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West's most famous song was 500 Miles, put together from fragments of a melody she had heard her uncle sing to her back in Georgia. She copyrighted the resulting song. 500 Miles has been recorded by Bobby Bare (a Billboard Top 10 hit in 1963), The Highwaymen, The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter & Gordon, Rosanne Cash, and many others ...
In 2007, the Proclaimers re-recorded the song with English comedians Peter Kay and Matt Lucas for the UK's Comic Relief charity telethon, scoring a number one hit in the UK and outperforming their original UK chart run. "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" has become a live staple at the Proclaimers' concerts.
[5] [8] Johnny Cash is known to have included "500 Miles" on his list of 100 essential country songs in the early 1970s. [9] Folklorist Norm Cohen writes that 900 miles, rather than 500, is the most common distance referenced in versions of the traditional song, but other distances including 400 miles and 10,000 miles also appear. [8]
All pages with titles containing 500 Miles "500 Miles High", a 1973 jazz fusion song by Chick Corea and Return to Forever; 500 Miles High (album), a 1974 album by Flora Purim; 500 Miles to Memphis, an Americana punk band; Race of Two Worlds, or 500 Miles of Monza, an Italian automobile race 1957 and 1958
The Scottish pop–rock band The Proclaimers have released eleven studio albums, six compilation albums, one extended play and twenty-five singles. They came to attention with their 1987 single "Letter from America", which reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and the 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", which topped charts in Australia, [1] [2] Iceland and New Zealand. [3]
After 21 Emmys, 51 pros, 394 Stars, 32 winners and thousands of iconic performances, Dancing with the Stars celebrates its milestone 500th episode on Tuesday with a night full of star-studded ...
The Proclaimers appeared on American singer-songwriter Chris Harford's 1992 album Be Headed, performing on the song "Sing, Breathe, and Be Merry". [ 30 ] "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" belatedly peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1993, [ 31 ] after appearing in the movie Benny & Joon , becoming their only chart single in the ...
Some songs from her concert had to be cut from the movie (the concerts clock in at 3.5 hours, while the movie is 2 hours and 45 minutes), but most of the setlist remains the same.