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Cheap Thrills: Rolling Stones # 372 of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
Cheap Thrills Studio album: Big Brother and the Holding Company Released: August 12, 1968 Recorded: March 2 – May 20, 1968 Genre: Blues, rock, acid rock Big Brother & the Holding Company 's second album, Cheap Thrills , was their last with lead singer Janis Joplin . The LP features three cover songs: "Ball and Chain," "Summertime." and "Piece of My Heart." The underground comic book artist R. Crumb , best known for his "Keep On Truckin'..." image, provided the cover art. It's number nine on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers list. In 1987, Rolling Stone magazine listed Cheap Thrills as number 50 on their Top 100 Albums of the Past 20 Years. It's number 372 of their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Deemed " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant " by The Library of Congress in 2012, it's preserved in the National Recording Registry .
Sugar, Sugar: Number One Song of 1969
Sugar, Sugar Single: The Archies Album: Everything's Archie B-side: Melody Hill Released: May 24, 1969 (Calendar label) Re-released July 1969 (Kirshner label) Genre: Bubblegum pop Songwriter: Andy Kim, Jeff Barry Producer: Jeff Barry Billboard's Top 5 Songs of 1969 "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In " by The 5th Dimension " I Can't Get Next to You " by The Temptations " Honky Tonk Women " by The Rolling Stones " Everyday People " by Sly & the Family Stone
Rock Island Line: One of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll (1955)
The Rock Island Line By: Lonnie Donegan Released: 1955 Genre: S kiffle "Rock Island Line" is an American folk song about the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad. Clarence Wilson wrote the tune in 1929 for the Rock Island Colored Booster Quartet, a singing group made up of rail line workers in Little Rock, Arkansas. The original verses described people and activities associated with the yard. In 1934, folklorist and musicologist John A. Lomax recorded the song performed by the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison inmates. Lead Belly accompanied Lomax. In the 1940s, he rearranged the tune and made a phonograph record. A young English singer, Lonnie Donegan , imitated Leadbelly's version. It became the precursor of and impetus for the British rock & roll invasion. As such, his cover is listed among the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll. Lead Belly Lead Belly Birth name: Huddie William Ledbette...
