Johnny Cash recorded a version of "God's Gonna Cut You Down" on American V: A Hundred Highways in 2003, with an arrangement quite different from most known gospel versions of the song. A music video, directed by Tony Kaye, was made for this version in late 2006, three years after Cash's death. The video was shot entirely in black and white and features a number of celebrities: David Allan Coe, […]

"Wonderful Tonight" - Single by Eric Clapton from the album Slowhand, released 10 March 1978. A fixture at proms and weddings, Eric Clapton wrote "Wonderful Tonight" in 1976 while waiting for his girlfriend (and future wife) Pattie to get ready for a night out. They were going to a Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney put together, and Clapton was in the familiar position of waiting while she tried on […]

"Hold Your Head Up" - Single by Argent from the album All Together Now. Released 1 October 1971 (UK). The song was written by Chris White and credited to the songwriting partnership of White and Rod Argent. The song was warmly received by music critics. Record World called it an "infectious rocker" that should "have strong impact" in the U.S. Georgiy Starostin thought that it was the best track on […]

Filmed during Lambert’s headlining 2019 Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars Tour as she was preparing for the release of her album Wildcard, the clip for the agave ode “Tequila Does” captures the energy — both onstage and off — of a large-scale live show. Audience members sway along with Lambert, holding drinks aloft in appreciation, and backstage the band and crew warm up and celebrate the occasion with shots from […]

"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" - Single by Pat Benatar from the album Crimes of Passion. Side B in UK: You Better Run. Released September 15, 1980. In 1980, it was released as the second single from her second album Crimes of Passion, which became her biggest-selling album. It hit No. 7 in Cash Box, and reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first Top 10 […]

One of the most optimistic and uplifting songs ever conceived, "What A Wonderful World" was written by Bob Thiele and George Weiss. Thiele was a producer for ABC Records, which had recently signed Armstrong. He was steeped in jazz, having worked on songs for the likes of John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan and Dizzy Gillespie. Weiss was a songwriter who helped create the hit version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." "What […]

"Yellow Moon" - is a song by the Neville Brothers from the album with the same title, released in 1989. Songwriters: Aaron Joseph Neville / Joel Roux Neville. Produced in New Orleans by Canada’s Daniel Lanois. Yellow Moon is a confident return to the band’s roots, in which Aaron sings of his desperate search for a creole woman, blends a wailing, sensuous saxophone with a throbbing reggae beat. Personnel Aaron […]