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"Sea Cruise" is a song written and originally recorded by Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns in 1959. However, this track was not released until 1971. The best known version was recorded by Frankie Ford and released in 1959, with Ford’s voice dubbed over Smith's original backing track [1] (which featured ship's bell and horn sound-effects, boogie woogie piano, and a driving horn section and a ...
Frankie Ford (born Vincent Francis Guzzo, Jr.; August 4, 1939 – September 28, 2015) was an American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer, best known for his 1959 hit "Sea Cruise". Biography [ edit ]
Jody Rosen, a music critic who coined the term bro-country, described "Cruise" as the "most generic song", an "amiable lunk of a song", and that the "most extraordinary thing about it is its aggressive ordinariness." To Rosen, it exemplifies the genre of bro-country, "music by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty young American white dude."
Debra Cowan, sea music performer from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; Roger McGuinn, from Chicago; William Pint and Felicia Dale, from Seattle; Bob Roberts, British Merchant Seaman and folk singer (1907–1982) Stan Rogers, Canadian performer; wrote "Barrett's Privateers" (1949–1983) Cyril Tawney, British performer (1930–2005)
Evans planned to release a five-song EP of sea shanties in 2021. [25] However, in November 2022, Evans released his first full-length album, titled Wellerman – The Album, which is largely a collection of sea shanties, including his viral 2021 cover of "Wellerman" and its dance remix. The album also includes Evans's original composition "Haul ...
Tracy Chapman is finally getting a new moment in the awards spotlight, 35 years after the release of her biggest hit, "Fast Car." The two gave an emotional performance at the GRAMMYs on Sunday ...
Charlotte Church has denied the song “From the River to the Sea” is antisemitic after she belted out a rendition at a pro-Palestine concert.. The Welsh musician was recorded singing the ...
Jesse Pearson was the narrator of The Sea and its follow-ups Home to the Sea and The Soft Sea, while most other albums in the series had McKuen narrating. In 1969, Frank Sinatra commissioned an entire album of poems and songs by McKuen; arranged by Don Costa , it was released under the title A Man Alone: The Words and Music of Rod McKuen .