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"Creeque Alley" is an autobiographical hit single written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas in late 1966, narrating the story of how the group was formed, and its early years. The third song on the album Deliver, it peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard pop singles chart the week of Memorial Day 1967,
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties produced by Hal Wilner.Songs are performed by artists representing a variety of genres, ranging from pop musicians like Sting, Bono, Jarvis Cocker, Lou Reed, Nick Cave and Bryan Ferry, to actors like John C. Reilly, to folk musicians like Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III and Martin Carthy.
Floyd Cramer (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American pianist who became famous for his use of melodic "whole-step" attacks. He was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame [1] and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco.
Lazybones or "Lazy Bones" is a Tin Pan Alley song written in 1933, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), and music by Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981).. Mercer was from Savannah, Georgia, and resented the Tin Pan Alley attitude of rejecting Southern regional vernacular in favor of artificial Southern songs written by people who had never been to the South.
It does not accurately represent the chord progressions of all the songs it depicts. It was originally written in D major (thus the progression being D major, A major, B minor, G major) and performed live in the key of E major (thus using the chords E major, B major, C♯ minor, and A major). The song was subsequently published on YouTube. [9]
John Cipollina – guitar on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac" Bruce Conte – guitar on "Papa John's Down Home Blues" Joey Covington – drums on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac" and "Soul Fever", congas on "Plunk a Little Funk" Jerry Garcia – guitar on "Soul Fever" Mic Gillette – trombone on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"
Calley began gymnastics, swimming, and ice-skating by age 2. She selected the harp at age four, after witnessing a harpist performing Disney songs at a restaurant with her family. She began private piano lessons at age 6 to learn fundamental music theory before transitioning to lever harp at age 8. [8]