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Pages in category "Songs based on actual events" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 213 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
4. ‘Jeremy’ by Pearl Jam. 1992 “Jeremy” was one of several hit songs to appear on Pearl Jam’s debut album, “Ten". It was based on the true story of high school student Jeremy Wade ...
Pages in category "Musicals inspired by real-life events" The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter One: Diane Zeigler "The Legend of Enoch Arden" Alfred Lord Tennyson [29] "Let it Show" The Thing That Feels: Hannah Fury: Wicked: Gregory Maguire [41] "Listen (The Silences)" Songs Inspired by Literature, Chapter Two: Michelle Bloom: Raids on the Unspeakable: Thomas Merton [51] "Lolita" The Black Magic Show ...
The use of songs as a narrative and a tool to convey an important message continued into the 20th century with Black Americans using their voices to help their fight for freedom and equality.
"Jeremy" is based on two different true stories. The song takes its main inspiration from a newspaper article about a 15-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle from Richardson, Texas, who shot himself in front of his teacher and his second-period English class of 30 students on the morning of January 8, 1991.
2. "Come and Get It" by Badfinger. 1969 Written and produced by Paul McCartney, this song became a top 10 hit for Badfinger, a band signed to the Beatles’ Apple label.