Bruce Springsteen - Long Tall Sally (Sydney 2/7/17) ... its History and Llyrics

Long Tall Sally

Little Richard

Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John
He claim he has the misery but he's havin' a lot of fun
Oh baby, yeah baby, woo
Havin' me some fun tonight, yeah

Well long, tall Sally
She's built for speed, she got
Everything that Uncle John need, oh baby
Yeah baby, woo baby
Havin' me some fun tonight, yeah

Well, I saw Uncle John with long tall Sally
He saw Aunt Mary comin' and he ducked back in the alley oh baby
Yeah baby, woo baby
Havin' me some fun tonight, yeah, ow

Well, long, tall Sally
She's built for speed, she got
Everything that Uncle John need, oh baby
Yeah baby, woo baby
Havin' me some fun tonight, yeah

Well, I…

"Long Tall Sally" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues song written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, and Little Richard; recorded by Little Richard; and released in March 1956 on the Specialty Records label.

The flip side was "Slippin' and Slidin'". Both songs were subsequently released in the LP Here's Little Richard (Specialty, March 1957). The single reached number one on the Billboard rhythm and blues chart, staying at the top for six of 19 weeks,[1] while peaking at number six on the pop chart. It received the Cash Box Triple Crown Award in 1956. The song as sung by Little Richard is #55 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

It became one of the singer's best-known hits and has become a rock and roll standard covered by hundreds of artists,[4] including the Beatles and Elvis Presley.

The song was originally called "The Thing", recorded in New Orleans by Little Richard.

History

"Tutti Frutti" had been a big hit for Little Richard and Specialty in early 1956, reaching No. 2 in the R&B charts. Pat Boone's cover version of the song reached No. 12 in the pop charts. Although this meant an unexpected cash income for the Specialty publishing firm, A&R man and producer "Bumps" Blackwell and a proud Richard decided to write a song that was so up-tempo and the lyrics so fast that Boone would not be able to handle it (Boone eventually did record his own version, however, getting it to No. 8).

According to Blackwell, he was introduced to a little girl by Honey Chile, a popular disc-jockey. Apparently, the girl had written a song for Little Richard to record so she could pay the treatment for her ailing aunt Mary. The song, actually a few lines on a piece of paper, went like this:

Saw Uncle John with Long Tall Sally
They saw Aunt Mary comin'
So they ducked back in the alley.

Not wishing to upset an influential disc-jockey, Blackwell accepted the offer and took the idea to Richard, who was reluctant at first. Nevertheless, the line "ducked back in the alley" was exactly what they were looking for, and Richard kept practicing until he could sing it as fast as possible. They worked on the song, adding verses and a chorus, until they got the hit they wanted. The credit to Enotris Johnson, Richard's adoptive father, was added, probably as an act of benevolence. Featuring a tenor saxophone solo by Lee Allen (as did "Tutti Frutti"), "Long Tall Sally" was the best-selling 45 of the history of Specialty Records.

Recording

The recording session took place on February 10, 1956 at J&M Studio in New Orleans, the legendary studio owned by Cosimo Matassa on the corner of Rampart and Dumaine where Fats Domino and many other New Orleans luminaries recorded. "Long Tall Sally", as well as many other Little Richard sides, was also recorded there.

The backing was provided by the house top session men: Edgar Blanchard (guitar), Frank Fields (double bass), Lee Allen (tenor sax), Alvin "Red" Tyler (baritone sax) and Earl Palmer (drums), plus Little Richard on vocals and piano. Blackwell was the producer.

The music was a fast uptempo number with Little Richard's hammering, boogie piano. Richard plays staccato eighth notes while Palmer plays a fast shuffle. The shuffle was the most common rhythm and blues beat; Richard added the eighth notes, much less common in that time, although now standard for rock music. Together this created an ambiguity in the ride rhythm—known to musicians as "playing in the crack" that came to characterize New Orleans rock and roll. In typical Little Richard style, he sang in the key of F, in a raw, aggressive, exhilarating style with lyrics being about self-centered fun.

Well, Long Tall Sally,
She's built for speed,
She's got everything that Uncle John needs.

Although the lyrics are light-weight, Little Richard's style triumphs over content and provides a wonderful vehicle for his enthusiastic exhibitionism.

Notes on the lyrics

On the original recording, the opening line states the singer is going to report to Aunt Mary that Uncle John does not, as he claims, have "the misery", a Southern expression meaning generalized weakness and illness.

The line in the original recorded version, "Long Tall Sally is built for speed", is a reference to the proverbial African-American distinction in sexual types: "Built for comfort" or "built for speed", terms originally applied to passenger sailing ships. When sung rapidly, this line is sometimes rendered "built sweet", even by Little Richard in a recorded live performance. Though it is not a perfect rhyme with the word "need", it fits through assonance.

Personnel

Little Richard – vocals, piano

Lee Allen – tenor sax

Alvin "Red" Tyler – baritone sax

Frank Fields – bass

Earl Palmer – drums

Edgar Blanchard – guitar

The Beatles version

The Beatles were great admirers of Little Richard, and recorded many of his songs during their career. "Long Tall Sally" was the most durable song in their live repertoire, lasting from their earliest days as the Quarrymen in 1957 through to their last public concert in August 1966. As with the majority of their Little Richard remakes, Paul McCartney sang lead vocals, as he could most closely imitate Richard's vocal style.[8]

The group recorded "Long Tall Sally" at EMI Studios in London on 1 March 1964, during sessions for A Hard Day's Night, although it was ultimately not included on that album. The recording was produced by the Beatles' regular producer, George Martin, who also played piano on the track. Given the group's familiarity with the song, the recording was completed in a single take.

In the United Kingdom, the track was released on the Long Tall Sally EP on 19 June 1964; however, it had been released earlier on two overseas albums, The Beatles' Second Album in the United States on 10 April, and The Beatles' Long Tall Sally in Canada on 11 May. Released as a single in Sweden, the song topped the Kvällstoppen Chart in July and August.

The song appears on the film Backbeat. Upon viewing it, Paul McCartney was reported to say:

One of my annoyances about the film Backbeat is that they've actually taken my rock 'n' rollness off me. They give John "Long Tall Sally" to sing and he never sang it in his life. But now it's set in cement. ['Paul' sang Long Tall Sally in the Glasgow stage version]. It's like the Buddy Holly and Glenn Miller stories. The Buddy Holly Story does not even mention Norman Petty, and The Glenn Miller Story is a sugarcoated version of his life. Now Backbeat has done the same thing to the story of the Beatles. I was quite taken, however, with Stephen Dorff's astonishing performance as Stu.

Personnel

Paul McCartney – vocals, bass

John Lennon – rhythm guitar

George Harrison – lead guitar

Ringo Starr – drums

George Martin – piano

Other Beatles recordings

In addition to their studio recording of the song, the Beatles recorded "Long Tall Sally" for BBC radio broadcasts on seven occasions during 1963 and 1964.[11] Two of these versions have been officially released, on the compilation albums Live at the BBC (1994) and On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 (2013). In addition, a live recording from the 1964 television special Around the Beatles was included on the Anthology 1 compilation (1995). The live album The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (1977) includes a 1964 concert recording of the song.

Popular culture

• In the 1987 film Predator, the song is played while the group of soldiers are traveling in a helicopter. Later in the movie, the character Sergeant Mac Eliot shouts the lyrics "Long Tall Sally, she built sweet, she got everything, that Uncle John need. Aw baby, I'm gonna have me some fun, I'm gonna have me some fun, I'm gonna have me some fun" as a battle cry while pursuing the film's titular monster. A sequel, 2010's Predators, called back to the original film by playing the song over its closing credits.
• There is a long discussion of the song in the 1997 novel Underworld by Don DeLillo. Specifically, characters argue over the ethnic identity of the titular girl.
• "Long Tall Sally" was sung by Eddie Clendening, portraying Elvis Presley, in the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet, which opened in New York in April 2010.Eddie Clendening also covered the song on the Million Dollar Quartet original Broadway cast recording, copyright 2010 by MDQ Merchandising, LLC.
• Makes an appearance in the game Mafia 2 on the Delta Radio station
• Makes an appearance in the British show Rock & Chips spinoff Only Fools and Horses
• On Season 9 of the American Dancing with the Stars, Melissa Joan Hart and Mark Ballas danced the Jive to this song in week 2 of the competition.
• On Series 14 of Strictly Come Dancing, Danny Mac and Oti Mabuse danced the Jive to this song in week 7 of the competition.
• On Season 13 of the American Dancing with the Stars, Kristin Cavallari and Mark Ballas danced the Jive to this song in the finale of season 13.
• "Long Tall Sally" plays during the opening helicopter scene of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as an homage to the 1987 film Predator.
• "Long Tall Sally" plays during the chase scene in the 1988 film Red Scorpion.
• The song was used in the beginning of the game Saints Row IV (mission "Zero Saints Thirty"), once again as a homage to Predator.
• John Sloman perfored the song in animated film Planet 51.
• The song is used during a boat chase near the start of the 2016 video game Mafia III

Mull of Kintyre (Wings -Paul McCartney and Denny Lane), lyrics and history

Mull of Kintyre

Paul McCartney and Wings

Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea 
My desire is always to be here 
Oh Mull of Kintyre

Far have I traveled and much have I seen 
Darkest of mountains with valleys of green 
Past painted deserts the sun sets on fire 
As he carries me home to the Mull of Kintyre

Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea 
My desire is always to be here 
Oh Mull of Kintyre

Sweep through the heather like deer in the glen 
Carry me back to the days I knew then 
Nights when we sang like a heavenly choir 
Of the life and the times of the Mull of Kintyre

Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea 
My desire is always to be here 
Oh Mull of Kintyre

Smiles in the sunshine and tears in the rain 
Still take…

Mull of Kintyre (song)

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"Mull of Kintyre"

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Single by Wings

A-side "Girls' School"

Released 11 November 1977

Format 7-inch single

Recorded 9 August 1977

Genre Scottish folk

Length 4:45

Label Capitol

Songwriter(s) Paul McCartney, Denny Laine

Producer(s) Paul McCartney

"Mull of Kintyre" is a song by the British rock band Wings written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine. The song was written in tribute to the picturesque Kintyre peninsula in Scotland and its headland, the Mull of Kintyre, where McCartney has owned High Park Farm since 1966. The song was Wings' biggest hit in Britain where it became the 1977 Christmas number one, and was the first single to sell over two million copies nationwide.[

History

The lyrics of the first verse, also used as the repeating chorus, are an ode to the area's natural beauty and sense of home:

Mull of Kintyre

Oh mist rolling in from the sea,

My desire

Is always to be here

Oh Mull of Kintyre

McCartney explained how the song came into being:

I certainly loved Scotland enough, so I came up with a song about where we were living: an area called Mull of Kintyre. It was a love song really, about how I enjoyed being there and imagining I was travelling away and wanting to get back there.[4]

"Mull of Kintyre" was recorded on 9 August 1977 at Spirit of Ranachan Studio at High Park Farm in Scotland, during a break in recording the London Town album caused by Linda McCartney's advanced pregnancy. The song featured bagpipes played by the Campbeltown Pipe Band from nearby Campbeltown. Paul's vocals and acoustic guitar were recorded outdoors. "Mull of Kintyre" and "Girls' School" (a rocker that had been previously recorded for London Town) were released as a double A-sided single on 11 November 1977, independently of the album. It was included on the Wings compilation Wings Greatest in 1978, the UK/Canada version of McCartney's 1987 compilation album All the Best!, the 2001 compilation Wingspan: Hits and History and the 2016 compilation Pure McCartney.

Reception

The song's broad appeal was maximised by its pre-Christmas release and it became a Christmas number one single in the UK, spending nine weeks at the top of the charts. It also became an international hit, charting high in Australia and many other countries over the holiday period. It went on to become the first single to sell over two million copies in the UK and became the UK's best-selling single of all-time (eclipsing the Beatles' own "She Loves You") until overtaken by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in 1984 (which also featured McCartney on the B-side).[8] The song remains the UK's best-selling completely non-charity single, having sold 2.08 million copies.(Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" has sold more in its two releases, but the profits of the 1991 release were donated to charity.)

The millionth copy of the disc sold in the UK included a special certificate. It was sold to David Ackroyd, who was presented with a gold disc of the single by Laine.

Despite its international appeal, the song was not a major hit in North America, where the flipside "Girls' School" received more airplay and reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #34 on the Canadian RPM charts. "Mull of Kintyre" was not a pop hit at all in the US, but did manage to reach #45 on the Easy Listening chart.

Meanwhile, in Canada, "Girls' School"/"Mull of Kintyre" was initially tracked as a double A-side, and reached #44 on the pop charts before "Mull of Kintyre" was dropped from the chart listings as of 21 January 1978. "Girls' School" continued its chart climb for a few more weeks, reaching #34 in Canada. After the single fell out of the top 40, it was once again tracked as a double A-side (with "Mull of Kintyre" getting first billing) for one week in April, but it did not better its previous #44 chart peak. "Mull of Kintyre" alone (without "Girls' School") did reach #30 on Canada's Adult Contemporary chart.

Live performances

McCartney has played "Mull of Kintyre" only occasionally in concert since Wings' 1979 British tour, and, significantly, has never played it in the United States, Asia, or South America. Performances include 23 June 1990 in Glasgow, Scotland. He played it in Australia and New Zealand and also Canada in 1993, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017. He began playing the song again in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. On 11 July 2009, at a concert at the Halifax Common, he played the song accompanied by the 78th Highlanders (Halifax Citadel) Pipe Band. He played the song at the O2 Arena in London on 22 December 2009, accompanied by the 18-piece Balmoral Highlanders Pipe Band.

The following year, on 20 June 2010 McCartney performed "Mull of Kintyre" at Hampden Park in Glasgow accompanied by the Pipes and Drums of Loretto School. He played the song at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, on the 8 and 9 August 2010 with the Paris Port Dover Pipe Band. On 20 December 2011, Loretto School played with him again in the final concert of his On The Run tour at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. On 25 November 2012 performed "Mull of Kintyre" at the On The Run Tour in Vancouver, British Columbia with the Delta Police Pipe Band, and in Edmonton, Alberta with the Edmonton Police Service Pipes and Drums on 28–29 November. On 7 July 2013, McCartney performed "Mull of Kintyre" on his "Out There" tour to a sell-out crowd at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Canada accompanied by the Ottawa Police Service Pipe Band. On 19 and 20 April 2016, he performed “Mull of Kintyre” during the One on One tour in the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, again, with the Delta Police Pipe Band. As part of that same tour, on 2 December 2017 he played the song in Perth, Western Australia with the Western Australian Police Force Pipe Band, in Melbourne Victoria 5-6 December 2017 with the Scotch College pipe band, in Brisbane Queensland on the 9th of December 2017 with the Brisbane Combined Pipe Band, in Sydney on the 11th and 12th December with the Governor Macquarie Memorial Pipe Band and in Auckland New Zealand on the 16th of December 2017 with the Auckland and Districts Pipe Band.

AC/DC - Rock N Roll Train (from Live at River Plate)

Rock N Roll Train (Live)

One hot angel
One cool devil
Your mind on the fantasy
Livin on the ecstasy
Give it all, give it,
Give it what you got
Come on give it all a lot
Pick it up move it
Give it to the spot
Your mind on a fantasy
Livin on ecstasy

Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)
Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)
Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)
Yeah the Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)

One hard ring a bell
Old school rebel
A ten for the revelry
Jamming up the agency
Shake it, Shake it
Take it to the spot
You know she make it really hot
Get it on, give it up
Come on give it all you got
Your mind on a fantasy
Livin on the ecstasy

Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)
Yeah the Runaway Train yeah
(Running right off the track)
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On the Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)
Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)

(Angus Guitar Solo)

One hot southern belle
Son of a devil
School boy's spelling bee
A school girl with a fantasy
One hard ring a bell
All screwed up
A ten for the revelry
Jamming up the agency
Shake it, Take it
Take it to the spot
You know
She make it really hot Yeah
Give it all, give it up
Come on give it what you got
You know she's just like it

Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)
She's coming off the track
Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)
Give it all, give it up
Come on give it all you got
Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)
Runaway Train
(Running right off the track)

Bruce Springsteen - Twist & Shout / La Bamba (Live), its history and lyrics

TWIST AND SHOUT 

Live 19 Jul 1988 version

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Shake it up, baby (shake it up, baby)
Come on and twist and shout, now (twist and shout)
Come on, baby (come on, baby)
Come on and work it on out, now (work it on out)
Twist it, little girl (twist, little girl)
You know you twist so fine (twist so fine)
Twist a little closer (twist a little closer)
Let me know you're mine (let me know you're mine)
Let's go!

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
Ah!
Shake it up, baby (shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout, now (twist and shout)
Come on, baby (come on, baby)
You're gonna work it on out, now (work it on out)
Twist it, little girl (twist, little girl)
You know you twist so fine (twist so fine)
Twist a little closer (twist a little closer)
Let me know you're mine (let me know you're mine)
Young man!

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
Shake it up, baby (shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout, yeah (twist and shout)
Well, now, come on, baby (come on, baby)
Come on and work it on out, yeah (work it on out)
Twist it, little girl (twist, little girl)
You know you twist so fine (twist so fine)
Twist a little closer (twist a little closer)
Let me know you're mine (let me know you're mine)
Hey, boys!

(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!)
Hang on a minute, boys, I'm gonna slow it down!
Let's try this!
Ah, la bamba (Ah, la bamba)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
I said, it's ah, ah, ah, yeah (ah, ah, ah, yeah)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la (la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
We'll do it all night long, yeah (all night long)
All night long, yeah (all night long, yeah)
All night long, yeah (all night long, yeah)
All night long, yeah (all night long, yeah)
Ah, ah, ah (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit softer (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit softer (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit lower (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit softer (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit softer (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit... (ah, ah, ah)
Ah (ah, ah, ah)

A little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Little bit louder (ah, ah, ah)
Here we go!

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
Shake it up, baby (shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout, yeah (twist and shout)
Come on, baby (come on, baby)
We're gonna work it on out, yeah (work it on out)
Twist it, little girl (twist, little girl)
You know you twist so fine (twist so fine)
Twist a little closer (twist a little closer)
Let me know you're mine (let me know you're mine)
Let's go!

(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Ah)

We're havin' a party
Dancin' to the music
Played by the DJ
On the radio
So listen, Mister DJ
Won't you keep those records playin'
'Cause I'm havin' such a good time
Dancin' with my baby
Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, oh

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The above lyrics are for the live 19 Jul 1988 performance of TWIST AND SHOUT at Radrennbahn Weissensee in East Berlin, East Germany, during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. The song includes snippets of Ritchie Valens's LA BAMBA and Sam Cooke's HAVING A PARTY.

This show was partially broadcast on East German television and radio. Oddly, the concerts was announced by the promoters as a "Concert for Nicaragua" (see ticket stub below), which upset Springsteen and prompted him to give his infamous German-language speech prior to CHIMES OF FREEDOM about "not being here for or against any certain government, but to play rockand roll for [you] East Berliners... in the hope that one day, all barriers will be torn down."

Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell. (with its history and lyrics)

[Verse 1]
It was a teenage wedding
And the old folks wished them well
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell

[Hook]
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
It goes to show you never can tell

[Verse 2]
They furnished off an apartment with
A two room Roebuck sale
The coolerator was crammed with
TV dinners and ginger ale
But when Pierre found work, the little money comin' worked out well

[Hook]
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
It goes to show you never can tell

[Verse 3]
They had a hi-fi phono, boy
Did they let it blast
Seven hundred little records,
All rock, rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down
The rapid tempo of the music fell

[Hook]
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
It goes to show you never can tell

[Verse 4]
They bought a souped-up jitney, 'twas a cherry red '53
They drove it down New Orleans
To celebrate their anniversary
It was there that Pierre was married to the lovely madamoiselle

[Hook]
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
It goes to show you never can tell

[Bridge]
They had a teenage wedding
And the old folks wished them well
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell

[Hook]
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
It goes to show you never can tell

You Never Can Tell", also known as "C'est La Vie" or "Teenage Wedding", is a song written by Chuck Berry. It was composed in the early 1960s while Berry was in federal prison for violating the Mann Act. Released in 1964 on the album St. Louis to Liverpool and the follow-up single to Berry's final Top Ten hit of the 1960s: "No Particular Place to Go", "You Never Can Tell" reached number 14, becoming Berry's final Top 40 hit until "My Ding-a-Ling", a number 1 in October 1972. A 1977 Top Ten C&W hit for Emmylou Harris, the song has also been recorded or performed by Chely Wright, John Prine, New Riders of the Purple Sage, the Jerry Garcia Band, Bruce Springsteen, The Mavericks, Buster Shuffle and Bob Seger

Description

The song tells of the wedding of two teenagers and their lifestyle afterward. Living in a modest apartment, the young man finds work and they begin to enjoy relative prosperity. Eventually they purchase a "souped-up jitney" (an automobile modified for high performance) and travel to New Orleans, where their wedding had taken place, to celebrate their anniversary. Each verse ends with the refrain, "'C'est la vie,' say the old folks, 'it goes to show you never can tell.'" The melody was influenced by Mitchell Torok's 1953 hit "Caribbean."

Pulp Fiction

The song briefly became popular again after the 1994 release of the film Pulp Fiction, directed and co-written by Quentin Tarantino. The music was played for a "Twist contest" in which Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) competed (and were the only contestants shown in the film). The music added an evocative element of sound to the narrative and Tarantino said that the song's lyrics of "Pierre" and "Mademoiselle" gave the scene a "uniquely '50s French New Wave dance sequence feel".

Impact

Nick Lowe has indicated this song was a source of inspiration for his song "I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll)", which has been recorded by Dave Edmunds, Status Quo, and Lowe himself.

Other versions

Emmylou Harris version

"(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"

(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie - Emmylou Harris.jpg

Single by Emmylou Harris

from the album Luxury Liner

B-side "Hello Stranger"

Released February 2, 1977

Format 7" single

Genre Rockabilly

Length 3:27

Label Warner Bros.

Songwriter(s) Chuck Berry

Producer(s) Brian Ahern

Emmylou Harris singles chronology

"Light of the Stable"

(1976) "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"

(1977) "Making Believe"

(1977)

Emmylou Harris' recording of "You Never Can Tell" - entitled "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" - was the lead single from her 1977 Warner Bros. Records album Luxury Liner.

Harris had sung Chuck Berry songs as a member of a DC-based folk trio early in her career. Her decision to record "...C'est La Vie" was the result of her listening extensively to rock-&-roll oldies while on the road.[4] The track, which features a prominent Cajun fiddle contribution by Ricky Skaggs, was recorded in an August 10, 1976 session recorded in the Enactron Truck, the mobile studio owned and operated by Harris' producer Brian Ahern. The same session yielded "Hello Stranger" which would serve as the B-side of the single release.

Released February 2, 1977, "...C'est La Vie" rose as high as #6 on C&W chart in Billboard that April. The track also rose to #4 and #5, respectively in the Netherlands and also the Flemish Region of Belgium. It also charted in Germany at #41.

In a 2013 interview Harris said: "'C’est la Vie' was a wonderful song to do, and I might [perform] it for nostalgic reasons, but it just lost its appeal for me after a while. I didn’t feel that I was bringing anything to it, I guess."

Also

1974 Ronnie Lane, on Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance

1975 John Prine, on Common Sense

1975 Loggins and Messina, on So Fine

1976 New Riders of the Purple Sage, on New Riders

1981 Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, on Leather and Lace

1984 Ian A. Anderson and Mike Cooper, on The Continuous Preaching Blues

1985 Bill Wyman's "Willie and the Poor Boys" featuring Charlie Watts, Andy Fairweather-Lowe, Mickey Gee, Geraint Watkins[6]

1993 Aaron Neville, on The Grand Tour

1994 Bob Seger, on Greatest Hits (as "C'est La Vie")

1996 Status Quo, on Don't Stop

2003 Farmboy, on the album Farmboy (as C’est la Vie)

2005 Chely Wright, on The Metropolitan Hotel (as "C'est La Vie (You Never Can Tell)")

2005 Santiago & Luis Auserón, on Las Malas Lenguas (as "Quién Lo Iba A Suponer")

2005 Texas Lightning, on Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (as "C'est La Vie")

2008 Roch Voisine, on Americana

2010 The Morlocks, on Play Chess

2013 Buster Shuffle On the "You Never Can Tell" single

2013 Bruce Springsteen, on the Wrecking Ball tour, in Germany

2015 A. Caveman & The Backseats for Ubisoft's Just Dance 2016

2017 Elise LeGrow, on Playing Chess

2017 Coldplay, on A Concert for Charlottesville

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cotton Fields - and the history of the song

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cotton Fields Lyrics

Songwriters: HUDDIE LEDBETTER

Cotton Fields lyrics © T.R.O. INC.

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When I was a little bitty baby
My mama would rock me in the cradle,
In them old cotton fields back home;

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It was down in Louisiana,
Just about a mile from Texarkana,
In them old cotton fields back home.

Chorus3:
Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton,
In them old cotton fields back home.

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"Cotton Fields" is a song written by American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.


Early versions

Recorded by Lead Belly in 1940, "Cotton Fields" was introduced into the canon of folk music via its inclusion on the 1954 album release Odetta & Larry which comprised performances by Odetta[1] at the Tin Angel nightclub in San Francisco with instrumental and vocal accompaniment by Lawrence Mohr: this version was entitled "Old Cotton Fields at Home". The song's profile was boosted via its recording by Harry Belafonte first on his 1958 album Belafonte Sings the Blues with a live version appearing on the 1959 concert album Belafonte at Carnegie Hall: Belafonte had learned "Cotton Fields" from Odetta and been singing it in concert as early as 1955. A #13 hit in 1961 for The Highwaymen, "Cotton Fields" served as an album track for a number of C&W and folk-rock acts including Ferlin Husky (The Heart and Soul of Ferlin Husky 1963), Buck Owens (On the Bandstand 1963), the New Christy Minstrels (Chim-Chim-Cheree 1965) and the Seekers (Roving With The Seekers1964): Odetta also made a new studio recording of the song for her 1963 album One Grain of Sand. The Springfields included "Cotton Fields" on a 1962 EPrelease: this version is featured on the CD On An Island Of Dreams: The Best Of The Springfields. "Cotton Fields" was also recorded by Unit 4+2 for their Concrete and Clay album (1965). A rendering in French: "L'enfant do", was recorded in 1962 by Hugues Aufray and Petula Clark.

The Beach Boys cover[edit]
"Cottonfields"

When I was a little bitty baby
My mama done rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
It was back in louisiana
Just about a mile from texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home

Let me tell you now well got me in a fix
I caught a nail in my tire doing lickitey splits
I had to walk a long long way to town
Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on
Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions
I gonna want to be right off for home

Don't care if them cotton balls get rotten
When I got you baby, who needs cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
Brother only one thing more that's gonna warm you
A summer's day out in California
It's gonna be those cotton fields back home

It was back in Louisiana
Just about…

American rock band the Beach Boys recorded "Cotton Fields" on November 18, 1968: the track with Al Jardine on lead vocals debuted on the group's 1969 album 20/20.

Single version

The Beach Boys
Al Jardine - lead vocals, guitar, producer, arrangement
Carl Wilson – guitar
Dennis Wilson – drums
Bruce Johnston – keyboardsAdditional personnel
Ed Carter – bass
Daryl Dragon – keyboards
Orville "Red" Rhodes - pedal steel guitar
Frank Capp – percussion
Bill Peterson, Fred Koyen, David Edwards, Ernie Small – horns
The Beach Boys - producer

Notes
The single version of the song has mild distortion due to compression, especially during the drum fills, and sporadic skipping can be heard from 1:03 to 1:31 in the song. This is much more noticeable in the stereo mix of the song. In the mono mix of the song featured in the Good Vibrations box set, the skipping is less audible and the song itself is in a slightly higher pitch than in this stereo version.

Dissatisfied with Brian Wilson's arrangement of the song, Jardine later led the group to record a more country rock style version; this version recorded on August 15, 1969, featured Orville "Red" Rhodes on pedal steel guitar. Entitled "Cottonfields", the track afforded the Beach Boys their most widespread international success while also consolidating the end of the group's hit-making career in the US (although they would enjoy periodic comebacks there). "Cottonfields" would be the final Beach Boys' single released on Capitol Records – the group's label since May 1962 – and their last single released in mono.

While barely making a dent in the U.S. (number 95 Record World, number 103 Billboard) though promoted with an appearance on the network TV pop show Something Else, the song succeeded across the Atlantic, reaching number two in the UK's Melody Maker chart and listed as the tenth-biggest seller of the year by the New Musical Express. Worldwide – outside North America – it nearly replicated the success of the group's "Do It Again" two years before. It was number 1 in Australia, South Africa, Sweden and Norway, number 2 in Denmark, number 3 in Ireland, similarly top 5 in the United Kingdom, Japan, Spain and Rhodesia; number 12 in the Netherlands, number 13 in New Zealand and number 29 in Germany. Because of this popularity, it was placed on the international (ex-US) release of the group's Sunfloweralbum.

Covers

Bill Monroe 1962, Decca Records DL4266
The Highwaymen (folk band) in 1962
Johnny Cash on his 1962 album The Sound of Johnny Cash
The Angels in 1963 that went to #119 in the U.S.
Johnny Mann Singers on the 1963 album Golden Folk Song Hits – Liberty LST-7253
Esther Ofarim sang "Cotton Fields" live on television in 1963 & 1969, with her then husband Abi Ofarim. They also recorded a German version, "Wenn ich bei Dir sein kann" in 1964[4]
Eddy Arnold (with the Needmore Creek Singers) on the 1964 album "Folk Song Book"
Rose Marie on episode 102 of The Dick van Dyke Show "The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail" (1964)
The Carter Sisters on their album The Best of The Carter Family (1966)
Webb Pierce on the 1966 Decca album Webb's Choice
Harry Dean Stanton, in one scene of the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, plays a sped-up version
Udo Jürgens a 1968 single
Creedence Clearwater Revival on their (1969) album Willy and the Poor Boys. This version hit #1 in Mexico in 1970.
Elvis Presley in the 1970 movie Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Joe Dassin on 1989 Sony Music compilation Vol.2.
Donna Douglas on her 1989 album Back on the Mountain
The Pogues on their 1989 album Peace and Love (while this version references the original in its lyrics, the song itself is not a cover per se)
Teresa Brewer on The Muppet Show
Tesla released a cover version as the B-side to the single Call It What You Want, released in 1991
Kitten recorded a version of the song on their 2007 album Yodeling Cowgirl
Flatfoot 56 (a Celtic Oi! band) covered it on their album Toil, released in 2012
Elton John on the Cotton Fields: 16 Legendary Covers From 1969/70 album, released in 2004
Harry Belafonte

Lyrics

The original Lead Belly lyrics state that the fields are "down in Louisiana, just ten miles from Texarkana". Later versions (e.g., Creedence Clearwater Revival's) say the fields are "down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana". Both are geographically impossible, as Texarkana is about 30 miles north of the Arkansas–Louisiana border. This song line suggests the writer had the widely held[citation needed] but mistaken belief that Texarkana is partially in Louisiana.

Further use

The song and its various cover versions became a synonym of bluegrass music, as well far from actual cotton yielding regions. E.g. the German skiffle band Die Rhöner Säuwäntzt describe their style as Musik von den Baumwollfeldern der Rhön, translating into "music played in the Rhön Mountains (imaginary) cotton fields".In Spanish, the song was covered by the '60s rock and roll group Los Apson. In order to keep the words sounding similar, the meaning of the song was completely changed.

Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than the Rest and the History of the Song

Tougher Than The Rest Lyrics
Songwriters: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Tougher Than The Rest lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing

Well it's Saturday night
You're all dressed up in blue
I been watching you awhile
Maybe you been watching me too
So somebody ran out
Left somebody's heart in a mess
Well if you're looking for love
Honey I'm tougher than the rest

Some girls they want a handsome Dan
Or some good-lookin' Joe, on their arm
Some girls like a sweet-talkin' Romeo
Well 'round here baby
I learned you get what you can get
So if you're rough enough for love
Honey I'm tougher than the rest

The road is dark
And it's a thin thin line
But I want you to know I'll walk it for you any time
Maybe your other boyfriends
Couldn't pass the test
Well if you're rough and ready for love
Honey I'm tougher than the rest

Well it ain't no secret
I've been around a time or two
Well I don't know baby maybe you've been around too
Well there's another dance
All you gotta do is say yes
And if you're rough and ready for love
Honey I'm tougher than the rest
If you're rough enough for love
Baby I'm tougher than the rest

"Tougher Than the Rest" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1987 Tunnel of Love album. It was released as a single in some countries, following "Brilliant Disguise" and the title track, but was not released as a single in the United States.^[1] It reached as high as No. 3 on the Swiss charts, and also reached the Top 20 in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Austria.

History

Like much of the Tunnel of Love album, "Tougher Than the Rest" was recorded in Springsteen's home studio, called Thrill Hill East, between January and May 1987 with several members of the E Street Band. On this song, Springsteen played several instruments and is backed by Danny Federici on organ and Max Weinberg on percussion. Although it was originally written as a rockabilly song, the final version has a slower and more methodical rhythm.

On the Tunnel of Love album, "Tougher Than the Rest" is the second song, following the acoustic "Ain't Got You", and introduces the sound that will permeate the remainder of the album.The synthesizer sound is layered and melodic and the drum sound is moody, heavy and menacing^[ Springsteen's vocal is also menacing and boastful as he sings the simple but elegant lyrics detailing his infatuation.

At least one of the singer and the woman he is singing to appear to be on the rebound from prior relationships. The singer recognizes that he is not a "handsome Dan" or a "sweet talking Romeo" and admits that he has "been around a time or two". He is not bothered with the possibility that the woman may have "been around too."Although the singer knows how messy and rough love can be, he claims that he is ready for it, but insists that the woman must also be equally tough and willing to take chances. The song is in some ways reminiscent of Springsteen's earlier song "Thunder Road", in which the singer wants to take the woman away, even though he tells her that "you ain't a beauty but hey you're alright". But unlike the earlier song, in this song the singer's goals are more realistic – rather than looking to run away with the woman, here he just wants to ask the woman to dance.^[ In the context of this song the phrase, 'There's another dance, all you have to do is say yes,' is an allusion to taking a chance and falling in love. This is echoed in the song 'Girls in their Summer Clothes' which includes the line 'Love's a fools' dance, I ain't got no sense, but I've still got my feet.'

The music video features live concert footage interspersed with vignettes of couples made at venues on his "Tunnel of Love Express" tour. The video includes both gay and lesbian pairs interspersed with heterosexual couples as representatives of the artist's fans. Springsteen included this explicitly homosexual imagery with neither fanfare nor exploitation. Like several other music videos from the Tunnel of Love album, including "Brilliant Disguise", "Tunnel of Love" and "One Step Up", the video for "Tougher Than The Rest" was directed by Meiert Avis. The video was later released on the VHS and DVD Video Anthology / 1978-88.

Live performance history
"Tougher Than the Rest" has been reasonably popular in live performances. Next to Brilliant Disguise and the title track, this song is third and only other song from the album to receive several appearances live. From the Tunnel of Love Express Tour (where it typically opened the second set) that supported the initial release of the album through July 2005, the song received 98 live performances in concert.[13] A live version of the song, recorded on April 27, 1988 at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena was released on the EP Chimes of Freedom. That version runs 6:39.

70's Classic Hits - 70s Greatest Hits Playlist

Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Andy Gibb of the Bee Gees at the 1977 billboard Music Awards.

One family dominated the Billboard Hot 100 in the '70s: The Gibbs. The three brothers in the Bee Gees landed three of the top 20 hits of the decade, and Andy Gibb -- another brother -- had two more as a solo artist. The Gibb Brothers single-handedly account for 25 percent of the top twenty in the '70s. They didn't start in disco, but they changed with the times, and as a white group embracing the disco sound, they became an unstoppable commercial juggernaut. (Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band's "A Fifth of Beethoven," which appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack alongside the Bee Gees mega-hits, also made it onto the top 20 list.) The Bee Gees weren't the only act to have success with disco -- so did Chic, Donna Summer, the Emotions, and Gloria Gaynor -- meaning that the genre accounted for at least half of the decade's biggest songs.

The '70s saw a lot more women on the upper reaches of the charts. While only one woman landed a top twenty hit in the '60s top twenty recap, seven ladies achieved that status in the '70s. Some of these were disco frontwomen, but more were balladeers: Debby Boone, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, and Roberta Flack. In contrast to the previous decade, there weren't many big rock hits; The Knack and Paul McCartney's Wings were the only two, and Wings' "Silly Love Songs" featured a pronounced bass groove that is basically disco. (The former Beatle had a fondness for that genre; see also his 1979 single "Goodnight Tonight.")

Speaking of Paul McCartney, he's one of very few singers to appear in the top 20 in two consecutive decades. He made the list twice with the Beatles in the '60s and appeared on it again in the '70s with Wings. Marvin Gaye was the only singer to match McCartney's feat, with "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" in the '60s and his sensual classic "Let's Get It On" in the '70s.

Check out the Spotify playlist of the top 20 below and read on to see when each hit peaked.  

 

1. "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: October 15, 1977

2. "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" - Rod Stewart
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: November 13, 1976

3. "Le Freak" - Chic
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: December 9, 1978

4. "How Deep Is Your Love" - Bee Gees
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: December 24, 1977

5. "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: July 30, 1977

6. "Silly Love Songs" - Wings 
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: May 22, 1976

7. "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: September 8, 1973

8. "Night Fever" - Bee Gees
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: March 18, 1978

9. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" - Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: April 21, 1973

10. "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb 
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: June 17, 1978

11. "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: February 4, 1978

12. "Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: June 2, 1979

13. "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: January 6, 1973 

14. "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: September 18, 1976

15."My Sharona" - The Knack
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: August 25, 1979

16."Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Roberta Flack 
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: February 24, 1973

17. "Best Of My Love" - The Emotions
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: August 20, 1977

18. "The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: February 2, 1974

19. "A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: October 9, 1976

20. "I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
Hot 100 Peak Position: 1, Peak Date: March 10, 1979

This top Billboard Hot 100 songs of each decade is ranked based on each title's performance on the Hot 100 through the chart dated Nov. 1, 2014. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. To ensure equitable representation of the biggest hits across multiple decades, time frames are weighted to account for fluctuating chart turnover rates due to different methodologies utilized.