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"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is a rock song written and first recorded by American musician Warren Zevon in 1976. With gender references reversed, it was made a hit twice: first as a top-40 hit for Linda Ronstadt , then almost 2 decades later by Terri Clark , whose version topped the Canadian country charts and reached the country top five in the U.S.
Warren Zevon – harmonica, piano, rhythm guitar, string arrangements, vocals; Jackson Browne – harmony vocals on tracks 2, 3 & 11, piano on track 10, slide guitar on track 3
Ronstadt elected to record many of his songs, including "Hasten Down the Wind", "Carmelita", "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" and "Mohammed's Radio". Zevon's first tour, in 1977, included guest appearances in the middle of Jackson Browne concerts, one of which is documented on a widely circulated bootleg recording of a Dutch radio program under the title ...
Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings is a two-CD compilation of music and interviews, including unreleased outtakes and demos, by singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, who died in 2003.
The album also contains covers of the Buddy Holly song "It's So Easy!" (a top-5 hit) and the Warren Zevon songs "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (another top-40 hit) and "Carmelita". The album was the best-selling studio album of her career, and at the time was the second best-selling album by a female artist (behind only Carole King's Tapestry).
Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon, released in 2004, is a tribute album to the late Warren Zevon by several well-known musicians. It includes a previously unreleased Zevon composition: "Studebaker", sung by Warren's son Jordan Zevon.
The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt is a hits compilation by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt.The album was released by Rhino Records in 2002.. It peaked at #19 on Billboard ' s Country albums chart - where it lasted for well over a year - and crossed over to #165 on Billboard's main album chart.
Stand in the Fire is a live album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, released December 26, 1980.It was recorded in August 1980 during a five-night residency at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California and featured two new original songs ("Stand in the Fire" and "The Sin") and one new cover ("Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger").