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The song was also featured humorously in the Kong: Skull Island trailer. [21] In a 2012 keynote speech to an audience at the South by Southwest music festival, Bruce Springsteen performed an abbreviated version of the Animals' version on acoustic guitar and then said, "That's every song I've ever written. That's all of them.
The short focuses on a lion named Leo who's trying to prove he's still 'King of the Jungle' by hunting a small, defenseless animal. He chooses Bugs Bunny as his intended victim, but Leo soon finds out that, in a battle of wits, he's the defenseless one. However, Leo eventually gets Bugs under one paw while raising the other one, claws extended ...
Animal rights has been a subject of both popular and independent music since the 1970s. [1] Associated with the environmentalist musical counterculture of the previous decade, animal rights songs of the 1970s were influenced by the passage of animal protection laws and the 1975 book Animal Liberation . [ 1 ]
Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) [2] is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009.
"Baby Let Me Take You Home", a song credited to Bert Russell (a.k.a. Bert Berns) and Wes Farrell, was The Animals' debut single, released in 1964. [1] In the UK, it reached #21 on the pop singles chart. In the U.S. its B-side, "Gonna Send You Back to Walker" (retitled "to Georgia"), was released but did not chart.
Miriam Makeba also covered the song in 1960, with the original title "Mbube" and giving writing credits to "J. Linda". [9] In 1961, two RCA Records producers, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore , hired Weiss to arrange a Doo-wop and Rhythm and blues cover of "Wimoweh" for the B-side of a 45-rpm single called "Tina", sung by group The Tokens .
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In late 1958, Bernard's version became a regional hit in south Louisiana and east Texas, and, licensed to the Argo label of Chicago. In the US, it rose to the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B chart in 1959. Surprised by the song's success, Excello quickly released King Karl's original version.