jfrancispastirchak said:
Hillbilly Heaven, released in 1955 by Eddie Dean
http://www.countrymusictreasures.com/storybehindthesong/i-dreamed-of.html
Tex Ritter's version came along in '61.
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Hillbilly Heaven, released in 1955 by Eddie Dean
http://www.countrymusictreasures.com/storybehindthesong/i-dreamed-of.html
Tex Ritter's version came along in '61.
unitron said:
Good catch. Thanks Uni...
howardm said:
Just last year, Brad Paisley had a big hit with "Old Alabama" -- it's not the state or the football team but the country band that was so big in the '80s that Paisley is nostalgic about.
howardm said:
My goodness, I almost called you out on Gale Storm. That "Gotcha" smirk crawling across my face, I checked Wikipedia, and, as Seinfeld liked to say, "there you go". Thought I knew everything there was to know about the late title actress on My Little Margie. Never knew til today that she recorded a copy of Knockin' in 1955. Thanks for making me smart(er).
30 years ago (really?!?), Paul Simon had a couple of tracks on "Hearts and Bones" that referenced other artists - the chorus of "Rene and Georgette Magritte" refers to "the Penguins, the Moonglows, the Orioles and the Five Satins," and later in the album comes "Late Great Johnny Ace," which is really about John Lennon.
In the 1990s, Van Morrison's "In the Days Before Rock and Roll" namechecked Fats Domino and several other '50s artists, as well as a bunch of famous European transmitter sites (Athlone! Budapest! Hilversum! Luxembourg!). I had the sublime experience last year of listening to the song while driving up to the Athlone site in central Ireland. Magical.
I think it was the same Van album that led off with "Real Real Gone," which namechecks James Brown, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke and Gene Chandler.
(Van also had "Jackie Wilson Said" a few decades earlier, on the "Saint Dominic's Preview" LP. Dexy's Midnight Runners covered that one in '83 on their followup single to "Come on Eileen," with its Johnnie Ray namecheck in the first line.)
As for bands referencing themselves or their members...Springsteen's "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" includes the "Big Man joined the band" line, about the late Clarence Clemons. And what about George Harrison's "When We Was Fab"?
In the 1990s, Van Morrison's "In the Days Before Rock and Roll" namechecked Fats Domino and several other '50s artists, as well as a bunch of famous European transmitter sites (Athlone! Budapest! Hilversum! Luxembourg!). I had the sublime experience last year of listening to the song while driving up to the Athlone site in central Ireland. Magical.
I think it was the same Van album that led off with "Real Real Gone," which namechecks James Brown, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke and Gene Chandler.
(Van also had "Jackie Wilson Said" a few decades earlier, on the "Saint Dominic's Preview" LP. Dexy's Midnight Runners covered that one in '83 on their followup single to "Come on Eileen," with its Johnnie Ray namecheck in the first line.)
As for bands referencing themselves or their members...Springsteen's "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" includes the "Big Man joined the band" line, about the late Clarence Clemons. And what about George Harrison's "When We Was Fab"?
Marc Cohn's "Walking in Memphis" mentions Elvis Presley and Al Green ("Reverend Green").
And Mike Nesmith's "Listen to the Band" mentions The Band. </ducks>
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CTListener said:
Well, in that case, Seals & Crofts' "I'll Play for You" mentions, umm, "the Band" often in the chorus.
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cd637299 said:CTListener said:
Well, in that case, Seals & Crofts' "I'll Play for You" mentions, umm, "the Band" often in the chorus.
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How about all those songs that mention Love?
Speaking of The Band, Marc Cohn did a song a few years back called "Listening to Levon," Levon being Levon Helm.
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^ "Love".....ya know, this thread could go on forever.
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"Living in America" by James Brown, and "Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (largely forgotten) both make mention of Eddie Murphy. Since this was during, and right after, his hit with "Party all the Time," this makes him a "recording artist," and thus worthy of a mention here, although this has probably already been mentioned earlier.
Long May You Run, Neil Young, mentions the Beach Boys
jfrancispastirchak said:
As does Kathy Mattea's late-'90s country hit, "455 Rocket."
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