Light My Fire
Starting and ending with ‘Light My Fire’ made famous by The Doors, we made a playlist powered by Hittin’Around. It has Erma Franklin, Shirley Bassey, Aretha Franklin, Shirley Bassey and many more.
EW.com: (About “Light my Fire”, the book) The mythology surrounding the Doors has grown so thick and crusty that it begs for a sound debunking. Not surprisingly, the band’s cofounder—who’s been shamelessly trading on the group’s rep as visionary savants since singer Jim Morrison’s 1971 death—isn’t the man for that job.
The Independent : “I tried to write about universal themes like Jim did,” Krieger has said. “I did it about fire, because fire was one of the four elements. I also wrote quite a few water songs.”
Answers.com : Maysa was, together with Dolores Duran, the most popular singer/songwriter in the period immediately before bossa nova. A composer since her teens (at 12 she wrote the samba-canção “Adeus,” a hit from her first album), Maysa kept throughout her career her appreciation for the sentimental style known as fossa.
Fred Dellar : So when the time came for the Scott Walker single, it came as no surprise to those who really knew the dramatically inclined Ohioan when he opted to release a tempestuous version of Brel’s ‘Jackie’, a song that made reference to so many taboo subjects that it seemed destined to receive short shrift from those who decree just what we should hear or not hear on British radio
Weht.net : The Walker Brothers boasted a fan club in Europe bigger than even The Beatles, though in the U.S. (where they rarely performed) only “Make It Easy on Yourself” and “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” entered the Top 20.
Miss Erma Franklin : Erma Franklin says : “I was supposed to do a session at Chess, but I’d been through the experience described in the song. A guy I’d been dating was getting married and he asked me to the wedding. Well, I had to go into the studio a few days later and I was still cut up about it.”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum : The Miracles began as the Matadors, a five-member harmony group who sang original songs by the prolific, teenaged Robinson. Their lineup included Robinson, Ronnie White, Warren Moore, and siblings Bobby and Claudette Rogers.
Showaddywaddy : Showaddywaddy performed “Sweet Little Rock ‘n’ Roller” as the opening song on the 800th Top Of The Pops, which incidentally, was presented by Jimmy Saville.
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