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Pages in category "Songs based on actual events" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 213 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Pages in category "Musicals inspired by real-life events" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Should the category title perhaps be a little more specific somehow? "Songs based on actual events" could potentially be a very long list if events in the personal lives of the songwriters are included. I suppose we could add the word "notable", but that would be a bit sad. Any thoughts? Contains Mild Peril 18:46, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, released on their 1972 studio album Machine Head. The song's lyrics are based on true events, chronicling the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland. It is considered the band's signature song and its guitar riff is considered to be one of the most iconic in rock ...
Songs that are based on or inspired by other works, people, events, places, etc.—anything extrinsic to the song—should be placed in one of these categories. This is a container category . Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories .
[7] [8] The song was written as the events happened over the course of approximately one year; [9] it grew out of a simple joke riff Guthrie had been working on in 1965 and 1966 before he appeared before the draft board (the opening was originally written as "you can hide from Obanhein at Alice's restaurant", which is how the restaurant got ...
These are lists of songs.In music, a song is a musical composition for a voice or voices, performed by singing or alongside musical instruments. A choral or vocal song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs.