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Arthur Neal Gunter (May 23, 1926 – March 16, 1976) [1] [2] was an American blues guitarist and musician. He was best known for his song " Baby Let's Play House ", which was later a hit single for Elvis Presley .
Baby Let's Play House" is a song written and originally recorded by Arthur Gunter in 1954 on the Excello Records label, [1] [2] [3] and covered by Elvis Presley the following year on Sun Records. [4] A line from the song ("I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man") was borrowed by John Lennon for his Beatles song " Run ...
Sidney Louie Gunter Jr. (February 27, 1925 – March 15, 2013), known as Hardrock Gunter, was a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music at the turn of the 1950s prefigured rock and roll and rockabilly music.
List of songs with songwriter(s), original release, year, and other release(s) on albums Song Artist Credited songwriter(s) Original album release Year Other release(s) on albums "Ain't Got No Home" Buddy Holly [a] Clarence "Frogman" Henry: Giant: 1969 " Baby, Won't You Come Out Tonight " Buddy Holly [a] Buddy Holly, Don Guess: Reminiscing: 1963
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" is a song performed and co-written by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross as the main theme for the 1981 film Arthur, starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli. It was recognized as the year's Best Original Song at both the 54th Academy Awards and 39th Golden Globe Awards. [2]
The Grammy-award winning musician is seeking up to $150,000 in damages for each use of tunes such as "Keep on Rocking in the Free World" without a license.
Old Ermine's tracks continued to be released by Loma. Also, during this time, they frequently backed up Gunter's sister, Shirley Gunter. Gunter was out in late 1957, and was replaced by Vince Weaver. The group recorded into the summer of 1958 for Ram's Antler Records. Later that year, Weaver and Byley both left the group.
The song begins with a 12-string guitar playing a riff in E minor. An electric guitar comes in after the second verse, playing a phrase on the top two strings. After the third verse, there is a drum break and twin guitar solo with strange vocal noises. It is one of the most sparsely arranged songs on the album. [4]