Good Wednesday afternoon dear friend, welcome to GSOTD I will be adding three songs to today's post and playlist...Enjoy the music... Hip hop: You (feat. Lil Wayne) by Lloyd. "You" is a song by American R&B artist Lloyd featuring rapper Lil Wayne, and was produced by Big Reese and Jasper Cameron for Lloyd's second studio album, Street Love. It was recorded in the producer's basement. It is the first official single off the album. Lloyd himself has reported that he leaked the song to an Atlanta radio station to receive airplay. Originally, the song featured Atlanta rapper Tango Redd, but he was replaced with Lil Wayne for the official release. Roots Rock/Americana/Singer-songwriter/Folk: You Got Gold by John Prine. In 1989, Prine and his friend Keith Sykes sat down to write a song entitled “You Got Gold.” For two songwriters who spent years honing their craft, the task only took them one hour. According to Sykes (2020), “John had the line ‘You got gold’ when we started. I started throwing lines out there for the verses and John did too. When he came up with the line that said “I got some gold inside me too,” I looked at him and said “Now we got a real one!'” In 1991, “You Got Gold” became track No. 12 on John Prine’s 10th album The Missing Years. The album featured well-known artists such as Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, and John Mellencamp. For John and Keith, a song that took only an hour to write proved to have a much longer-lasting impact. The album went on to win a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album that year. “We said to each other we thought this one might go places, and it has proved us right over the years.” Sykes (2020). Mr. John Prine passed away on April 7th, 2020... Rock/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal: Thunderstruck by AC/DC. "Thunderstruck" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released as the lead single from their 1990 album The Razors Edge. It peaked at No. 4 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, No. 1 in Finland, and No. 5 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. In 2010, "Thunderstruck" topped Triple M Melbourne's Ultimate 500 Rock Countdown in Australia. The top five were all AC/DC songs. The song is used in movies such as Deadpool 2, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Varsity Blues, The Longest Yard, Katie and Orbie, Battleship, and Daddy's Home, among others, as well as TV shows. Have a blessed day...Take care and GOD bless...
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