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"Bright Lights, Big City" is a classic blues song [1] which was written and first recorded by American bluesman Jimmy Reed in 1961. Besides being "an integral part of the standard blues repertoire", [2] "Bright Lights, Big City" has appealed to a variety of artists, including country and rock musicians, who have recorded their interpretations of the song.
Bright Lights, Big City is a rock musical with music, lyrics and book written by Scottish composer Paul Scott Goodman based on the 1984 novel by Jay McInerney.It follows a week in the life of Jamie, a successful young writer who loses himself in the chaos of 1980s New York City.
The first music video for "Bright Lights Bigger City", which features the album version of the track, was released on November 9, 2010, the same date as the release of The Lady Killer in the US. [15] In describing the video, MTV.com' s Kyle Anderson reports: "The video puts Cee Lo in the back of a car, cruising through the streets of New York ...
Gary Lee Clark Jr. [1] (born February 15, 1984) is an American guitarist and singer who fuses blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop. [2] In 2011, Clark signed with Warner Bros Records and released The Bright Lights EP. [3]
Bright Lights, Big City may refer to: "Bright Lights, Big City" (song), a 1961 song by Jimmy Reed; Bright Lights, Big City, a 1984 novel by Jay McInerney; Bright Lights, Big City, a 1988 film based on McInerney's novel; Bright Lights, Big City, a 1999 musical by Paul Scott Goodman, based on McInerney's novel "Bright Lights/Big City", a 2008 ...
The Animals considered Reed one of their main sources of inspiration and recorded versions of "I Ain't Got You" and "Bright Lights, Big City". [15] Van Morrison's group Them covered "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Baby, What You Want Me to Do", both of which are on the album The Story of Them Featuring Van Morrison. [16] "
The first two songs, "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Monkey On My Back", deal directly with David McComb’s drug abuse [citation needed] and are infused with bitterness and desperation. The song which gave its name to the EP was originally two songs – "Field of Glass" and "Pleasure Slide".
Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 American drama film directed by James Bridges, starring Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Dianne Wiest and Jason Robards, and based on the novel by Jay McInerney, who also wrote the screenplay. It was the last film directed by Bridges, who died in 1993.