Cline was at the height of her career when she released "Leavin' on Your Mind": After a string of failed singles, she had scored back-to-back country and pop success with "Crazy" and "I Fall to Pieces," and followed up with "She's Got You." Wayne Walker and Webb Pierce wrote "...
. Even Olivia Newton-John's entry here, which she sings very earnestly and charmingly, was written by Jeff Barry. Roberta Flack's entry was written by Ewan MacColl. Don Gibson wrote Patsy Cline's entry here. So Christine McVie'sSongbirdturns out to be a real rarity. I will be told t...
No. 9: Don Gibson, "Sea of Heartbreak" YouTube No. 9: Don Gibson, "Sea of Heartbreak" This 1961 country hit describes heartbreak so overwhelming, it feels like being swept beneath the waves of the sea. No. 8: Patsy Cline, "She's Got You" YouTube No. 8: Patsy Cline, "She's ...
bass, drums and male vocal. It was cool, fun, doing music with like minded, similar aged guys. The group decided that we needed keys so I wrote the appropriate ad and got keyboard player. The male vocal retired
Plenty of musicians have covered this Paul Hampton / Hal David tune (originally recorded by Don Gibson), including Johnny Cash, but this version works so well because these two are great at sounding lonely together. 3 "Seven Year Ache"From 'Seven Year Ache' (1981) “Seven Year Ache” was...
Paisley’s wit livens up a country love song -- and white-hot fiddle tune -- with a comparable message to Don Gibson’s “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and other classics about a stubborn partner with the patience to work through a spat. ...
Del Rey’s visible stage nerves were proof that she was a music industry creation with no artistic merit. Instead of “the next big thing,” Del Rey was held up as an inauthentic amalgamation of pop artistry, lacking talent orcreativedirection. Shortly after herSNLfiasco, theObserverwrote: ...
265. “I Wrote You a Song,”Forever(2024) A contemplative acoustic number where Jon Bon Jovi found inspiration at a late hour, “I get up in the middle of the night…and I wake up in the morning with every I and T of this entire first verse written.” He walks down the stairs of...
One of the last songs written for the album is a strident number. One has to wonder if Jon Bon Jovi purposely wrote this without Sambora so he would have an avenue to market Sambora’s recent divorce to Heather Locklear as a part of the album promotion, givingLost Highwaya layer of de...
Writer: Don Gibson Producer: Sid Feller Released: May '62, ABC-Paramount 18 weeks; No. 1 When Charles put out Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, DJs picked up on this remake of the Kitty Wells hit, which hadn't been released as a single. After Charles heard that white vocali...