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The song features a whistled first chorus in a rollicking blues piano style and subsequent lyrics written in mock-American-Indian pidgin (whistled and sung by King, uncredited). The tune became popular in New Orleans , frequently performed by local musicians such as Dr. John , and is now a staple of the repertory of most brass bands and ...
Rolling Stone magazine later ranked "Keep A-Knockin'" at number 442 in its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [6] An answer song titled "I Hear You Knocking", written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King, was recorded by Smiley Lewis in 1955. The drum part on Little Richard's song, played by Charles Connor, also inspired later songs.
The song is indefinitely repetitive, in a similar manner to "The Song That Never Ends", "Yon Yonson" or "Michael Finnegan." The latter two songs --this song and Michael Finnegan-- are heard in the Wee Sing series (books and audio). Versions of the song appear in other languages, such as the Spanish rendition, "Juan Paco Pedro de la Mar".
"James" is a song written and performed by Billy Joel from his fourth studio album Turnstiles (1976). It was released as the album's first single in July 1976, backed with " Travelin' Prayer ". [ 2 ] One Final serenade described the song as "a wistful song about growing up and trying to balance pursuing one's dreams while balancing family and ...
The song has been covered by many artists including George Benson, James Booker on his album Live from Belle Vue (2015), Lonnie Mack on his album Glad I'm in the Band (1969), James Brown on his album Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969), and was the title track for albums by Marva Wright (2000), Gary U.S. Bonds (2009) and Hugh Laurie ...
Mary, mother of James the Less and Joseph, wife of Alphaeus was the sister of Mary the mother of the Lord, whom John names of Cleophas. [7] Therefore, James, son of Alphaeus would be the same as James the Less. In Catholic tradition, James's mother is none other than Mary of Clopas who was among the women at the foot of the Cross of Jesus, weeping.
"I Walk on Guilded Splinters" (sometimes "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" or "Walk on Gilded Splinters") is a song written by Mac Rebennack using his pseudonym of Dr. John Creaux. It first appeared as the closing track of his debut album Gris-Gris (1968), credited to Dr. John the Night
The song also appeared on his second album in 1958. The song was also recorded by The Crickets for their 1957 debut album, The "Chirping" Crickets , and by various other artists [ 3 ] including Sam Cooke , Brenda Lee , Dean Martin , James Booker , Stevie Wonder , Hank Williams Jr. , Otis Redding , Gene Vincent , and John Lennon .