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Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is one of the best selling music artists in history. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy— Bat Out of Hell (1977), Bat Out of Hell ...
The song has been covered by many other artists. One of the earliest covers was by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas that same year from their 1963 album Heat Wave. [7]Elkie Brooks, whose first single, released in 1964, featured a version of "Hello Stranger" on the flip side of her version of another U.S. R&B hit, Etta James's "Something's Got a Hold on Me".
VH1 had the song at number 78 on its list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the '00s. [20] The band was featured on Sesame Street in 2008 with the song "I'm the Letter T" (to the tune of "Hey There Delilah"). Higgenson provided the vocals for the animated letter T who sings the spoof. When asked if he was excited, Higgenson responded, "Yeah, hello!
Iko Iko. " Iko Iko " ( / ˈaɪkoʊ ˈaɪkoʊ /) is a much-covered New Orleans song that tells of a parade collision between two tribes of Mardi Gras Indians and the traditional confrontation. The song, under the original title " Jock-A-Mo ", was written and released in 1953 as a single by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford and his Cane Cutters but it ...
Detroit City (song) " Detroit City " is a song written by Danny Dill and Mel Tillis, made famous by Billy Grammer (as "I Wanna Go Home"), [ 1] country music singer Bobby Bare and Tom Jones. Bare's version was released in 1963. The song — sometimes known as "I Wanna Go Home" (from the opening line to the refrain) — was Bare's first Top 10 ...
If You Go Away. " If You Go Away " is an adaptation of the 1959 Jacques Brel song "Ne me quitte pas" with English lyrics by Rod McKuen. Created as part of a larger project to translate Brel's work, "If You Go Away" is considered a pop standard and has been recorded by many artists, including Greta Keller, for whom some say McKuen wrote the ...
Jesse Oris Farrow ( Dino Valenti) " Fresh Air " is a 1970 song written by Gary Duncan with lyrics by Jesse Oris Farrow, the pen name of Chester William "Chet" Powers, Jr., who also used the stage name of Dino Valenti (it is only credited to Powers/Valenti, however). It was first recorded by the San Francisco-based band Quicksilver Messenger ...
Hello (Martin Solveig and Dragonette song) " Hello " is a song performed by French DJ and record producer Martin Solveig and Canadian synth-pop band Dragonette, taken from Solveig's fifth studio album, Smash (2011). The song was released as the album's lead single on 6 September 2010 by Mercury Records .