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Traditional blues verses in folk-music tradition have also been called floating lyrics or maverick stanzas.Floating lyrics have been described as “lines that have circulated so long in folk communities that tradition-steeped singers call them instantly to mind and rearrange them constantly, and often unconsciously, to suit their personal and community aesthetics”.
Jim Jackson first recorded the opening line, "T for Texas, T for Tennessee" on his song "Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues", a month before the "Blue Yodel" recording session took place. Around the same time as Rodgers's recording, the line appeared in Lonnie Johnson 's rendition of Jackson's song, and later in Frank Stokes 's "Nehi Mamma Blues ...
"Lines" is a song written by the American singer-songwriter Jerry Fuller, first recorded by the American pop group The Walker Brothers as their twelfth UK single in 1976. Fuller later recorded and released his own version to some minor success in the US (#90) [ 2 ] and Canadian Country charts (#60) [ 3 ] in 1979.
13. "Hound Dog," Elvis Presley Elvis made dozens of classic songs in his career, but when it comes to pure catchy hook heaven, the repeated line "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the ...
The song received an Emmy Award nomination in 1983 for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics. [4] In a 2011 Readers Poll in Rolling Stone magazine, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" was voted the best television theme of all time. In 2013, the editors of TV Guide magazine named "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" the greatest TV theme of ...
"First in Line" is a song by Elvis Presley from his second album Elvis [1] [2] (1956, Presley's first album on RCA [3]). The song was written by Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman , [ 4 ] the first song Weisman ever wrote for Presley.
Williams wrote the "morning air" line first, but told Streisand to "flip those two first lines, because it sings better". [4] In 2023, American Songwriter and The Guardian ranked the song number four and number three, respectively, on their lists of the greatest Barbra Streisand songs. [5] [6] Record World said that "Barbra is in fine voice." [7]
The award-winning author of 'The Perfect Find' and 'A Love Song for Ricki Wilde' on Emma Cline, 'Caste,' and the Book That Has the Best Opening Line.