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"Big Sky Country" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter and guitarist, Chris Whitley. It was the second single to be released from his 1991 début album, Living with the Law , and became a hit single in the United States, rising to No. 35 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in 1991.
"Three Chords and the Truth", an oft-quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe country music; Three Chords and the Truth, a 1997 book by Laurence Leamer about the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars; Three Chords & the Truth, a radio show hosted by Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan.
"Three Chords and the Truth" was co-written by Sara Evans, Ron Harbin, and Aimee Mayo. The latter songwriter would later be a frequent collaborator with Evans. [2] [failed verification] The song's plot focuses on lost love and the narrator reconciling with her partner. The song references the famous description of country music by Harlan Howard.
The Carlton Hotel in Cannes, France (pictured 2004), where Ray Davies composed the song. Ray Davies composed "Big Sky" in January 1968 while visiting Cannes, France. [3] At the request of his song publisher, Ray was attending the second annual MIDEM Music Publishers Festival, an international music industry convention, hoping it would help boost his position in the record industry. [4]
Howard coined the oft-quoted phrase defining a great country song as Three Chords and the Truth. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Howard was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame also in 1997. [ 6 ]
"The Big Sky" is a song by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. Released in April 1986, it was the fourth and final single to be released from her No. 1 album Hounds of Love . The single peaked at No. 37 and spent 5 weeks in the UK Singles Chart .
Paradise Road" went on to become an unofficial South African anthem: "The lyrics resonated with the country at that time, the chorus being: There are better days before us and a burning bridge behind, fire smoking, the sky is blazing. There’s a woman waiting, weeping and a young man nearly beaten, all for love. Paradise was almost closing ...
"Pride and Joy" is a 1963 single by Marvin Gaye, [1] released on the Tamla label. The single, co-written by William "Mickey" Stevenson , Gaye and Norman Whitfield , and produced by Stevenson, was considered to be a tribute to Gaye's then-girlfriend, Anna Gordy . [ 2 ]