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"See See Rider" is a traditional song that may have originated on the black vaudeville circuit. It is similar to "Poor Boy Blues" as performed by Ramblin' Thomas. [3]Jelly Roll Morton recollected hearing the song as a young boy sometime after 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana, when he performed with a spiritual quartet that played at funerals.
Chuck Willis. Harold " Chuck " Willis (January 31, 1926 [ 1] – April 10, 1958) [ 2] was an American blues, rhythm and blues, [ 3] and rock and roll singer and songwriter. His biggest hits, "C. C. Rider" (1957) and "What Am I Living For" (1958), both reached No.1 on the Billboard R&B chart. He was known as The King of the Stroll for his ...
Wynona's Big Brown Beaver. " Wynona's Big Brown Beaver " is a song by the American rock band Primus. It was released as the first single from their 1995 album Tales from the Punchbowl. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1996. Of the band's three members, only guitarist Larry LaLonde showed up at the event.
Blues rock duo Hot Tuna included a version of the song titled "Know You Rider" on their debut live album, Hot Tuna, [10] and have played the song live many times since. The song was a staple of the Grateful Dead's live shows from the beginning of the band's existence in 1965. [1]
Laura Ann Branigan was born on July 3, 1952, in Brewster, New York, [6] near New York City, the fourth of five children born to Irish-American parents [7] Kathleen O'Hare Branigan [8] and James Branigan Sr., an account executive and mutual funds broker; they later separated.
Sister Christian. " Sister Christian " is a song by the American hard rock band Night Ranger. A power ballad, [ 3] it was released in March 1984 as the second single from their album Midnight Madness. It was ranked No. 32 on VH1 's 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. It was written and sung by the band's drummer, Kelly Keagy, for his sister.
Songwriter (s) Shelton Brooks. " I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone? " is a ragtime/blues song written by Shelton Brooks in 1913. Sometimes categorized as hokum, [1] it led to an answer song written in 1915 by W.C. Handy, " Yellow Dog Rag ", later titled " Yellow Dog Blues ". Lines and melody from both songs show up in the 1920s and 1930s in ...
Most of the tracks on the Easy Rider soundtrack were previously released on other albums by their respective artists. On LP, cassette and reel-to-reel releases of Easy Rider, tracks 1-5 appeared as side 1, and tracks 6-10 as side 2. "The Pusher" – 5:49 Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:37