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Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) [1] was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice.
"The Pusher" is a rock song written by Hoyt Axton in 1963, made popular by the 1969 movie Easy Rider which used Steppenwolf's version to accompany the opening scenes showing drug trafficking. The lyrics of the song distinguish between a dealer in drugs such as marijuana —who "will sell you lots of sweet dreams"—and a pusher of hard drugs ...
The Beatles recorded "Doctor Robert" during the early part of the Revolver sessions. The session for the song took place on 17 April 1966 at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios ) in London. [ 23 ] It was a relatively straightforward track to record, [ 21 ] compared to the more experimental songs such as " Tomorrow Never Knows " and " Rain ".
"Nowhere Man" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in December 1965 on their album Rubber Soul , [ 2 ] except in the United States and Canada, where it was first issued as a single A-side in February 1966 before appearing on the album Yesterday and Today .
A Peter Jackson-directed music video for “Now and Then,” featuring unseen performance footage provided by former Beatles drummer Pete Best and home movie footage provided by John Lennon’s ...
"I Wanna Be Your Man" is a Lennon–McCartney-penned song first recorded and released as a single by the Rolling Stones, and then recorded by the Beatles for their second studio album With the Beatles. The song was primarily written by Paul McCartney, and finished by McCartney with John Lennon in the corner of a Richmond, London, club while ...
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Dubbed the "Gentle Genius", [5] [6] he is considered one of the most influential musicians of soul and socially conscious African-American music.
"Something" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 studio album Abbey Road. It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist.Together with his second contribution to Abbey Road, "Here Comes the Sun", it is widely viewed by music historians as having marked Harrison's ascendancy as a composer to the level of the Beatles' principal songwriters, John Lennon and ...