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The Hillbillies aka "Al Hopkins Original Hill Billies, Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters and simply "Hill Billies" (Charlie Bowman on fiddle, vocalist Al Hopkins, Joe Hopkins guitar and John Rector played the banjo) recorded "Sally Ann" in 1926.

The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with vocalist Bob Eberly issued "All Or Nothing At All" (Arthur Altman - Jack Lawrence) as the first version in 1939. This was the B side to "In The Middle Of A Dream". Harry James recorded "All Or Nothing At All" later in

The Basin Street Boys (lead Ormand Wilson, Gene Price, Reuben Saunders and Artie Waters) recorded "I Sold My Heart To The Junk Man" (Basin Street Boys - Leon Rene) in 1946. In 1962 Patricia Holte aka Patti Labelle lead The Blue-Belles (Patty Holte,

This is the David Bowie (Jones) and John Hutchinson demo of "Space Oddity" (David Bowie) recorded in early 1969. The tune was issued for the promotional film "Love You Till Tuesday". Future member of Yes, Rick Wakeman is on the mellotron. Rick was also a

New Orleans native Chris Kenner wrote and recorded "I Like It Like That" (Chris Kenner - Allen Toussaint) while he was working with pianist and composer Allen Toussaint. It was released in 1961 and peaked at number two on both the Billboard pop and

The Lucky Millinder (Lucius Venables) Orchestra were first to record "Ram-Bunk-Shush" (Millinder - Mundy) in 1952 on the LP of the same name. Through the years Lucky Millander Orchestra members included Sam "The Man" Taylor, Bill Doggett, Panama Francis

Paul Williams issued "Out In The Country" (Paul Williams - Roger Nichols) in 1972 on his album "Life Goes On". Paul played the lead in Brian DePalma's wonderful 1974 film "Phantom Of The Paradise" and was Virgil in the 1973 hit "Battle For The Planet Of

This is songwriter, actor, media personality Paul Williams who recorded "Evergreen" a year after it was a hit. This is from his LP "Classics". Award winning Paul has written more hits than I. Paul's brother John was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service

Songwriters and members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Spooner (Dewey) Oldham on keyboard and harmony and Dan Penn (Pennington) playing guitar and lead vocal sing their composition "Sweet Inspiration". The Sweet Inspirations (Emily aka Cissy

The popularity of "Always On Your Side" (Sheryl Crow) began on Grammy winner Sheryl Crow's 2005 vinyl LP "Wildflower" where she recorded the tune originally as a solo. Sheryl is an accomplished singer, songwriter and actress. Sheryl has dated Owen Wilson

Floyd Tillman's original "Slipping Around" was recorded in 1949 and peaked at number five of the Country chart. During his career Floyd played with Adolph Hofner, Moon Mullican and Ted Daffan. Floyd's last recording came in 2002 and included the talents

Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitan perform "Jarabe Tapatio" (Jesus Gonzales Rubio). This is a folk group that's been in existence since 1897 and continues to this day. The dance developed through the Mexican revolution. In 1941 Les Brown and his Orchestra

Ian Hunter (Patterson) is the appropriate title of the 1975 debut solo LP containing "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" (Ian Hunter). The single did well in the U.K. peaking at number fourteen. Ian sang lead for Mott the Hoople for the life of that band. Great

She had a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English and earned her doctorate in 1938. She is Malvina Reynolds who met folksingers Pete Seeger and Earl Robinson when she was in her forties. She then studied music theory and went on to compose "Little

Here is Marcella Detroit (Marcy Levy) with her take on "Lay Down Sally" (Eric Clapton - Marcy Levy - George Terry). Mary sang backup with Detroit's Bob Seger. Eric Clapton's "Lay Down Sally" peaked at number three on Billboard and is from the 1977 top

From the George Raft movie "Follow The Boys" aka "Three Cheers For The Boys" Dinah Shore topped the charts with her first number one hit in 1944, "I'll Walk Alone" (Sammy Cahn - Jule Styne). A musicians strike necessitated this a cappella treatment. Don

The Academy Award winning "Buttons And Bows" (Jay Livingston - Ray Evans) was written especially for the 1947 movie "The Paleface" starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell. Bob Hope sang the hit in the film. It must be remembered that Bob was a comedian. Of

Ian Axel recorded "Say Something" originally as a self-release on the 2011 album "This Is The New Year". The duo of A Great Big World (Ian Axel and Chad King) issued the tune on their debut 2013 LP "Is There Anybody Out There?" (Ian Axel - Chad King -

Sister Wynona Carr released "Operator, Operator" (Carr - Parker) in 1954. The "Sister" was added to her name when she sang gospel. The Manhattan Transfer (Tim Hauser, Laurel Masse, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel) had their first chart single with an

Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Samba De Uma Nota So" aka "One Note Samba" (Jobim) is rightly considered a jazz standard. Five years after his death in 1994 the name of Rio de Janeiro's Galeao International Airport was changed to that of the respected composer.

R&B and Country are sooo close at times. The late Luther Ingram had the original "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" (Homer Banks - Carl Hampton - Raymond Jackson) in 1972. The single topped the R&B chart and hit number three on

Louis Prima and his New Orleans Gang recorded "Sing, Sing, Sing" in 1936. Louis plays the trumpet and sings, sings, sings. Benny Goodman issued his version of "Sing, Sing, Sing" introducing "Christopher Columbus" (Chu Berry) (Parts One and Two) in 1938.

The Teddy Bears (Phil Spector, Annette Kleinbard and Marshall Leib) included drummer Sandy Nelson on the 1958 classic "To Know Him Is To Love Him" (Phil Spector). The song was inspired by writing on Phil's father's tombstone. Phil Spector became infamous

Bart Herbison was the Executive Director of the Nashville Songwriters Association and he hosts a Youtube feature interviewing songwriters. One of those featured was Even Stevens who plays some of "I Love A Rainy Night" (David Malloy - Eddie Rabbitt - Even

Irving Berlin's first Broadway musical production was "Watch Your Step" starring Vernon and Irene Castle in 1914 and introduced "Simple Melody" sung by Charles King and Sallie Fisher. In 1916 "Simple Melody" (Irving Berlin) was released by Elsie Baker aka

The extraordinary singer and actress Ethel Waters and New York City's Plantation Club Orchestra recorded "Dinah" (Harry Akst - Joe Young - Sam Lewis) in 1925 and reached number two in the U.S.. Ethel was nominated for an Academy Award and was the first

Irish tenor Michael O'Higgins recorded "Galway Bay" (A. Colahan - Turner Huggard) in 1947. The tune was authored by Irish doctor and British Army officer, Dr. Arthur Colahan whose brother drowned in Galway Bay. Academy Award winning actor, stage, radio

Lulu's (Marie Lawrie) "I Don't Wanna Fight" (Lulu - Billy Lawrie - Steve DuBerry) is also the title of her 2002 autobiography. One of the writers, Billy Lawrie is Lulu's brother. This is from her 2002 LP "The Greatest Hits". The single was issued in 1993

Listen to Carl Spencer and the Videos and the original 1958 issue of "Let The Little Girl Dance" (Carl Spencer - Henry Glover). Yet another original that could have been a hit. Carl and his brother Bobby were members of the Halos who backed Curtis Lee on

Bread (lead vocals David Gates, Mike Botts, James Griffin, Larry Knechtel and Robb Royer) recorded "Everything I Own" (David Gates) for the 1972 LP "Baby I'm-a Want You". The single peak at number five on Billboard's Top One Hundred, number three Adult