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"All Right Now" is a song by English rock band Free, released on their third studio album, Fire and Water (1970). It was released by Island Records , a record label founded by Chris Blackwell . Released as the album's second single , "All Right Now" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles ...
"Free Bird", [4] [5] [6] also spelled "Freebird", [7] [8] [9] is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, written by guitarist Allen Collins and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant. The song was released on their 1973 debut studio album .
The song was written by Williams, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts and Susaye Greene and produced by Maurice White and Charles Stepney. [1] "Free" was Williams' breakthrough single reaching No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May 1977.
Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968 by Paul Rodgers (vocals), Paul Kossoff (guitar), Andy Fraser (bass, piano) and Simon Kirke (drums, percussion). They are best known for their hit songs " All Right Now " and " Wishing Well ". [ 1 ]
The song was included in both film adaptations of Good News, in 1930 and 1947; the 1947 film featured the song several times, sung by June Allyson, Mel Tormé, and Peter Lawford. The film The Best Things in Life Are Free ( 1956 ), about DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, was named after the song and featured it with a version sung by Sheree North ...
The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne, and features Lynne on backing vocals and bass guitar. The duo wrote and recorded the single in two days, making it the first song completed for Full Moon Fever. "Free Fallin'" is one of Petty's most famous tracks as well as his highest- and longest-charting song. [4]
“I was starting to work for free at the time,” he says. “You had to get free studio time back then. And I would work my day engineering from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. down in Torrance at the ...
A country version was recorded by American country music and rockabilly singer Narvel Felts in 1973. Felts' version — which changed the lyrics "I wanna get lost in your rock and roll" to "I wanna get lost in your country song" — peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in mid-August 1973, about three months after Gray's version reached its popularity peak. [14]