Posts by Steve Lubet

"Like a Rolling Stone" is literally a song that needs no introduction, but here is a short one nonetheless. It is beyond question one of the greatest rock songs ever ...

Chicago's own:    

Co-blogger Ediberto Roman doesn't think so, as he explains in two podcasts, here and here. (Ediberto is traveling, so I have posted these links for him.)

"Hello, Mary Lou" was written by Gene Pitney, who was much better known as a vocalist than a song writer, and originally released by Johnny Duncan in 1960. That cut ...

 

"When the Saints Go Marching In" is a traditional spiritual of unknown origin, first recorded by the Paramount Jubilee Singers in 1923. The early versions in the 1920s were generally ...

I considered using these songs for Saturday posts, but I couldn't find enough interesting covers, so here is the second compilation of random one-offs (not necessarily the originals). I'm not ...

2009 version begins at :30 Sorry about the video quality on this one (music begins at :26) We're nuthin' if not ecumenical around here, and note Tom Jones's excellent pronunciation ...

"The Entertainer" was written by Scott Joplin in 1902. The sheet music sold well, and by 1910 it was distributed on piano rolls played by Joplin himself. Some of Joplin's ...

"Hickory Wind" was written by Gram Parsons during his International Submarine Band days in the early 1960s, with bandmate Bob Buchanan. Parsons later recorded it with the Byrds for Sweetheart of ...