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That'll Be the Day


to see the movie "The Searchers", starring John Wayne, in which Wayne repeatedly used the phrase "that'll be the day". This line of dialogue inspired the young musicians. The song was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes for Decca Records at Bradley’s Barn, in Nashville, on July 22, 1956. Decca, displeased with Holly's previous two singles, did not issue recordings from this session. After the song was re-recorded by the Crickets in 1957 and became a hit
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Buddy Knox


Orbison suggested that Knox go to record producer Norman Petty, who had a recording studio in Clovis, New Mexico, the same studio where Buddy Holly recorded several of his early hits, including "That'll Be the Day". Knox's song "Party Doll" was released on the Roulette record label and went to No.1 on the Cash Box record chart in 1957 (after being picked from the tiny Triple-D label). It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.
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That'll Be the Day


"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success. Holly's producer, Norman Petty, was credited as a co-writer, although he did not contribute to the composition. Many other versions have been recorded. It was the first song recorded (as a demonstration disc) by the
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That'll Be the Day


number-one hit on "Billboard" magazine's Best Sellers in Stores chart in 1957. It went to number two on "Billboard"'s R&B singles chart. The song peaked at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1957 and stayed in that position for three weeks. On December 20, 1969, a reissue of the single by Coral Records was awarded a "gold single" by the RIAA. On September 20, 1986, the song appeared on the UK Singles Chart at number 85 and left the
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That'll Be the Day


, seven months after the first, at the Norman Petty studios in Clovis, New Mexico, and issued by Brunswick on May 27, 1957. This version is on the debut album by the Crickets, "The "Chirping" Crickets", issued on November 27, 1957. The Brunswick recording of "That'll Be the Day" is considered a classic of rock and roll. It was ranked number 39 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The Brunswick single was a
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, Decca released the original recording as a single (Decca D30434) on September 2, 1957, with "Rock Around with Ollie Vee" as the B-side. It was also the title track of the 1958 album "That'll Be the Day". Despite Holly's newfound stardom, the single did not chart. Holly's contract with Decca prohibited him from re-recording any of the songs recorded in the 1956 Nashville sessions for five years, even if Decca never released them. To evade this restriction,
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That'll Be the Day


the producer Norman Petty credited the Crickets as the artist on his re-recording of "That'll Be the Day" for Brunswick Records. Brunswick was a subsidiary of Decca. Once the cat was out of the bag, Decca re-signed Holly to another of its subsidiaries, Coral Records, so he ended up with two recording contracts. Recordings with the Crickets were to be issued by Brunswick, and his solo recordings were to be on Coral. The second recording of the song was made on February 25, 1957
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Jerry Allison


helped to compose the music for some of the famous songs, notably "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue" (Allison later married Peggy Sue Gerron (1940-2018), after whom the song was named, who in her biography quoted Allison saying he did not write it—"Buddy did"). Holly had recorded "That'll Be the Day" before he started working with Petty, so the inclusion of Petty's name in the songwriting credit for the later version by the Crickets illustrates the manipulation of
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That'll Be the Day (album)


That'll Be The Day is the final studio album from Buddy Holly. Decca, Holly’s first major record label, after failing to produce a hit single from Holly’s early recordings, packaged these 1956 tunes after he had some success with recordings from the Brunswick and Coral labels, i.e. the previously released single "That'll Be the Day". This is the last album released before his death in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, and is rare among collectors. Recordings were done in three different sessions typically
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Buddy Holly


contract with Decca Records. Holly's recording sessions at Decca were produced by Owen Bradley, who had become famous for producing orchestrated country hits for stars like Patsy Cline. Unhappy with Bradley's musical style and control in the studio, Holly went to producer Norman Petty in Clovis, New Mexico, and recorded a demo of "That'll Be the Day", among other songs. Petty became the band's manager and sent the demo to Brunswick Records, which released it as a single credited to "The Crickets",
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Modest Mouse


played on the main stage at the Leeds and Reading festivals. On April 28, 2011, Big Boi announced via Twitter that he had been in the studio with Modest Mouse working on their next album. On May 29, Modest Mouse played two new songs during their headline of the Sasquatch festival. The songs were called "Poison the Well" and "Lampshades on Fire". They then contributed a cover of the Buddy Holly song "That'll Be The Day" to the compilation "Rave On Buddy Holly",
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Buddy Holly


which became the name of Holly's band. In September 1957, as the band toured, "That'll Be the Day" topped the US and UK singles charts. Its success was followed in October by another major hit, "Peggy Sue". The album "Chirping Crickets", released in November 1957, reached number five on the UK Albums Chart. Holly made his second appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in January 1958 and soon after, toured Australia and then the UK. In early 1959,
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Jewels (Waylon Jennings album)


Jewels is an album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released in 1968 on RCA Victor. Jennings, who had enjoyed his biggest hit yet with the #2 hit country single "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" in 1968, followed it with the Top 5 hit "Yours Love," which was written by Harlan Howard and included on "Jewels", Waylon's ninth LP for RCA. The album is also significant for featuring two songs composed by Merle Haggard, who was recording for Capitol with producer
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In Spite of All the Danger


' home studio in Liverpool (see 1958 in music), and cost 17 shillings and six pence (87.5p). Along with their cover of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day" recorded at the same session, these songs were the first recordings made by what would become the Beatles. The only other previous recording of the Quarrymen in performance was a reel-to-reel tape-recording made by an audience member on 6 July 1957, during the Quarrymen's last set for the 1957 "Rose Queen
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The Buddy Holly Story (album)


twelve songs released on the original album, the songs "Maybe Baby", "That'll Be the Day", "Think It Over", and "Oh, Boy!" were credited to the Crickets, while the rest were credited to Buddy Holly. All of the songs were released as singles and the songs "Peggy Sue", "That'll Be the Day", "Early in the Morning", "Maybe Baby", "Oh, Boy!", "Rave On!",
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The Crickets


The Crickets were an American rock and roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer-songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s. Their first hit record, "That'll Be the Day", released in 1957, peaked at number three on the "Billboard" Top 100 chart on September 16. The sleeve of their first album, "The "Chirping" Crickets", shows the band lineup at the time: Holly on lead vocals and lead guitar, Niki Sullivan on rhythm guitar, Jerry Allison on drums,
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Prentice Moreland


Ink Spots groups, including those fronted by Cliff Givens, George Holmes, and Orville Brooks. He was never a member of the original Ink Spots that recorded for Decca. According to singers Young Jessie and Bobby Nunn, The Coasters' big hit "Searchin'" from 1957 had originally been put together by Moreland, Bobby Day, Earl Nelson, and Young Jessie at Bobby Day's house about three years before it was recorded. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller heard their song and wrote more lyrics to the song, adding
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Big Ole Brew


Do You Spell Rythum?". The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator states that all he wants is a beer and his significant other. In the beginning of the film "Stripes", Bill Murray's character sings the line, "One of these days everything that I want's gonna be mine, But if it ain't that'll be alright as long as there's sunshine and a big ole brew." Since Stripes was released in 1981, he must have been quoting the original
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Hand Sown ... Home Grown


, Waylon Jennings performed his version on the same series. Of particular note is her performance of one of "Hand Sown"'s songs, a cover of the country standard "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line," renamed "[ Only Mama...]," on October 3, 1970, at the Big Sur Folk Festival in Monterey, California. "Hand Sown ... Home Grown" features an early version of "Silver Threads and Golden Needles," a cover of a 1962 hit by the Springfields. Ronstadt
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That'll Be the Day


chart a week later. February 25, 1957, Norman Petty Recording Studio July 22, 1956, Bradley’s Barn, Nashville Linda Ronstadt recorded "That'll Be the Day" for her 1976 Grammy Award–winning platinum album "Hasten Down the Wind", produced by Peter Asher and issued by Asylum Records. Her version reached number 11 on both the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 and the "Cash Box" Top 100 and number 27 on the "Billboard" Country Singles chart. In Canada, her version peaked
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Rockabilly


which had been a #1 hit for Ray Price some twenty weeks earlier in the year) along with "End of the Road". Lewis would have big hits in 1957 with his version of "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On", issued in May, and "Great Balls Of Fire" on Sun. There were thousands of musicians who recorded songs in the rockabilly style. An online database lists 262 musicians with names beginning with "A". And many record companies released rockabilly records. Some enjoyed major
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Buddy Holly


to the Crickets. Petty and Holly later learned that Brunswick was a subsidiary of Decca, which legally cleared future recordings under the name Buddy Holly. Recordings credited to the Crickets would be released on Brunswick, while the recordings under Holly's name were released on another subsidiary label, Coral Records. Holly concurrently held a recording contract with both labels. "That'll Be the Day" was released on May 27, 1957. Petty booked Holly and the Crickets for a tour with Irvin Feld, who had noticed the band after
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That'll Be the Day (film)


n’ roll again. The Liverpool days of the Quarrymen/the Beatles and Rory Storm & the Hurricanes were said to be the inspiration for the fictional group called "Stray Cats" in the film. Many of the characters were played by musicians who had lived through the era portrayed in the film including Ringo Starr of the Hurricanes and the Beatles, Billy Fury, Keith Moon of the Who and John Hawken of the Nashville Teens. The film was produced by David Puttnam and is loosely based on the Harry Nilsson song "
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That'll Be the Day (film)


1941". The film was a hit at the box office (by 1985 it had earned an estimated profit of £406,000), leading to a sequel, "Stardust", (1974). Nat Cohen, who invested in the film, said it made more than 50% its cost. It was one of the most popular movies of 1973 at the British box office. According to Anne Billson in the "Time Out Film Guide", the film was a "hugely overrated dip into the rock 'n
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Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits


the snide remark "O.K, we'll do sitting in the la la, that'll get rid of that!" in the song's intro. This infuriated Levy who threatened to refile his lawsuit. Lennon explained to Levy what had happened and assured him that the covers album was indeed in the works. Lennon then recalled the session musicians from "Walls and Bridges" to complete the oldies tracks. Levy offered the use of his farm in upstate New York for the band to rehearse. In a show of good faith
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That'll Work


That'll Work is the fourth studio album by American blues pianist Johnnie Johnson and American country rock band The Kentucky Headhunters. It was released in August 1993 via Nonesuch Records. The members of The Kentucky Headhunters wrote all twelve songs on the album with Johnson over the course of twelve days. Thom Owens of Allmusic rated the album 2 stars out of 5, saying that "They certainly can work a heavy, bluesy groove with dexterity, but they lack the gonzo charm they had on their debut, "Pickin' on Nashville
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Bobby Helms


chart, peaking at No. 7. His song "Jingle Bell Rock," which was released in the late fall of 1957, was a big hit and was being played and danced to on Dick Clark's teen dance show "American Bandstand" by mid-December of that year. It also re-emerged in four out of the next five years, and sold so well that it repeated each time as a top hit, becoming a Christmas classic still played to this day. (In 2016, it was
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Roy Hall (musician)


Decca Records, and on September 15, 1955 he recorded three songs, including "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On". By this time Big Maybelle had already recorded her own variation of the song for OKeh Records, which resulted in a moderate national hit. Hall's recording contract with Decca concluded in 1956 with no sizable hit, as a consequence of ineffective promoting. Jerry Lee Lewis achieved a number 3 hit in 1957 with "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", instantly launching him into national prominence. Although Hall
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Dance Again


hit the top of the charts." Similarly, Jessica Sinclair of "Long Island Press" commented that the song was a "sure-to-be-hit song." Amy Sciarretto of Pop Crush labelled "Dance Again" as one of the best dance songs of 2012. She stated that: "The song has an infectious beat that'll get you moving and grooving." In the United States, "Dance Again" experienced moderate chart success; while an improvement on her previous singles from "Love?
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Jehovahkill


"That'll be the deicide", a pun on the Buddy Holly song "That'll Be the Day". This was Cope's second Buddy Holly reference in his Mother Earth-themed trilogy, the first being the title of "Peggy Suicide" itself which is a pun on the Holly song "Peggy Sue". Despite "Jehovahkill"'s heathen-themed lyrics, Ned Raggett of AllMusic described the album as primarily a musical project, with the music being "first and foremost" ahead of the lyrics,
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Scent of a Woman (song)


goes right back to the heart of what makes Cheap Trick special. One of their best tracks ever in my opinion and a sure fire hit had it been released in any other decade. Might even be some hope for it in 2003!" "Chicago Tribune" was critical of the song, describing it as a "saccharine, female-empowering anthem that'll make you cringe". "CMJ New Music Monthly" commented that the song "finds Zander sounding like Bob Pollard trying to sound like Roger Daltrey, and
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Marvin Rainwater


Bluebird", which he wrote. Released in 1957, the song became a big country-pop crossover hit, making Rainwater among the first country singers to appeal to a pop market. The song reached No. 3 on the country chart and 18 on the pop chart. It sold one million copies by 1957, and gave Rainwater his first gold record. During the song's success, Rainwater relocated to the New Jersey-New York area. "The Majesty of Love" (1957) was a duet with Connie
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Simple Dreams


taken a rousing cover of "That'll Be the Day" to #11 Pop in 1976, using a similar arrangement. The album includes songs by Warren Zevon, Eric Kaz and J.D. Souther, as well as The Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice". Ronstadt was joined by Parton on the traditional ballad "I Never Will Marry", which became a Top 10 Country hit during the summer of 1978. (Ronstadt, Parton and Emmylou Harris were also working on an ill-fated collaborative project around this same time
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How Do I Make You


" critic Stephen Holden, felt that on "How Do I Make You" Ronstadt "frankly imitates Deborah Harry," the lead vocalist of defining new wave act Blondie. He further described the song as "Buddy Holly-like" and that it roughly brackets "How Do I Make You" with earlier Ronstadt hits "That'll Be the Day" (1976) and "It's So Easy" (1977), both remakes of Buddy Holly records. The 1980 album "Chipmunk Punk" by Alvin and the
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You Really Got Me


and done what they wanted to on the spot. It's a good chance of being a big hit." The "Melody Maker" review had a lasting impact on Ray Davies, who said that Berry "had a few hits – so he mattered" and that Berry's belief that the band had "done what they wanted" had "said it all" for him. The Kinks' use of distorted guitar riffs continued with songs like "All Day and All of the Night", "Tired of Waiting
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Satellite of Love


they were riding in the back of a limousine with Steve Sesnick: "Steve was there going on about "how we needed airplay", and Lou said "I have this song 'Satellite of Love', and he mentioned the satellite that had just gone up which was a big deal in the news at the time, cause the space race was happening, and Steve Sesnick said 'Yeah, yeah – that'll do it!'" While the band had soon recorded a demo track in the summer of 1970
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Buddy Holly


Jimmy Bowen's "I'm Stickin' with You", and visited Norman Petty, who had produced and promoted both records. Together with Allison, bassist Joe B. Mauldin, and rhythm guitarist Niki Sullivan, he went to Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico. The group recorded a demo of "That'll Be the Day", a song they had previously recorded in Nashville. Now playing lead guitar, Holly achieved the sound he desired. Petty became his manager and sent the record to Brunswick Records in New
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John Ford


American Film Institute in 2008 and also placed 12th on the Institute's 2007 list of the Top 100 greatest movies of all time. "The Searchers" has exerted a wide influence on film and popular culture—it has inspired (and been directly quoted by) many filmmakers including David Lean and George Lucas, Wayne's character's catchphrase "That'll be the day" inspired Buddy Holly to pen his famous hit song of the same name, and the British pop group The Searchers also took their name from the film.
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Save It for a Rainy Day (Kenny Chesney song)


"Save It for a Rainy Day" is a song written by Andrew Dorff, Matthew Ramsey, and Brad Tursi and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in June 2015 as the fourth and final single from Chesney’s 2014 album "The Big Revival". The song received a positive review from "Taste of Country", who wrote that "So many of the songs on "The Big Revival" recall memories of Chesney’s biggest hits without feeling like duplicates. Add “Save It for
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Ernie Maresca


"Barbara Ann". In 1957, his demo of his song "No One Knows" came to the attention of Dion DiMucci, who recorded it successfully with the Belmonts on Laurie Records, the record reaching No. 19 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 record chart in 1958. Maresca then began songwriting full-time, and recording his own demos. He wrote "Runaround Sue" with Dion (the singer's only US number one hit), and then other big hits with and for him. These included
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Wayne Shanklin


who worked under pseudonyms at the time. Shanklin also contributed music to a number of films: "Kiss Me Quick" was featured in the 1957 Randolph Scott western "Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend" and "I Leaned On A Man" was sung by Virginia Mayo in "The Big Land". Shanklin founded the independent record label Signet Records in Los Angeles in 1959. One of the label's early successes was a song written by Shanklin, "The Big Hurt", which became a #3 hit in
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Complicated (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and David Guetta song)


and felt that there is "nothing flashy about this future bass drop". Jeffrey Yau of Your EDM thinks that the track "seemingly strikes the perfect balance between summer festival jam and infectious radio hit that'll easily stick in your head with its sugary-sweet lyrics and very simple chorus", "all three artists' sounds and styles" are well blended, and "the melodies in the track are memorable enough to keep the tune in your head for a full day or more". Erik of EDM Sauce wrote
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The Best of Waylon Jennings


The Best of Waylon Jennings is a compilation album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released in 1970 on RCA Records. The LP contains several hit singles that Jennings had scored during his first four years at RCA, including "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line." In Europe, RCA added three songs to the album (including Waylon's then-current single, "Singer Of Sad Songs" and the #2 Chuck Berry cover "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"), making the European version slightly superior to
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Teesri Manzil


Rajesh Khanna". It was the next day that Nasir requested Vijay Anand to direct "Teezri Manzil" and offered to helm "Baharon Ke Sapne", but specified that "Teesri Manzil" would not have Dev Anand in it. It was only then that Shammi Kapoor was approached. Vijay came on board to direct and edit the film. Hussain then cast Shammi Kapoor, who had earlier starred in Hussain's two big hits "Tumsa Nahin Dekha" (1957) and "Dil Deke Dekho", which introduced Asha
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Round and Round (Shapiro/Stallman song)


"Round and Round" is a popular song by Joe Shapiro and Lou Stallman published in 1956. A version of the song was recorded by Perry Como for RCA Victor on January 15, 1957 and was a big hit that year. The song would prove to be Perry Como's last over-all number one on the Billboard charts. The song spent two weeks at number two on Billboard's Honor Roll of Hits. Como's version was noted for its instrumental buildup, including the counterpoint melodies sung by the Ray Charles
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Dallas Frazier


." Frazier's 1957 song "Alley Oop", later taken to #1 in the US by The Hollywood Argyles, was his first hit. After "Hometown Jamboree" went off the air, Frazier moved to Nashville, Tennessee and found work as a songwriter. Among his early successes was "Timber I'm Falling", a hit for Husky in 1964, and "There Goes My Everything", a big hit for Jack Greene in 1966 that earned him a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song
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Rock On (song)


1973 debut studio album and was also featured on the soundtrack album to the 1973 film "That'll Be the Day", in which Essex had a starring role. The song is still frequently played on classic rock and oldies radio stations. Essex later re-recorded the song in 1988 with an updated lyric. The version, which was remixed by Shep Pettibone, appeared on Essex's 1989 album "Touching the Ghost." A single release of the updated version reached number 93 on the UK Singles Chart. The recording
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Jude Gitamondoc


Day theme song composer Trina Belamide and Arnel de Pano, who composed the Basil Valdez hit song "Lead me Lord". Gitamondoc began his professional music career in 2001. He had created several commissioned songwriting gigs such as producing commercial jingles (Casino Rubbing Alcohol, Happy Booster Hotdogs), theme songs (Mantawi Festival Theme Song), school hymns and wedding songs. His first big break was Gary Valenciano's "Relevance" album in 2006, to which he contributed five songs: "Kailan Pa, Only a Friend,
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Long Live Rock


"Long Live Rock" is a single by The Who, written by Pete Townshend during 1971. It was not included on the "Who's Next" album, as it wasn't recorded until 1972. It was later performed by Billy Fury's character in the film "That'll Be the Day" featuring Keith Moon. The original Who recording of the song was later released on the rarities album "Odds & Sods" (1974), as well as being released as a single in 1979. "Long Live
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Smokey Robinson


1957, Robinson and the Miracles met songwriter Berry Gordy after a failed audition for Brunswick Records. At that time during the audition, Robinson had brought along with him a "Big 10" notebook with 100 songs he wrote while in high school. Gordy was impressed with Robinson's vocals and even more impressed with Robinson's ambitious songwriting. With his help, the Miracles released their first single, "Got a Job", an answer song to the Silhouettes' hit single "Get a Job" on End Records. It
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Saturday Night (Jessica Mauboy song)


somewhat more sexualized. Mauboy also recorded a simlish version of the song re-titled, "Surbiduh Nye". The song was recorded to help promote the video game, "". "Saturday Night" was released digitally on 27 October 2010, and was sent to Australian contemporary hit radio on 1 November. Majhid Heath of ABC Online Indigenous wrote that the song is a "fun dance number that'll help start off the Saturday nights of teenagers across the country." The song was nominated for 'Single of 2010
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Delta and the Bannermen


group created by the show's incidental music composer Keff McCulloch. The songs featured in the serial were: "Rock Around the Clock"; "Singing the Blues"; "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"; "Mr. Sandman"; "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite"; "That'll Be the Day"; "Only You"; "Lollipop"; "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Happy Days Are Here Again". McCoy can be seen wearing his glasses in certain long shots of
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So Tough


Billy Liar", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "Lord of the Flies" and "That'll Be the Day", as well as the television series "The Family" and the 1958 stereo demonstration album "A Journey into Stereophonic Sound". Additionally, the track "Conchita Martinez" features a recurring sample from the opening riff of Rush's 1980 hit "The Spirit of Radio".Martínez herself was a Spanish Grand Slam-winning tennis player in 1990s, who later went on to win the Wimbledon
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I'm Gonna Love You Too


B. Mauldin, Holly's bass player; Norman Petty, his producer; and Nikki Sullivan, his sometime rhythm guitarist (who was not heard on the recording). There have long been questions about the songwriting credits assigned to the original songs Holly recorded, and Jerry Allison, his drummer, has gone on record stating that "I'm Gonna Love You Too" actually was written primarily by Holly, with Allison composing the bridge. Certainly the song sounds characteristic of the man who wrote "That'll Be the Day
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Hey Cruel World... Tour


. "We had to get our fuck on…" Manson told "Kerrang!" when the tour hit the UK. "That's an American term. We've been playing a lot of "Antichrist Superstar" – stuff that makes us happiest. In turn, that'll make the audience happier. "[Of the newer songs]" I love playing 'Pistol Whipped', because I play guitar like a complete asshole." Manson's set was recorded at the ROCK AM RING festival in Germany on 1
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This is Fine


variety of composition[s] [that] make for a phenomenal debut." A review in "Riff" says that "Well Wisher puts everything on the table and proves its not afraid to wear its heart and influence on its sleeve." The song "I Know Better" is listed in "The Asbury Park Press"s 12 best Jersey songs of 2018, who describe it as "a raw, fuzzed-out punk thing that'll drop the chorus in your head for a couple of days." Speak Into My Good
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Doo-wop


, Johhny Mastrangelo, would later gain fame under the name Johnny Maestro. Racially integrated groups with both black and white performers included The Del-Vikings, who hit big in 1957 with "Come Go With Me" and "Whispering Bells", The Crests, whose "16 Candles" appeared in 1958, and The Impalas, whose "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" was a hit in 1959. Female doo-wop singers were unusual in the early days. Lillian Leach, lead singer of the
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John Lowe (musician)


John Duff Lowe is a pianist from the middle-late 1950s, who was invited to play piano with The Quarrymen by Paul McCartney in 1958. Known to his friends as "Duff", Lowe was in The Quarrymen for two years, and was there when the band recorded a couple of songs for a vanity disc at Percy Phillips' home studio in Liverpool. The two tracks cut that day were "That'll Be the Day" and "In Spite of All the Danger". Lowe maintained possession of the tracks
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Jerry Allison


Jerry Ivan Allison (born August 31, 1939) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the Crickets and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue", recorded with Buddy Holly. Allison's first professional recording was "Who's Gonna Be the Next One Honey", released as a 45-rpm disc (now very rare) by a local group, Hal Goodson and the Raiders. It was also performed at the Norman Petty studio in Clovis, New
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Phil Barney


Phil Barney (real name : Philippe Baranés, born February 2, 1957 in Annaba, Algeria) is a French singer-songwriter. He was particularly successful with his 1987 song "Un Enfant de toi". In the 1980s, Phil Barney had several success on the French Singles Chart, including the big hit "Un Enfant de toi", his first single, which was a number three hit in November 1987. "Avec qui tu vis", "Tellement je pense à toi", "Il est parti
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Big Brother (Serbian season 4)


to do something to the housemate who was hit. For instance, in the Week 1, Ema was hit with a poisonous arrow by Duško (who was evicted from the main house to the Dumps). Big Brother then decided to take away all the personal stuff from Ema. In Week 2, Bojana was hit by an arrow (which was shot by Soraja) and had to do all of the house chores by herself. On Day 49 the Lioness conquered Big Brother who became her servant and kidnapped the boys (
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Stardust (1974 film)


Stardust is a 1974 British musical drama film directed by Michael Apted and starring David Essex and Adam Faith. The film is the sequel to the 1973 film "That'll Be the Day". Its tagline is: "Show me a boy who never wanted to be a rock star and I'll show you a liar." Following on from the events in the late 1950s/early 1960s of "That'll Be the Day", the characters Jim Maclaine, Jeanette, and J.D. have moved into the mid 1960s/
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George Paxton


, Inc. in New York City in 1958, and had offices at 1619 Broadway in the Brill Building. Paxton produced many of the songs on this label, most of which were of the East Coast Doo-wop group style, and some of these became hit songs of the day. Between 1958 and 1965, Coed's biggest acts included the Crests, the Rivieras, the Duprees, the Harptones, and Adam Wade, among others. Paxton's big-band background came in particularly handy with the Duprees, who combined
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Your Hit Parade


Tommy Leonetti (1957–58). All were performers of standards, show tunes or big band numbers. Featured prominently were the Hit Parade dancers and the Hit Paraders, the program's choral singers, who sang the opening commercial jingle (composed by Raymond Scott): During the 1950-1951 season Bob Fosse appeared as a guest dancer on several episodes, with partner Mary Ann Niles. From 1950 until 1957, the orchestra was led by well-known bandleader and musician Raymond Scott (who married Dorothy Collins in 1952);
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Big Mama Thornton


fellow performer Johnny Ace, also signed to Duke and Peacock record labels, accidentally shoot and kill himself while playing with a .22 pistol. Thornton continued to record for Peacock until 1957 and performed in R&B package tours with Junior Parker and Esther Phillips. Thornton's success with "Hound Dog" was followed three years later by Elvis Presley recording his hit version of the song. His recording at first annoyed Leiber who wrote, "I have no idea what that rabbit business is all about. The song is not about a dog
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Snap Out of It


'Snap Out of It' is a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys from their fifth studio album, "AM". The song was released as the album's sixth overall single on 9 June 2014, impacting contemporary hit radio in the United Kingdom. Directed by Focus Creeps, it was released on 16 June 2014. Stephanie Sigman portrays the featured character. Mic Wright of "The Quietus" wrote the song "has clicks, claps and the kind of catchy hooks that'll get you a job pumping out
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That'll Be the Day (musical)


produced by Trevor Payne, who performs in the show. During in its initial years, "That’ll Be the Day" was a seasonal production performed during the spring and autumn months. In 1988, the show became a weekly attraction at Butlins holiday resort in Minehead, Somerset. The following year, the show's regular dates in Minehead were supported with additional performances throughout the South of England, including Butlins in Bognor Regis and the Portsmouth Pyramids Centre in Southsea. Later in 1989, the first Christmas edition of That'll
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Day by Day (Big Bang song)


Hits album "The Best of Big Bang" (2011) and in the Japanese version of "Alive" (2012). With the release of their first EP "Always" (2007), Big Bang began to incorporate a range of different genre into their music, moving away from their original hip hop roots. "Stand Up" continued their experimentation. The song was written by G-Dragon, with arrangements provided by Japanese DJ Daishi Dance. "Day by Day" was described as a combination of a
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Big Butter and Egg Man


was about a rich man who came to New York with plans to liberally and exuberantly spend his money on wine, women, and song. This play was a big hit and contributed to the popularization of the term. “Butter and Egg Man” came to mean a rich man who freely spent his money on women ostentatiously. In the following year, Armstrong’s hit jazz song “Big Butter and Egg Man” further popularized the usage of the term. The lyrics to the song describe a woman who wanted a butter
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Direct Hits (The Killers album)


, however, is included on the track listing, and was not released as a single. Regarding its inclusion, Flowers noted, "With 20/20 hindsight, this song probably should've been a single. That'll probably be what's written on its headstone! When we play it live and Dave's riff starts, it's magic. We all love that song, so that's why it's on here." A further "Battle Born" album track, "Be Still", is included as the closing
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Jimmy Bryant


television shows featuring popular radio and television star Jimmie Jackson who hosted the show along with black Jazz violinist and recording star, Stuff Smith and black jazz percussionist and recording star, George Jenkins. He continued working in Los Angeles and in the early 1960s he and his trio made an appearance in the Coleman Francis film "The Skydivers". During the 1960s he shifted into music production. Waylon Jennings made a hit of his song "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line". He can also be heard playing fiddle on the
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Walter Brennan


year. In the latter film he was top billed and directed by William Wellman but the film was not widely seen. He appeared in "The Way to the Gold" (1957) and was in a big hit playing Debbie Reynolds's grandfather in the romantic comedy "Tammy and the Bachelor" (1957). Brennan was given another lead role in "God Is My Partner" (1957), a low budget movie that was a surprise hit. Brennan had resisted overtures to star in a regular TV series but
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Scoundrel Days


States' Billboard 200 Chart in the previous year. "Scoundrel Days" was recorded in England in early 1986 at R.G. Jones Studio in Beulah Road in Wimbledon, South-West London. The record was produced by Alan Tarney, who had produced the band's big hit single releases "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." in the previous year, and it was engineered by Gerry Kitchingham. The music and lyrical content of the songs were composed by Pal Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen, the band
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Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story


begin to carve out a career in music. After a difficult start at Decca Records in Nashville, they sign a contract with up-and-coming, innovative record producer Norman Petty who is based in Clovis, New Mexico. Within hours, Buddy Holly & the Crickets start to churn out hits from the recording studio built in Norman's backyard, among them "That'll Be The Day", which will rocket up the charts to number one in a matter of weeks. Buddy Holly & the Crickets are suddenly the
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Margie Rayburn


Marjorie Helen Orwig (June 3, 1924 in Madera, California – June 14, 2000 in Oceanside, California, better known as Margie Rayburn) was an American singer. Rayburn was born in Madera, California and sang as a member of The Sunnysiders, who had a Top 40 hit in the United States in 1955 with the song "Hey! Mr. Banjo". Rayburn married Norman Milkin, also a member of the Sunnysiders. She also had a Top Ten hit of her own in 1957 with the song "I
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Big Boss Man (song)


"Big Boss Man" is a blues song first recorded by Jimmy Reed in 1960. Unlike his most popular songs, the songwriting is credited to Luther Dixon and Al Smith. It was a hit for Reed and has been interpreted and recorded by a variety of artists, including Elvis Presley and B.B. King, who had record chart successes with the song. "Big Boss Man" is an uptempo twelve-bar blues shuffle that features "one of the most influential Reed grooves of all time". It is credited to
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Forty Days and Forty Nights


"Forty Days and Forty Nights" is a blues song recorded by Muddy Waters in 1956. Called "a big, bold record", it was a hit, spending six weeks in the "Billboard" R&B chart, where it reached number seven. "Forty Days and Forty Nights" has been interpreted and recorded by a variety of artists. "Forty Days and Forty Nights" is a midtempo blues song with an irregular number of bars written by Bernard Roth (who also wrote Muddy Waters' "Just to Be
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Connie Francis


her final recording session for MGM on October 2, 1957, she recorded a cover version of the 1923 song "Who's Sorry Now?", written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Francis has said that she recorded it at the insistence of her father, who was convinced it stood a chance of becoming a hit because it was a song adults already knew and that teenagers would dance to if it had a contemporary arrangement. Francis, who did not like the song and had been arguing about it with her father
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Aagadu (soundtrack)


hours of its release with a couple of songs turning into instant hits. Reviewing the soundtrack, "The Times of India" wrote "All in all, Thaman has come up with peppy and lively album that'll make music lovers groove to almost all the soundtracks." "IndiaGlitz" gave a review stating "From word go, Aagadu is all about the 'Feel of Thaman'. An album that is customized to reach out to the vast fan base of Mahesh Babu, a complaint one can have about the songs
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Tequila (Champs song)


"Tequila" is a 1958 Mexican-flavored rock and roll instrumental written by Daniel Flores and recorded by the Champs. "Tequila" became a #1 hit on both the pop and R&B charts at the time of its release and continues to be strongly referenced in pop culture to this day. In 1957, Gene Autry's record label, Challenge Records, signed Dave Burgess (born 1934), a rockabilly singer-songwriter from California who often recorded under the name "Dave Dupree". At the end of 1957
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Silhouettes (The Rays song)


"Silhouettes" is a song made famous by the doo-wop group The Rays in 1957. A competing version by The Diamonds was also successful. In 1965 it was a number 5 hit in the US for Herman's Hermits, and in 1990 it was a number 10 hit in the UK for Cliff Richard. In May 1957, songwriter Bob Crewe saw a couple embracing through a windowshade as he passed on a train. He quickly set about turning the image into a song. Frank Slay, who owned the small
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Instrumental rock


Earl's Rhumboogie"; other jazz musicians who scored pop hits include Tab Smith and Arnett Cobb. Several rhythm and blues sax players had hit instrumental songs, including Big Jay McNeeley, Red Prysock, and Lee Allen, whose "Walking with Mr. Lee" was quite popular. There were several notable blues instrumental songs during the 1950s; Little Walter's rollicking "Juke" was a #1 R&B hit. Instrumental hit songs could emphasize electronic organ (the Tornados' "Telstar", Dave "Baby" Cortez's "
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The Everly Brothers


in high school, they gained the attention of prominent Nashville musicians like Chet Atkins, who began to groom them for national attention. They began writing and recording their own music in 1956, and their first hit song came in 1957, with "Bye Bye Love", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. The song hit number 1 in the spring of 1957, and additional hits would follow through 1958, many of them written by the Bryants, including "Wake Up Little Susie", "All I Have to Do
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Music of Texas


, country singer Kenny Rogers (2 #1s like "Islands in the Stream" in 1983), Christopher Cross (2 #1s like "Sailing" in 1980), The Crickets (w/Buddy Holly (d.1959), "That'll Be the Day" in 1957), B.J. Thomas ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" in 1970), Janis Joplin (d.1970) ("Me and Bobby McGee" in 1971, she attended the University of Texas), Johnny Nash ("I
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That'll Be the Day


Quarrymen, the skiffle group that evolved into the Beatles. The 1957 recording was certified gold (for over a million US sales) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1969. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. It was placed in the National Recording Registry, a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States", in 2005. In June 1956, Holly, Allison and Sonny Curtis went
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Big Six (song)


"Big Six" is a song and single written by Alvin Ranglin and Judge Dread performed by Dread and released in 1972. "Big Six" was Dread's first UK hit single. It made 11 on the UK Singles Chart in 1972 staying there for 27 weeks. Costing only £6 to record and described as "lewd", the song received almost no radio airplay due to its risqué lyrics. The song consists of Dread's ribald lyrics over a nursery rhyme tune. When Prince Buster had a big underground hit
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Anthony Johnson (musician)


Roy Anthony Johnson (born 25 December 1957), better known simply as Anthony Johnson, is a Jamaican reggae singer who was a member of the group Mystic I and is known for the 1980s hit song "Gunshot". Johnson was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1957. His mother Cynthia Hamilton was a market woman by trade, and his father was a Barbadian who worked as a waiter at the Sombero Club in Kingston. Anthony's parents had three children together before separating. They also had other children separately, so
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Mike Pratt (actor)


-writers Steele, Bart and Pratt, wrote twelve songs in seven days. A Steele-Pratt collaboration, "A Handful of Songs", originally a hit for Tommy Steele in 1957, became the theme tune to a long-running Granada Television children's programme of the same name in the late 1970s. They also contributed to the writing of the song "Rock with the Caveman". Bart and Pratt received the 1957 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Little White Bull". He won
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De Havenzangers


De Havenzangers were a Dutch musical group who had significant commercial success singing popular music in Dutch. They were founded in Apeldoorn in 1977, and had their first big hit with "'s Nachts na tweeën." De Havenzangers (lit., "harbour singers"), who specialized in "traditional Dutch sailor songs and carnival songs," had a long string of hit records and scored nine gold and seven platinum albums, and received an Edison Award for the album "Ter Land Ter Zee en in 't Café"
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Have a Nice Day (Stereophonics song)


driver ended the conversation with: "That'll be seven bucks, have a nice day". After the cab journey lead singer and guitarist Kelly Jones took the conversation and placed it into the lyrics. Jones later put the words and music together on October 1999 in a hotel in Europe. The song was first released on "Just Enough Education to Perform" on 17 April 2001. It was later released as the album's second single on 11 June 2001. The song was also included in the band's first greatest
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Jean Simmons


Kelly; it was a huge hit. Simmons played the title role in "Hilda Crane" (1956) at Fox, a box office disappointment. So too was "This Could Be the Night" (1957) and "Until They Sail" (1957) both at MGM. However, Simmons had a big success in "The Big Country " (1958), directed by William Wyler. She starred in "Home Before Dark" (1958) at Warners and "This Earth Is Mine" (1959)
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So Rare


it notably became a late-career hit in 1957 for Jimmy Dorsey, reaching #2 on "Billboard" magazine's pop charts, and #4 on the R&B singles chart. Recorded on 11 November 1956 and released on the Cincinnati label Fraternity, Jimmy Dorsey's version, which had a decidedly rhythm and blues feel unlike the earlier versions, became the highest charting song by a big band during the first decade of the rock and roll era. Credited on the label to "Jimmy Dorsey with Orchestra and Chorus",
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Dream Lover


full, during the end credits. The song was also used in the 1973 movie That'll be The Day and in Barry Levinson's 1982 debut film "Diner". A version of the song, retitled "Dream Maker" and with rewritten lyrics, appears in the pilot of the 1987 TV series "Rags to Riches". In 2014, the song was featured in the episode "The Immutable Truth" of "Bates Motel". Peter McCann released a version of the song as a single in 1982 which did
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Lobão


João Luiz Woerdenbag Filho (born October 11, 1957), popularly known as Lobão (""Big Wolf"", in reference to the Disney depiction of the Big Bad Wolf character), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, writer, publisher, television host and media personality. He is perhaps best known for his hit songs "Me Chama" (""Call Me"") and "" (""Life, Crazy Life"") as well as seminal works
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Chilton Price


The former became a big hit for King, with a vocal by Stewart; the latter was a major hit for Jo Stafford, and later was covered by The Duprees. She was said to be happy with the arrangement, even though she had to share credit for songs she wrote herself, being grateful for the break she got in this way. She wrote other songs under her name only, including "Never Look Back" in 1954, which Doris Day sang in the film "Love Me or Leave Me" and
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Down on the Street


"Down on the Street" is a 1984 song by British band Shakatak. The song is about the joy of nightlife. It was a big hit, reaching #9 in the UK. It was also their only chart entry on the U.S. Dance Charts, with no further hits there, although their duet with Al Jarreau on "Day by Day" in 1985 was a mild success. Shakatak also reworked the song for the opening titles of 1986 BBC Education series You Are What You Eat. The song has been covered
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New Beginning (Bucks Fizz song)


Shelley Preston who had replaced Jay Aston a year earlier. It was also their first release on new record label, Polydor after their five-year contract with RCA had finished. The song was notable for its full and lavish production and multi-layered vocal work and received much praise from critics as well as becoming very popular on radio. The song became a big hit in the Summer of 1986. After entering at No.55, the song rose sharply to No.24 becoming instantly their biggest hit for three years. Two weeks later
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Best Days (Graham Colton song)


"Best Days" which included a three-piece string section. Shortly after,"Best Days" was selected by Fox's hit show "American Idol" for a featured ending montage of group auditions which led to additional use as the 'Exit' song for the first round of live auditions. In 2008, the song was used in the UK show "Big Brother's Little Brother" for the final montage sequence of the series showing the best bits of Big Brother 9/2008 in the UK. It also appeared on "The Sophia
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space


film a score of 3/5, calling it "a hit or miss for horror and sci-fi fans". Author Matthew Chojnacki recommended the film in his book "Alternative Movie Posters: Film Art From the Underground". Jim Craddock, in his book "VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever", gave the film two-and-a-half out of four bones, calling the film a "Visually striking, campy but slick horror flick that'll make you think twice about your next visit to the big top"
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Aurelio Fierro


and decided to become a professional singer. His first big hit was with "Scapricciatiello", by Pacifico Vento and Ferdinando Albano, in 1954. In 1957 his song "Lazzarella" (written by Domenico Modugno and Riccardo Pazzaglia) was a success at the Naples song festival (Festival d'a Canzone Napulitana) and the eponymous film which followed (directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia), in which he performed, was also a great success with the public. In the following years, he took part in the San Remo song festival
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