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Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan - The songs he didn't write, List

Bob Dylan: The Songs he didn’t write

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37th AFI Life Achievement Award - Show

 

In this series of posts we will focus on songs Dylan has performed (either in concert, rehearsal or studio), but not written.




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-Egil

List, Van Morrison, Waterboys

10 Great Songs by Irish Artists

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van morrison 1970

As with most musicoholics I need to create playlists associated with upcoming travel destinations. It is a mandatory part of the planning process.
I will travel to Dublin tomorrow and hence a playlist is created. Here are videos of 10 great songs from the list & the spotify playlist embedded.

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Only one song from each artist

Van Morrison – Cyprus Avenue, 9/23/1970 – Fillmore East, New York, NY

Well, I’m caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue
Caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue

And I’m conquered in a car seat
Not a thing that I can do
I may go crazy
Before that mansion on the hill

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Elvis Presley, Great albums, Music Calendar

April 8: Elvis Presley – “Elvis is Back!” (1960)

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 Recorded when Presley was 25, fresh off a two-year military stint and musically fit to burst, Elvis Is Back! might be the King’s greatest noncompilation LP: wildly varied material, revelatory singing, impeccable stereo sound.
~Will Hermes (rollingstone.com)

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Blues, Jazz, Music Calendar

April 07: The late Billie Holiday was born in 1915 – 100 years ago

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billie_holiday  The first popular jazz singer to move audiences with the intense, personal feeling of classic blues, Billie Holiday changed the art of American pop vocals forever.
~John Bush (allmusic.com)
The Billie Holiday Story – BBC Documentary (56min)

April 07: The late Billie Holiday was born in 1915

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Blues, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Soul, The Best Songs

The Best Songs – ” Rock Me Baby”

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From Wikipedia:

“Rock Me Baby” is a blues standard that has become one of the most recorded blues songs of all time. When B.B. King released “Rock Me Baby” in 1964, it became a Top 40 hit reaching #34 in the Billboard Hot 100.  The song is based on earlier blues songs and has been interpreted and recorded by a variety of artists.

B.B. King’s “Rock Me Baby” is based on “Rockin’ and Rollin'”, a song recorded by Lil’ Son Jackson in 1950 (Imperial 5113). King’s lyrics are nearly identical to Jackson’s, although instrumentally the songs are different. “Rockin’ and Rollin'” is a solo piece, with Jackson’s vocal and guitar accompaniment, whereas “Rock Me Baby” is an ensemble piece.

Rock me baby, rock me all night long
Rock me baby, honey, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me baby,
like my back ain’t got no bone

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