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"Billy the Kid" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Billy Dean. It was released in May 1992 as the third single from his 1991 album Billy Dean . The song spent twenty weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1992, peaking at number four. [ 1 ]
Critical response to the song has been mixed. In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, Paul Evans called "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" one of the "ambitious story songs" on Piano Man [10] and Dennis Hunt of The Los Angeles Times agreed that the song showed Joel's "knack for story songs." [11] But other critics have dismissed the song.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid scriptwriter Rudy Wurlitzer was a previous acquaintance of Dylan's, and asked him to provide a couple of songs for the movie. [1] Dylan performed "Billy" for director Peckinpah, who found the performance very moving and offered Dylan an acting part on the spot.
"The Ballad of Billy the Kid", song sung by Billy Joel on the 1973 Piano Man album. Charlie Daniels recorded the song "Billy the Kid" on his 1976 album High Lonesome. [53] Chris LeDoux also covered the song on his album Haywire. [54] Joe Ely recorded the song "Me and Billy the Kid" on his 1987 album Lord of the Highway. [55]
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is a 1973 American revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, written by Rudy Wurlitzer, and starring James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Barry Sullivan, Jason Robards, Slim Pickens and Bob Dylan.
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Released as a single two months after the film's premiere, it became a worldwide hit, reaching the Top 10 in several countries.
BTS has a number of kid-friendly songs, but "Dynamite" is the catchiest by far. ... Kids will hear Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, JD McCrary, and Donald Glover in the 2019 version of the iconic song ...
Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to nine murders: four for which he was solely responsible, and five in which he may have played a role alongside others.