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Songwriter Johnny Mercer, one of the co-founders of the new label, discovered that Young had a newly written tune with him. Mercer quickly wrote lyrics for it and gave it a title so Holiday could record it with the band. The record label identified the singer as 'Lady Day,' Holiday's nickname, because she was under contract with another label.
"Travellin' Light" is a UK No. 1 single recorded by Cliff Richard and The Shadows and released in 1959. [2] It was the follow-up single to Richard's first No. 1, "Living Doll" and remained at No. 1 for five weeks (one less than "Living Doll"). [1] "Travellin' Light" was also a Number 1 hit in Ireland and Norway, selling 1.59 million copies ...
"Travelin' Light" is a song written and recorded by the Tulsa musician J.J. Cale. It was released in September 1976 on Cale's fourth studio album Troubadour under Shelter Records . [ 1 ] It was also released as a single the same year.
The song's last line, "I'm traveling light and I'm slow coming home", may refer to the journey of Odysseus (Richard F. Thomas has written extensively about Dylan seeing himself as "Odysseus transfigured" [25]) while also alluding to songs that appeared on each of the final three albums by Dylan's friend Leonard Cohen ("Traveling Light", "Slow ...
The Traveling Wilburys recorded the basic track for "Heading for the Light" between 7 and 16 May 1988 [39] at a makeshift studio in David A. Stewart's house in Los Angeles. [18] Taped in the kitchen, the basic tracks for all the songs on the album typically featured the five band members on acoustic rhythm guitars, [ 16 ] accompanied by an ...
Shot during the pandemic and set on May 30, 2020 — just a few days after the death of George Floyd during an arrest by the Minneapolis Police Department — “Traveling Light” is an ...
Trav'lin' Light is an album by Anita O'Day released on Norman Granz's Verve record label in 1961. It was a tribute to her idol Billie Holiday. It was recorded January 18 and 19, 1961, in Los Angeles, California. The music was arranged by Johnny Mandel and Russ Garcia and features Ben Webster and Mel Lewis among the personnel. [3]
"Travelling Light", song by Tindersticks from Tindersticks "Travellin' Light" (Cliff Richard song), 1959 song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows "Travelin' Light" (J. J. Cale song), 1976 "Trav'lin' Light" (song), first recorded by Billie Holiday in 1942 with Paul Whiteman, later covered by several musicians