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I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry Released November 8, 1949

Recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949, the song has been covered by a wide range of musicians. During his Aloha from Hawaii TV-special, Elvis Presley introduced it by saying, “I’d like to sing a song that’s… probably the saddest song I’ve ever heard.” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” has become closely identified with Williams’s musical legacy and has been widely praised. In the 2003 documentary The Road to Nashville, singer k.d. lang stated, “I think ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry’ is one of the most classic American songs ever written, truly. Beautiful song.” In his autobiography, Bob Dylan recalled, “Even at a young age, I identified with him. I didn’t have to experience anything that Hank did to know what he was singing about. I’d never heard a robin weep, but could imagine it and it made me sad.” In its online biography of Williams, Rolling Stone notes, “In tracks like ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry’, Williams expressed intense, personal emotions with country’s traditional plainspoken directness, a then-revolutionary approach that has come to define the genre through the works of subsequent artists from George Jones and Willie Nelson to Gram Parsons and Dwight Yoakam.” Rolling Stone ranked it No. 111 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the oldest song on the list, and No. 3 on its 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time… all too low!

American musician and singer-songwriter from Texas. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he was a child prodigy in country music but became a significant figure in roots rock and other genres. Sahm is considered one of the most important figures in what is identified as Tex-Mex music. Proficient on multiple instruments, he was the founder and leader of the 1960s rock and roll band, the Sir Douglas Quintet. He would later co-found the Texas Tornados with Augie Meyers, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jiménez as well as Los Super Seven. Who does not love She’s About A Mover? No one!

https://www.countryliving.com/life/a25020918/what-day-is-thanksgiving/

The third studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, ROCKET TO RUSSIA was released on November 4, 1977, through Sire Records. Its origins date back to the summer of 1977, when “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” was released as a single. That summer was known as the peak of the punk rock genre since many punk bands were offered recording contracts, and the world ended as we know it.

WILDFLOWERS

Second solo studio album by American musician Tom Petty, released on November 1, 1994. The album was the first released by Petty after signing a contract with Warner Bros. Records (where he had recorded as part of the Traveling Wilburys) and the first of three albums produced by Rick Rubin. Rolling Stone placed Wildflowers at number 12 on their list of the best albums of the 1990s, which is not high enough for me.

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THE SKELETON DANCE

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