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Through a connection to producer Ralph Bass, they wrote "Kansas City" specifically for West Coast blues/R&B artist Little Willie Littlefield. [2] There was an initial disagreement between the two writers over the song's melody: Leiber (who wrote the lyrics) preferred a traditional blues song, while Stoller wanted a more distinctive vocal line; Stoller ultimately prevailed.
1930. (1930) Genre. Jazz. Songwriter (s) Cole Porter. " Love for Sale " is a song by Cole Porter introduced by Kathryn Crawford in the musical The New Yorkers, which opened on Broadway on December 8, 1930, and closed in May 1931 after 168 performances. [1] The song is written from the viewpoint of a prostitute advertising "love for sale".
Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog" is credited with "helping to spur the evolution of black R&B into rock music". [9] Brandeis University professor Stephen J. Whitefield, in his 2001 book In Search of American Jewish Culture, regards "Hound Dog" as a marker of "the success of race-mixing in music a year before the desegregation of public schools was mandated" in Brown v.
Downtown (Petula Clark song) " Downtown " is a song written and produced by English composer Tony Hatch. The 1964 version recorded by British singer Petula Clark became an international hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart. Hatch received the 1981 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and ...
Fairytale of New York. " Fairytale of New York " is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring English singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk -style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer MacGowan taking the role of the male ...
Tutti Frutti (song) "Tutti Frutti" (Italian for "all fruits") is a song written by Little Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie, recorded in 1955, which was his first major hit. With its energetic refrain, often transcribed as "A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!" (a verbal rendition of a drum pattern that Little Richard had imagined), [2] and its hard ...
Neapolitan. " Santa Lucia " (Italian: [ˈsanta luˈtʃiːa], Neapolitan: [ˈsandə luˈʃiːə]) is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was translated by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) into Italian and published by the Cottrau firm, as a barcarola, in Naples in 1849. Cottrau translated it from Neapolitan into Italian during the first stage of the ...
Snoop Dogg. "New York, New York" by Duke Ellington. "New York, New York" by Gerard Kenny. "New York, New York" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. "New York, New York" by Ja Rule featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss. "New York, New York" by Johnny Winter. "New York, New York" by The Last Poets. "New York, New York" by Marc Jordan.