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"Sara" is a song recorded by the American rock band Starship which reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on March 15, 1986. It was sung by Mickey Thomas , of the newly renamed band Starship, from their first album Knee Deep in the Hoopla , and Grace Slick provided the backing vocals.
The song is named after Dylan's wife at the time, and the song alludes to their earlier relationship, including the couple's children together. [4] In his book Down The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan, Howard Sounes quoted Jacques Levy's account of the recording of the song, stating that Sara was present at the studio and listened "from the other side of the glass" as Dylan played the song.
Bob Dylan wrote "If Not for You" as a love song to his wife Sara. [1] It was one of several songs he wrote in 1970 that conveyed his contentment with family life [1] [2] and celebrated the simple pleasures of nature. [3] Music journalist Thomas Ward describes it as "a song of rustic charms, heavily indebted to the simplest of country music".
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; [3] born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, [4] [5] [6] Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career.
"Sara" is a song written by singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks of the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, which was released as a single from the 1979 Tusk double LP. The song peaked at No. 7 in the US for three weeks, No. 37 in the UK for two weeks, No. 11 in Australia, and No. 12 in Canada.
Blonde on Blonde is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released as a double album on June 20, 1966, [4] by Columbia Records.Recording sessions began in New York in October 1965 with numerous backing musicians, including members of Dylan's live backing band, the Hawks.
In the lyrics, the first-person narrator begs his lover to give him one more chance. [2] Some critics have interpreted the song as being inspired by the tumult in Dylan's marriage to his then-wife Sara. Dylan vehemently denied this, however, in the liner notes to Biograph: “I read that this was supposed to be about my wife. I wish somebody ...
The lyrics include Biblical references, such as the drowning of Pharaoh and his people in the Red Sea and the defeat of Goliath. Some of the lyrics are said to have been inspired by Dylan Thomas' poem 'Fernhill' (Bob Dylan took his stagename from this Welsh poet).