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Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on April 15, 1974. It features the band's biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man", [2] which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974. Second Helping reached #12 on the Billboard album charts. The ...
"Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by American rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on the band's second album Second Helping (1974). It was written in response to Neil Young's songs "Southern Man" and "Alabama", which the band felt blamed the entire Southern United States for slavery; [5] Young is name-checked and dissed in the lyrics.
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band originally formed in 1966, later named after the guitarist Gary Rossington's high school gym teacher Leonard Skinner.The band has released many studio, live, and other albums, along with several singles and video discs.
"The Ballad of Curtis Loew" [2] [3] [4] is a song written by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant and recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The song was first released on the band's 1974 album, Second Helping [5] and again on their compilation, The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd and later on All Time Greatest Hits.
Bruce Springsteen. Rising to mainstream success with "Born to Run," Bruce Springsteen's 1975 album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart and helped the singer-songwriter and his group the E ...
Disc 2, tracks 1 and 3-8 from Second Helping (1974) Disc 2, tracks 9-12 from Nuthin' Fancy (1975) Disc 2, tracks 13 and 15 from Gimme Back My Bullets (1976) Disc 3, tracks 2 and 4-5 from One More from the Road (1976) Disc 3, tracks 7 and 10-15 from Street Survivors (1977) Disc 3, tracks 3 and 9 from Legend (1987)
Lynyrd Skynyrd was formed under the name My Backyard in 1964, which was later changed to The Noble Five, and again to One Percent. [2] The group originally included vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarists Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, bassist Larry Junstrom and drummer Bob Burns, all of whom were students at Robert E. Lee High School. [3]
Single by Lynyrd Skynyrd; from the album Second Helping; B-side "Take Your Time" Released: April 1974: Recorded: Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, January 1974: Genre: Southern rock, blues rock: Length: 3: 27: Label: MCA Records: Songwriter(s) Ronnie Van Zant Gary Rossington: Producer(s) Al Kooper: Lynyrd Skynyrd singles chronology "