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"Bright Lights and Country Music" was released as a single by Decca Records in August 1965. [3] The song spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number 11 in November 1965. [4] It was later released on his 1965 studio album, also called Bright Lights and Country Music. [2]
Bright Lights and Country Music is a studio album by Bill Anderson and the Po' Boys. It was released in November 1965 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. It was Anderson's first studio album to include dual credit with his band, The Po' Boys. It was his fourth studio album overall. The album included one single release, the title ...
Suggesting that Nelson "cannily captured the idiomatic feel of contemporary country," biographer and music critic Joel Selvin wrote, "Artistically, Bright Lights served as a stunning reversal of field. It did not come out of a vacuum for Rick [...] But the idea of Rick Nelson as a country singer certainly came a surprise to the general public." [3]
Anderson has also been placed on several lists of country music's top writers and performers. In 2008, he was ranked 27th on Country Universe 's list of the "100 Greatest Men of Country Music". [135] He was ranked among the "100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time" in a 2017 list compiled by Rolling Stone. [139]
"Bright Lights, Big City" is a classic blues song [1] which was written and first recorded by American bluesman Jimmy Reed in 1961. Besides being "an integral part of the standard blues repertoire", [2] "Bright Lights, Big City" has appealed to a variety of artists, including country and rock musicians, who have recorded their interpretations of the song.
I Love You Drops (song) I May Never Get to Heaven; I Never Once Stopped Loving You (song) I Still Believe in Love; I Still Feel the Same About You; I'll Wait for You (Joe Nichols song) I'm Alright (Lynn Anderson song) If It's All the Same to You; If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)
Billy Joel is back with new music for the first time in 17 years. The singer-songwriter has announced the release of “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first solo song since 2007 and second since ...
Bernie Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer. In his long-term collaboration with Elton John, he has written the lyrics for most of John's songs.Over the years, he has written songs for a variety of other artists, including Alice Cooper, Heart, Melissa Manchester, Starship, Rod Stewart and Richie Sambora.