In this song, Lennon sings of his pure love for his young son. He also calls back to another song which Lennon wrote for sonJulian: 'Good Night' by The Beatles. That song was sung byRingo Starras the final song on theWhite Album, with Ringo whispering a final goodnight, which Lennon ...
Written by Lennon and McCartney, released on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967. The song was written for and sung byRingo Starr, as the character “Billy Shears”. It was briefly called “Bad Finger Boogie” (later the inspiration for the band nameBadfinger), supposedly beca...
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1963’s “I Wanna Be Your Man” was one of the first songs sung by the group’s drummer, Ringo Star. Lennon and McCartney later gave the song to their fellow Brits, The Rolling Stones, who released their version one year later in 1964. While...
Principally composed by Paul Stanley, completed with a monstrous riff by Gene Simmons and sung by a succession of drummers beginning with Peter Criss, the episodic "Black Diamond" closed out Kiss' self-titled debut as one of the band's most impressive songwriting efforts. Led Zeppelin, Black ...
began with a lineup that included future brother-in-law Joe Walsh, the E Street Band's Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons, Billy Preston (pictured) and the Band's Rick Danko and Levon Helm, Dr. John and Jim Keltner. Typical sets include Starr-sung Beatles and solo favorites, mixed with ...
folk rock. But "Alone Again Or," the opening track on the band's masterwork, Forever Changes, was written and partly sung by guitarist MacLean — who later left the band to join a Christian ministry — as a tribute to his mother's flamenco dancing. The final take is a decidedly trippy...
country rock and soft rock. "Take It to the Limit" - from their fourth LP,One of These Nights, on which they further swerved into heavier rock music - became one of their signature tunes, sung and cowritten by bassistRandy Meisner, who quickly became disinterested in performing it every ...
SONG SUNG BLUE by Neil Diamond TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose PRECIOUS AND FEW by Climax ROCKIN’ ROBIN byMichael Jackson FAMILY AFFAIR by Sly & the Family Stone DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER by The Osmonds
There was a famous version by Frank Sinatra, while the one Ringo Starr cut for his album Sentimental Journey was arranged by Quincy Jones. Que Será, Será (The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956) “Que Será, Será” was sung by Doris Day in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Man Who Knew ...
Recorded in 1972 but not released until this year'sSail on Sailor - 1972box that documents the making ofCarl and the Passions - "So Tough"andHolland, "Carry Me Home" was one of a handful of songs written and sung by drummerDennis Wilson, whose creative growth during this period helped ...