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Foster and will.i.am said that they wrote most of the song in a single evening at Foster's home. [4] The recording came together quickly. Foster recorded Hill's vocals on January 15 in Tennessee, will.i.am recorded Bono's portion on January 17, and Blige contributed her vocals on January 18, right after performing at Obama's pre-inauguration concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
will.i.am was born as William James Adams Jr. [4] in Los Angeles, California, on March 15, 1975, the son of an African-American mother Debra (née Cain) [5] [6] and Jamaican father William James Adams Sr. [4] He has never met his father, [7] and was raised by his mother in the Estrada Courts housing projects in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, [8] where they were among the few ...
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The album included a number of Ballard-penned ballads, including "She's A Runaway," "Tonight Is For Dreamers," "Honey," and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely," along with the upbeat "My Kinda Woman." "Cast The Spirit," which had originally appeared on Ballard's 1978 album At The Third Stroke , was a more hard-edged entry.
In 1991, Metallica interpolated the chorus as the intro of their song 'Don't Tread On Me". [10] The "America" melody again featured prominently in a 1986 jam with Paul Shaffer on Late Night with David Letterman. The Simpsons released a short titled "West Wing Story" that featured a parody of the song performed by Donald Trump and The Squad. [11]
Of course, music’s always playing throughout my house, my dad, my mom, so I definitely know it, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, all those people that are so amazing.So, we just pulled from that ...
The Complete Greatest Hits is the fourth principal major label greatest hits album by American folk rock duo America, released by Rhino Records in 2001. This is the first compilation to feature all 17 of the group's Billboard Hot 100 singles. The album was intended to update and expand upon History: America's Greatest Hits. It includes two new ...
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