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Johnny and the Hurricanes was an American instrumental rock band from Toledo, Ohio, United States. [1] They specialized in adapting popular traditional melodies into the rock idiom, using organ and saxophone as their featured instruments on their hits, and guitar lead on the B sides.
The "group" ceased activity after 1980, but film director John Hughes was so taken with it that their rendition of "Red River Rock" (in a re-recorded version) can be heard in the film soundtrack of the Steve Martin and John Candy film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. It was also issued as a single in 1988 in both the US and the UK. [5]
The Swedish song "I'm a Lapp", recorded in 1959 by Sven-Gösta Jonsson, is based on the melody of "Red River Valley." [16] Johnny and the Hurricanes recorded a rock and roll instrumental version in 1959 of the song titled "Red River Rock", which became a hit in the U.S. (#5), the UK (#3), and Canada (#3).
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A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra is a live album by The Moody Blues, recorded from a live performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre on 9 September 1992. [2] This performance was the first time The Moody Blues performed in concert backed by a full orchestra .
Orchestre Rock-a-Mambo was a Congolese rumba band from Brazzaville of the 1950s. It was a studio band of the Esengo music studio. [1] It was reconstituted in 1963 ...
Live at Red Rocks is a concert performance video by the American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. It was filmed during Nicks' 1986 Rock a Little Tour. It features special guests Peter Frampton on guitar and Mick Fleetwood on percussion. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Performance Music Video in 1987. [2]
Red River Dave McEnery (born David Largus McEnery) [1] (December 15, 1914 – January 15, 2002) [2] was an American artist, musician, and writer of topical songs. His two best-known are " Amelia Earhart's Last Flight " (a memorial tribute to the recently deceased pilot) and "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere".