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Arthur Alexander (May 10, 1940 – June 9, 1993) was an American country-soul songwriter and singer. [1] Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and that, though largely unknown, "his music is the stuff of genius, a poignant and deeply intimate body of work on par with the best of his contemporaries."
Alexander's biographer, Richard Younger, notes that, "Though it was surely Arthur who had been unfaithful in his marriage vows, in the song he puts himself in the role of the abandoned lover." [ 4 ] According to Younger, Alexander stated that, though his wife had indeed not been unfaithful to him, he believed that she had begun to regret not ...
Gary U.S. Bonds and Frank Black performed the song as a duet on the 1994 album Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander. [11] [12] The Rolling Stones recorded "Go Home Girl" on November 14, 1963, in a session in which they also recorded a version of Alexander's first single "You Better Move On."
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Arthur Alexander (25 March 1891 – 8 July 1969) was a New Zealand-born pianist, ... Helen Perkin, Freda Swain (his future wife), John Tilbury and John White.
Marsh describes Alexander's version of the song as having an "off-center Latin rhythm" [4] and his vocals as having a country and western music sound. [4] Marsh rates it as one of the top 1,001 singles of all time, praising its "inexorable rhythmic flow" [ 4 ] and the way the lyrics and music combine to create a " metaphor in which strife among ...
The Ashley-Alexander House located just outside Little Rock in Lonoke County is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story clapboarded log structure, built out of hand-hewn cypress logs and topped by a gable roof, set near the east side of the road. A porch projects from the center of the five-bay facade, with a two-window dormer above, and flanking shed-roof dormers ...
Britain's legal bookmakers Tuesday reported high interest in the names Alexander, James and Arthur. Bookmakers also report speculation about the name Spencer, the maiden name of Harry's late ...