what is a shooting star also known as
Shooting Star Shooting star is a common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere, becoming a meteor.
Straight Shooter (Bad Company album) Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke revealed on In the Studio (which devoted an episode to Straight Shooter) that the track "Shooting Star" (which told the story of a rock star who died early) was lyrically inspired by the drug and alcohol-related deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison.