replaced with a crackling anger, clearly still grieving. On the positive side, 'Almost Cut My Hair' has been encouraging people to let their "freak...
Also ranks #1 on The Best Movies About Movies Also ranks #3 on The Very Best Classic Musical Movies, Ranked 11 The Phantom of the Opera Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson 2,251 votes The Phantom of the Opera, a haunting musical drama film, is a riveting tale of obsession and ...