西部片是美國獨特的文化，像我們的武俠電影一樣。即使不喜歡看西部電影，大概也都曾經看過。 1959年的“赤膽屠龍 Rio Bravo”堪稱西部片的經典，大牌雲集，有談到西部電影少不了的John Wayne（1907-1979）和Dean Marin（1917-1995），Ricky Nelson（1940-1986），以及長腿美女Angie Dickinson（1931-）。雖然以現代“人心不古”的角度看，這電影節奏不快，故事也無懸疑。但不光有槍戰，其對白風趣，還有動聽的音樂，集娛樂之大成。 Continue reading
“Riders on the Storm” is a song by The Doors from their 1971 album, L.A. Woman. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, number 22 on the UK singles charts and number 7 in the Netherlands.
According to band member Robby Krieger, it was inspired by the song “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend.” The song is played in the E Dorian mode, and incorporates real sound effects of thunder and rain, along with Ray Manzarek’s Fender Rhodes electric piano playing, which emulates the sound of rain. Continue reading
“Rhythm of the Rain” is a song performed by The Cascades, released in November 1962. It was written by Cascades band member John Claude Gummoe. It rose to number three on the US pop chart on March 9, 1963, and spent two weeks at number one on the US Easy Listening chart. The song was also a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom and a number-one single in Ireland. In 1999, BMI listed the song as the ninth most performed song on radio/TV in the 20th century. Continue reading
“Rhinestone Cowboy” is the title of a song written by Larry Weiss and most famously recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. The song enjoyed immense popularity with both country and pop audiences when it was released in 1975. Continue reading
“Let’s Twist Again” is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached number two in the UK and number eight on the U.S. Billboard pop chart. It refers to the Twist dance craze and his 1960 and 1961 re-released single “The Twist”, a UK and U.S. number-one single.
The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording. Checker also recorded the song in German as “Der Twist Beginnt”. The song appears on the soundtrack of 2011 film The Help.
By Chubby Checker
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