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"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a song by the English rock band the Who. It was written by the band's bassist, John Entwistle. The song is about drummer Keith Moon's drinking problems. This is the first of two songs from The Who written about Keith Moon, the second being "Doctor Jimmy" from the album Quadrophenia. [1]
"Jekyll and Hyde" is a single by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch [1] from their sixth studio album, Got Your Six. [2] It is the first single from the album, [ 3 ] and is the twentieth single overall from the band, which was released on 15 June 2015.
Jekyll & Hyde is a 1990 musical based on the 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Originally conceived for the stage by Frank Wildhorn and Steve Cuden , it features music by Frank Wildhorn , a book by Leslie Bricusse and lyrics by all of them.
The Who recorded the song "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" on their album Magic Bus: The Who on Tour. Renaissance recorded the song "Jekyll and Hyde" on their album Azure d'Or. The Damned recorded a song titled "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" on their 1980 release The Black Album. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde was a 1980s hip hop group.
The song is about a mild-mannered grocery store employee, Barney Jekyll, who, on Friday nights, puts on leather boots and an "Elvis jacket" and drives a sports car to a honky-tonk, where he goes by the name of "Bubba Hyde". The song is a reference to the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The song was first performed in the musical by cast member Chuck Wagner as Jekyll & Hyde at the Alley Theatre in Houston in May 1990. Prior to the stage production, a studio version was already released in March 1990 on a concept album titled Highlights from Jekyll & Hyde , performed by Colm Wilkinson .
It ended at the Madison Square Theatre, where Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was performed for a final season matinee on June 29, 1888. [ 20 ] In March 1888, while Mansfield's company was touring, Daniel E. Bandmann staged a competing production with the same name at Niblo's Garden . [ 21 ]
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde is a 1995 science fiction comedy film directed by David Price, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 horror novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It stars Sean Young, Tim Daly, and Lysette Anthony. The story takes place in modern times and concerns a bumbling chemist who tampers with his great-grandfather's ...