“Rhinestone Cowboy” is the title of a song written by Larry Weiss and most famously recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. The song enjoyed immense popularity with both country and pop audiences when it was released in 1975. Continue reading
“Let’s Twist Again” is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached number two in the UK and number eight on the U.S. Billboard pop chart. It refers to the Twist dance craze and his 1960 and 1961 re-released single “The Twist”, a UK and U.S. number-one single.
The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording. Checker also recorded the song in German as “Der Twist Beginnt”. The song appears on the soundtrack of 2011 film The Help.
By Chubby Checker
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“Calendar Girl” is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and was a hit single for Neil Sedaka. It was released in 1960 and reached #4 on the US Billboard chart in 1961, making it one of the better-known Sedaka songs alongside “Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen” “Oh! Carol”, and “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do”. The personnel on the original recording include Al Caiola, Buck Pizzarelli, Art Ryerson and Bill Suyker on Guitar, George Duvivier on Bass, Ernie Hayes on Piano, Jerome Richardson on Sax, and David “Panama” Francis on Drums. Continue reading
“Release Me” is a popular song written by Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, and James Pebworth , published in 1946.
Miller wrote the song in 1946 but could not get anyone to record it for years, so he recorded it himself in 1953. Shortly afterward it was covered by Jimmy Heap, and with even better success by Ray Price and Kitty Wells. Subsequently a big seller was recorded by Little Esther Phillips, who reached number one on the R&B chart and number eight on the pop chart. A version by Engelbert Humperdinck reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Continue reading
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” is B. J. Thomas’s #1 song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song. David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score. Continue reading