Originally, due to the numerous posh and beautiful women he was surrounding himself with at the time, he was going to call the song “Uptown Girls.” Billy has claimed that the style of the song was inspired by the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and it’s not hard to...
She also won her first GRAMMY in 2008 (Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella") and scored four other nominations, including Record Of The Year. The album's reissue spawned two more No. 1s: "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia," the latter of which acts like a prelude to R...
Analysis of the song ``Forsaken`` For my report I chose my favorite song, `Forsaken`, written by Jonathan Davis and Richard Gibbs for the movie `Queen of the Damned`. There are two versions of this song, the movie version, sung by its main character the vampire Lestat, and the sou....
James Sullivan was better known to rock fans as “The Rev,” founding drummer of Avenged Sevenfold. The Rev’s blistering attack was a calling card of A7X’s material, evident on such landmark tunes as “Bat Country” and “Beast and the Harlot.” His contributions weren’t just limited ...
Walker’s most popular song was "Mr. Bojangles" which was written and recorded by Walker for his 1968 album of the same title.“Mr. Bojangles” would become such a popular song that Bob Dylan and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Sammy Davis Jr. all covered it. Throughout his career, Walker...
In week six's explosive double elimination it was Fireworks and Doughnuts's turn to be sung out of the competition. Behind the bold lycra get-up, masquerading as Fireworks was actress Jaime Winstone, who starred as soap icon Dame Barbara Windsor in the TV movie Babs. Her close friend ...
“pasito a pasito, suave suavecito” into a single led by two artists far more practiced as frontmen. There’s also something triumphant about seeing Erika Ender, who wrote hits for jaunty conjunto groupLos Tigres del Norteand Mexican singer-songwriterGloria Trevi, write a song, sung by men,...
"Feeling Good" wasn't sung on stage by one of the two leads but by a character called "the Negro". Nina Simone came across the number and made one of those records that was never a big Top Ten hit but wound up lasting longer than ninety per cent of the ones that were: ...
“Little Drummer Boy” with the Mzansi Youth Choir and “Winter Song” featuring Cynthia Erivo. The standout, though, is the inclusion and gorgeous interpretation of “Ma’oz Tsur,” a traditional Hebrew poem that is sung at Hanukkah after the lighting of the festival lights of the menorah....