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"Key Largo" is the debut single by Bertie Higgins, released in September 1981. It became, in early 1982, Higgins' only top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The track spent 17 weeks in the top 40 and was certified gold by the RIAA. [2] In addition, "Key Largo" topped the Adult Contemporary chart for ...
Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins (born December 8, 1944) [4] is an American singer-songwriter. [5] In 1982, Higgins had a top 40 album with Just Another Day in Paradise.It spawned the hit song "Key Largo", which referenced the Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall film of the same name and reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 50 on the ...
Buffett was born on December 25, 1946, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, [23] and he spent part of his childhood in Mobile and Fairhope, Alabama.He was the son of Mary Lorraine (née Peets) (died September 25, 2003) [24] and James Delaney Buffett, Jr. (died May 1, 2003), who worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
“RIP Jimmy Buffet, we will forever miss you on this rock,” a fan wrote, adding the lyrics to his song. “‘I want to go back to the island, Where the shrimp boats tie up to the pilin ...
A tribute to the singer and songwriter.
Two of the songs on Son of a Son of a Sailor are written by Keith Sykes and the remainder are written by Buffett. "Cheeseburger in Paradise" from the album appears on all of Buffett's major greatest hits collections and is a perennial concert favorite, one of "The Big 8" songs that he has played at almost every concert and which is the namesake of the Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant chain.
The first three songs from Jimmy Buffett’s final studio album, “Equal Strain on All Parts” were released to streaming and download platforms like Amazon Music on Sept. 8, 2023.
"A Pirate Looks at Forty" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was first released on his 1974 album A1A and "Presents to Send You" is the B-side of the single. Buffett wrote the song about Phillip Clark, at the Chart Room where Buffett first performed after his move to Key West, Florida. [3]