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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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Alan Jackson
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Alan Eugene Jackson is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds, Jackson has recorded 16 studio albums, three greatest hits albums, two Christmas albums, two gospel albums and several compilations. Jackson has sold over 80 million records worldwide, placing 66 titles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, of the 66 titles, and six featured singles,38 have reached the top five and 35 have claimed the number one spot. Out of 15 titles to reach the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and he is the recipient of two Grammy Awards,16 CMA Awards,17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards. He is a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001, Jackson was announced as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame on April 5,2017. In August 2014, the Country Music Hall of Fame opened an exhibit celebrating Jacksons 25 years in the music industry and it was also announced that he was an artist in residency as well, performing shows on October 8 and 22. The exhibit highlights the different milestones in his career with memorabilia collected over the years and his twenty-fifth anniversary Keeping It Country tour, began on January 8,2015, in Estero, Florida. Jackson was born to Joseph Eugene Daddy Gene Jackson and Ruth Musick Mama Ruth Jackson in Newnan, Georgia and he, his father, mother, and sisters lived in a small home built around his grandfathers old toolshed. The family is primarily of English descent, at one point, his bed was in the hallway for lack of room. His mother lived in the home until she died on January 7,2017, Jackson sang in church as a child. His first job, at 12, was in a shoe store and he wrote his first song in 1983. As a youth, Jackson listened primarily to gospel music, otherwise he was not a major music fan. Then a friend introduced him to the music of Gene Watson, John Anderson and he started a band after high school. At the age of 27, Jackson and his wife of six years, Denise, moved from Newnan to Nashville, in Tennessee, Jackson got his first job in The Nashville Networks mailroom. Denise Jackson connected him with Glen Campbell, who helped jumpstart his career, by 1989, he became the first signed to the newly formed Arista Nashville branch of Arista Records. Arista released Jacksons debut single, Blue Blooded Woman, in late 1989, although the song failed to reach top 40 on Hot Country Songs, he reached number three by early 1990 with Here in the Real World. This song served as the track to his debut album, Here in the Real World. Dont Rock the Jukebox was the title of Jacksons second album, released in 1991, it included four number-one singles, the title track, Someday, Dallas and Loves Got a Hold on You, and the number three Midnight in Montgomery
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A-side and B-side
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The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78,45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, whether singles, extended plays, or long-playing records. Creedence Clearwater Revival had hits with both A-side and B-side releases, others took the opposite approach, producer Phil Spector was in the habit of filling B-sides with on-the-spot instrumentals that no one would confuse with the A-side. With this practice, Spector was assured that airplay was focused on the side he wanted to be the hit side, the earliest 10-inch,78 rpm, shellac records were single sided. Double-sided recordings, with one song on side, were introduced in Europe by Columbia Records. There were no record charts until the 1930s, and radio stations did not play recorded music until the 1950s, in this time, A-sides and B-sides existed, but neither side was considered more important, the side did not convey anything about the content of the record. The term single came into use with the advent of vinyl records in the early 1950s. At first, most record labels would randomly assign which song would be an A-side, under this random system, many artists had so-called double-sided hits, where both songs on a record made one of the national sales charts, or would be featured on jukeboxes in public places. As time wore on, however, the convention for assigning songs to sides of the record changed. By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the song that the company wanted radio stations to play. It was not until 1968, for instance, that the production of albums on a unit basis finally surpassed that of singles in the United Kingdom. In the late 1960s stereo versions of pop and rock songs began to appear on 45s. The majority of the 45s were played on AM radio stations, by the early 1970s, double-sided hits had become rare. Album sales had increased, and B-sides had become the side of the record where non-album, non-radio-friendly, with the advent of cassette and compact disc singles in the late 1980s, the A-side/B-side differentiation became much less meaningful. With the decline of cassette singles in the 1990s, the A-side/B-side dichotomy became virtually extinct, as the dominant medium. However, the term B-side is still used to refer to the tracks or coupling tracks on a CD single. With the advent of downloading music via the Internet, sales of CD singles and other media have declined. B-side songs may be released on the record as a single to provide extra value for money. There are several types of material released in this way, including a different version, or, in a concept record
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Promotional recording
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A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available. Promos are often distributed in plain packaging, without the text or artwork that appears on the commercial version, typically a promo is marked with some variation of the following text, Licensed for promotional use only. It may also state that the promo is still the property of the distributor and is to be returned upon demand, however, it is not illegal to sell promotional recordings, and recalls of promos are extremely rare and unenforced. Because promos are produced in quantity than releases made available to the general public. They are never intended for sale in record stores, a song may be released as a promotional single even if no commercial version of the single is available to buy. This is usually for the purpose of promoting an entire album, while intended specifically for use by professional disc jockeys and not for resale, they are frequently sought out by music collectors nonetheless. The promo single is recognized by its limited liner notes. Quite often, vinyl records will be issued in a generic cardboard jacket or white paper sleeve while CDs will be issued in a jewel case or cardboard sleeve. There may also be promotion-specific terms stamped on the disc or its cover, unlike a finished promo single, these are commonly test pressings or white labels and thus are manufactured in limited runs. Traditionally, these copies were supplied to DJs through music pools. Despite the good intention, there has been some dispute within the industry whether a promotion is a good thing or not. Building interest is naturally a good thing, but it may have the effect when interested persons are unable to find a new song in the record stores for quite some time. In music, a single or advance single is a track or promotional song. The song are released in order to bring attention to an albums release, buzz singles are not typically issued to radio as promotional singles, but this will not prevent radio stations from playing the songs. Buzz singles are not always included on an album, on rare occasions a special type of demonstration record known as an acetate disc has been distributed to radio stations as a promo. Instead of being mass-produced these records are cut one at a time in the studio from a master tape source. They were generally made in low quantity with hand-written labels. The soft acetate surface of these discs can be played no more than about 10 times before they start to wear out, another type of rare item which has occasionally been used as a promo is a test pressing or white label
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Country music
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Country music is a genre of United States popular music that originated in the southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the genre of United States, such as folk music. Blues modes have been used throughout its recorded history. The term country music is used today to many styles and subgenres. In 2009 country music was the most listened to rush hour radio genre during the evening commute, immigrants to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North America brought the music and instruments of Europe and Africa along with them for nearly 300 years. Country music was introduced to the world as a Southern phenomenon, Bristol, Tennessee, has been formally recognized by the U. S. Congress as the Birthplace of Country Music, based on the historic Bristol recording sessions of 1927. Since 2014, the city has been home to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, historians have also noted the influence of the less-known Johnson City sessions of 1928 and 1929, and the Knoxville sessions of 1929 and 1930. Prior to these, pioneer settlers, in the Great Smoky Mountains region, had developed a musical heritage. The first generation emerged in the early 1920s, with Atlantas music scene playing a role in launching countrys earliest recording artists. Okeh Records began issuing hillbilly music records by Fiddlin John Carson as early as 1923, followed by Columbia Records in 1924, many hillbilly musicians, such as Cliff Carlisle, recorded blues songs throughout the 1920s. The most important was the Grand Ole Opry, aired starting in 1925 by WSM in Nashville, during the 1930s and 1940s, cowboy songs, or Western music, which had been recorded since the 1920s, were popularized by films made in Hollywood. Bob Wills was another musician from the Lower Great Plains who had become very popular as the leader of a hot string band. His mix of country and jazz, which started out as dance hall music, Wills was one of the first country musicians known to have added an electric guitar to his band, in 1938. Country musicians began recording boogie in 1939, shortly after it had played at Carnegie Hall. Gospel music remained a component of country music. It became known as honky tonk, and had its roots in Western swing and the music of Mexico. By the early 1950s a blend of Western swing, country boogie, rockabilly was most popular with country fans in the 1950s, and 1956 could be called the year of rockabilly in country music. Beginning in the mid-1950s, and reaching its peak during the early 1960s, the late 1960s in American music produced a unique blend as a result of traditionalist backlash within separate genres
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Arista Records
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/ˈɛ. rɪ. stə/ was a major American record label. It was a wholly owned unit of Sony Music Entertainment and was handled by Bertelsmann Music Group. The company operated under the RCA Music Group until 2011, the label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records. Until its demise in 2011, it was a distributor and promoter of albums throughout the United States. Today, the labels reissues and catalogue releases are handled by RCA Records, after being fired from CBS Records, Clive Davis was hired by Columbia Pictures in June 1974 to be a consultant for the companys record and music operations. The label was named Arista after New York Citys secondary school honor society, in early 1975, most of the artists who had been signed to Bell were let go, except David Cassidy, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and the 5th Dimension. Others, such as Suzi Quatro and Hot Chocolate, were farmed out to the Bell/Arista-distributed label, several Bell acts, such as Barry Manilow, the Bay City Rollers, and Melissa Manchester moved to Arista. The British Bell label kept that name for a couple of years before changing its name to Arista, the label was immortalized in the 1978 Rockpile song They Called It Rock, in the lyric, Arista says they love you/But the kids cant dance to this. In addition to Manilow, the Kinks, and Dionne Warwick, Arista signed Aretha Franklin in 1980, the labels most significant acquisition came in 1983 when Davis signed Warwicks cousin, Whitney Houston. Houston would eventually become Aristas biggest-selling recording artist, with sales of 200 million records worldwide, Arista had an imprint label in the 1970s called Arista Novus, which focused on contemporary jazz artists. A country music division, Career Records, was merged into the Arista Nashville division in 1997, Arista Austin was used in the late 1990s as a country label. Additionally, Arista was the North American distributor of Jive Records from 1981 until 1987, during the 1990s, Arista also distributed Logic, Rowdy and Heavenly Recordings. Looking to stave off bankruptcy, Columbia Pictures sold Arista to German-based Ariola Records in 1979, after Ariola purchased General Electrics RCA Records in 1986, the combined company was renamed Bertelsmann Music Group, though Aristas U. S. releases would not note BMG until 1987. Into the 1980s, Arista continued its success, including major UK act Secret Affair, over the years it acquired Northwestside Records, deConstruction Records, First Avenue Records, and Dedicated Records in the UK. In 1989, Arista entered into a joint venture with Antonio L. A. Reid and Babyface in the creation of LaFace Records record company of TLC, in 1993, Arista also entered into a joint-venture with Sean P. Diddy Combs to form Bad Boy Records. In 1997 Arista acquired Profile Records, the home of Run-D. M. C. in 1989, Arista signed Milli Vanilli, a duo consisting of Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan that was based in Germany. The label released its album, Girl You Know Its True, which was a remixed and re-edited version of All or Nothing. The album was certified platinum in the U. S. and charted five top-ten singles
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Songwriter
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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics, melodies and chord progressions for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre. The pressure from the industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies, pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own publishers, while others have outside publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees and college diplomas, a knowledge of modern music technology, songwriting elements and business skills are necessary requirements to make a songwriting career in the 2010s. Several music colleges offer songwriting diplomas and degrees with music business modules, the legal power to grant these permissions may be bought, sold or transferred. This is governed by international copyright law, song pitching can be done on a songwriters behalf by their publisher or independently using tip sheets like RowFax, the MusicRow publication and SongQuarters. Skills associated with song-writing include entrepreneurism and creativity, songwriters who sign an exclusive songwriting agreement with a publisher are called staff writers. In the Nashville country music scene, there is a staff writer culture where contracted writers work normal 9-to-5 hours at the publishing office and are paid a regular salary. This salary is in effect the writers draw, an advance on future earnings, the publisher owns the copyright of songs written during the term of the agreement for a designated period, after which the songwriter can reclaim the copyright. In an interview with HitQuarters, songwriter Dave Berg extolled the benefits of the set-up, unlike contracted writers, some staff writers operate as employees for their respective publishers. Under the terms of work for hire agreements, the compositions created are fully owned by the publisher. In Nashville, young writers are often encouraged to avoid these types of contracts. Staff writers are common across the industry, but without the more office-like working arrangements favored in Nashville. All the major publishers employ writers under contract, songwriter Allan Eshuijs described his staff writer contract at Universal Music Publishing as a starter deal. His success under the arrangement eventually allowed him to found his own publishing company, so that he could. keep as much as possible, songwriters are also often skilled musicians. In addition to selling their songs and musical concepts for other artists to sing, songwriters need to create a number of elements for a song
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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I'd Love You All Over Again
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Id Love You All Over Again is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Alan Jackson. The song is told from the point of view of a husband celebrating his 10th anniversary and he states that if he had the chance to love his wife for the first time again, he would. The song was written for Alans wife, Denise in a room in Pine Bluff. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade and he can include a clever turn of phrase without it sounding forced, or worse, distracting from the overall mood. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Someday (Alan Jackson song)
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Someday is a song written by American country music singer-songwriter Alan Jackson and Jim McBride, and recorded by Jackson. The narrator in the song is seeing his relationship with his significant other end because she’s finally moving on, the man was always saying he’d get his act together someday, but someday never came around and she got sick of waiting. At the end of the song the narrator proves he has gotten his act together by fixing up an old car he said hed get around to someday and driving to his exs work where she drives off with him. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, the man and woman here talk like real people talk, but the conversation is structured in such a way that it elevates it into art. The music video was directed by Mark Lindquist and premiered in mid-1991, someday debuted at No.50 on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 31,1991. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Billboard (magazine)
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Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and it is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows, Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegens interest in 1900 for $500, in the 1900s, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows. It also created a service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the industry as the jukebox, phonograph. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was passed down to his children and Hennegans children, until it was sold to investors in 1985. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1,1894 by William Donaldson, initially, it covered the advertising and bill posting industry and was called Billboard Advertising. At the time, billboards, posters and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co. managed magazine production, the first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns like The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable, a department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The title was changed to The Billboard in 1897, after a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegans interest in the business in 1900 for $500, to save it from bankruptcy. That May, Donaldson changed it from a monthly to a paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and he also re-focused the magazine on outdoor entertainment like fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, a lack of professionalism, economics and it had a stage gossip column covering the private lives of entertainers, a tent show section covering traveling shows and a sub-section called Freaks to order. According to The Seattle Times, Donaldson also published articles attacking censorship, praising productions exhibiting good taste
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Alvin and the Chipmunks
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Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply The Chipmunks, is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. for a novelty record in 1958. The trio is managed by their adoptive father, David Seville. In reality, David Seville was Bagdasarians stage name, and the Chipmunks themselves are named after the executives of their record label. The characters became a success, and the singing Chipmunks and their manager were given life in animated cartoon productions, using redrawn, anthropomorphic chipmunks. The voices of the group were all performed by Bagdasarian, who sped up the playback to create high-pitched voices, Bagdasarian, performing as the Chipmunks, released a long line of albums and singles, with The Chipmunk Song becoming a number-one single in the United States. After the death of Bagdasarian in 1972, the voices were performed by his son Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. In the 2007 CGI/live-action film adaptation and its 2009 sequel, they were voiced in dialogue by Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Bagdasarian, Jr. and Karman continue to perform the singing voices for Alvin, Theodore and the Chipettes, but Steve Vining does Simons singing voice. The project has earned five Grammy awards, an American Music Award, a Golden Reel Award, a third film installment, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Chipwrecked, was released in theaters on December 16,2011. Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises announced a fourth installment, titled Alvin, a CGI-animated TV series revival, titled ALVINNN. and the Chipmunks, premiered on Nickelodeon on August 3,2015. In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. released a novelty song about being unsuccessful at love until he found a doctor who told him how to woo his woman. The words themselves are nonsense, Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla, the song was a hit, holding number one for three weeks in the Billboard Top 100 chart. Nothing makes any reference to chipmunks, but the song is included on Chipmunk compilations. Bagdasarian did record a Chipmunks version of Witch Doctor, which appeared on the second Chipmunks album, Sing Again with the Chipmunks, Bagdasarian performed the song live on The Ed Sullivan Show. Bagdasarian recorded a song, The Bird on My Head. It also reached the Top 40, peaking at No.34, the technique was imitated by Sheb Wooleys Purple People Eater and The Big Boppers The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor. The Chipmunks first officially appeared on the scene in a novelty record released in late fall 1958 by Bagdasarian, the song, originally listed on the record label as The Chipmunk Song, featured the singing skills of the chipmunk trio. One phrase in the chorus has Alvin wishing for a hula hoop, the novelty record was highly successful, selling more than 4 million copies in seven weeks, and it launched the careers of its chipmunk stars. It spent four weeks at Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from December 22,1958 to January 12,1959 and it also earned three Grammy Awards and a nomination for Record of the Year
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Chipmunks in Low Places
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Chipmunks in Low Places is a country album written by John Boylan and Andrew Gold and performed by Alvin and the Chipmunks. It features cover songs as well as original material, released on September 29,1992, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA, becoming the groups first platinum record and making it the Chipmunks best-selling album. The album reached number 21 on the Billboard 200, becoming their first album to chart in ten years, the album also managed to peak at No.6 on Billboards Top Country Albums, making it the highest peaking album for the group on the chart. Alvin is broke and is feeling so blue about life in general and he cheers himself up to his favorite country songs. He brings in his singers to sing with him in his latest album. His girlfriend Brittany is in the process of breaking up with him. At Charlie Danielss urging, he starts to be nice to his brothers and he does a concert in Nashville, but cannot resist destroying his and his brothers instruments. Grounded for his recent acts of mischief, he tries to hook up with Waylon Jennings, having scared everyone else away, he utters one final, futile act of self-indignation. James Lowry – guitar Roy Huskey, Jr
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Rock music
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It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by blues, rhythm and blues and country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of genres such as electric blues and folk. Musically, rock has centered on the guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar. Typically, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse-chorus form, like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political in emphasis. Punk was an influence into the 1980s on the subsequent development of subgenres, including new wave, post-punk. From the 1990s alternative rock began to rock music and break through into the mainstream in the form of grunge, Britpop. Similarly, 1970s punk culture spawned the visually distinctive goth and emo subcultures and this trio of instruments has often been complemented by the inclusion of other instruments, particularly keyboards such as the piano, Hammond organ and synthesizers. The basic rock instrumentation was adapted from the blues band instrumentation. A group of musicians performing rock music is termed a rock band or rock group, Rock music is traditionally built on a foundation of simple unsyncopated rhythms in a 4/4 meter, with a repetitive snare drum back beat on beats two and four. Melodies are often derived from older musical modes, including the Dorian and Mixolydian, harmonies range from the common triad to parallel fourths and fifths and dissonant harmonic progressions. Critics have stressed the eclecticism and stylistic diversity of rock, because of its complex history and tendency to borrow from other musical and cultural forms, it has been argued that it is impossible to bind rock music to a rigidly delineated musical definition. These themes were inherited from a variety of sources, including the Tin Pan Alley pop tradition, folk music and rhythm, as a result, it has been seen as articulating the concerns of this group in both style and lyrics. Christgau, writing in 1972, said in spite of some exceptions, rock and roll usually implies an identification of male sexuality, according to Simon Frith rock was something more than pop, something more than rock and roll. Rock musicians combined an emphasis on skill and technique with the concept of art as artistic expression, original. The foundations of music are in rock and roll, which originated in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its immediate origins lay in a melding of various musical genres of the time, including rhythm and blues and gospel music, with country. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues music for a multi-racial audience, debate surrounds which record should be considered the first rock and roll record. Other artists with rock and roll hits included Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis
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The Greatest Hits Collection (Alan Jackson album)
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The Greatest Hits Collection is the first greatest hits compilation album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The Greatest Hits Collection reprises all of Jacksons greatest hits from his first four studio albums. The only singles not included on this collection are Blue Blooded Woman from Here in the Real World, Tonight I Climbed the Wall from A Lot About Livin, two new songs are included on this compilation as well. Tall, Tall Trees, originally recorded by George Jones on his 1958 album Long Live King George, both of these were released as singles, reaching the top of the Billboard country charts in late 1995 and early 1996, respectively. One song on this compilation, Home, was included on Here in the Real World but was not released as a single until mid-1996. Billboard 200, and #1 on the Top Country Albums, becoming his third #1 country album, in October 2006, The Greatest Hits Collection was certified 6 x Platinum by the RIAA
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Doswell, Virginia
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Doswell is an unincorporated community in Hanover County in the Central Region of the U. S. Both railroads are now owned by CSX Transportation, although the former Virginia Central line is leased to a short-line carrier, the area near the Doswell train station is a popular train-watching site for railfans. The name was changed to Doswell in the early 1890s in honor of Major Thomas Doswell, the first Doswell in the area was James Doswell, a captain in the American Revolution. Formerly consisting primarily of farmland, Doswell currently has many residents who commute to jobs in Richmond, kings Dominion, a major amusement park that is owned by Cedar Fair, and Meadow Event Park, home of the Virginia State Fair, are located in the town. There are also historic sites in the town, such as Church Quarter. SR30 SR2 SR684 Verdon Road SR688 Doswell Road US301 US1 I‑95 Hanover County Economic Development C&O Piedmont Subdivision – Doswell
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Julien Temple
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Julien Andrew Temple is an English film, documentary and music video director. Temple was born in Kensington, London, the son of Landon Temple and his sister is politician Nina Temple. He was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School, William Ellis School and he grew up with little interest in film until, when a student at Cambridge, he discovered the works of French anarchist director Jean Vigo. This, along with his interest in the punk scene in London in 1976, led to his friendship with The Sex Pistols. Temples first film was a documentary called Sex Pistols Number 1. This led to Temple making The Great Rock And Roll Swindle, as band members Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious had left the band by this time, the story of the group is told from the viewpoint of their manager, Malcolm McLaren. The Great Rock And Roll Swindle tells of the rise of The Sex Pistols, apparently as manipulated by McLaren, many of the facts given by McLaren were disputed by John Lydon, who accused McLaren of using the film to attack him personally. This helped split opinion on the film as, although it was praised for attempting to capture some of the scene of the time. Controversy aside, Temple was praised for his mix of animated scenes, documentary footage and this helped launch Temple into a career making music videos, something for which he would be best known for much of his career. In 1983, Temple directed a film for the BBC Arena series called Its All True and this was followed by Temples next theatrical release, the short film Jazzin for Blue Jean featuring David Bowie which was released as a support feature to The Company of Wolves. In 1986, Temple directed the film version of Colin MacInnes book Absolute Beginners, one of the most expensive films in British history, the fate of the studios involved were dependent on the success of the film. The film was panned in the UK. As it was a musical, rather than an adaptation of the book, it was attacked for a lack of narrative. Absolute Beginners was financially unsuccessful and was responsible for the Goldcrest company going bankrupt. Temple found himself being blamed personally for the failure and he moved to the United States, where he was offered the film Earth Girls Are Easy, as well as a series of music videos for such artists as Duran Duran, Janet Jackson, Neil Young and Tom Petty. Temple returned to the UK in the late 1990s, where he continued to make films, Vigo, Passion for Life recounts the passionate relationship between French film maker Jean Vigo and his wife Lydou, who both suffered from Tuberculosis. The film was not well received, a reviewer in Sight & Sound commented that the film although absolutely faithful to the facts, is absolutely dreadful. This time the film was made with the cooperation of the surviving members of the band
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The Andy Griffith Show
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It stars Andy Griffith, who portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, Aunt Bee, an aunt and housekeeper, and Opie. Eccentric townspeople and temperamental girlfriends complete the cast and it was, when we were doing it, of a time gone by. The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings, on separate occasions, it has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best and 13th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its run, co-stars Knotts. The series spawned its own spinoff, Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C, a sequel series, Mayberry R. F. D. and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. Reruns of the show are aired on TV Land, MeTV. The show has also made available on streaming video services such as Netflix. An annual festival celebrating the show, Mayberry Days, is each year in Griffiths hometown of Mount Airy. After conferences between Leonard and Griffith in New York, Griffith flew to Los Angeles and filmed the episode, on February 15,1960, The Danny Thomas Show episode Danny Meets Andy Griffith aired. In the episode Griffith played fictional Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry, North Carolina, future players in The Andy Griffith Show, Frances Bavier and Ron Howard, appeared in the episode as townspeople Henrietta Perkins and Opie Taylor. General Foods, sponsor of The Danny Thomas Show, had first access to the spin-off, on October 3,1960 at 9,30 pm, The Andy Griffith Show made its debut. The shows production team included producers Aaron Ruben and Bob Ross, during season six, Greenbaum and Fritzell left the show and Ruben departed for Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C. A show which he owned in part, writer Harvey Bullock left after season six. Bob Sweeney directed the first three seasons save the premiere, the show was filmed at Desilu Studios, with exteriors filmed at Forty Acres in Culver City, California. Woodsy locales were filmed north of Beverly Hills at Franklin Canyon, Knotts auditioned for the shows creator and executive producer, Sheldon Leonard, and was offered a five-year contract playing Barney Fife. Whistling in the sequence, as well as the closing credits sequence, was performed by Earle Hagen. One of the tunes, The Mayberry March, was reworked a number of times in different tempo, styles
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George Jones
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George Glenn Jones was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best known song He Stopped Loving Her Today, as well as his distinctive voice, for the last 20 years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer. Waylon Jennings expressed an opinion in his song Its Alright, If we all could sound like we wanted to. The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname The Possum, born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven and was given a guitar at the age of nine. He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950 and he served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953. He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954, in 1959, Jones released a cover version of White Lightning by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer. His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968, he married country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later. Many years of alcoholism caused his health to deteriorate severely and led to his many performances. After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983. Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from respiratory failure. During his career, Jones had more than 150 hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists. George Glenn Jones was born on September 12,1931 in Saratoga, Texas and his father, George Washington Jones, worked in a shipyard and played harmonica and guitar while his mother, Clara, played piano in the Pentecostal Church on Sundays. During his delivery, one of the doctors dropped Jones and broke his arm, when he was seven, his parents bought a radio and he heard country music for the first time. But the opposite happened, he became a chronic singer and he became someone who had to sing. Daddy was an unusual drinker. He drank to excess but never while working, and he probably was the hardest working man Ive ever known. His father bought him his first guitar at age nine and he learned his first chords and songs at church and he left home at 16 and went to Jasper, Texas, where he sang and played on the KTXJ radio station with fellow musician Dalton Henderson. From there, he worked at the KRIC radio station, during one such afternoon show, Jones met his idol, Hank Williams. In the 1989 video documentary Same Ole Me, Jones admitted, I couldnt think or eat nothin unless it was Hank Williams and he had to be, really, the greatest
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Library and Archives Canada
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Library and Archives Canada is a federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving and making Canadas documentary heritage accessible. LAC reports to Parliament through Mélanie Joly, the Minister of Canadian Heritage since November 4,2015, the National Library of Canada was founded in 1953. Freda Farrell Waldon contributed to the writing of the brief which led to the founding of the National Library of Canada, in 2004, Library and Archives Canada combined the functions of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada. It was established by the Library and Archives of Canada Act, a subsequent Order in Council dated May 21,2004 united the collections, services and personnel of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada. Since inception LAC has reported to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, LAC is expected to maintain effective recordkeeping practices that ensure transparency and accountability. Some of this content, primarily the collection, university theses. Many items have not been digitized and are available in physical form. As of May 2013 only about 1% of the collection had been digitized, representing about 25 million of the more popular, genealogists account for 70% of LACs clients. The building at 395 Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa is the physical location where the public may access the collection in person. The building was opened on June 20,1967. With the de-emphasis on physical visits, in-person services have been curtailed, for example since April 2012 reference services are by appointment only, there are also administrative offices in Gatineau and preservation and storage facilities throughout Canada for federal government records. It was built at a cost of CDN$107 million, and the opening took place on June 4,1997. It is a building containing 48 climate-controlled preservation vaults and state-of-the-art preservation laboratories. In 2000, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada named it one of the top 500 buildings constructed in Canada during the last millennium. A Nitrate Film Preservation Facility on the Communications Research Centre campus in Shirleys Bay, on the outskirts of Ottawa, the collection contains 5,575 film reels dating back to 1912, including some of the first Canadian motion pictures and photographic negatives. The film material is sensitive and requires precise temperatures for its preservation. The facility will feature a high bay metal shelving system with an environment to better protect Canadas published heritage. RSS feeds provide links to new content on the LAC website, a new modernized website is being developed and is scheduled for completion in 2013, with both new and old websites accessible during the transition period. e
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Prometheus Global Media
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Prometheus Global Media was a New York City-based B2B media company. The company was formed in December 2009, when Nielsen Company sold its entertainment and media division to a private equity-backed group led by Pluribus Capital Management, Guggenheim acquired Pluribuss stake in the company in January 2013, giving it full ownership under the division of Guggenheim Digital Media. On December 17,2015, it was announced that Guggenheim would spin out its media properties to a group led by former executive Todd Boehly, known as Eldridge Industries. Two Nielsen properties, Editor & Publisher, and Kirkus Reviews, were not included in the sale, Editor & Publisher would instead be sold to the Duncan McIntosh Company, and Kirkus Reviews would be sold to Herbert Simon. The companys first CEO was Richard Beckman, previously an executive and publisher at Condé Nast and Fairchild Publications, the new format was meant to compete against up-and-coming blogs focusing on industry news, such as Deadline. com and TheWrap, along with its then-struggling rival Variety. The changes had a significant impact on the performance, by 2013, ad sales were up more than 50%. In late 2011, Prometheus went through a number of cost-cutting measures, in April 2013, Guggenheim re-acquired Backstage and made its CEO John Amato president of the Billboard Group—a new group consisting of Billboard, Backstage, and Sonicbids. In a January 2014 restructuring, Levinsohn was shifted to a development role. The remaining properties, consisting of Adweek and Film Expo Group, are led by Jeff Wilbur, the acquisition did not include Mediabistros expo business, which were retained under the name Mecklermedia. On January 13,2015, Adweek and Film Expo Group were merged into Mediabistro to form a new Prometheus subsidiary, at the same time, its blogs were re-launched under the new Adweek Blog Network banner, and all of Mediabistros social media-oriented blogs were merged into SocialTimes. In March 2015, Guggenheim Partners reported that its president Todd Boehly was exploring the possibility of forming his own company, the resultant company is known as Eldridge Industries
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Here in the Real World (song)
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Here in the Real World is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1990 as the single and title track from his debut album Here in the Real World. The song reached a peak of number 3 on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, Jackson wrote the song with Mark Irwin. In the chorus, he observes that here in the world, its not that easy at all / Cause when hearts get broken. The music video was directed by Jim May and premiered in early 1990 and it begins with a retro-style title card, features mostly Jackson performing, and closes with a brief snippet of Gene Autry singing Back in the Saddle Again. Glen Campbell recorded the song on his 1994 album Glen Campbell Live and his Greatest Hits George Jones recorded this song on his last solo album, Hits I Missed. And One I Didnt Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Wanted (Alan Jackson song)
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Wanted is a song written by American country music artist Alan Jackson and Charlie Craig, and recorded by Jackson. The front cover resembles a western wanted poster, Jackson was inspired to write the song after seeing a wanted poster in an old John Wayne movie. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B- grade, saying that the song contains heartfelt vocal, the music video was directed by Bing Sokolsky and premiered in mid-1990. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Chasin' That Neon Rainbow
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Chasin That Neon Rainbow is a song written by American country music artist Alan Jackson and Jim McBride, and performed by Jackson. Jackson recounts the origins in the album notes. Jim McBride and I were writing together for the first time and we were talking about my life in Georgia and the experience of playing the honky tonk circuit. I remembered a radio that my daddy won when I was a child and how my mama used to sing to my sisters. I also remembered how my mama hated for me to play in the bars, all those things set the story in motion, and within a few sessions, my life chasing that neon rainbow was set to music. The song recounts the life of trying to make it big as a country music artist. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, calling the song due to an exuberant melody and decidedly country production. He goes on to say that the song is sung with an innocence, exudes boundless gratefulness. The music video was directed by Jack Cole and was released in September 1990 and it depicts Alan going to a bar to audition as a musical act for the bar. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Dallas (Alan Jackson song)
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Dallas is a song written by American country music artists Alan Jackson and Keith Stegall, and recorded by Jackson. According to the notes of his 1995 album The Greatest Hits Collection, Jackson was inspired to write the song after having played at Billy Bobs in Dallas, Texas. After playing the show, he commented that he wished Dallas was in Tennessee, Dallas is a song in which the male narrator tells of a lover named Dallas who has left him for Dallas, Texas. He then goes on to say that he wishes that Dallas were in Tennessee — both the city and his former lover, Dallas debuted on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 4,1992
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A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)
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A Lot About Livin is the third studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on October 6,1992, and produced the singles Chattahoochee, Shes Got the Rhythm, Tonight I Climbed the Wall, You Cant Have It All and Mercury Blues. Chattahoochee and Shes Got the Rhythm were both Number One hits on the Hot Country Songs charts, while the three songs all reached Top Five. Keith Stegall produced the album, working with Scott Hendricks on Tonight I Climbed the Wall. A Lot About Livin peaked at #13 on the U. S. Billboard 200, in January 1996, A Lot About Livin was certified 6 x Platinum by the RIAA. Eddie Bayers – drums Stuart Duncan – fiddle Robbie Flint – acoustic slide guitar Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar Rob Hajacos – fiddle Roy Huskey, Jr
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She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)
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Shes Got the Rhythm is a song co-written by American country music artists Alan Jackson and Randy Travis, and performed by Jackson. It was released in October 1992 as the first single from his album A Lot About Livin, the song received an award in 1993 from Music City News for being one of the most performed country songs of the year. The song is a R&B inspired tune that Jackson and Travis wrote while on tour together in 1991 and they planned to pitch the song to B. B. King to record but Alan decided to take it and record instead. The video was directed by Jim Shea and was released in October 1992, shes Got the Rhythm debuted at number 42 on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 24,1992
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Chattahoochee (song)
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Chattahoochee is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in May 1993 as the single from his album A Lot About Livin. The album is named for a line in the song itself, Jackson wrote the song with Jim McBride. Chattahoochee also received CMA awards for Single of the Year and Song of the Year and it kind of went from there. Its a song about having fun, growing up, and coming of age in a small town - which really applies to anyone across the country, not just by the Chattahoochee. We never thought it would be as big as its become, the song is uptempo and talks about growing up along the Chattahoochee River that forms part of the border between Georgia and Alabama. The music video was directed by Martin Kahan and premiered in May 1993, Chattahoochee debuted at number 72 on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 15,1993. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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(Who Says) You Can't Have It All
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You Cant Have It All is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1994 as the fifth and final single from his album A Lot About Livin, the song peaked at number 4 on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. Jackson wrote the song with Jim McBride, the song is about a man who lost his woman. The narrator tells of the scene of his bedroom alone. A stark naked light bulb hangs over my head, Theres one lonely pillow on my double bed, according to Jackson, its one of his favorite songs hes written. Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a heartbreak, pure country waltz, kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, calling it a pure country song due to the fiddle. The music video was directed by Piers Plowden and premiered in early 1994 and you Cant Have It All debuted at number 43 on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 29,1994
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Who I Am (Alan Jackson album)
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Who I Am is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The album was released on June 28,1994 via Arista Records and it features the Number One singles Summertime Blues, Gone Country, Livin on Love, and I Dont Even Know Your Name, and the #6-peaking Song for the Life. In addition, Thank God for the Radio was a Number One hit in 1984 for The Kendalls from their album Movin Train, Jackson re-recorded Lets Get Back to Me and You for his 2013 release, The Bluegrass Album. Note On the back of the album, Lets Get Back to Me and You is listed as track #14, a short message on the back reads, Thats right folks, I am just a tad superstitious - AJ. Compiled from the liner notes. Eddie Bayers – drums Stuart Duncan – fiddle Robbie Flint – acoustic slide guitar Larry Franklin – fiddle Paul Franklin – steel guitar John Hughey – steel guitar Roy Huskey, Jr. S. Billboard 200, and #1 on the Top Country Albums selling 102,000 copies, in January 1999, Who I Am was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
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Summertime Blues
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Summertime Blues is a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart, originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29,1958 and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It has been covered by artists, including being a number-one hit for country music artist Alan Jackson. Jimi Hendrix performed it in concert, Summertime Blues was recorded on March 28,1958 at Gold Star Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. Eddie Cochran sang both the vocal and bass vocal, played all the parts, and added the hand clapping with possibly Sharon Sheeley. Connie Guybo Smith played the bass and Earl Palmer drums. The 1958 Liberty Records single by Eddie Cochran was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, in March 2005, Q magazine placed it at number 77 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. The song is also on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum list of The Songs That Shaped Rock, the song appears on the soundtrack for the movie Caddyshack, as well as opening season 4 of Beverly Hills,90210. Recorded four years after the Eddie Cochran original, the Beach Boys paid tribute to him on their first album, Surfin Safari, lead vocal on the track was jointly sung by lead guitarist Carl Wilson, not yet 16, and rhythm guitarist David Marks, just turned 14. Australian rocknroll singer Johnny Chester cited Cochran as one of his idols and had used the track when rehearsing his first band in 1959, in December it peaked at No.30 on the Kent Music Report. The American rock band Blue Cheer recorded their version of Summertime Blues in 1967, the single peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, pushing the sales of the album even higher to #11. It topped the Dutch charts for one week in 1968, while not as widely played or recognized as The Whos version, it certainly is more distorted. This version was ranked #73 on the list of The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time of Rolling Stone and this version omits the responses and instead has each band member do a quick solo. A portion of Blue Cheers version appears in the movie Troll and this was the first heavy metal song to ever make the pop charts, beating both Steppenwolfs Born To Be Wild and Iron Butterflys In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by months. Rush did a cover of this version for their Feedback EP, rush frontman Geddy Lee cites Blue Cheer as the first heavy metal band. The main riff from Jimi Hendrixs Foxy Lady has been inserted in parts of this version. The Who played Summertime Blues as a staple of their concerts from their early days up to 1976 and it has not been played since the death of bassist John Entwistle in 2002. It was performed during the 1967 US tour, from which the first known Who recordings of the song were made, the first version to be released by The Who appeared on the 1970 album Live at Leeds
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Livin' on Love
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Livin on Love is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Alan Jackson. It was released in August 1994 as the single from his album Who I Am. In late 1994, it became his ninth Number One hit on the Billboard country charts and it also reached number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100. The song describes a couple who are livin on love, in the first verse, they are two young people without a thing, while throughout the song they age, still in love with each other. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ grade, calling it so catchy, so charming and he goes on to say that he forgives Jackson for ripping off Two Sparrows in a Hurricane so blatantly. The music video was directed by Piers Plowden and premiered in mid-1994, livin on Love debuted on the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 3,1994. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Gone Country (song)
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Gone Country is a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in November 1994 as the single from his fourth studio album. As with that albums first two singles, Gone Country reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, Alan Jackson said about the song, Bob McDill wrote this and he is one of my favorite writers of all time. When I first heard this song I fell in love with it, I wish that Id written it cause it says a lot of things that Id like to say. I think its just a fun song actually, celebrating how country music has more widespread. Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that it was the most talked-about country song of the year and she goes on to say that it is an ode to all the carpetbaggers flowing into Music City. The video was directed by Michael Oblowitz, and filmed in New York City, Knoxville, Tennessee, the concert scenes in the video were shot in Evansville, Indiana, at Roberts Municipal Stadium, and in Knoxville. It features the former World Trade Center Towers in a flyover, Jackson himself adopted the tune in commercials for the Ford Motor Company in the late 1990s, titling the track Ford Country. American country music parody artist Cledus T. Judd released a parody of Gone Country titled Gone Funky on his 1995 album Cledus T. Judd, lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
