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Once Deep Purple in Rock had been completed, EMI asked for a suitable single to be recorded to help promote the album. Though Roger Glover states that Ricky Nelson's 1962 hard rocking arrangement of the George Gershwin song "Summertime" was the basis for the Mk II Deep Purple single "Black Night," [4] it is also similar to Blues Magoos's 1966 psychedelic hit song "(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet."
On the original recording of "Snoopy", the lyrics "Hang on Snoopy, Snoopy hang on" were sung at this point. This tactic led to some initial speculation that the Guardsmen were the McCoys under a different name. Prior to its release, these lyrics were removed to prevent copyright issues. The song's chorus refers to "the bloody Red Baron".
Since the band did not ask Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz for permission, the Canadian arm of Laurie Records refused to issue the single until the legal problems were ironed out: instead, the band recorded the thinly-disguised "Squeaky vs. the Black Knight", [3] which was released in Canada and became a hit on at least one Canadian station. [4]
"Black Night" is a blues song recorded by Charles Brown in 1951. Although the songwriter credit is usually given to Jessie Mae Robinson , "Brown is believed to have written 'Black Night'", according to author Steve Sullivan.
Elgar's The Black Knight tells the story of the intrusion of a mysterious stranger into a king's court with disastrous and gruesome result.. It starts with a medieval jousting competition held in honor of the feast of Pentecost: in the competition, the king's son beats everyone in the lists until a mysterious knight arrives and challenges him, and with the sky darkening and the castle rocking ...
The facts surrounding the Black Knight are cobbled together from a number of tales. It begins with Nikola Tesla, who said that he had received radio signals from space during his 1899 radio ...
A Black Knight makes an appearance in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, a 14th-century simulation role-playing game, after being defeated in the Rattay Tournament. Another Black Knight is also featured in the game, acting as a primary antagonist and a member of the mercenary army of King Sigismund of Luxembourg.
Rihanna announced she's been sober for a year. Tom Holland launched a non-alcoholic beer company last year. And the “sober curious” movement, famously backed by Chrissy Teigen in late 2021 ...