Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James
Howlin' Wolf recorded The Red Rooster as it was first titled in 1961, it was accredited to songwriter Willie Dixon who wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs. I Just Want to Make Love to You is another of his
*wiki* *wiki* Pie's Ellie Araiza features on a Spanish language Ford Fiesta commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inO1dxHBxwA) while Madness's song was famously written in order to sell cars for Honda
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Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones
Link: The former knocked the latter off the top spot in the UK charts in 1964.
Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
Chester Burnett, to give him his real name, recorded Little Red Rooster before the Stones...
I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James
Howlin' Wolf recorded The Red Rooster as it was first titled in 1961, it was accredited to songwriter Willie Dixon who wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs. I Just Want to Make Love to You is another of his
Alzheimers - Joyzipper
Sadly, Etta suffered with the illness in her final years.
Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
Long Island born artists
I Am (I'm Me) - Twisted Sister
Both Debbie Gibson & Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) are currently taking part in the US version of the reality television series The Apprentice
Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra
English words and partial music by Eddie Snyder
Broken Guitar - Pie
Broken Guitar was the original title of SINT, apparently...
In The City - Madness
*wiki* *wiki* Pie's Ellie Araiza features on a Spanish language Ford Fiesta commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inO1dxHBxwA) while Madness's song was famously written in order to sell cars for Honda
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Link: In The City was also the name of an early song by The Jam.
Town Called Malice - The Jam
On The Beach - Chris Rea
The former is a pun on A Town Like Alice, written by Neville Shute, who also wrote a novel entitled On The Beach
Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) - It's Immaterial
I once heard Rea's second Christmas single Driving Home For Christmas once and was put in mind of this earlier non-seasonal hit.
Sweet Home Alabama ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd
A home connection....
It's Not So Funny - Quiet Riot
Both bands lost members in a plane crash
Worst Joke Ever - REM
REM concur with Quiet Riot
Cat Burglar - Flesh For Lulu
The former includes the latter title in the opening line
Walking the Dog - Rufus Thomas
Link: Cats and dogs are opposites
Yo Yo - Nicola Roberts
'walking the dog' is a yo-yo move.....
The Biscuit Factory - Kate Nash
Yo Yo's are also a type of biscuit....
If You're Reading This - Tim McGraw
Reading FC were nicknamed The Biscuitmen as a lot of their local players used to come from the nearby biscuit factory....
This Kiss - Faith Hill
Easy connection here....Tim & Faith are husband and wife
Song For Audrey - Backseat Goodbye
Audrey is FH's real first name..
1913 Massacre - Woody Guthrie
Chad Sugg (the stage and recording name of Backseat Goodbye) & Woody Guthrie were both born on July 14th
Woodrow The Base Head - Ghostface Killah
Woody's real name was Woodrow, plus there's a tenuous massacre / killer word association too I s'pose
Beautiful - Christina Aguilera
Dennis Coles aka Ghostface Killah & Christina Aguilera were both born at Staten Island, New York