Share The Thats Alright Chords:
Did You Know? This was Elvis' very first single and came about after he was messing around playing this Arthur Crudup song in a recording session at Sun Studios. Afterwards bass player Bill Black said 'get that on the radio and they'll run us out of town.'
Other Versions: Arthur Crudup, The Beatles
Share The Three Little Birds Chords:
Did You Know? Three little birds were what Bob Marley called his 3 backing singers. Officially called 'I Threes' They included his wife Rita.
Share The Love Me Do Chords:
Did You Know? Love Me Do was the Beatles first single and was written before they even existed as a band. Paul wrote most of it while skipping school age 16 with John adding the middle 8. The original recording features Pete Best the football player on drums.
From The Album: The Second Helping
Key: G
Structure: Intro - Verse - Main Riff - Verse - Chorus - Main Riff - Verse - Chorus - Solo - Verse - Chorus - Ending
Did You Know? Sweet Home Alabama was written as a response to Neil Youngs’ songs Southern Man & Alabama.
Share The Redemption Song Chords:
Did You Know? Bob Marley took some of the lines for this song from a speech by Marcus Garvey The Jamacan political leader including the lines: ‘We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind'
Share The Greenday, Time Of Your Life Chords:
Did You Know? Although the song featured on Green Day’s 5th album release in 1997, Billy Joe Armstrong wrote the song in 1990 but did not feel that it fitted with the band's current material so saved it for later on.
Share The Counting Crows, A Long December Chords:
Did You Know? A Long December is about singer Adam Duritz visiting a female friend in hospital who was hit by a car every day for a winter then leaving to record the album in the late afternoons and evenings.
Share The Sinead O'Connor, Black Boys On Mopeds Chords:
Did You Know? This song is about two neighbours of Sinead's when she lived in England. They had borrowed a moped from a friend and the police assumed they’d stolen it, so they chased them. The boys then panicked fearing the police, crashed the moped into a petrol station and died.
Share The With Or Without You Chords:
Did You Know? The Edge plays an instrument known as an 'Infinite Guitar' on this song, it’s a modified electric guitar designed to create infinite sustain similar to using an e-bow.
Did You Know? Van Morrison signed a recording contract without legal advice and as a result has never received royalties from the song.