"10 more songs reaching the top five, including three number 1 hits with ""Green Door"", ""Oh Julie"" and ""Merry Christmas Everyone"", while ""You Drive Me Crazy"" and ""A Love Worth Waiting For"" reached number 2 in 1981 and 1984 respectively. His 1984 hit ""Teardrops"", which reached No. 5 in the UK, featured Hank Marvin on guitar, and since then, Stevens has often featured famous musicians such as Albert Lee, Roger Taylor, Bonnie Tyler and more recently Tony Joe White on his recordings. Chart successes also included his album ""Shaky"" reaching number 1 on the UK Albums Chart. In the mid-1980s,"
"make the Billboard Hot 100, the highest-charted of which, ""White Lightning"", peaked at number 73. A duet with Gene Pitney also made number 99 for one week. On the country charts, Jones (either solo or as part of duet) placed nearly 150 songs on the charts, including thirteen number 1 country hits. His first hit came in 1955, with ""Why Baby Why"". During his early years in the 1950s, Jones had multiple hits like 1956's ""You Gotta Be My Baby"" and ""Just One More"", 1958's ""Color of the Blues"", and the number 1 hit in 1959 ""White Lightning"" (Jones's highest-charting"
"impressive collection featuring a mixed bag of Jones originals and songs made famous by others, including Marty Robbins, Don Gibson, Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams. The Jones-penned ""Don't Stop The Music"" had been a minor hit for the singer in early 1957 while ""Life To Go"", also written by Jones, was a top five smash for Stonewall Jackson in 1959. ""Blue & Lonesome"" also includes the original recording of ""Color of the Blues"", a song Jones wrote with Lawton Williams that would go on to be recorded by Red Sovine, Skeeter Davis, Loretta Lynn, Elvis Costello and Patty Loveless. ""Blue"
"Chrome (Trace Adkins song) ""Chrome"" is a song written by Anthony Smith and Jeffrey Steele and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in September 2002 as the third and final single and title track from his 2001 album of the same name. It peaked at number 10 on the United States ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Before its release as a single, ""Chrome"" was the B-side to the album's first single, ""I'm Tryin'."" The music video was directed by Michael Salomon. Compiled from liner notes. ""Chrome"" debuted at number 49 on the U.S."
"version was also number 1 in the UK Singles Chart for three (non-consecutive) weeks in early 1957, one of only four singles to rise to number 1 on three separate occasions, with the other three being ""I Believe"" by Frankie Laine, ""Happy"" by Pharrell Williams and ""What Do You Mean?"" by Justin Bieber. Two other charting versions of the song were released almost simultaneously with Mitchell's, one by the English singer Tommy Steele (with the Steelmen) and the other (recorded before Mitchell covered it) by US country singer Marty Robbins. Tommy Steele's version of ""Singing the Blues"" made number 1"
"Paul Jones on bass and keyboards and Clem Cattini on drums, produced by Mickie Most. The re-recordings were included on the greatest hits album. Colours (Donovan song) ""Colours"" is a song written and recorded by British singer-songwriter Donovan. The ""Colours"" single was released in the United Kingdom on 28 May 1965 through Pye Records (Pye 7N 15866) and a few months later in the United States through Hickory Records (Hickory 45-1324). The ""Colours"" single was backed with ""To Sing for You"" (previously included on ""What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid"") on the United Kingdom release and ""Josie"" (from ""What's"
"""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs for the week of September 28, 2002. Chrome (Trace Adkins song) ""Chrome"" is a song written by Anthony Smith and Jeffrey Steele and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in September 2002 as the third and final single and title track from his 2001 album of the same name. It peaked at number 10 on the United States ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Before its release as a single, ""Chrome"" was the B-side to the album's first single, ""I'm Tryin'."" The music video was directed by Michael Salomon. Compiled"
"Top Five. His local pressing plant could not keep up and he authorized other independent labels to produce copies of this record across the country, such as Modern Records (#20-511), Starday(#187), D Records (#1024) and the Deluxe label. Lightnin' Hopkins' ""T-Model Blues"" and ""Tim Moore's Farm"", both became top 10 national hits in 1948, helping to provide Gold Star with a string of hits throughout the late-1940s, 1950s and 1960s. George Jones' first hit with them was ""Why Baby Why"" in 1955. Six more Jones hit singles ensued such as, ""What Am I Worth"", ""You Gotta Be My Baby"", ""Just"
"Tommy Steele Tommy Steele, (born Thomas Hicks, 17 December 1936) is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star. He reached number one with ""Singing the Blues"" in 1957, and ""The Tommy Steele Story"" was the first album by a UK act to reach number one. Steele's film credits include ""Half a Sixpence"", ""The Happiest Millionaire"" and ""Finian's Rainbow"", and he has made many stage tours in the UK. He is also a songwriter, author and sculptor. His claim to have shown Elvis Presley around London has been challenged by more than one source."
"many bright colors and the other is one that is in black and white. The music video was directed by Hype Williams, and features models Selita Ebanks, Miranda Kerr, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. There are two versions: one is a color version which features many bright colors and the other is in black and white. Number One (Pharrell Williams song) ""Number One"" is by a song by American singer and record producer Pharrell. The heavily synthesized song was written by Williams and Kanye West, who features on the track, and produced by Williams. It was released as the third single Williams'"
"Stones. The Stones had previously had hard rock hits such as ""(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"" (1965), and with ""Paint It Black"", they now combined hard rock with psychedelia. Other psychedelic rock #1 hits over the years were: 1967 - ""Ruby Tuesday"" (The Rolling Stones), ""Light My Fire"" (The Doors), ""The Letter"" (The Box Tops); 1968 - ""Hello, I Love You"" (The Doors), ""People Got to Be Free"" (The Rascals); 1969 - ""Crimson and Clover"" (Tommy James and the Shondells, psychedelic garage rock); 1970 - ""Venus"" (Shocking Blue). For the next several years, as new psychedelic subgenres began to mushroom,"
"""Colour by Numbers"" (UK No. 1, US No. 2), was released in 1983. The first single, ""Church of the Poison Mind"", featuring backing vocalist Helen Terry, reached the UK and US Top 10. The second single, ""Karma Chameleon"", gave the band their biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 in the UK (the band's second chart-topper there), where it became the best selling single of 1983 and has sold 1.5 million copies there to date. It also peaked at No. 1 in the US for three consecutive weeks, and would ultimately hit No. 1 in 30 countries, thus becoming one of"
"song, as the Stones are generally known for their guitar interplay of rhythm and lead (""weaving"") between Richards and the other guitarist in the band – Brian Jones (1962–1969), Mick Taylor (1969–1975), and Ronnie Wood (1975–present). In the recording studio Richards sometimes plays all of the guitar parts, notably on the songs ""Paint It Black"", ""Ruby Tuesday"", ""Sympathy for the Devil"", and ""Gimme Shelter"". He is also a vocalist, singing backing vocals on many Rolling Stones songs as well as occasional lead vocals, such as on the Rolling Stones' 1972 single ""Happy"", as well as with his side project, the"
"Color of the Blues ""Color of the Blues"" is a 1958 country song written by George Jones and Lawton Williams and released by Jones on January 15, 1958. By the time of the release of ""Color of the Blues"" in 1957, Jones had been releasing singles for three years and had scored four Top 10 hits: ""Why Baby Why"" (1955), ""You Gotta Be My Baby"" (1956), ""Just One More"" (1956), and ""Don't Stop the Music"" (1957). However, his three previous singles had failed to chart and, in the wake of Elvis Presley's explosion in popularity, he had even recorded a"
"""The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country"", Lawton Williams (who had composed Bobby Helms' 1957 honky-tonk smash ""Fraulein"") wrote the lyrics while Jones came up with the melody and title. Like many other honky-tonk tunes of the 1950s, Jones sings of self-pity over a failed relationship; his lover has sent him a letter in the mail written with blue ink on blue paper, leading him to declare that ""blue must be the color of the blues."" Like his earlier composition ""Seasons of My Heart,"" the song contains vivid poetic imagery, with the color blue symbolizing his despair: The song"
"Take One! (Shakin' Stevens album) Take One! is a 1980 album by British rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens. It was his first release on Epic Records and his first album to enter the UK charts. The album featured Stevens' debut hit single ""Hot Dog"". Often erroneously dated as being released in October 1979, ""Take One!"" wasn't in fact released until February 1980, after the ""Hot Dog"" single had become Stevens' first UK hit single. Produced by Mike Hurst, the album contained a host of experienced session men, including lead guitarist Albert Lee, pianist Geraint Watkins, steel guitarist B.J. Cole"
"Jean"" (1983) and ""Black or White"" (1991) to become the longest-running number one by an Epic Records artist. It peaked atop the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for four consecutive weeks and made British chart history by becoming the first single to enter the top 40 without any contributing physical or digital sales. ""All About That Bass"" topped the national charts of 58 countries, and went on to sell 11 million units worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles. In January 2018, the song was certified diamond in the United States for sales of over 10,000,000 units. ""Lips Are"
"""Blue"" Bland and Tom Jones have also recorded Downing's songs. Downing built a five-decade career around his powerful singing voice and his hard-driving rockabilly-style piano. Downing's compilations of earlier work have been released throughout the world. In Europe, Crazy Music obtained exclusive rights for the original Team label recordings and released these in the form of a 2-CD compilation, ""Classic Collection"". This also contained some of Downing's earlier hits, including ""Mr. Jones."" In July 2002, he played the Oneida Casino's Rock'n'Roll Festival in Green Bay, Wisconsin with dozens of other Rockabilly greats. In 2003, Downing released his first new album"
"Crimson & Clover (album) Crimson & Clover is the sixth album by Tommy James and the Shondells. It features the #1 hit ""Crimson and Clover"" as well as the #2 hit ""Crystal Blue Persuasion"". The album ""Crimson & Clover"", was released in January 1969 and reached a peak of #8 on the ""Billboard"" 200. Based on suggestions from radio stations the group chose to create an extended five-and-a-half minute long version of the title song for the album. The first two verses were copied without lead vocals overdubbed with guitar solos by Shondells guitarist Ed Gray using steel guitars and"
"Blk & Blu ""Blk & Blu"" is a song by British record production duo Chase & Status, featuring vocals from British singer Ed Thomas. It was released independently on 24 March 2014 as the fourth single from their third studio album ""Brand New Machine"". However, the song charted prior to independent release and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 181 upon the album release, rising to number 48 after release. The Preditah remix premiered on DJ Target's BBC Radio 1 show on 8 February 2014, and the Calibre remix premiered on UKF Drum & Bass on 9 February 2014."
"in 1981, when Shakin' Stevens' cover played whilst the protagonist police detectives sneaked out of a top-secret MOD research centre. Green Door ""The Green Door"" (or ""Green Door"") is a 1956 popular song with music composed by Bob ""Hutch"" Davie and lyrics written by Marvin Moore. The song was first recorded by Jim Lowe, whose version reached number one on the US pop chart. The lyrics describe the allure of a mysterious private club with a green door, behind which ""a happy crowd"" play piano, smoke and ""laugh a lot"", and inside which the singer is not allowed. The hit"
"in 2005, Jim Irvin of ""Mojo"" said that its arrival at number 1 on 8 June 1967, on the same day that the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" topped the national albums chart, marked the start of the Summer of Love in Britain. According to music historian Harvey Kubernik, in the context of the Summer of Love, ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" was the ""one song [that] stood above all others, its Everest-like status conferred by no less than John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who were enthralled by the Chaucerian wordplay and heavenly Baroque accompaniment"". Kubernik also writes"
"The Number One Song in Heaven ""The Number One Song in Heaven"" is a disco song by the American rock duo Sparks. Released as a single in 1979, the song was produced and co-written by electro-disco producer Giorgio Moroder. It became a top 20 hit in the UK, where it peaked at number 14. In addition to the standard black vinyl, both the 7"" and 12"" versions of the single were issued in a variety of coloured vinyl releases (red, blue, and green). Sparks rerecorded the song in 1997, one version of which featured vocals by Jimmy Somerville and orchestrations"
"like the White Stripes and the Black Keys. Many songs were recorded with just the core band of Jagger, Richards and Watts. Ronnie Wood was absent from many sessions, playing on only ten of the sixteen tracks, with only occasional contributions from outside musicians comprising the recording of the album. This is also the first album where Jagger plays bass guitar on some tracks. The Stones said in a statement that the album's title reflects ""their fascination with the scientific theory about the origin of the universe."" The first single, ""Streets of Love""/""Rough Justice"", reached No. 15 in the UK"
"singles recorded for Epic in 1978 and 1979. Take One! (Shakin' Stevens album) Take One! is a 1980 album by British rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens. It was his first release on Epic Records and his first album to enter the UK charts. The album featured Stevens' debut hit single ""Hot Dog"". Often erroneously dated as being released in October 1979, ""Take One!"" wasn't in fact released until February 1980, after the ""Hot Dog"" single had become Stevens' first UK hit single. Produced by Mike Hurst, the album contained a host of experienced session men, including lead guitarist Albert"
"when he had his first national hit -- ""Why Baby Why"" -- would go on to become one of country music's most iconic figures for the next 55-plus years. Although some of his early songs included rockabilly (usually recorded under the pseudonym Thumper Jones), he stayed true to the honky-tonk style for most of his career. In addition to ""Why Baby Why,"" his biggest 1950s hits included ""What Am I Worth"", ""Treasure of Love"", ""Just One More"" and his first No. 1 hit, ""White Lightning"", and by the end of the 1990s, that number would increase to more than 100"
"Merry Christmas Everyone ""Merry Christmas Everyone"" is a festive song recorded by Welsh singer-songwriter Shakin' Stevens. Written by Bob Heatlie and produced by Dave Edmunds, it was the fourth number one single for Shakin' Stevens on the UK Singles Chart. It was released on 25 November 1985 and was the Christmas number one for that year. Ever since it has been included on many top-selling Christmas collections and received frequent airplay every Christmas. In 2007, the song re-entered the UK top 30 and reached number 22 on the Christmas chart. This was because downloads now make up the UK Singles"
"reached #7 on the country singles chart. It is often featured on compilations of Jones early Starday and Mercury albums, including; 1961's ""Greatest Hits"", 2004's ""Definitive Collection: 1955-1962, ""50 Years of Hits"", and 2005's ""24 Greatest Hits"". ""Jones thought so much of the song that he would recut it for both United Artists and Musicor in the 1960s. It would also be recorded by Red Sovine, Skeeter Davis, Loretta Lynn, Elvis Costello, Patty Loveless, and John Prine featuring Susan Tedeschi."" Color of the Blues ""Color of the Blues"" is a 1958 country song written by George Jones and Lawton Williams"
"Expression (song) ""Expression"" is the lead single released from Salt-n-Pepa's third album, ""Blacks' Magic"". The song was both written and produced by member Cheryl ""Salt"" James. The song became the group's second single to reach the top 40 in the US, peaking at number 28 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 while also topping the Hot Rap Singles chart at number one, becoming their first song to do so. The single was certified gold by the RIAA on February 28, 1990 before reaching platinum status less than three months later on May 25. The music video is notable for marking the"
"In May 1966, the Rolling Stones issued the raga rock single ""Paint It Black"", which featured a sitar part played by guitarist Brian Jones and became an international number 1 hit. The Beatles' forays in the subgenre continued with ""Love You To"", which Harrison wrote especially for sitar and tabla interplay, and ""Tomorrow Never Knows""; both songs featured a heavy tambura drone and were released on the album ""Revolver"" in August 1966. That same month, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band further elevated the concept of Indian-influenced rock music with the title track of their album ""East-West"". Led by guitarist Mike"
"In Color (song) ""In Color"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Jamey Johnson. It is the first single from his second album, ""That Lonesome Song"", which was initially released to digital retailers in 2007, and was released on August 5, 2008 on Mercury Nashville Records. Johnson co-wrote the song with James Otto and Lee Thomas Miller. In January 2009, ""In Color"" became Johnson's first Top Ten country hit. The song won awards for Song of the Year in both the 2009 ACM Awards and the 2009 CMA Awards. The song is a largely acoustic ballad"
"UK Singles Chart and experiencing moderate success in Flemish Belgium, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The duo's eponymous song derives its title from a computing accident that occurred when the words 'deepest blue' came up on the screen when Edwards pressed 'save', whilst the content was inspired by Coldplay's ""Yellow"". In an interview with Zoe Smith for ""The Guardian"", Edwards said, ""It's just the first sentiment of Chris Martin's opening line. When he sings, 'Look at the stars/ Look how they shine for you...' I thought that was such an awesome sentiment. Imagine writing that for some love of yours and"
"Crimson and Clover ""Crimson and Clover"" is a 1968 song by American rock band Tommy James and the Shondells. Written by the duo of Tommy James and drummer Peter Lucia Jr., it was intended as a change in direction of the group's sound and composition. ""Crimson and Clover"" was released in late 1968 as a rough mix after a radio station leaked it. It spent 16 weeks on the U.S. charts, reaching number one in the United States (in February 1969) and other countries. The single has sold 5 million copies, making it Tommy James and the Shondells' best-selling song.(note:"