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Daddy Sang Bass. " Daddy Sang Bass " is a song written by Carl Perkins, with lines from the chorus of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?", and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. It was released in November 1968 as the first single from the album The Holy Land.
In 1961, John Lee Hooker recorded a popular version of the song with a drum, bass and guitar band. In 1966, The Staple Singers did a recording on their album Why. In 1967, Bob Dylan and The Band recorded a version, released in 2014 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete.
"Daddy Sang Bass" was a Country Music Association nominee for Song of the Year. Perkins also played lead guitar on Cash's single " A Boy Named Sue ", recorded live at San Quentin prison, which went to No. 1 for five weeks on the country chart and No. 2 on the pop chart (the performance was also filmed by Granada Television for broadcast).
In “Daddy Sang Bass,” Cash croons about how music brings families together during hard times. “Your Song” by Elton John “Your Song” is the perfect tribute to our loved ones.
Its refrain was incorporated into the Carl Perkins song "Daddy Sang Bass" and the Atlanta song "Sweet Country Music". It is primarily performed in gospel, bluegrass and folk, but versions in other genres exist. Most versions of the song use the alternate title "Will the Circle Be Unbroken".
thepretenders.com. The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals ...
Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons wrote the words and music of "All of Me" in 1931. [1] It has an ABAC structure, and is written in the key of B-flat major. [2] There is a 20-bar introductory verse, but this is routinely omitted. [2] "The melody [...] combines the contradictory possibilities of the song. The downward thrusts of the opening ...
from the album Jerry Lee's Greatest! " What'd I Say " (or " What I Say ") is an American rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles, released in 1959. As a single divided into two parts, it was one of the first soul songs. The composition was improvised one evening late in 1958 when Charles, his orchestra, and backup singers had played their entire ...