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Skeeter Davis recorded the song on June 8, 1962 at the RCA Studios in Nashville, produced by Chet Atkins, and featuring Floyd Cramer on piano. Released by RCA Records in December 1962, “The End of the World” began its historic four-chart, Top Ten accomplishment in March 1963. An album featuring the song, along with other Skeeter Davis tunes ...
Music Player. “West End Blues”-1928. 00:00. 00:00. “West End Blues” was written by King Oliver as a blues song, named for the West End of New Orleans, Louisiana, a popular picnic and entertainment area on Lake Pontchartrain. But it was Armstrong’s version of the song, made a few weeks after Oliver’s, that made it a landmark jazz ...
In early 1963, a song with the title “The End of the World” was doing something no other recording had done then or since then: making its way into the Top Ten of four of the nation’s music charts. During March 1963, this song — performed by country singer Skeeter Davis — hit No. 2 on both the Billboard country and pop charts. The Davis song also hit No. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart ...
One of the songs Lennon wrote and produced near the end of this period is titled, “Watching the Wheels.” It’s a song Lennon used to reflect on his family time, also written in answer to those who questioned his withdrawal from the music world in favor of being a “house-husband.”
“Memory,” in short, provides a lot of reminiscent latitude, accounting no doubt for the song’s popular appeal. Song History “Memory,” it turns out, was a last-minute creation for the Cats production. Lloyd Webber’s usual way of working on a song was to first to create a melody and then add lyrics.
John Prine-1971. A country song about. strip mining, coal power, & demise of Paradise, KY. Annals of Music.
The music sample below – “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber from 1936 – might also be called “Adagio for Tears” since it is known for evoking very powerful emotion and sadness among its listeners. In fact, a 2010 book by Thomas Larson on this classical piece is titled, The Saddest Music Ever Written. More on the book and its ...
The first American recording of the song was by Wayne Newton, also in 1965. However, it is the 1966 version by Sinatra that has become the classic. Music Player. Summer Wind – 1966. Frank Sinatra. 00:00. 00:00. Sinatra recorded his version in mid-May 1966 with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra.
“Last Date” is the name of a 1960 instrumental song written and performed by Floyd Cramer. It entered the Top 40 music charts in October 1960, a time when John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon were running for president of the United States; the same month of Bill Mazeroski’s historic, World-Series-winning home run for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Beatles’ song “Eleanor Rigby,” credited as a Lennon-McCartney creation, was released on the Beatles’ 1966 album Revolver and as also as single. It appears to be one of those songs, fashioned at least partially, by a group process during the give-and-take of songwriting.