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Widely popularized by Drake’s lyrics in the song “Daylight,” the phrase “standing on business” is the modern-day version of “don’t just talk about it, be about it.” While the ...
The lyrics often had a risqué quality with "a macho, slightly dangerous undertone." [1] The original 78 issue of "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" sold more than a half million copies, a phenomenal number at the time. The term "blue yodel" is also sometimes used to differentiate the earlier Austrian yodeling from the American form of yodeling ...
The band performed the song as "Killing an Ahab" with lyrics inspired by Herman Melville on 2011's Reflections Tour. [13] During the band's 40th anniversary tour, the lyrics and title were changed back to "Killing an Arab". [14] The band performed the song as "Killing Another" to close out the final show on their tour in December 2022. [15]
"Blue Yodel #9" (also called "Standing on the Corner" from the opening line) is a blues-country song by Jimmie Rodgers and is the ninth of his "Blue Yodels". Rodgers recorded the song on July 16, 1930 in Los Angeles with an unbilled Louis Armstrong on trumpet and his wife Lil Hardin Armstrong on piano . [ 1 ]
A judge in Brazil has ordered Adele’s song Million Years Ago to be removed globally from streaming services due to a plagiarism claim by Brazilian composer, Toninho Geraes. Geraes alleges that ...
Even on a day when much of America was hoping to see the sun go out, there’s still an ongoing need to hear someone sing “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.” That, among many other things, is ...
The song was recorded by the Song Spinners [5] for Decca Records, reaching number one on the Billboard pop chart on July 2, 1943. [6]"Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" was the only song with a war connection to appear in the top twenty best-selling songs of 1943 in the United States (although record sales in this period were heavily affected by the first Petrillo recording ban).
Spin highly recommended the album, praising its "stunning, almost seamless sample-driven tracks." [9] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album an honorable mention and quipped that it was "West Indian daisy age from boogie-down Toronto", choosing the tracks "Ludi" and "My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style" as highlights. [10]