Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folkgroup formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revivalphenomenon.
The trio was composed of tenorPeter Yarrow,
baritoneNoel Paul Stookeyand contraltoMary Travers.
The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, early
songs by Bob Dylanas well as covers of other folk musicians. After the death of
Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their
individual names.
Mary Travers said she was influenced by Woody Guthrie,
Pete Seeger,
and the Weavers.
In the documentary Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On — A Musical Legacy,
members of the Weavers discuss how Peter, Paul and Mary took over the torch of
the social commentary of folk music in the 1960s.
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Famein 1999. Peter,
Paul and Mary received the Sammy CahnLifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Famein 2006.
In the early mornin' rain with a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart, and my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home, and I miss my loved one so
In the early mornin' rain with no place to go.
Out on runway number
nine, big seven-o-seven set to go
But I'm out here on the grass where the pavement never grows
Well the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
There she goes my friend, she's rollin' down at last.
Hear the mighty
engine roar, see the silver wing on high
She's away and westward bound far above the clouds she'll fly
Where the mornin' rain don't fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flyin' o're my home in about three hours time.
This old airport's
got me down, it's no earthly good to me
Cause I'm stuck here on the ground,
Cold and drunk, as I might be.
Can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So I'd best be on my way in the early mornin' rain.
So I'd best be on my way in the early mornin' rain.
I NEVER
CRY
ALICE
COOPER
SONGWRITERS: ALICE COOPER & DICK WAGNER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: ALICE COOPER GOES TO HELL
LABEL: WARNER BROS.
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1976
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier,
February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career
spans over 50 years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous
props, including pyrotechnics, guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood,
reptiles, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by music
journalists and peers to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock".
He has drawn equally from horror
films, vaudeville,
and garage rockto pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock
audiences.
Originating in Phoenix, Arizona,
in 1964, "Alice Cooper" was originally
a bandconsisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica,
Glen Buxtonon lead guitar, Michael
Bruceon rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunawayon bass guitar, and Neal
Smithon drums. The original Alice Cooper band
released their debut album in 1969, and broke into the international music
mainstream with the 1971 hit song "I'm
Eighteen". The band reached their commercial peak in
1973 with their sixth studio album, Billion
Dollar Babies. They broke up in 1975 and
Furnier adopted the band's name as both his legal name and his stage name,
beginning his solo career with the 1975 concept
albumWelcome
to My Nightmare.
Expanding from his Detroit rockroots, Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles,
including art rock,
hard rock,
heavy metal,
new wave,
glam metal,
and industrial rock.
He helped to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and has been described as
the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock and roll,
and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the
genre". He is also known for his wit offstage, with The Rolling Stone Album Guidecalling
him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". Away from
music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur, and, since
2004, a radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.
"I Never Cry" is a song by American
singer Alice Cooper.
It was originally released on his Alice Cooper Goes to Hellalbum in 1976.
The song was written by Cooper and Dick Wagner.
The song peaked at Nº. 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at Nº. 9 on Cash Box in
January 1977. In Canada, it spent two weeks at Nº. 5.
"I Never Cry" was performed live by
Cooper, though not consistently, during all tours up to his break in touring
due to his addiction to crack cocaineand eventual relapse into alcoholism following 1981’s Special Forcestour. When
Cooper returned to touring after Constrictor,
"I Never Cry" was never again performed until the 2002 ‘Descent into Dragontown’
tour, following which the song became was a regular part of setlists on the
2005–06 ‘Dirty Diamonds’ and 2009–10 ‘Theatre
of Death’ tours.
Alessia Caracciolo (born July 11, 1996),
known professionally as Alessia Cara (/əˈlɛsiəˈkɑːrə/), is a
Canadian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. After producing
acoustic covers, she signed with EP
Entertainmentand Def
Jam Recordingsin 2014 and released her debut
single the following year. "Here" peaked at number 19 on the
Canadian Hot 100chart and was a sleeper
hitin the United States, peaking at
number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100chart.
Cara's debut studio album, Know-It-All(2015), peaked at number 8 on the Canadian
Albums Chartand at number 9 on the Billboard 200.
The album's third single, "Scars
to Your Beautiful", peaked number 8 on the Billboard
Hot 100 in 2016. In 2017, Cara collaborated with DJ and producer Zeddto
create the single "Stay", and with rapper Logicto feature in his song "1-800-273-8255".
Cara has received nominations for four Grammy
Awards, including a win for Best New Artistin 2018. She
was nominated for Song of the Yearand Record of the Yearat the 2019 Latin Grammysfor her
collaboration with Juaneson "Querer
Mejor". Her second studio album, The
Pains of Growing(2018), saw the moderate
commercial success of the singles "Growing Pains" and "Trust My Lonely".
"Scars to Your Beautiful" is a song
recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter Alessia
Cara. Def
Jam Recordingsand Universal
Music Groupserviced it to contemporary
hit radioon July 26, 2016, as the third
single from her debut studio album Know-It-All(2015). The song was written by Alessia Caracciolo, Warren Felder,
Andrew Wansel,
Coleridge Tillmanand Justin Franks,
and produced by Pop & Oakand the latter two.
It peaked at number eight and thus became
Alessia Cara's second top-ten single on US Billboard
Hot 100.
She just wants to be
beautiful
She goes unnoticed
She knows no limits
She craves attention
She praises an image
She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor
Oh, she don't see the
light that's shining
Deeper than the eyes can find it
Maybe we have made her blind
So, she tries to cover up her pain
And cut her woes away
'Cause covergirls don't cry
After their face is made, but
There's a hope that's
waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful
We're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful
We're stars and we're beautiful
She has dreams to be
an envy
So she's starving
You know, covergirls eat nothing
She says: Beauty is pain and there's beauty in everything
What's a little bit of hunger?
I can go a little while longer
She fades away
She don't see her
perfect
She don't understand she's worth it
Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface, oh, oh, oh, oh
So to all the girls that's hurting, let me be your mirror
Help you see a little bit clearer
The light that shines within
There's a hope that's
waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful
We're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful
We're stars and we're beautiful
No better you than
the you that you are
(No better you than the you that you are)
No better life than the life we're living
(No better life than the life we're living)
No better time for your shine, you're a star
(No better time for your shine, you're a star)
Oh, you're beautiful
Oh, you're beautiful
There's a hope that's
waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful
We're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing, the world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful
We're stars and we're beautiful.
STONE CRAZY
BUDDY GUY
SONGWRITER: BUDDY GUY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: I WAS WALKIN’ THROUGH THE WOOD
LABEL: ALLIGATOR
GENRE: BLUE
YEAR: 1979
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30,
1936) is an American bluesguitarist
and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago bluesand has influenced guitarists including Eric Clapton,
Jimi Hendrix,
Jimmy Page,
Keith Richards,
Stevie
Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck,
Gary Clark Jr.and John Mayer.
In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy
Watersas a house guitarist at Chess Recordsand began a musical partnership with the harmonica player Junior Wells.
Guy was ranked 23rd in Rolling Stonemagazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in the Rolling Stone list of
the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". Clapton once described
him as "the best guitar player alive". In 1999, Guy wrote the book Damn
Right I've Got the Blues, with Donald Wilcock. His autobiography, When I Left
Home: My Story, was published in 2012.
The Blues Giant (also known as Stone Crazy!)
is the fourth studio album by Buddy Guy.
It was an attempt to
capture Buddy's ferocious live performance style in a studio setting. It
contains some of his most aggressive and unpredictable guitar solos.
The
1970s was a very hard time for traditional Blues musicians. Only one Buddy Guy
studio album had been released in that decade (Hold That Plane! - recorded
in 1969, released in 1972), until he and his band entered Concoret Studios in
Toulouse, France for these sessions. Buddy was pleased to record with French
producer Didier Tricard. To release this album, Tricard
founded a new label, named "Isabel" by Buddy Guy after his mother.
Woman you must be
stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said baby you must be stone crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so dirty baby
You must think my little heart is made of iron
Lord as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling down from my eyes
Yes I sit I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little baby looked at me and said daddy
Ohh, God knows you're the hurted child
Oh yeah
Somebody come and get me
Yes I think I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I said I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I'm playing around in this big city so long man
Ohh, 'till I'm almost just done froze
Darling you must be stone crazy
Or either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I said woman you must be stone down crazy
Either you're going to lose your mind
Yes I wanna know how could you treat me so low down and dirty
You must be think my little heart is made of iron
Wow as I sit here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down my eyes
Yes I sit I sit right here right here in my dark room
Tears rolling all down from my eyes
Yes you know my little girl looked at me and said
Ohh, my daddy is a hurted child
Ohh, Look-a-here now
Somebody come here
Lord I believe I'm going back down south
Where the weather suits my clothes
Yes I believe I'm going back down south
People where the weather suits my clothes
Yes you know that I've played around in these big cities so long man