"Dick's Picks Volume 25 Dick's Picks Volume 25 is a four-CD album by the rock group the Grateful Dead. It is the 25th installment of the ""Dick's Picks"" live archival series. It was recorded May 10, 1978 at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut, and May 11, 1978 at the Springfield Civic Center Arena in Springfield, Massachusetts, and released July 20, 2002. ""Dick's Picks Volume 25"" includes a rare cover version of the Warren Zevon song ""Werewolves of London"". The album contains essentially two complete concerts, recorded back-to-back on May 10, 1978 at the New Haven Coliseum and May"
"(more than any other song in 1980). It reached number two on the Hot Soul Singles chart and the Disco Top 100 chart, and number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The song is credited as Queen's best-selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies. This version was ranked at number 34 on ""Billboard's All-Time Top Songs"". The song won an American Music Award for Favorite Rock Single and also garnered a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. John Deacon's bass line was inspired by ""Good Times"" by the disco group"
"Old Time Rock and Roll ""Old Time Rock and Roll"" is a song written by George Jackson and Thomas E. Jones III, and recorded by Bob Seger for his 1978 album ""Stranger in Town."" It was also released as a single in 1979. It is a sentimentalized look back at the music of the original rock 'n' roll era. The song gained renewed popularity after being featured in the 1983 film ""Risky Business"". It has since become a standard in popular music and was ranked number two on the Amusement & Music Operators Association's survey of the Top 40 Jukebox"
"Levon (song) ""Levon"" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin and recorded by Elton John. John recorded it on February 27, 1971 and released it on his fourth album, ""Madman Across the Water"". Backing vocals are provided by Tony Burrows. The song reached number 24 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and peaked at number six on the Canadian RPM singles chart. According to Gus Dudgeon, Bernie Taupin was inspired by The Band's co-founder, drummer and singer Levon Helm to name the song after him. The Band was apparently John and Taupin's favourite group at the time."
"ineffective. The song became the singer's first Top 40 hit, reaching #12 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in summer 1978. It also reached #10 on the ""Cash Box"" chart. It proved even more popular with adult contemporary radio stations, spending three weeks at #1 on the Easy Listening chart that same year. To date, this is Johnson's highest-charting single on Pop or Adult Contemporary charts. The song has become a well-known American 1970s soft rock single that continues to be played on radio stations. The single received generally favourable reviews at the time of its release. ""Cashbox Magazine"" described"
"song. Eddie Arnold's version of the song was nominated for a Grammy in both country and folk categories in 1959. Doc Watson recorded the song on his 1966 album ""Southbound"". Interest in the song was revived in 1972 when he recorded the song with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in their groundbreaking rock/country crossover album ""Will the Circle be Unbroken"". Watson again released the song on his 2003 album of the same name. Tennessee Stud Tennessee Stud is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. It was released in 1959 by Driftwood and tells the story about a man, his horse (nicknamed"
"chart in 1972. Don McLean recorded this song for his 1973 album ""Playin' Favorites"" and released it as a single, which peaked at number 38 in the UK. The English teen pop singer Nikki Richards recorded the song as the B-side of his first single in 1978. A version recorded by James Taylor was released in 1985, rising to number 3 on the ""Billboard"" Adult Contemporary chart in the US on and number 1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart; it also reached number 61 on the ""Billboard"" Pop chart and number 26 on the ""Billboard"" Country chart. The song"
"Lawyers, Guns and Money ""Lawyers, Guns and Money"" is a song by Warren Zevon, the closing track on his 1978 album ""Excitable Boy"". The lyrics describe going home with a waitress who is ""with the Russians, too"". The narrative goes on to speak of ""gambling in Havana"", with the request that ""Dad"" send ""lawyers, guns and money "" to ""get me out of this"". The lyrics then claim that the speaker is an ""innocent bystander"" who is down on his luck. Finally, the narrative relates that the speaker is ""hiding in Honduras"" and that he is a ""desperate man."" The"
"in 1978 by Midsong International/Polydor (the record label to which Travolta had been signed as a solo artist, as opposed to RSO Records, who released the ""Grease"" soundtrack album). In the UK, the single reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, spending 15 weeks on the chart. It was kept off the top spot by another single from the ""Grease"" soundtrack, ""Summer Nights"". The B-side of the UK single was ""Can't Let You Go"" on some UK releases, ""Rainbows"" on others. It was also released as a single in many other European countries, the United States, Australia, Japan, and"
"published by Larry Spier, Inc. In the UK, the song was published by the Sterling Music Publishing Co., Ltd., London. Red Norvo and His Orchestra also released the song as a 78 single in 1939 on Vocalion, 4953, matrix number 24802-1. Eddie Carroll and His Orchestra also recorded the song. Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra released the song as a Decca 78 single with Helen O'Connell on vocals. Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra released the song as a Parlophone 78 single. Glenn Miller and his Orchestra performed the song for radio broadcast which was recorded as a sound check."
"by Harry Warren. It became a standard and its melody is well known. The song's lyrics reflect a positive financial turnaround and a fantasized end to the Great Depression, which in the U.S. began to turn around in early 1933 but wouldn't actually end until the late 1930s: ""We're in the money!"" ""We're in the money!"" ""We've got a lot of what it takes to get along!"" ""We're in the money!"" ""The skies are sunny!"" ""Ol' Man Depression, you are through, you done us wrong!"" ""We never see a headline 'bout a bread line today,"" ""And when we see the"
"1973. However, it is his original version, along with Bobby Vinton's, that remain as staples of oldies radio stations. In 1968, the song was released by Bobby Vinton as a single and on his album, ""Take Good Care of My Baby"". Vinton's version became a hit, spending 8 weeks on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100, reaching No. 33, while reaching No. 14 on ""Billboard""s Easy Listening chart, No. 19 on ""Record World""s ""100 Top Pops"", No. 12 on ""Record World""s ""Top Non-Rock"" chart, No. 36 on Canada's """"RPM"" 100"", and No. 16 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. Vinton's version omitted"
"song written by Warren Zevon, an up-and-coming songwriter of the time. The album garnered several Grammy Award nominationsincluding Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance/Female for ""Blue Bayou""and won its art director, Kosh, a Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, the first of three Grammy Awards he would win for designing Ronstadt album covers. ""Simple Dreams"" became one of the singer's best-selling international-selling albums as well, reaching number 1 on the Australian and Canadian Pop and Country Albums charts. ""Simple Dreams"" also made Ronstadt the most successful international female touring artist. The same year, she completed a concert"
"the song on his 1970 album ""She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye"". Jon Wayne The band includes a cover on the 1985 album ""Texas Funeral"" Gary Morris's version was released in September 1990 as the first single from his album ""These Days"". In 1994, country music band Diamond Rio, along with guitarists Steve Wariner and Lee Roy Parnell, recorded a cover of the song, crediting themselves as Jed Zeppelin. This cover, included on a tribute album called """", charted at number 48 on the ""Billboard"" country charts, and a music video was made for it. The song was"
"uptempo version of the song (omitting one verse) which reached number four in the US and number seven in the UK. The Hermits' version was, according to singer Peter Noone and guitarist Keith Hopwood, done as a tribute to Cooke upon his death. Otis Redding recorded a version of the song on his 1965 album ""Otis Blue"". In 1978, Art Garfunkel recorded the song at a slow tempo, with Paul Simon and James Taylor alternating as lead and backing vocalists. This reached number 17 on the US ""Billboard Hot 100"" and number 15 on the ""Cash Box"" Top 100. The"
"version, which was released on his 1979 album ""Highwayman"". In 1985, the song became the inspiration for the naming of the supergroup The Highwaymen, which featured Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Their first album, ""Highwayman"", became a number one platinum-selling album, and their version of the song went to number one on the Hot Country Songs ""Billboard"" chart in a twenty-week run. Their version earned Webb a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1986. The song has since been recorded by other artists. Webb himself included a different version on his 1996 album ""Ten Easy"
"1977, and topped the Hot 100 singles chart for one week in May 1977, the band's fourth song to reach No. 1 on that chart. It peaked at number 10 on the Easy Listening chart in April 1977. ""Billboard"" ranked it number 19 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. Three months after its first release, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), representing one million copies shipped. In 2009, the song was further certified Platinum (Digital Sales Award) by the RIAA for sales of one million digital downloads, and has since sold over"
"Hasten Down the Wind (song) ""Hasten Down the Wind"" is a song written and recorded by Warren Zevon and featured on his eponymous major-label debut album. The song was later covered by Linda Ronstadt, who would use the song as the title track for her seventh solo LP. The lyrics of the song describe the latter days of a relationship between a man and a woman, with the woman accepting that ""nothing's working out the way they planned"" before the man accepts that ""she needs to be free"". The track was produced by Jackson Browne, who met Zevon in the"
"and successfully tricks aboriginals he had hired to mine for opal. The song ends with the man retiring from his dirty deals, and asking that when you meet him in the next life you wake him up for meals. Mr. Bad Example (song) ""Mr. Bad Example"" is a song composed in 1991 by Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderón. It was used as the title track for the album, ""Mr. Bad Example"". It tells the story of a nameless con-man and thief, sung to a polka. It has been described as ""a hilarious shaggy dog tale of one man's love affair"
"Galveston (song) ""Galveston"" is a song written by Jimmy Webb and popularized by American country music singer Glen Campbell who recorded it with the instrumental backing of members of The Wrecking Crew. In 2003, this song ranked number 8 in ""CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music"". Campbell's version of the song also went to number 1 on the country music charts. On other charts, ""Galveston"" went to number 4 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number one on the ""Easy Listening"" charts. It was certified gold by the RIAA in October 1969. The song is considered by many to"
"Their version reached No. 25 on the ""Billboard"" country chart in November of that year. The Jennings-Colter version was re-released by RCA in 1976, topping out at No. 2, and was included on the ground-breaking album ""Wanted! The Outlaws"" that same year. Their version was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Jamaican rocksteady and reggae vocal trio The Heptones released a version of the song in 1971. Singer Judy Cheeks recorded a version for her 1978 album ""Mellow Lovin""'. Singer Ronnie McDowell sang the song for the 1979 film of"
"Mr. Bad Example (song) ""Mr. Bad Example"" is a song composed in 1991 by Warren Zevon and Jorge Calderón. It was used as the title track for the album, ""Mr. Bad Example"". It tells the story of a nameless con-man and thief, sung to a polka. It has been described as ""a hilarious shaggy dog tale of one man's love affair with global irresponsibility"". In the song, the narrator successfully steals from a church, and customers of his father's carpet store, and even a prostitute he hired. He also has a brief stint as a lawyer, works in hair replacement,"
"Reconsider Me (Warren Zevon song) ""Reconsider Me"" is a single from Warren Zevon's 1987 album ""Sentimental Hygiene"". The song failed to chart, but became a live staple in Zevon's concert performances. In 2006, a set of love songs were released under the name: """". In 1984, Warren Zevon presented ""Reconsider Me"" to Jimmy Iovine. Jimmy gave the song to Stevie Nicks and was recorded for her 1984 album ""Mirror, Mirror"". The album was pulled from release, and the song was left unreleased until 1998 when Stevie Nicks released her box set ""Enchanted"" Nicks said in the ""Enchanted"" box set ""Jimmy"
"released on the album ""Everybody's Movin' Again"" (ACde CD Ch403, scan # 029667140324) using the same musicians from his 1950s Era records. In 1963, the song was recorded with ""Blue Bayou"" as a 45rpm single by Roy Orbison that went to #5 on the Hot 100. The song was recorded by The Spencer Davis Group on their album ""Autumn '66"" with Stevie Winwood on lead vocals. Jay and the Americans released a cover version of the song on their 1969 album, ""Sands of Time"". Although the song was written in the mid-1950s, many similarly titled though different songs with the"
"1975. The song, as performed by Otis Day and the Knights, was also prominently featured in the 1978 fraternity house film ""National Lampoon's Animal House"". To this day, the song is regularly performed at Dartmouth College, the Ivy League institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, upon which the ""Animal House"" story was based, and at the University of Oregon, where the movie was filmed. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their 1996 album """" with Simon providing the lead vocals. The Beatles included a live version of the song on their 1996 rarities compilation, ""Anthology 1"". American rock group"
"Carmelita (song) ""Carmelita"" is a rock song written by Warren Zevon. The song was originally recorded by Canadian singer Murray McLauchlan on his self-titled album of 1972. Zevon himself recorded it four years later, in 1976, on his self titled album. Linda Ronstadt recorded a well known version in 1977, and various covers have followed. McLauchlan's original version appeared as an album track, and was not released as a single. Zevon recorded a demo version of the song in 1974, which was released as a bonus track on the 2008 reissue of his self-titled album. Two other Zevon demo versions"
"Superstition (song) ""Superstition"" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was released on October 24, 1972, as the lead single from his fifteenth studio album, ""Talking Book"" (1972), by Tamla. The lyrics describes popular superstitions and their negative effects. ""Superstition"" reached number one in the U.S. and number one on the soul singles chart. It was Wonder's first number-one single since ""Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"", and topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1973. It peaked at number eleven in the UK Singles Chart in February 1973. In November 2004, ""Rolling Stone"" ranked the song number 74 on"
"by the disco band Boystown Gang and by jazz saxophonist Houston Person. Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday ""Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"" is a 1969 soul song written by Ron Miller and Bryan Wells, released by American Motown singer-songwriter-musician Stevie Wonder on the album ""My Cherie Amour"". The song continued Wonder's success on the pop charts. It reached #7 on the pop singles chart and become Wonder's ninth Top 10 single of the 1960s. The single fared even better on the UK singles chart where it reached #2 in November 1969, and at that time, it was Wonder's biggest UK hit. Stevie recorded also"
"by Roy Orbison, who earned Australian radio play, hitting the Top Five of that country's singles charts in 1961. A recording by Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons was included on Parsons' posthumously released ""Grievous Angel"" album. After Parsons' 1973 death, Harris made the song a staple of her repertoire, and has included it in her concert set lists from the 1970s to the present. Harris has since re-recorded the song twice. The most successful recording of the song was by hard rock band Nazareth, who took the song to the U.S. Top 10 in 1975 and hit number one in"
"Warren Zevon, Nick Cave (in a duet with Johnny Cash), and others. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album ""101 Gang Songs"" (1961). Dr. Mack Wilberg's choral arrangement of the piece was written for four-hand piano, double eight-part choirs, a string bass, xylophone, and a score of quintessential Americana instruments to supplement the melody during the arrangement's hoedown section. This arrangement is available for any choir to learn and perform, although Wilberg also wrote a special arrangement to be performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The choral parts are the same, but the accompaniment has been"
"by Johnny Horton. It did however reach No.1 in the U.K. for four weeks during June and July 1959. In addition to Darin's vocal, the song features Neil Sedaka on piano. A picture sleeve, featuring a portrait of Darin, was also issued for this record in the U.S. The song is featured in the 1991 movie ""Hot Shots!"" starring Charlie Sheen. A remake of the song performed by Dion is also played in 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"
"in May 1978, but it did not chart at the time. Following its re-issue in January 1979, the song entered the American music pop chart. Unusually, the success of this single release came more than six months after the relatively unheralded release of the band's debut album in October 1978. BBC Radio was initially unwilling to play the song due to its high lyrical content but after it became a U.S. hit, their line softened. The song reached the top 10 in both the UK and the U.S., reaching No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 4 on"
"1977. The song was recorded by Barbra Streisand on her 1978 album ""Songbird""; by The Manhattans on their 1978 album ""There's No Good in Goodbye""; and by Lou Rawls on his 1979 album ""Let Me Be Good to You"". It was also sung by Petula Clark with the Muppets in the background near the end of ""The Muppet Show"" episode of her own name. Patricia Paay from The Star Sisters also recorded and released her version in 1982. Elaine Paige recorded an up-tempo version for her 1983 album ""Stages"", and a live version from her 40th-anniversary tour is included on"