Meester Prikkebeen (lit: Prickly Leg). The song is a duet with Elly Nieman , but her name is not mentioned on many compilation albums, while her name is on the single. The lyrics were written by Lennaert Nijgh , the music is by the singer herself. They are accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Bert […]
If It Makes You Happy
“If It Makes You Happy” is a song by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, released as the lead single from her 1996 eponymous album in September 1996. The song won Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 1997 Grammy Awards. “If It Makes You Happy” received positive reviews from music critics. Scottish Aberdeen Press and Journal […]
Suzuhana Yuko
Suzuhana Yuko is a Japanese singer-songwriter and vocalist of the Wagakki Band. She studied piano from age 3 and the traditional Japanese performing arts of Shigin (singing) and Kenshibu (sword dancing) from age 5. Graduated from the Tokyo College of Music with a major in classical piano. In 2011, she won first place in the […]
Aleksandra Olczyk
Aleksandra Olczyk is a Polish opera singer (soprano). A graduate of of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (singing class of Magdalena Krzyńska ). ). The Winner of the 2020 Coryphaeus of Polish Music in the category of discovery of the year for “special quality of vocal creation and dynamics of development of the path […]
Rock Island Line
“Rock Island Line” (Roud 15211) is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of “Rock Island Line” was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison in 1934. The beginning of the most popular […]
FLOW
FLOW is a Japanese rock band formed in 1998 as a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a guitarist, a bassist, and a drummer. The group began in 1993 when brothers Kōshi (elder: vocals, rhythm guitar) and Take (younger: lead guitar) began playing together. They formed Flow in 1998, and by 2000, were joined […]
Midnight Special
“Midnight Special” (Roud 6364) is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. The song refers to the passenger train Midnight Special and its “ever-loving light.” The song is historically performed in the country-blues style from the viewpoint of the prisoner and has been performed by many artists. Lyrics […]
Angele
Angèle Joséphine Aimée van Laeken, known as Angèle, is a Belgian singer and songwriter. She was one of 2018’s biggest breakout acts in French and Belgian pop music, breaking Stromae’s record for weeks at the top of the Belgian singles charts with her 2018 single “Tout oublier” which features her brother, Roméo Elvis. She is […]
Hymne à L’amour
“Hymne à l’amour” is a 1949 French song with lyrics by Édith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot. It was first sung by Piaf that year and recorded by her in 1950 for Columbia records. It was written to Piaf’s lover and the love of her life, the French boxer, Marcel Cerdan. On 28 October […]
My Old Man’s A Dustman
“My Old Man’s a Dustman” is a song first recorded by the British skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan. It reached number one in the British, Irish, Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand singles charts in 1960. The chorus of the song is: “Oh, my old man’s a dustman. He wears a dustman’s hat. He wears cor blimey […]