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The whip-poor-will is also featured in the last line of the chorus of the song "Deeper Than the Holler", a song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis, where the singer's love is stated to be "longer than the song of a whippoorwill". The second verse of the song, "My Home Among the ...
The song is an extended reference to a famed 1870 race down the Mississippi River between two steamboats, the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez.. It imagines a fictional steamboat, the Whippoorwill, captained by "Mr. Steamboat Bill," who is determined to beat the record of the Robert E. Lee.
The Whippoorwill is the third studio album by American southern/country rock band Blackberry Smoke. It was released on August 14, 2012 through Southern Ground Records in the North America and on February 17, 2014 through Earache Records in Europe. The latter contained three additional live tracks; "Country Side of Life", "Pretty Little Lie" and ...
The film's theme song, "The Whippoorwill", was sung by Keely Smith in her role as a nightclub singer, and a different studio rendition by her was released as a 45 rpm single on Capitol Records. Mitchum wrote the music with lyrics by Don Raye. [2]
In 1925, 16-year-old Alton wrote his first song ("Bound for the Shore"), which he co-wrote with his mother. It was published by Athens Music Co. [ 4 ] In 1930, the brothers entered a contest in Athens, Alabama and won first prize after almost being beaten by a comedy act in multiple rounds of tie breakers.
Her song in Thunder Road was "Whippoorwill". She also appeared in the film Senior Prom. [1] Her first big solo hit was "I Wish You Love" in 1957, and it brought her a Grammy award nomination for Best Vocal Performance, Female. [8] Her debut album by that same title achieved gold status [2] In 1961, Smith divorced Prima.
Many musical artists have covered the song: Johnny Cash covered the song on his 1960 album Now, There Was a Song! Johnny Tillotson reached number 89 on the American Billboard charts in 1962. Among the most notable is a version by B. J. Thomas and the Triumphs, who took the song to number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966 and number 2 in Canada ...
The album has been given a Metacritic rating of 76 based on 9 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews. [1]The album debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 29 on the Billboard 200, selling 19,200 copies for the week. [3]