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In 1958, Morton Downey Jr. sang the song [19] on national television, on a set that resembled a dark street with one street light. It was covered by No Wave artist James White on his 1983 album Flaming Demonics. Marianne Faithfull covered it in her Hal Willner-produced album Strange Weather in 1987, and later on 20th Century Blues (1996).
"The Dark End of the Street" is a 1967 soul song, written by songwriters Dan Penn and Chips Moman and first recorded by James Carr. It became his trademark song, reaching number 10 on Billboard Magazine's R&B Chart, and crossing over to number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 .
The song's style is common to musical theatre with its soaring chorus and lyrics telling of wanted fulfillment and of overcoming obstacles. However, the song is not all happy as it also reminds audience members of the shock of the 9/11 attacks and how it changed peoples' lives and dreams in an instant. [6]
"Fly" is a song by rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, featuring Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on August 30, 2011 by Young Money , Cash Money , Universal Motown and Universal Republic as the eighth and final single from Minaj's debut studio album, Pink Friday (2010).
The song was written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1946. It was popularized in 1946 by Frankie Carle (vocal by Marjorie Hughes) [1] and by The Andrews Sisters with Les Paul. [2] The Frankie Carle version was a number-one hit in 1946 in America for nine weeks from late October that year. [3]
Up, Up and Away" is a 1967 song written by Jimmy Webb and recorded (as "Up–Up and Away") by US soul-pop act the 5th Dimension with backing from members of The Wrecking Crew. [1] Their original version reached no. 7 on Billboard's Hot 100 in July 1967 and no. 9 on its Easy Listening chart, [2] and number one in both Canada and Australia. In ...
"Aces High" is a song by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, written by the band's bassist Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's eleventh single release and the second from their fifth studio album, Powerslave (1984). The first B-side is a cover of Nektar's "King of Twilight", from their 1972 album A Tab in the Ocean. Their cover is actually a ...
The song was selected as a suitable cover by the Byrds after their record label, Columbia Records (which was also Dylan's record label), sent them some demos from Dylan's Woodstock sessions. [26] Included among these demos were the songs "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" and " Nothing Was Delivered ", both of which were recorded by the Byrds in March ...