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"Ag Pleez Deddy" (also known as "The Ballad of the Southern Suburbs") is a South African song written and recorded by Jeremy Taylor, and released in 1962. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was written for the stage show Wait a Minim! , and has been described as the musical's "showpiece". [ 3 ]
"We Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" is a song originally recorded on September 3, 1936, by Piedmont blues musician Casey Bill Weldon. [1] Weldon performed it as a solo piece, with vocals and acoustic guitar plus piano and double bass accompaniment.
Pieces of the demo recorded by Akins, Davidson, and Wiseman were incorporated into the official cut of the song. The opening refrain of "red, red, red, red, red, red, redneck" is the original recording of Davidson from the songwriting session in Wiseman's office, while the guitar played during the opening of the song is a recording of Wiseman playing his own guitar during that same session.
"Get Out of Town" is a 1938 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical Leave It to Me!, where it was introduced by Tamara Drasin. Notable recordings
The melody was used for "The Chewing Song" in the Columbia Pictures film The Road to Wellville (1994). The song features in season 1, episode 5 of the PBS Masterpiece Mystery series, Grantchester (2014). [11] The song is sung by drunken ranch-hands at a saloon in the 2021 Jane Campion film, The Power of the Dog (film), set in 1925.
"Baby I Need Your Loving" (Johnny Rivers) [10] "Baby Talk" (Jan and Dean) [7] "Back Home Again" (John Denver) [11] "Barbara Ann" (The Beach Boys) [3] "Batman Theme ...
Fellow guitarist John Valentine Carruthers said that McKay "had no conventional skill in guitar playing, like chords or lines. He must have had hands like a gorilla because he was playing chords like this (stretches hand right out). I've no idea what they were, and you couldn't tell by listening because they were going through fuzz and flangers."
Carter and Lewis also composed songs for a number of other artists, including Brenda Lee and P.J. Proby. John Carter sang the lead on The New Vaudeville Band 's 1966 number 1 hit, " Winchester Cathedral ", [ 5 ] and the pair wrote Herman's Hermits 1965 hit " Can't You Hear My Heartbeat ", [ 6 ] which reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 .