The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday,20 April 1992,at Wembley Stadium in London,England,for an audience of 72,000. The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis,directed by David Mallet and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world,with an audience of up to one billion. The concert was a tribute to Queen's lead vocalist,Freddie Mercury,who died of AIDS on 24 November 1991.
Tony Joe White,nicknamed the Swamp Fox,was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist,best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia",which he wrote but which was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues",both hits for Tina Turner in 1989;those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time,Mark Knopfler,who was a friend of White's. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Joe Dassin,Elvis Presley,Joe Bonamassa and Tom Jones.
Los Lonely Boys are an American musical group from San Angelo,Texas. They play a style of music they call "Texican Rock n' Roll",combining elements of rock and roll,Texas blues,brown-eyed soul,country,and Tejano music.
Venus and Mars is the fourth studio album by the British–American rock band Wings. Released in May 1975 as the follow-up to Band on the Run,Venus and Mars continued Wings' run of commercial success and provided a springboard for a year-long worldwide tour. The album was Paul McCartney's first post-Beatles album to be released worldwide by Capitol Records rather than Apple.
On Stage is a live album by American singer Elvis Presley,released by RCA Records in June 1970. It was recorded between February 17 and 19,1970 and August 22 and 25,1969 at the International Hotel,Las Vegas,Nevada. The album reached number 13 on both the Billboard 200 and country music charts. It was certified Gold on February 23,1971,and Platinum on July 15,1999,by the Recording Industry Association of America.
William Lance Swan is an American country singer-songwriter,best known for his 1974 single "I Can Help".
Phytolacca americana,also known as American pokeweed,pokeweed,poke sallet,pokeberry,dragonberries,pigeonberry weed,and inkberry,is a poisonous,herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows 1 to 3 metres. It has simple leaves on green to red or purplish stems and a large white taproot. The flowers are green to white,followed by berries which ripen through red to purple to almost black which are a food source for songbirds such as gray catbird,northern mockingbird,northern cardinal,and brown thrasher,as well as other birds and some small non-avian animals.
"Rainy Night in Georgia" is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1967 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. It was originally released by White on his 1969 album,Continued,on Monument Records,shortly before Benton's hit single was issued.
"Polk Salad Annie" is a 1968 song written and performed by Tony Joe White. Its lyrics describe the lifestyle of a poor rural Southern girl and her family. Traditionally,the term to describe the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke salad,a dish of cooked greens made from pokeweed. Its 1969 single release peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada,the song made No. 10 on the RPM Magazine Hot Singles chart. Elvis Presley's version also made the song popular.
Waymore's Blues (Part II) is an album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings,released on RCA Nashville in 1994.
"Up on the Roof" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded in 1962 by The Drifters. Released late that year,the disc became a major hit in early 1963,reaching number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart and number 4 on the U.S. R&B singles chart. In the UK it was a top-ten success for singer Kenny Lynch,whose version was also released in 1962.
The Swingin' Medallions are an American beach music group from Greenwood,South Carolina,United States.
...Continued is the second album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the single "Roosevelt and Ira Lee" It was recorded at Monument Studios,Nashville and Lyn-Lou Studios,Memphis in 1969. It was produced by Billy Swan and engineered by Tommy Strong and Mort Thomasson.
Tony Joe was the third studio album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the singles "High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish" and "Save Your Sugar For Me". It was recorded at RCA Victor Studios,Nashville and Lyn-Lou Studios,Memphis in 1970. It was produced by Billy Swan. A mixture of original recordings and covers,it featured White's versions of "Hard To Handle" made popular by Otis Redding and "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker.
Jerry Kirby Carrigan was an American drummer and record producer. Early in his career he was a member of the original Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and later worked as a session musician in Nashville for over three decades. His style of drumming with a loose,deep-sounding snare drum melded country music with an R&B feel and helped develop a Nashville sound known as "Countrypolitan". His drumming is heard on many recordings which have become classics,some listed below. He recorded with Elvis Presley,Johnny Cash,Charley Pride,Jerry Lee Lewis,Ray Stevens,Kenny Rogers,George Jones and many others. He recorded with non-country artists as well,including Henry Mancini,Al Hirt,Johnny Mathis,and the Boston Pops Orchestra. In 2009 he was inducted into the "Nashville Cats",a cadre of top recording musicians chosen by the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2010 he was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Carrigan was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2019.
"This Addiction" is a song by the punk rock band Alkaline Trio,released as the first single from their 2010 album This Addiction. The single was released as a digital download through online retailers on January 12,2010,and as a 7" single exclusively through Hot Topic stores on February 9,2010.
"Send Them/Entropy ",is a double A side EP by Asia Born and DJ Shadow and the Groove Robbers. This was released 1993 from Solesides. Parts of this were later featured on the retrospective album Solesides Greatest Bumps.
Home Made Ice Cream was a 1979 album by Joe Dassin. The disc was originally issued by CBS Canada. Many of the songs,including the title track,were written by Tony Joe White whose 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" is also covered in this collection.
"For Ol' Times Sake'" is a song by Tony Joe White,covered in 1973 by Elvis Presley.
Tainted Love is the sixteenth studio album released by American country music singer Jan Howard. The album was released in 1983 on AVI Records and was produced by Jimmy Capps,Ed Cobb and Ray Harris. It was among Howard's final studio albums that have been released to date. In addition,it spawned two singles including the title track.
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