Church Chords: “Warriors of Playtime” The name of Church Chords’ debut album from this year is elvis, he was Schlager. If you find yourself provoked or humored or confused by that, then you’ll want to stroll through its gates to experience the panoplied psychedelic sound that producer ...
There are songs about new love (a rich vein that everyone from Elvis Presley to Ed Sheeran has mined); songs for time-tested devotion (such as Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s duet on the Gershwin classic “Our Love Is Here To Stay”); break-up songs (Taylor Swift’s “We Are...
The rest of the track? Pure rock ‘n’ roll acoustic strumalong that, while feeding from and fanning the flames of seventies sex appeal, and marking a bold line in the sand for band’s pop intentions at the start of the 80’s is, at its heart, a straight-up homage to Elvis Presley...
When “Compton” finally broke the streak in 2015, it was at the dawn of the streaming era, when fans no longer had to spend money to reconnect with an older song they were reminded of (or heard for the first time) thanks to a movie or TV sync — and could continue to help its c...
During this era, Wonder was working with other artists as well, including Minnie Riperton (the mother of Maya Rudolph) and the band Rufus, with Chaka Khan's vocals heard on the Wonder-penned top 5 track "Tell Me Something Good." Over the years, other artists struck gold with Wonder rem...
I asked for drums, they said no. I asked for more guitars, they said no. And I asked for simplicity, and they covered it in flutes! …They added strings and – I didn’t like them, but I could live with them. But the flute! The first time I heard the album, I cried and it...
“the curtis brothers were recording demos at sound city, and when we heard them play the song, we decided to give it a go.” “think about me” image credit: fin costello/redferns the millions of people who bought tusk hoping for a follow-up to rumours that sounded like its ...
This gospel song is done by Elvis, and J.D.Sumner. 14.Known only to Him I sang this song when I was a teenager. 15.Who am I I first heard this song by Jimmy Swaggart. 16.Where no one stands alone I always associate this song with Porter Wagoner. ...
As Elvis Costello turns 70, Variety offers a list of the singer-songwriter's 70 best, most powerful songs, from 'Alison' up through his latest album.
The John Wayne and Elvis part, hearing that for the first time was incredible – it still is. This was a band who showed no fear, who made really angry protest songs. Where are those records these days? When I first heard it, I was a promo assistant/tea boy at Island and I was ...