Behind the Song 
Behind the Song: “The Gambler”(4)
Johnny Cash cut it. Bobby Bare cut it. Under the name “Charlie Tango,” Conway Twitty’s son, Michael Twitty, cut it. Even the songwriter himself, Don Schlitz, cut it, as well as other people whose names are a distant Music Row memory. But when Kenny Rogers and producer Larry Butler finally recorded “The Gambler,” Schlitz was [...]
Behind The Song: “Not Fade Away”
At this year’s Grammys, 67-year-old Mick Jagger was out from the get-go to tell the audience how it was gonna be. He wasn’t ceding anything to age. He still had the musical spirit and the stamina – and the physique – of a much younger Rolling Stone. And he sure didn’t act in what many [...]
Behind The Song: R.E.M., “Losing My Religion”
“Losing My Religion” – Written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe “That’s me in the corner. That’s me in the spotlight.” If you had the radio on in 1991, you probably bobbed your head to one of the most unlikely Top 40 singles of all time. In between spins of “Right [...]
More in this category:
- Behind The Lyric: Led Zeppelin, “Battle Of Evermore”
- Behind The Song: “Stairway To Heaven”
- The Band Perry, “If I Die Young”
- Behind the Song: “Suzanne”
- Chicken Soup For The Soul –The Story Behind The Song: John Legend’s “Ordinary People”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “The Man I Love”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “Make It Easy On Yourself”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “The Dark End Of The Street”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “St. Louis Blues”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “A Change Is Gonna Come”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “No Change”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “Seven Bridges Road”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “For Once in My Life”
- BEHIND THE SONG: “Crazy”
