艾維斯普萊斯里(Elvis Presley),20世紀50年代起風靡全球,甚至影響美國文化的流行音樂歌手。即使在台灣,西洋流行音樂愛好者的心目中,也有不可搖動的地位。他是第一位以白人身分將帶有種族色彩的黑人節奏藍調,融合鄉村歌曲、福音歌曲帶進白人社會。因為他的魅力,搖滾樂成為對美國社會影響最深遠的文化之一。 Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Cotton Fields
“Cotton Fields” is a song written by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly who made the first recording of the song in 1940. Continue reading
Crazy Love
“Crazy Love” is a song made famous by Paul Anka in 1958. It was released by ABC-Paramount Records as a single with the song, Anka performed the song on Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Show on April 5, 1957. Continue reading
Close To You
“(They Long to Be) Close to You” is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It was first recorded by Richard Chamberlain and released as a single in 1963 as “They Long to Be Close to You”, without parentheses. Continue reading
Corrina, Corrina
“Corrine, Corrina” (sometimes “Corrina, Corrina”) is a 12-bar country blues song in the AAB form. “Corrine, Corrina” was first recorded by Bo Carter(December 1928). However, it was not copyrighted until 1932 by Chatmon and his publishers, Mitchell Parish and J. Mayo Williams. Continue reading