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"Creeque Alley" is an autobiographical hit single written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas in late 1966, narrating the story of how the group was formed, and its early years. The third song on the album Deliver, it peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard pop singles chart the week of Memorial Day 1967,
The song itself is a three-chord song, with a vamp played by guitar and bass, with accompaniment by piano and drum kit, which is repeated throughout. The song is also punctuated with a brief insistent tone played on a Theremin. The song bears some similarity to a previous American novelty record, "Alley Oop", from 1960.
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...
The following is a list of songs that have been the subject of plagiarism disputes. In several of the disputes the artists have stated that the copying of melody or chord progression was unconscious. In some cases the song was sampled or covered. Some cases are still awaiting litigation.
Song [1] Original artist [1] UK Singles Chart [2] U.S. Pop [3] Other charting versions, and notes 1965 "You've Got Your Troubles" The Fortunes: 2 7 1966: Nancy Wilson, #48 US R&B 1970: Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan, #27 US Country: 1966 "This Golden Ring" The Fortunes 15 82 "Green Grass" Gary Lewis & the Playboys - 8 "Lovers of the World Unite"
Nora Guthrie contacted Bragg, who in turn approached Wilco and asked them to participate in the project as well. Wilco agreed, and in addition to recording with Bragg in Ireland, they were given their own share of songs to finish. Rather than recreating tunes in Guthrie's style, Bragg and Wilco created new, contemporary music for the lyrics.
Bachman had the original piano chords with an original title of "These Arms". Cummings changed the title to "These Eyes" and added the middle eight. [9] At first, the band didn't even want to release the song considering the gentle ballad too great a departure from their hard rock roots. [10] The song features an orchestral arrangement by Ben ...
He wrote Andrews' biggest hit, the song "Soothe Me". Greene's lyrics were stylish and often had strong emotional impact. [2] The idea for "Across the Alley from the Alamo" came to Greene in 1946 in the middle of the night. He had been writing songs for Nat King Cole, and visited Cole's manager the next morning, who thought the song had potential.