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Like many folk songs, "The House of the Rising Sun" is of uncertain authorship. Musicologists say that it is based on the tradition of broadside ballads, and thematically it has some resemblance to the 16th-century ballad "The Unfortunate Rake" (also cited as source material for "St. James Infirmary Blues"), yet there is no evidence suggesting that there is any direct relation. [4]
Lyrics printed in Lyrics: 1962–1985, under Another Side of Bob Dylan; outtake for that album 1965: Desolation Row: Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited: 1965: 1990: The Devil's Been Busy: Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3: 1990 [33] N/A Diamond Ring Dylan, Goldsmith Unreleased N/A Lyrics written by Dylan during ...
In the 1980s she returned to recording and touring. She and Nanci Griffith performed Bob Dylan's "Boots of Spanish Leather" at Dylan's Thirtieth Anniversary Tribute Concert at Madison Square Garden in 1992. [1] In 1999, Hester released a Tom Paxton tribute album. She appeared on the A&E television Biography of Bob Dylan in August
The lyrics were written by her friend and poet Langston Hughes. "I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl," based on a song by Simone's great example, Bessie Smith , but with somewhat different lyrics. " The House of the Rising Sun " was previously recorded live by Simone in 1962 on Nina at the Village Gate .
I am moving back the article to its previous title "The House of the Rising Sun" from its current title "The House of the Rising Sun (folk song). My reasoning: Simpler title; is currently a redirect here. The disambiguation is at The House of the Rising Sun (disambiguation), already linked at top of article. Move to "(folk song)" seems to have ...
Bob Dylan is the debut studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on March 19, 1962, [2] by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Columbia talent scout John H. Hammond , who had earlier signed Dylan to the label, a controversial decision at the time.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan is a 2005 documentary film by Martin Scorsese that traces the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on 20th-century American popular music and culture. The film focuses on the period between Dylan's arrival in New York in January 1961 and his "retirement" from touring following his motorcycle accident in July 1966.
The lyrics and meter are remarkably similar to the first six stanzas of the Egyptian Great Hymn to the Aten [2] written around 1500 BC, which celebrates the rising sun. The lyrics include Biblical references, such as the drowning of Pharaoh and his people in the Red Sea and the defeat of Goliath. Some of the lyrics are said to have been ...