query: who wrote song of the south by alabama

pos: Song of the South (song) Song of the South (song) "Song of the South" is a song written by Bob McDill. First recorded by American country music artist Bobby Bare on his 1980 album "Drunk & Crazy", a version by Johnny Russell reached number 57 on the U.S. "Billboard" country chart in 1981. Another cover by Tom T. Hall and Earl Scruggs peaked at number 72 in 1982 from the album "Storyteller and the Banjo Man". A cover released in November 1988 by American country music group Alabama, from their album "Southern Star", reached number 1 on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts. The

pos: Song of the South (song) video is also in color and shows Alabama playing at a concert, at the end of which random people come onto the stage - including the comedians Williams and Ree. Song of the South (song) "Song of the South" is a song written by Bob McDill. First recorded by American country music artist Bobby Bare on his 1980 album "Drunk & Crazy", a version by Johnny Russell reached number 57 on the U.S. "Billboard" country chart in 1981. Another cover by Tom T. Hall and Earl Scruggs peaked at number 72 in 1982 from the album "Storyteller and the Banjo

pos: Song of the South (song) Song of the South (song) "Song of the South" is a song written by Bob McDill. First recorded by American country music artist Bobby Bare on his 1980 album "Drunk & Crazy", a version by Johnny Russell reached number 57 on the U.S. "Billboard" country chart in 1981. Another cover by Tom T. Hall and Earl Scruggs peaked at number 72 in 1982 from the album "Storyteller and the Banjo Man". A cover released in November 1988 by American country music group Alabama, from their album "Southern Star", reached number 1 on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts. The

pos: Louisiana Saturday Night Louisiana Saturday Night "Louisiana Saturday Night" is a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist Mel McDaniel. It was released in March 1981 as the third single from McDaniel's 1980 album, "I'm Countryfied". The song was originally sung by Don Williams. The song is often mistakenly attributed to popular country music bands Alabama (band) and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Adding to the confusion, Tom T. Hall wrote an earlier, unrelated song by the same name. Hall's "Louisiana Saturday Night" was recorded by Mamou, Louisiana's Jimmy C. Newman in 1967. Probably it was a Dolly

neg: The South (song) The song has sold 165,000 copies in the U.S. as of May 2014. The South (song) "The South" is a song by American country music band The Cadillac Three. It is their debut release for Big Machine Records. Lead singer Jaren Johnston, who wrote the song, told "Billboard": "I wanted something for our live set that mirrored 'Kashmir' by Led Zeppelin – maybe a southern version of that. I got into writing it, and started with the lyrics, I remembered the first time I heard 'Sweet Home Alabama,' and I was just mesmerized with it. I thought 'We need something

neg: The South (song) The South (song) "The South" is a song by American country music band The Cadillac Three. It is their debut release for Big Machine Records. Lead singer Jaren Johnston, who wrote the song, told "Billboard": "I wanted something for our live set that mirrored 'Kashmir' by Led Zeppelin – maybe a southern version of that. I got into writing it, and started with the lyrics, I remembered the first time I heard 'Sweet Home Alabama,' and I was just mesmerized with it. I thought 'We need something like that.'" The song features guest vocals from Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line,

neg: Old Alabama Old Alabama "Old Alabama" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley, featuring guest vocals from the band Alabama. It was released in March 2011 as second single from Paisley's 2011 album "This Is Country Music". When writing the song, Paisley thought that the bridge to Alabama's 1982 single "Mountain Music" would fit well with the song. Instead of sampling that song, he asked Alabama band members Randy Owen, Jeff Cook and Teddy Gentry to join him in the studio and record a piece of it. Paisley wrote the song with Owen, Dave Turnbull and

neg: Promised Land (Chuck Berry song) through on his journey. It has subsequently been recorded by numerous other artists. Berry wrote the song while in prison, and borrowed an atlas from the prison library to plot the itinerary. Describing himself as a "poor boy," the protagonist boards a Greyhound bus in Norfolk, Virginia. that passes Raleigh, N.C., stops in Charlotte, North Carolina, and bypasses Rock Hill, South Carolina. The bus rolls out of Atlanta but breaks down, leaving him stranded in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. He then takes a train "across Mississippi clean" to New Orleans. From there, he goes to Houston, where "the people there who

neg: The Supremes (1975 album) but was withdrawn at the last minute, and replaced by "He's My Man". For this release brothers Brian and Edward Holland, who wrote the Supremes' megahits of the 1960s, contributed the second single, "Where Do I Go from Here", and a song with Mary Wilson on lead, "Early Morning Love", that was released as a single in the United Kingdom only. Two legendary songwriters and producers from the South also worked with the trio: Alabama musician Terry Woodford, who started playing rock and roll in Muscle Shoals, and became a top producer and composer, and his colleague, Florida-born Clayton Ivey,

neg: Solo (Frank Ocean song) Solo (Frank Ocean song) "Solo" is a song by American R&B singer Frank Ocean, released as a part of his 2016 studio album "Blonde". Ocean wrote the song with frequent collaborator Malay Ho, and produced it with English musician James Blake. The song features additional vocals by American singer Jazmine Sullivan, who previously appeared on Ocean's visual album "Endless". The track charted at number 96 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, despite not being released as a single. "Solo" features additional vocals by American singer Jazmine Sullivan, who provided vocals for four tracks on "Endless": "Hublots", "Alabama", "Wither" and "Rushes".

neg: Danny Mayo Danny Mayo Danny "Bear" Mayo (October 2, 1950 – October 2, 1999) was an American songwriter, primarily known for writing country hits for artists such as Alabama, Tracy Byrd, Pirates of the Mississippi and Confederate Railroad. Byrd's "The Keeper of the Stars", which he wrote with Dickey Lee and Karen Staley, was named Song of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1995. Danny Mayo grew up in Gadsden, Alabama. He graduated Emma Sansom High School. He then joined the United States Navy and moved to Charleston, South Carolina. He was married to Becky Thornhill (née Harwood), but they

neg: Julia Tutwiler the opening of the current Tutwiler prison. Tutwiler was known as a poet and wrote the lyrics for "Alabama", the state song, which was officially adopted in 1931. According to the Alabama Department of Archives and History, "The inspiration for writing the poem 'Alabama' came to Julia Tutwiler after she returned to her native state from Germany where she had been studying new educational methods for girls and women". The song begins: Alabama, Alabama, We will aye be true to thee, From thy Southern shore where groweth, By the sea thine orange tree. To thy Northern vale where floweth Deep

neg: When It All Goes South (song) When It All Goes South (song) "When It All Goes South" is a song written by John Barlow Jarvis, Rick Carnes and Janis Carnes, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in October 2000 as the first single and title track from the album "When It All Goes South". The song reached number 15 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The music video was directed by Brent Hedgecock. It features a businessman in Manhattan who grew up in the South but now lives in a condominium. The television switches from the news to

neg: Anderson East Anderson East Michael Cameron Anderson (born July 17, 1988), known professionally as Anderson East, is an American R&B musician from Athens, Alabama, who currently is based in Nashville, Tennessee. His song "Satisfy Me" was released in March 2015 and received consistent radio airplay. His major-label record debut, "Delilah," was released on the Low Country Sound, an imprint Elektra in July 2015. East went to Athens High School in Athens, Alabama. East wrote his first song, called "Brains," which he played at his 7th grade talent show. Inspired by the musician Ben Folds, East taught himself piano and started writing music

neg: Ardmore, Alabama of a song by Old Crow Medicine Show called "Alabama High-Test," on the album "Tennessee Pusher". Ardmore, Alabama Ardmore is a town in Limestone County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area. It is home to the Saturn IB rocket at the Alabama Welcome Center, just south of the Tennessee border, on Interstate 65. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town is 1,194. It borders its sister city Ardmore, Tennessee. The settlement was originally named Austin, after Alex Austin, who selected the location as a site for a station along the Louisville and

neg: What Was I Thinkin' What Was I Thinkin' "What Was I Thinkin'" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in April 2003 as his debut single and the first from his 2003 self-titled debut album. The song also became his first number one hit on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart in September 2003. Bentley co-wrote "What Was I Thinkin'" with his record producer, Brett Beavers, and Deric Ruttan. The song is an up-tempo in which he recalls escaping one night with a "beauty from south Alabama," named Becky while the narrator spends the

neg: Southern Man (song) also mentions the practice of cross burning referencing the Ku Klux Klan. Young was very sensitive about the song's message as anti-racism and anti-violence. During his 1973 tour, he canceled a show in Oakland, California because a fan was beaten and removed from the stage by a guard while the song was played. Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote their song "Sweet Home Alabama" in response to "Southern Man" and "Alabama" from Young's 1972 album "Harvest". Young has said that he is a fan of both "Sweet Home Alabama" and Ronnie Van Zant, the lead vocalist for Lynyrd Skynyrd. "They

neg: When It All Goes South (song) show a music video of Alabama playing "Mountain Music". Throughout the video, the businessman tries to hide his southern roots as he goes about his duties at work. "When It All Goes South" debuted at number 46 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 4, 2000. When It All Goes South (song) "When It All Goes South" is a song written by John Barlow Jarvis, Rick Carnes and Janis Carnes, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in October 2000 as the first single and title track from the

neg: Delilah (Anderson East album) told her secrets and that was the crumbling of the strongest man that’s ever lived. That’s kind of the thread through the record: the woman that saved the crumbled man." The George Jackson song, "Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em" came from a visit to the FAME Studios, located in North Alabama, where the record was recorded. The album was recorded live there. East co-wrote the song "Quit You" with singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton, who Dave Cobb worked with previously, and brought into the studio so the two could meet. They hit it off and wrote the song. Critical reception

neg: Southern Man (song) play like they mean it," Young said in 1976. "I'm proud to have my name in a song like theirs." Young has also been known to play "Sweet Home Alabama" in concert occasionally. To demonstrate this camaraderie, Van Zant frequently wore a Neil Young "Tonight's the Night" T-shirt while performing "Sweet Home Alabama". Crazy Horse bassist Billy Talbot can often be seen reciprocating by wearing a Jack Daniel's-styled Lynyrd Skynyrd T-shirt (including at the "Live Rust" concert). In his book "", Young stated that Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote "Sweet Home Alabama" not in response to "Southern Man", but rather to Young's

neg: Hosea Holcombe and wrote about 600 letters to obtain material. Hosea Holcombe Hosea Lot Holcombe (1780–1841) was Alabama's first church historian, as noted on his marker in Bessemer, Alabama. He was a Baptist evangelist and missionary, who moved from the Carolinas to Alabama in 1818. He was President of the Alabama Baptist Convention from 1833 to 1838. Asked to write a history of the church, he traveled throughout the state collecting material for his "History of Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama", published in 1840 a year before his death. Lot Holcombe was born near Cross Keys, Union District, South

neg: Let Go (Avril Lavigne album) and in the afternoon during that day, they wrote a song that evolved into "Complicated" and another song called "Falling Down" (Falling Down appears on the "Sweet Home Alabama" Soundtrack). They played it to Lavigne when she came back the following day, inspiring her what path she should take. When Josh Sarubin, the A&R executive who signed Lavigne to the imprint, heard the song, he knew it was right for her. Lavigne presented the song to Reid, who agreed the musical direction Lavigne and The Matrix were taking, and set "Complicated" as the album's lead single. Reid sent Lavigne back

neg: Fred LaRue style, by which nationally famous artists will sing the message via the radio and TV." The song was called "Bring Our Country Back" and included "alternate" lyrics with the couplet: "Dick Nixon is a decent man/Who can bring our country back." LaRue proposed broadcasting the song by local radio and television programs throughout the South. However, he had difficulty finding artists to perform the song; most that he contacted either sympathized with George Wallace, the former governor of Alabama, or did not want to help Nixon. Eventually, LaRue managed to convince Roy Acuff and Tex Ritter, who were unsuccessful Republican

neg: Mark Wilkerson Mark Wilkerson Mark Wilkerson (born September 6, 1976) is an American musician, who was the lead singer and guitarist for rock band Course of Nature, previously known as COG. Wilkerson co-wrote the song "It's Not Over" which was released as a single and as the opening track on the eponymous album by Daughtry. On December 6, 2007, the song earned him and the other co-writers a nomination for Best Rock Song for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. On May 3, 2007, Wilkerson gave a concert to help the relief efforts of Enterprise High School in Alabama, two months after a

neg: Seven Bridges Road down... After it was recorded, LiPuma had to admit that, original or not, it was good." Subsequent to the song's introduction on "Rock Salt & Nails", Young remade the song twice, on his 1972 album entitled "Seven Bridges Road" and on his 1978 album "No Place to Fall". In a 1981 interview Young would say of "Seven Bridges Road": "Consciously when I wrote it, it was just a song about a girl and a road in south Alabama. Now I think there's almost a mystical thing about it." "Seven Bridges Road" would have its highest profile incarnation due to a

neg: Sweet Home Alabama the UK Singles Chart. The song is credited to Matthew Shafer, Waddy Wachtel, R.J. Ritchie, Leroy Marinell, Warren Zevon, Edward King, Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant. Zevon apparently hated "Sweet Home Alabama" and referred to it as "that dead band's song". He surmised that those who listen to it only do so because their own lives are miserable, and his views on the song are articulated in "Play It All Night Long", which appears on his 1980 album "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School". Sweet Home Alabama "Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd

neg: Dave Tough (record producer) co-wrote with Justin Busch, was then used as the theme song for a cycling DVD by Endurance Films in February 2013. In late 2013 his song "Hillbilly Hollywood" was used on the show "Nashville", his song "Pretty Mama" appeared in the ABC movie "Christmas Bounty", and his songs "Nothing Sweet About Alabama" and "Passing Train" appeared in "Alaska Gold Diggers". Also, a song he co-wrote and produced titled "Pretty Mama (So Many Girls)" was used in episode 102 of the Netflix show "Hemlock Grove". In the summer of 2014, he produced and engineered an original track titled "Close" for the

neg: Robert Loveman Robert Loveman Robert Loveman (April 11, 1864 – July 9, 1923) was an American poet. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on April 11, 1864, he was educated at the Dalton Academy in Dalton, Georgia, later attending the University of Alabama where he received his A.M. Loveman lived with Friedman relatives at the Battle Friedman House while attending the University of Alabama. It was during this time he lived there that he wrote his famous "Rain Song" poem, inspired by the gardens surrounding the house. Loveman lived in Dalton for much of his life, where he wrote much of his verse. Loveman's

neg: Mike Reid (singer) career. In 1984, Reid won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song with "Stranger in My House", which was recorded by Ronnie Milsap. Reid would also contribute compositions to artists such as Marie Osmond, Tanya Tucker, Collin Raye, Alabama, and Conway Twitty. In the 1980s and 1990s, Reid wrote twelve No. 1 singles including "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" which was recorded in 1990 by Alabama; their twenty-ninth number one country hit. He was also featured as a guest vocalist on Milsap's "Old Folks", a No. 2 hit from early 1988. He also co-wrote, with Allen Shamblin, Bonnie Raitt's

neg: Carl Linger folk song "The Polish Inn". In 1887 W. B. Chinner (son of one of the judges) wrote a choral arrangement of the Song with piano accompaniment, which became popular. The "Song of Australia" was one of four candidates for a National Song put to a plebiscite in 1977 and was the least favourite in every State except South Australia. Carl Linger Carl Linger (15 March 1810 – 16 February 1862) was a German Australian composer in South Australia who in 1859 wrote the melody for the patriotic "Song of Australia". German-born intellectual Carl Linger, who had studied at the Institute

neg: Sweet Home Alabama addition to the original appearance on "Second Helping", the song has appeared on numerous Lynyrd Skynyrd collections and live albums. "Sweet Home Alabama" was written as an answer to two songs, "Southern Man" and "Alabama" by Neil Young, which dealt with themes of racism and slavery in the American South. "We thought Neil was shooting all the ducks in order to kill one or two," said Ronnie Van Zant at the time. The following excerpt shows the Neil Young mention in the song: In his 2012 autobiography "Waging Heavy Peace", Young commented on his role in the song's creation, writing

neg: Harvest (Neil Young album) of Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1973 hit "Sweet Home Alabama" which mentions Neil by name. Young later wrote of "Alabama" in his autobiography "Waging Heavy Peace", saying it "richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don't like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending, not fully thought out, and too easy to misconstrue." "Words (Between the Lines of Age)", the last song on the album, featured a lengthy guitar workout with the band. It has a typical Neil Young structure consisting of four chords during the multiple improvised solos. The song

neg: William Lewis Moore immediately demanded of you..." Folk singer Phil Ochs wrote a song in tribute to William Moore that is part of the album, "A Toast to Those Who Are Gone". Another tribute song (in German) for William Moore was written by East German singer/songwriter Wolf Biermann. Pete Seeger sang "William Moore, The Mailman" on his album, "Broadside Ballads". Starting April 23, 2008, Ellen Johnson and Ken Loukinen walked the from Reece City, Alabama, near where Moore was killed, and delivered Bill Moore's original letter to the capitol at Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Bob Zellner (a long time activist and first white Field

neg: John James Ormond Elizabeth Ormond, married John W. Mallet, of Texas, who had been born in Ireland. Code Of Alabama, By Brittian De Wolf, in 1852 state printer. Alabama State Papers. John James Ormond John James Ormond was an associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, from 1837-1847. John James Ormond was born in England in 1795, to English parents. He died on 4 March 1866, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He lived in Ormond House, it is now known as Ormond-Miller House. John James Ormond wrote the Code of Alabama, with Arthur Pendleton Bagby, George Goldthwaite, and Henry Churchill. He wrote many famous legal

neg: The Dirty South (album) Danko, Richard Manuel, and The Band's demise, but found the scope of the concept too difficult to actually do justice to their story, and instead shifted the concept to a telling of life of a musician through the eyes and actions of Danko and Manuel. Isbell stated that the horn parts for the song came to him in a dream. "The Dirty South" contains a three song suite ("The Boys From Alabama," "Cottonseed" and "The Buford Stick") about Sheriff Buford Pusser. "The Boys From Alabama" was inspired by the misconceptions and “really bad movies” of the Redneck Mafia and recounts

neg: Deloss Walker of Alabama, and Joe Frank Harris of Georgia. Recalling Alabama's 1978 Governor’s race in which Fob James defeated a number of seasoned political veterans, Alabama political columnist Steve Flowers wrote, "Fob realized he was no political professional ... so he sought out professional advice. He had the money to think big and wanted to know who the best political consultant in the South was. It was an easy answer: Deloss Walker, a political public relations genius who lived in Memphis, Tenn. His track record for electing governors of southern states was 5–0. The scenario was the same for all five

neg: Woke Up This Morning Alabama 3 frontman Rob Spragg wrote the song after hearing about the 1996 murder case of Sara Thornton, who stabbed her husband after two years of abuse, mistreatment and neglect. The song is co-written with Piers Marsh, Simon Edwards and Jake Black. "We started with a Howlin' Wolf loop, but a lot of blues lyrics are quite misogynist," Spragg explained. "So I turned it round to be about a woman who's had enough and gets a gun – it's quite ironic that it's become a New Jersey gangster anthem." The song is in 4/4 time and in the key of

neg: Heart of the Night (song) Heart of the Night (song) "Heart of the Night" is a song introduced on the 1978 album release by the country-rock group Poco entitled "Legend": a 1979 hit single, "Heart of the Night" is also featured on the group retrospective "20th Century Masters" album as well as "The Essential Poco" album. Featuring a lead vocal by its composer Paul Cotton, "Heart of the Night" is an evocation of the night life of the city of New Orleans. Cotton, who was born in Alabama but raised in Chicago, would state: "I'm just drawn to the South. Hey, I spent 25 winters

neg: Eugene Current-Garcia attention on nineteenth-century Alabama wit Joseph Glover Baldwin. Professor Current-Garcia was especially interested in Southern humorous writers. He wrote "Newspaper Humor in the Old South, 1835-1855" for The Alabama Review. "Southern literature is greatly indebted to these humorists," said Current-Garcia. "The foremost writer we have in modem fiction is William Faulkner, who drew a great deal from Southwestern humor." Current-Garcia was also co-editor of "American Short Stories", for several decades the preeminent short story anthology used in colleges and universities. First published in 1952 by Scott, Foresman & Company, "American Short Stories" was co-edited with fellow Auburn professor Bert Hitchcock.

neg: South Park (season 13) parks. MTV said the "South Park" creators did not get a special permit needed to broadcast an image of Mexico's flag, but the explanation was met with skepticism by Mexican "South Park" fans, some of whom accused MTV of censorship. "Fatbeard" included prominent references to the April 2009 hijacking of the MV "Maersk Alabama" by Somalian pirates. The crew of the USS "Bainbridge", the "Arleigh Burke"–class guided-missile destroyer that participated in the rescue of Richard Phillips from "Maersk Alabama", contacted the "South Park" creators to commend them on the episode. Ensign Jonathan Sieg, the "Bainbridge" public relations officer, wrote, "Pretty

neg: CSS Alabama warship. Many of the artifacts are now housed in the Underwater Archaeology Branch, Naval History & Heritage Command conservation lab. "Alabama" is the subject of a sea shanty, "Roll Alabama, roll". "Alabama"s visit to Cape Town in 1863 has passed (with a slight spelling change) into South African folklore in the Afrikaans song, "Daar Kom die Alibama". The Alabama Hills in Inyo County, California, are named after the vessel. The practice of using primary and secondary naval flags after the British tradition was common practice for the Confederacy, linked as she was by both heritage and economy to the British

neg: Alabama (state song) Alabama (state song) The song "Alabama" is the official state song for the State of Alabama. It was first written as a poem by Julia Tutwiler, a distinguished educator and humanitarian. It was first sung to an Austrian heir, but in 1931, the music written by Mrs. Edna Gockel Gussen, an organist, and choirmaster from Birmingham, Alabama, was adopted by the State Federation of Music Clubs and through their efforts, House Joint Resolution 74 was adopted March 9, 1931. Act no. 126, adopted the music and words as the state song of Alabama. The bill was introduced by the Hon.

neg: 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team The 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by head coach Joey Jones, who was in his eighth year with the team. They finished the season 6–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to Air Force. South Alabama announced its

neg: Christmas in Dixie R.C. Bannon. A 1997 rerelease had "Thistlehair the Christmas Bear" as its b-side. In 2010, Allan Caswell initiated a lawsuit against ATV/Sony, who published both his song, "On The Inside" and the Alabama song "Christmas In Dixie", because he thought that it plagiarized the theme song he wrote for "Prisoner, On the Inside". This action was based on ATV Sony commissioning a copyright expert to provide advice as to whether a plagiarism had taken place. The original version spent seven weeks on the charts between late 1982 and early 1983, peaking at number 35. It re-entered the chart three times

neg: Alabama Song Alabama Song The "Alabama Song"—also known as "Moon of Alabama", "Moon over Alabama", and "Whisky Bar"—is an English version of a song written by Bertolt Brecht and translated from German by his close collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and set to music by Kurt Weill for the 1927 play "Little Mahagonny". It was reused for the 1930 opera "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" and has been notably covered by The Doors and David Bowie. The "Alabama Song" was written as a German poem and translated into idiosyncratic English for the author Bertolt Brecht by his close collaborator

neg: Leroy J. Halsey by Union troops, who took over his factory in Alabama. As a result, Leroy was the only one left to support his brother's family in the vanquished South. Junkin asked Johnson to have the factory returned to Henry Halsey, making it possible for him to earn his livelihood again. He is credited for first coining the sobriquet "Athens of the South" to refer to Nashville. The phrase was later promoted by Reverend Philip Lindsley (1786–1855), a Presbyterian minister who founded the University of Nashville. He went on to edit a volume of Lindsley's publications. Additionally, he wrote a memoir about

neg: Forrest McDonald Forrest McDonald Forrest McDonald (January 7, 1927 – January 19, 2016) was an American historian, who wrote extensively on the early national period of the United States, on republicanism, and on the presidency, though he is possibly best known for his polemic on the American South. He was a professor at the University of Alabama, where together with Grady McWhiney he developed the hypothesis that the South had been colonized by "Anglo-Celts", rather than the British Protestant farmers who populated the North. This, in turn, was an important impetus for neo-Confederates and white supremacists like Michael Hill, whom McDonald later

neg: Cold Mountain (soundtrack) with the Sacred Harp singers in a studio, Burnett decided that the style was best heard in Liberty Baptist Church in Henagar, Alabama. The church's sixty-three member choir appeared on the soundtrack. "Lady Margaret", sung by choir member Cassie Franklin, appeared on the soundtrack but not in the movie. Sting wrote "You Will Be My Ain True Love" for "Cold Mountain", and it was sung by Alison Krauss. Burnett and Elvis Costello wrote "The Scarlet Tide", also sung by Krauss. Both songs received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song and Grammy Award nominations for Best Song Written for Visual

neg: Alabama (state song) Tyler Goodwyn, Montgomery, and was signed into law by Governor B.M. Miller. The inspiration for writing the poem Alabama came to Julia Tutwiler after she returned to her native state from Germany, where she had been studying new educational methods for girls and women. She recalled that in Germany patriotism was inspired by spirited songs. She thought that it would be helpful toward restoring the spirits of her own people to give them a new patriotic song, inspiring her to write "Alabama." Alabama (state song) The song "Alabama" is the official state song for the State of Alabama. It was

neg: Alabama Song UK. Although Bowie also changed the "little boy" line like Morrison, he sang Weill's original melody. Bowie would appear in a BBC version of Brecht’s "Baal", and release an EP of songs from the play. He performed "Alabama Song" again on his 1990 Sound+Vision Tour and 2002 Heathen tours. The German 1982 rerelease of the single included Jacques Brel's song "Amsterdam" as an additional B-side. The song has been covered often: Alabama Song The "Alabama Song"—also known as "Moon of Alabama", "Moon over Alabama", and "Whisky Bar"—is an English version of a song written by Bertolt Brecht and translated from

neg: The Patriot (2000 film) "the unchallenged work of South Carolina's premier historian" Dr. Walter Edgar, who claimed in his 1998 "South Carolina: A History" that Marion's partisans were "a ragged band of both black and white volunteers". Amy Crawford, in "Smithsonian" magazine, stated that modern historians such as William Gilmore Simms and Hugh Rankin have written accurate biographies of Marion, including Simms' "The Life of Francis Marion". The introduction to the 2007 edition of Simms' book was written by Sean Busick, a professor of American history at Athens State University in Alabama, who wrote: Marion deserves to be remembered as one of the heroes

neg: My Home's in Alabama (song) My Home's in Alabama (song) "My Home's in Alabama" is a song written by Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in January 1980 as the second single and title track from the album "My Home's in Alabama". In the years since its release, "My Home's in Alabama" became widely considered as the song that sparked the band's rise to eventual superstardom. The song, a biographical look at Alabama's early career, hopes and dreams, also pays homage to the roots of band members Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook. The

neg: Tell Mama (song) Tell Mama (song) "Tell Mama" is a song written by Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel and Wilbur Terrell (though some recordings give the sole songwriting credit to Carter). It is best known in its 1967 recording by Etta James. An earlier version of the song was first recorded in 1966 by Carter, as "Tell Daddy". Carter co-wrote "Tell Daddy", and recorded it at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, on 4 October 1966. His recording, released on the Fame label, became Carter's first chart hit, reaching no.35 on the "Billboard" R&B chart in early 1967. Etta James was persuaded by

neg: Iuka, Mississippi The Secret Sisters, a singing and songwriting duo from neighboring Colbert County, Alabama, wrote a song called "Iuka" for their album "Put Your Needle Down". Iuka, Mississippi Iuka is the county seat of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. Its population was 3,059 at the 2000 census. Woodall Mountain, the highest point in Mississippi, is located just south of Iuka. Iuka is built on the site of a Chickasaw Indian village that is thought to have been subordinate to the settlement at Underwood Village. The name ""Iuka"" comes from the name of one of the chiefs of the village. Iuka was

neg: My Home's in Alabama (song) recorded during the sessions for the band's independent release, The Alabama Band #3, and received additional production from Harold Shedd. The song later became a single from the "My Home's in Alabama" album — and the band's second No. 1 hit. Later pressings issued by RCA had "I Wanna Come Over" as the B-side. My Home's in Alabama (song) "My Home's in Alabama" is a song written by Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in January 1980 as the second single and title track from the album "My Home's in

neg: Paul Hemphill Paul Hemphill Paul James Hemphill (February 18, 1936 – July 11, 2009) was an American journalist and author who wrote extensively about often-overlooked topics in the Southern United States such as country music, evangelism, football, stock car racing and the blue collar people he met on his journeys around the South. Hemphill was born in 1936 in Birmingham, Alabama, where his father was a truck driver. He grew up Birmingham's Woodlawn neighborhood and attended Woodlawn High School there. He briefly played for the Class D minor league baseball Graceville Oilers of the Alabama–Florida League but was cut from the team

neg: University of Alabama 2018 National Championship in January 2018. The school's fight song is "Yea Alabama", written in 1926 by Lundy Sykes, then editor of the campus newspaper. Sykes composed the song in response to a contest by the Rammer Jammer to create a fight song following Alabama's first Rose Bowl victory. The song as it is currently played by the Million Dollar Band during games (the form known to most people) is simply the chorus of the larger song. While the opening line of song is taken to be "Yea Alabama, Crimson Tide!", the correct opening line is "Yea, Alabama! Drown 'em

neg: Anderson East in Nashville, Tennessee. On December 28, 2015, "Us Weekly" and "People" confirmed that East is dating country singer Miranda Lambert. He co-wrote two songs ("Getaway Driver" and "Well-Rested") with Lambert for her 2016 album, "The Weight of These Wings", and he provides background vocals on another song of hers called ("Pushin' Time"). They have since broken up. Anderson East Michael Cameron Anderson (born July 17, 1988), known professionally as Anderson East, is an American R&B musician from Athens, Alabama, who currently is based in Nashville, Tennessee. His song "Satisfy Me" was released in March 2015 and received consistent radio airplay.

neg: Auburn High School (Alabama) at some athletic events. A common epithet for the school used by students and alumni, "dear old Auburn High", is taken from the last line of the song. Auburn High School's primary fight song is "Hooray for Auburn!". The lyrics to "Hooray for Auburn!" come from a cheer that was commonly used in the mid-20th century. In 1961, Auburn High School band director Tommy Goff wrote music to fit those lyrics to create the current fight song. In subsequent years, the fight song was adopted by other schools, including Prattville High School and Opelika High School. At football games, "Hooray

neg: 40 Hour Week (For a Livin') 40 Hour Week (For a Livin') "40 Hour Week (For a Livin')" is a song written by Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz and Lisa Silver, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in April 1985 as the second single and title track from Alabama's album "40-Hour Week". The song, a salute to the America's blue-collar workers, became Alabama's 17th No. 1 song on August 3, spending one week atop the chart. The end of the song includes a few bars from "America the Beautiful." Country music historian Bill Malone, in his liner notes for "", wrote that

neg: Interstate matches in Australian rules football players included: Greg Champion wrote a song, "Don't Let The Big V Down", about the traditional navy blue jumper with a large white "V" used to represent Victoria in state games. The song is about a young man who is about to play his first state game and is approached by another man who tells him to not let the Big V down. Champion also wrote another song, "Came From Adelaide", about two people watching a game between South Australia and Victoria. One of them turns to the other and says that the Croweaters cannot play. The other replies that

neg: University of North Alabama by 1861 47 of its 171 students were state cadets. The school suffered a loss of enrollment again when Alabama seceded, and in March 1862 Robertson received approval from the Alabama governor to enroll the 35th Alabama Infantry from faculty, cadets, and enlistees from surrounding counties. On April 28, 1863, the buildings were destroyed by Union soldiers of the 10th Missouri Cavalry, including a library of 4,000 volumes. Among LaGrange's alumni were several generals, Alabama governors Edward A. O'Neal and David P. Lewis, Alabama Supreme Court justice William M. Byrd and U.S. Senator Jeremiah Clemens, who wrote the first American

neg: Consuela Lee Moorehead State University. In 1979 she returned to Snow Hill Alabama to reopen her grandfather's school as a performing arts center with after-school and summer programs for students, which ran until 2003. She was the assistant music supervisor and wrote a song for the 1988 movie School Daze (directed and written by her nephew, Spike Lee) and contributed music to the 1999 movie The Best Man (directed and written by her nephew, Malcolm D. Lee). In 1992, she was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Consuela Lee Moorehead Consuela Lee Moorehead (November 1, 1927 - December 26, 2009) was

neg: Harper Lee as people. After the board in Richmond ordered schools to dispose of all copies of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Kilpatrick wrote, "A more moral novel scarcely could be imagined." In the name of the Beadle Bumble fund, he then offered free copies to children who wrote in, and by the end of the first week, he had given away 81 copies. When Lee attended the 1983 Alabama History and Heritage Festival in Eufaula, Alabama, she presented the essay "Romance and High Adventure". Late in 1978, Lee spent some time in Alexander City, Alabama, researching a true-crime book called "The Reverend".

neg: The Neon Bible The Neon Bible The Neon Bible is John Kennedy Toole's first novel, written at the age of 16. Its main appeal is as an early look at the writer who would later write "A Confederacy of Dunces". Toole, describing the novel during correspondence with an editor, wrote "In 1954, when I was 16, I wrote a book called "The Neon Bible", a grim, adolescent, sociological attack upon the hatreds caused by the various Calvinist religions in the South—and the fundamentalist mentality is one of the roots of what was happening in Alabama, etc. The book, of course, was bad, but

neg: Wayne Flynt joined the faculty at Auburn University in 1977, where he remained until his retirement in 2005. Growing up, Flynt moved around the South frequently with his parents because his father held a series of sales jobs. The family landed a couple of occasions in Anniston, Alabama, where Flynt was graduated from high school in 1958. Flynt has written 13 books that focus largely on the historical, economic and social fabric of Alabama, including "Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites" (1990), and he co-wrote "Alabama: A History of a Deep South State", both of which were nominated for Pulitzer Prizes. He

neg: My Home's in Alabama (song) to which they signed in April 1980. Both "I Wanna Come Over" and "My Home's in Alabama" were subsequently issued on the band's first album for RCA records, with MY HOMES IN ALABAMA being the title track. A State Senate bill (SR-458) was passed 32-1 in 2000 to make the song the official State Ballad, with "Stars Fell On Alabama", an 1833 song (whose most popular release was by Jimmy Buffett) becoming the new official State Song, and the current State Song, "Alabama", written in 1931 by Julia Tutwiler would be moved to State Anthem status, but the bill failed

neg: Rachel Wammack Rachel Wammack Rachel Wammack is a country music singer/songwriter signed to RCA Records. Wammack is from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. She wrote her first song when she was 12 and by 17 was discovered by Sony. Before she began her recording career, she attended the University of North Alabama where she was crowned Miss UNA 2015. Six months after she finished school she signed with Sony and moved to Nashville. Her first self-titled EP was produced by Dann Huff and was released on April 6, 2018. "Rolling Stone" magazine listed Wammack as one of “10 new Country artists you need to

neg: Small Town USA guitar and electric guitar, with piano flourishes. In it, the narrator lists off the various things in his hometown, and says that he proud of his roots. According to Moore, "Small Town USA" was the "first or second" song he wrote upon moving to Nashville, TN. The song was inspired by his feeling homesick for Poyen, Arkansas. The second line changes with every chorus (David Allan Coe in the second chorus (which has been altered by some radio stations with their own call letters) and Sweet Home Alabama after the bridge). Dan Milliken of "Country Universe" gave the song a

neg: Music of Alabama Julia Tutwiler and composed by Edna Gockel Gussen. It was adopted as the state song in 1931. A State Senate bill (SB-458) was passed 32-1 in 2000 to move "Alabama" to the status of State Anthem, with "Stars Fell On Alabama", a song written in 1933 whose most popular release was by Jimmy Buffett in 1972 becoming the new State Song, and "My Home's in Alabama" (1980) by the Country group Alabama would become the State Ballad, but the bill failed in the State House. Other grass roots efforts to make "Sweet Home Alabama" (1974) by Lynyrd Skynyrd the state

neg: The Bishop of the Ozarks The Bishop of the Ozarks The Bishop of the Ozarks is a 1923 American drama silent film directed by Finis Fox. The film is based on a story by Milford W. Howard, who both produced and starred in the feature. The film was distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, commonly referred to as FBO. The film is presumed lost. Milford W. Howard, who wrote and produced the film, was a United States Representative from Alabama from 1894–1898, before moving to California in 1918. While still in Alabama, Howard wrote "If Christ Came to Congress" (1894), an exposé of corruption,

neg: Exile (American band) Gilmore" and in the 2006 film "Employee of the Month". Pennington co-wrote "The Closer You Get" and "Take Me Down", both re-recorded by Alabama, with former member Mark Gray. Pennington's song writing talent led to recognition as BMI Writer of the Year to one of BMI's Top 100 Writers of the Century. His music has been recorded by Alabama, Janie Fricke, Kenny Rogers and other artists. In 1963, a group of high school students started a rock and roll band in Richmond, Kentucky. They called themselves the Exiles. Those original Richmond Exiles were Jimmy Stokley, Ronnie 'Mack' Davenport, Paul Smith,

neg: Rachel Wammack know.” Her single "My Boyfriend Doesn't Speak For Me Anymore" was also featured on "Rolling Stone" and was described as "mixing the power-pop pipes of Adele with the women-first attitude of Loretta Lynn." The EP also features her first single, "Damage", which was co-written with Tom Douglas and David Hodges. Rachel Wammack Rachel Wammack is a country music singer/songwriter signed to RCA Records. Wammack is from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. She wrote her first song when she was 12 and by 17 was discovered by Sony. Before she began her recording career, she attended the University of North Alabama where she

neg: Muscle Shoals, Alabama in his autobiography that Muscle Shoals radio station WLAY (AM), which had both "white" and "black" music on its playlist, influenced his merging of these sounds at Sun Records with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. "Rolling Stone" editor David Fricke wrote that if one wanted to play a single recording that would "epitomize and encapsulate the famed Muscle Shoals Sound", that record would be "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers in 1972. After hearing that song, American songwriter Paul Simon phoned his manager and asked him to arrange a recording session with the musicians who

neg: CSS Alabama Texas coast, near Galveston, capturing that warship's crew. She then continued further south, eventually crossing the Equator, where she took the most prizes of her raiding career while cruising off the coast of Brazil. After a second, easterly Atlantic crossing, "Alabama" sailed down the southwestern African coast where she continued her war against northern commerce. After stopping in Saldanha Bay on 29 July 1863 in order to verify that no enemy ships were in Table Bay, she finally made a much-needed refitting and reprovisioning visit to Cape Town, South Africa. "Alabama" is the subject of an Afrikaans folk song, "Daar

neg: Yaa Gyasi was completing his Ph.D. at Ohio State University. The family also lived in Illinois and Tennessee, and from the age of 10, Gyasi was raised in Huntsville, Alabama. Gyasi recalls being shy as a child, feeling close to her brothers for their shared experiences as young immigrant children in Alabama, and turning to books as her "closest friends". She received a certificate of achievement signed by LeVar Burton after submitting the first story she wrote to the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, which encouraged her, and after reading Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon" while attending Grissom High School

neg: It Don't Hurt Like It Used To the same chord, and the next thing you know, we were writing the song." He said, "I remember I just started saying all the words that you hear in the beginning of the song, they just started falling out. Shy was like, ‘What was that, man?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, it’s just coming out.’ So we wrote ’em down, and then I guess within an hour the song had basically written itself." The song is about the breakup of a relationship. According to Currington, the line "But you drug my heart through the Alabama dirt" was inspired by a

neg: Birmingham, Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd contains the line "in Birmingham they love the governor". The song "Black Betty" performed by Lead Belly and Ram Jam, among others, contains the line "She's from Birmingham (bam-ba-lam) Way down in Alabam' (bam-ba-lam)". Randy Newman wrote a song titled "Birmingham" about a man living in the city. It was released as a track on his 1974 album "Good Old Boys". Birmingham is mentioned in "Playboy Mommy" by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos and in "Run, Baby, Run" by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow. The country band Blackhawk recorded the song "Postmarked Birmingham". Tracy Lawrence and Ken Mellons each

neg: Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard Price, of "Billboard" magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the lyrics "offer a wonderful stroll down memory lane for the members of Alabama." She says that even listeners who are unfamiliar with the band's history will "absolutely love the light and summery feel of the song." The production is described as "skilled" and "prominently marked" and she goes on to say that Owen's "warm and wonderful performance, this single could easily kick off a new dance craze." The music video was directed by Deaton Flanigen and was filmed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. "Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard" debuted

neg: Alabama Jubilee (song) song is a popular marching band song. It was remade as a Tejano song "El circo" by Tony De La Rosa. Alabama Jubilee (song) "Alabama Jubilee" is a song written with music by George L. Cobb and words by Jack Yellen. The first known recording was that of comedians Collins & Harlan in 1915. The song is considered an American popular standard. The most popular versions of the song were Red Foley's 1951 version (#3 country, #28 pop) and the 1955 instrumental version by the Ferko String Band, which reached #13 on Cashbox, #14 on the Billboard Jukebox chart, and

neg: Melanie Griffith 1960s Alabama who kills her husband and heads to Hollywood to become a movie star; this plot is set against an subplot involving a race-related murder. Rita Kempley of "The Washington Post" wrote that "Griffith manages to make Barbra Streisand look downright camera-shy," but criticized its dual plots, writing that the "juxtapositions are not merely preposterous but downright tasteless. Worse yet, they unintentionally trivialize the civil rights movement by aligning it with a ding-dong belle's tenuous connection with the women's movement." This sentiment was echoed by Paul Clinton of CNN, who wrote: "The deadly serious Alabama plot line of "Crazy

neg: Paul Cotton (musician) Paul Cotton (musician) Paul Cotton (born Norman Paul Cotton February 26, 1943 in Fort Rucker, Alabama) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, most notable as a member of the band Poco and as the writer of the international hit song from that band, "Heart of the Night". Most of Cotton's music career has been as songwriter, lead guitarist and lead singer for the band Poco. Cotton, who was born in Alabama but raised in Chicago, said in a September 2000 interview with "Sound Waves" magazine, "I'm just drawn to the South. Hey, I spent 25 winters in Chicago." Cotton joined

neg: Sing (Annie Lennox song) rise for women, especially in the pandemic across the whole of the African continent, I thought perhaps I could be of benefit by writing a song and empowering those women who do not have an international voice," the singer clarified. "Sing" incorporates the South African activist song "Jikelele", which translates into "global treatment". Developed by The Generics, "Jikelele" was used as theme for Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs across South Africa. After writing it, Lennox wanted to ask other renowned artists to contribute vocals to the song. She wrote a generic letter to many and waited for a response.

neg: University of North Alabama certain is that the 1912 yearbook, published the same year as inauguration of the football team, was named the "Purple and Gold." . While these colors have been associated with the university for almost a century or even longer, no one ever has determined who or what inspired them.]] The "UNA Fight Song" is the fight song of the University of North Alabama, and is played by the Pride of Dixie Marching Band. The song is based on one of three songs called "Three School Songs," which was published in the 1960s. The lyrics were chosen by band members in

neg: Darren Warren a song," Warren remembers. The title track "Cowboy Up and Party Down" (written by Eddie Kilgallon) was released as his first single and distributed to country music radio stations in May, 2011. A poignant song Warren wrote for the album, "Go Get My Angel," deals with the loss of a young victim to cancer. Randy Owen of the Country Music Hall of Fame band Alabama is featured as a guest artist on the song. It is a fan favorite that has provided inspiration to many families struggling with grief. Warren has said that the sole motivation for his music career

neg: J. Lister Hill when troops were dispatched in the fall of 1962 to compel the desegregation of the University of Mississippi. The Hill-Martin race drew considerable national attention. The liberal columnist Drew Pearson wrote from Decatur, Alabama, that "for the first time since Reconstruction, the two-party system, which political scientists talk about for the South, but never expect to materialize, may come to Alabama.""The New York Times" viewed the Alabama race as the most vigorous off year effort in modern southern history but predicted a Hill victory on the basis that Martin had failed to gauge "bread-and-butter" issues and was perceived by many

neg: Anti-literacy laws in the United States slaves in the South. Concern about runaways prompted slaveholders to require passes for all slaves traveling unaccompanied off the plantation. Literate slaves, however, could forge the necessary papers and escape to the North (few white patrollers could read well enough to verify the documents). Many slaves who learned to write did indeed achieve freedom by this method. The wanted posters for runaways often mentioned whether the escapee could write." "With the exception of Maryland and Kentucky, every Southern state absolutely prohibited the education of slaves," Angela Davis wrote. Between 1829 and 1834 Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North and South Carolina and

neg: Reckless (Alabama song) current lives and live and love recklessly. Deborah Evans Price, of "Billboard" magazine reviewed the song unfavorably, saying that it is a "recycled, B-movie Bruce tune." She goes on to say that if Alabama keeps recording songs like these than the band "might as well go ahead and change its name to New Jersey." Reckless (Alabama song) "Reckless" is a song written by Michael Clark and Jeff Stevens, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in August 1993 as the first single from their album, "Cheap Seats". The song was their final number one the "Billboard"

neg: Why Lady Why Why Lady Why "Why Lady Why" is a song written by Teddy Gentry and Rick Scott, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in August 1980 as the fourth and final single from the album "My Home's in Alabama". The song was the group's second No. 1 song on the "Billboard magazine" Hot Country Singles chart. Originally, "Why Lady Why" was recorded and released on the band's independent release, ALABAMA BAND: # 3 in 1978. A snippet of the track was issued as the B-side to the song "My Home's in Alabama," released by MDJ Records

neg: Power in the Blood (Buffy Sainte-Marie album) Power in the Blood (Buffy Sainte-Marie album) Power in the Blood is the fifteenth studio album by Buffy Sainte-Marie, released May 12, 2015 on True North Records. The album includes both new material and contemporary re-recordings of some of her older songs. The title track is a cover of Alabama 3's song "Power in the Blood", from their 2002 album "Power in the Blood". In a review of the album for NPR, critic Ann Powers wrote that "those who know her mostly by reputation as a standout of the early '60s folk revival will be delighted to discover an artist

neg: Mountain of Love (band) in 2011, they began to write and produce their first self titled album Mountain Of Love (album), which was released 2 August 2012. "Mountain Of Love (album)" Mountain of Love (band) Mountain of Love is a DubTronica act. Hailing from Brixton, England, the band was set up by two of the original founding members of Alabama 3, Piers Marsh and Sir Eddie Real in 2011. They released their first self titled album in 2012 on the Cooked Griffin Records label. After Mountain of Love members Piers and Eddie wrote the hugely popular Alabama 3 song and Sopranos theme tune Woke

neg: Mountain of Love (band) Mountain of Love (band) Mountain of Love is a DubTronica act. Hailing from Brixton, England, the band was set up by two of the original founding members of Alabama 3, Piers Marsh and Sir Eddie Real in 2011. They released their first self titled album in 2012 on the Cooked Griffin Records label. After Mountain of Love members Piers and Eddie wrote the hugely popular Alabama 3 song and Sopranos theme tune Woke Up This Morning they left the band to do what they love to do, make heavy dubbed up, groove based dance music. After the band was formed

neg: Getting to Know You (song) partnership when Rodgers re-used a melody he had written for an earlier show and then discarded. In this case the melody was a tune he wrote for "South Pacific", called "Suddenly Hungry and Sad", which he originally intended for the character of Nellie to sing but replaced it with the song "(I'm in Love with) a Wonderful Guy". Mary Martin, the star of South Pacific, who had proposed that Rodgers should cast Yul Brynner as the King, reminded Rodgers of this tune, and so Hammerstein wrote new lyrics to it. Getting to Know You (song) "Getting to Know You" is

neg: Kaw-Liga Kaw-Liga "Kaw-Liga" ( ) is a country music song written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose. "Kaw-Liga" is one of just a handful of songs that Williams wrote with Fred Rose, who produced his records and published his songs through his company Acuff-Rose. Rose often "doctored" the songs Hank composed, making suggestions and revisions, with biographer Roger M. Williams noting that Rose's contribution to Hank's songs was probably craftsmanship, whereas Williams' was genius. Roy Acuff later recalled: Kowaliga is a community in central Alabama on Lake Martin. Named after a legendary Indian for which a wooden statue was later placed

neg: Sunday in the South Sunday in the South "Sunday in the South" is a song written by Jay Booker, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in May 1989 as the third single from their album "The Road Not Taken". It was their second number-one hit in both the United States and Canada. The song is a recollection of sacred Sundays, namely in the Southern United States. The music video was directed by Larry Boothby and premiered in mid-1989. It was shot on the grounds of the Colbert County Courthouse in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The storyline roughly follows those of the

neg: Tennessee River (song) Tennessee River (song) "Tennessee River" is a song written by Randy Owen, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was recorded in April 1980 as the third single from the album "My Home's in Alabama". The song was the group's first No. 1 song on the "Billboard magazine" Hot Country Singles chart. The song was officially Alabama's first single release by RCA Nashville after they had signed with the label in March 1980. The song is part of the band's first RCA album, "My Home's in Alabama", which also includes two earlier singles: "I Wanna Come Over" and

neg: Heaven South Heaven South "Heaven South" is a song recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released on October 30, 2017 by Arista Nashville as the third single from his eleventh studio album, "Love and War". Paisley co-wrote the song with Brent Anderson and Chris DuBois, and co-produced it with Luke Wooten. Paisley wrote the song with frequent collaborator Chris DuBois and singer Brent Anderson. "Rolling Stone" described the song as a "nostalgic anthem" and "a mid-tempo tour of the Southern everytown that’s anchored by a brightly picked mandolin, Paisley’s trademark Telecaster twang and a giant, arena-ready 'whoa-oh' chorus."

neg: Sweet Home Alabama Sweet Home Alabama "Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, "Second Helping". It reached number 8 on the US chart in 1974 and was the band's second hit single. The song was written in reply to "Southern Man" and "Alabama" by Neil Young; Young is name-checked in the song's lyrics. None of the three writers of the song were from Alabama; Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington were both born in Jacksonville, Florida, whilst Ed King was from Glendale, California. In an interview with "Garden &

neg: McWilliams, Alabama McWilliams, Alabama McWilliams is an unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. The town is named for the general store established there by the McWilliams family, who migrated to South Alabama from the Orangeburg District of South Carolina. There are many McWilliamses of this root still living in Alabama. Another leading branch of the same family left Wilcox County and took up land patents at Blackwater in Kemper County, Mississippi. The family produced no small number of Baptist preachers and deacons, and there are old McWilliams houses worth seeing in the region. Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams, a great scholar of

neg: Alabama (American band) to be a popular touring act, and the band issued their first live album, "Alabama Live", in 1988. For 1989's "Southern Star", the band decided to part ways with longtime producer Shedd, instead splitting production duties between Josh Leo and Larry Lee, and the other half with Barry Beckett. "Song of the South" was another number one, and the album's remaining singles—"If I Had You", "High Cotton", and "Southern Star"—were number ones in both the U.S. and Canada. That year, Alabama were named by "Billboard" the Country Artist of the 1980s and the ACA voted the band the Artist of