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A1A or A-1-A[3] is the fifth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and the third major label album in Buffett's Don Gant -produced "Key West phase". It was initially released in December 1974 as Dunhill DS-50183 and later re-released on Dunhill's successor labels ABC and MCA. The album is named for Florida State ...
Contents. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. " The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a 1976 hit song written, composed and performed by the Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to memorialize the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Lightfoot considered this song to be his finest work.
The Ship that Never Returned. Sink the Bismark. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay. Six Months in a Leaky Boat. Sloop John B. Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat. The Song of the Volga Boatmen. Song of the Yue Boatman. Southbound (Carrie Underwood song)
Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast sound[4][5] or adult-oriented rock[6]) is a broad music style and aesthetic [7] commonly associated with soft rock, [8] one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, [1] R&B, and disco, [7] common stylistic ...
The first wave of Maritime traditional music was led by folk artist John Allan Cameron in the 1970s . By the late 1980s, Cape Breton had produced two crossover acts, the multi-platinum selling The Rankins and the less successful but critically acclaimed Barra MacNeils, Ashley MacIsaac, Natalie MacMaster, Lennie Gallant, and Slainte Mhath.
It was kept from number 1 in the UK by Rod Stewart's "Sailing", resulting in an oddity that the top 2 songs in the UK singles chart at the time had a nautical theme. "The Last Farewell" also went to number 1 in 11 other countries, selling an estimated 11 million copies worldwide, [ 6 ] making it Whittaker's best-known song.
Simon & Garfunkelhad two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Bridge Over Troubled Water" The Jackson 5had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1970. This is a list of Billboardmagazine's Top Hot 100songs of the year 1970.[1] It covers from January 3 to November 28, 1970. [2]
Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads. Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads is a four disc compilation box set of Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band 's greatest hits, rarities, and previously unreleased songs. Released in 1992, the collection received Recording Industry Association of America quadruple platinum certification in 2001. [ 4 ]