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"Long, Long, Long" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles (also known as "the White Album"). It was written by George Harrison , the group's lead guitarist, while he and his bandmates were attending Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 's Transcendental Meditation course in Rishikesh, India , in early 1968.
The lyrics were written by Nicks to express the grief resulting from the death of her uncle Jonathan and the murder of John Lennon during the same week of December 1980. The song features a distinctive, chugging 16th-note guitar riff, drum beat and a simple chord structure typical of Nicks' songs.
McCartney described the chords as "slightly jazzy" and in keeping with Charles' style. [7] The song's home key is E-flat major but it also uses the relative C minor. [11] The opening theme is repeated throughout. The song lacks a traditional chorus, and the melody and lyrics are ambiguous about the opening stanza's position in the piece.
In his 1980 autobiography, I, Me, Mine, George Harrison says that the song's chord changes influenced the music of his Beatles song "Long, Long, Long", which he wrote and recorded in October 1968 for the album The Beatles, also known as "The White Album". Harrison wrote: "I can't recall much about it except the chords, which I think were coming ...
James Buford Abner (November 10, 1917 – November 19, 2011) was an American songwriter, musician and singer who worked during the early days of country music, working in both secular and gospel country music genres. [1]
Bennett co-wrote the song "Goodbye, So Long, Hello" with Russell deCarle. The song was recorded by deCarle's band Prairie Oyster , released as a single in 1990. Bennett returned to prominence in 1996, when Stephen Fearing , Colin Linden and Tom Wilson formed Blackie and the Rodeo Kings , a supergroup named for Bennett's 1978 album, and recorded ...
"White Line" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer Emmylou Harris. It was released in January 1985 as the lead single from Harris' album The Ballad of Sally Rose, which was her first of entirely self-composed material. "White Line" was a top 20 US country song and reached the top ten of the Canadian country chart.
"White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Melle Mel, released as a 12" in 1983 on Sugar Hill Records. The song, which warns against the dangers of cocaine , addiction , and drug smuggling , is one of Melle Mel's signature tracks .