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According to Dr. John, the Professor "put funk into music ... Longhair's thing had a direct bearing I'd say on a large portion of the funk music that evolved in New Orleans." [30] This is the syncopated, but straight subdivision feel of Cuban music (as opposed to swung subdivisions).
The Globe and Mail wrote that Dr. John's "honky-tonk piano sounds especially fine and strange against the lushness of strings - the title song virtually drips with sweet decadence." [7] Entertainment Weekly wrote that the album "established Dr. John as a skilled songwriter."
The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 82nd Academy Awards, but lost to "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart. [2] The full version of the song appears at the title sequence in the film, performed by Dr. John. The song introduces the city of New Orleans and foreshadows
Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. Over the course of a career that spans five decades and 15 studio albums, she has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, pop, soul, and jazz. [1]
England Dan & John Ford Coley were an American soft rock duo composed of Danny Wayland "England Dan" Seals and John Edward "John Ford" Coley, active throughout the 1970s.. Native Texans, they are best known for their 1976 single "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight", a No. 2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 [1] and a No. 1 Adult Contemporar
He detailed the story of Starbuck in his 2018 book, The Road to Moonlight Feels Right - the story behind one of the most popular songs of the '70s. [5] Robert "Bo" Wagner went on to set up a performing arts school and taught music and dance. He then shifted careers into health care for the entertainment industry, using the name "Dr Bo". [6]
Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941), [1] known professionally as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present.
John was born in Bastrop, Louisiana, on November 3, 1930, [1] the eldest of at least nine siblings. [1] [2] At a very young age, she and her parents, Mertis and Lillie (Robinson) John, [3] moved north into Arkansas, where her father got a job in a paper mill near Cullendale, where four of her brothers (including R&B singer Little Willie John) and two sisters were born.