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Many blues songs were developed in American folk music traditions and individual songwriters are sometimes unidentified. [1] Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft noted: In the case of very old blues songs, there is the constant recourse to oral tradition that conveyed the tune and even the song itself while at the same time evolving for several decades.
Willie Dixon was a Chicago blues artist, perhaps best known for his songwriting. [1] He wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs [2] and his work has been recorded by some of the best-known blues musicians of his era, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter.
Blues Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling blues albums in the United States, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debut as the Top Blues Albums in the issue dated September 2, 1995, as a 15-position chart with its first number one being Eric Clapton 's From the ...
D4vd, "2016" D4vd is an indie wunderkind, whose music manages to infuse banal experiences with new meaning. His latest offering, “2016,” expresses a desire to go back in time.
To make the selection process easier, Esquire is rounding up the best sad songs of 2023. For what it's worth, these aren't the saddest songs of the year. That's a whole different list.
During his recording career from 1941 to 1981, he recorded primarily for two record companies, Aristocrat/Chess and Blue Sky; they issued 62 singles and 13 studio albums (as with most postwar blues musicians, his recordings were released as two-song singles until the 1960s, when the focus shifted to long-playing albums).
British singer, songwriter and pianist Elton John has recorded a total of 464 songs, most of which are written by him and Bernie Taupin. John formed the blues band Bluesology in 1962. After leaving Bluesology in 1967 to embark on a solo career, John met Taupin after they both answered an advert for songwriters, and he released his debut album ...
Song title Year(s) recorded Songwriters Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive: 1950 (television) Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer: Accidents Will Happen: 1950: Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen: Adeste Fideles: 1946, 1957: John Francis Wade: Ad-Lib Blues: 1954 (film) Yip Harburg, Burton Lane: An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) 1962: Harold Adamson, Leo ...