Posted by admin on 02 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: RIP, meanings, tribute
Reading the lyrics of “The Saints are Coming”, it’s no surprise that U2 chose it as a song to celebrate the re-opening of New Orleans’ Superdome with Green Day. The song, written by singer Richard Jobson and guitarist Stuart Adamson of Scottish punk group The Skids, made an impression on the Dublin band as it [...]
Posted by admin on 27 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: RIP
Spare a thought for Bruce Hart, the lyricist who came up with the famous line, "Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street". It must be one of those songs that always seemed like it was out there for millions of people. But of course, someone had to come up [...]
Posted by admin on 12 Jul 2002 | Tagged as: RIP
It was another age, of course. But I can’t help thinking about the blues songwriter Rosco Gordon who died recently. He and Jimmy McCrackin wrote “Just a Little Bit” in the fifties and played to to a record company who passed on it – but copyrighted the song just in case. It went on to [...]
Posted by admin on 30 Oct 2001 | Tagged as: RIP, news
Not many people noticed the fact, but one of the world’s most prolific songwriters just passed away. Few people outside the business know the name Jay Livingstone, although everyone has sung his hits which included “Que Sera, Sera”, “Mona Lisa” and/or “Bonanza” (yep, the cowboy series). All of these were written with lyricist Ray Evans, [...]