The "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Waylon Jennings. It was released in August 1980 as the second single from the .. Read more

"The Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle" is the opening theme song written by Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle created to set the premise of "Gilligan's Island." Considered the most famous and most recognized.. Read more

"Rawhide" is a Western song written by Ned Washington (lyrics) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine. The song was used as the theme to Rawhide, a we.. Read more

Country singer Randy Travis expresses the beauty of love in his song “Look Heart, No Hands.” He released the song from his album as a single in 1992. As a result, it went straight up to number one on .. Read more

On April 7, 1990, country music singer Randy Travis' "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart," the second single off the album No Holdin' Back (Warner Bros. Nashville), topped the charts for the first of four.. Read more

"Is It Still Over?" is a song co-written by Ken Bell and Larry Henley and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in January 1989 as the third single from his album, Ol.. Read more

"I Am... I Said", which took Diamond four months to compose, is one of his most intensely personal efforts, making reference to both Los Angeles and New York City. Diamond told Mojo magazine in July 2.. Read more

Diamond is probably the most famous Jewish male musician. He is known in some circles as "The Jewish Elvis." He began his career as a songwriter, working in New York City near the end of the Tin Pa.. Read more

"Solitary Man" was Neil Diamond's first charting single as a recording artist (released in1966). In a 2005 Times Online interview, Diamond said: "After four years of Freudian analysis I realized I had.. Read more

"The Diary" was written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was Sedaka's first hit, and one of the first successes for the brand new record label Aldon Music. Rich Podolsky's book Don Kirshner.. Read more

"Next Door to an Angel" is a rock and pop song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and recorded by Neil Sedaka in 1962. It was issued by RCA Victor Records. It reached No. 5 on the Billboard .. Read more

Sedaka wrote this joyful and introspective song with Philip Cody, whose credits include the Huey Lewis & the News song "Doing It All For My Baby" and the Carpenters hit "Solitaire," which he also wrot.. Read more

This was written by songwriting team of Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. They wrote hits for various artists, including Glen Campbell, the Four Tops, and Dusty Springfield. This was Hamilton, Joe F.. Read more

This was written by Danny Hamilton and his wife Ann. Ann Hamilton explained: "In the 1970s, as a youngster, I was privileged to have access to the recording industry. At that time, I was married to Da.. Read more

With characteristic bluntness, singer/songwriter Jo Dee Messina says that this was a song she definitely related to at the time she recorded it. And it was the whole "You know what? I'm outta here, I .. Read more

Here's another one that Craig and I wrote. It came about because of this picture I had of me in high school with a leather jacket. I had this Bruce Jenner/Wings haircut. I thought I ruled the school. .. Read more

"You Needed Me" is a song written by Randy Goodrum, who describes it as being about "unconditional undeserved love". It was a number one hit single in the United States in 1978 for Canadian singer Ann.. Read more

"Let's Keep It That Way" was written by Curly Putman and Rafe Van Hoy in February 1977. It was first recorded by Tanya Tucker in 1977 and then in 1978, Anne Murray included it on one of her hit album.. Read more

The lyric, "pretty nurse selling poppies from a tray" is believed to refer to Beth Davidson, who married Lennon's boyhood friend, Pete Shotton. The reference to the barber, with "photographs of eve.. Read more

This was the biggest charting success of Crispian St. Peters, and one of only two Top-40 hits in his career - the other one was "You Were On My Mind," which made #36 in the US and #2 on the UK charts .. Read more

I Think We’re Alone Now was presented to me as a slow ballad by my producers, Richie Cordell and Bo Gentry. I was 19, but I heard the hook and thought it sounded like a hit. We did a quick demo, soupi.. Read more

And we went in the studio, and we pasted this thing together out of drums here, and a guitar riff here. It was called sound surgery, and we finally put it together in probably a month. We had most of .. Read more

This might be the first anti-drug rock song. It finds lead singer Mark Lindsay telling a girl that drugs won't fill the emptiness inside her, and she needs to get straight before it's too late. "Kicks.. Read more

Virginia, as mentioned in the first line ("Come out, Virginia, don't let me wait") is Virginia Callaghan, a girl Billy had a crush on when he first started playing in a band. She didn't even know he e.. Read more

"Make It Easy on Yourself" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David which was first a hit for Jerry Butler in 1962. The best known version is the 1965 recording by the Walker Brothers.. Read more