"Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" is a 1973 song written and originally performed by Australian singer Kevin Johnson, most famously...
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singer-songwriter. Popular in the 1970s, his biggest hit is "Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)", which peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Kent Music...
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song), 1973 "Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)", by Kevin Johnson, 1973; covered by the Cats (1973), Mac Davis (1974), and Terry Jacks...
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of "Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" (a previous hit for its writer, Kevin Johnson), a rock number "Summertime Blues Out", the good...
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"Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)". McAloon's dislike for songs with 'rock 'n' roll' in the title compelled him to write one of his...
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version of the Kevin Johnson hit, "Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)", (York YR 210) was issued in the UK but without success. In the mid...
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Terry Jacks (category Juno Award for Artist of the Year winners)
reached #8 in the UK and #24 in Germany, and a cover of Kevin Johnson's "Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)", both of which had more...
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Don Felder (redirect from American Rock 'n' Roll (album))
musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 to 2001. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 with the Eagles. Felder...
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Mac Davis (redirect from The Mac Davis Show)
Hell of a Woman" (pop no. 11), "Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" (pop no. 15), and "Burnin' Thing" (pop no. 53). At the end of the 1970s...
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The origins of rock and roll are complex. Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the United States in the early to mid-1950s. It derived most...
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Save Rock and Roll is the fifth studio album by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It was produced by Butch Walker and released on April 12, 2013, through...
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"Seasons in the Sun", which reached No. 1 in over 12 countries. Hall of Fame, Canadian Music. "Terry Jacks". Seasons in the Sun. Archived from the original...
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Back in Black (redirect from Rock & roll ain't noise pollution)
Bells", the title track, "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution", "Let Me Put My Love into You", and "What Do You Do for Money Honey", though only the first...
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Orange Juice (band) (section The Postcard years)
and Everything but the Girl), announcing it was their last gig to a half-empty venue. Their final song was "Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of...
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You Can't Get Her"; "Rock and Roll Music" Back to the Beat – (1995) The Pete Best Combo: Beyond the Beatles 1964–1966 (1 February 1996) Live at the Adelphi...
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Buddy Holly (redirect from Buddy Holly: A Rock and Roll Collection)
songwriter and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great...
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Guinness Book of Rock Stars, Guinness Publ. Co. Middlesex 1989 ISBN 0-85112-872-6 Bruce Welch: Rock and Roll, I Gave You the Best Years of My Life, Penguin...
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Elvis Presley (redirect from King of Rock and Roll)
American singer and actor. Known as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's...
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Ronnie Spector (category African-American rock musicians)
Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, Or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
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Joan Jett (redirect from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
Blackhearts, Jett is known for her rendition of the song "I Love Rock 'n Roll" which was the number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 1982...
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Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In November...
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Craig Scott (singer) (category Year of birth missing (living people))
(I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)" [NZ #13] Scott retired from performing in the late 1970s, saying "I couldn’t see myself doing that for the next...
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Stone ranked her as the 25th greatest singer of all-time. In 2024, Blige was selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mary Jane Blige...
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Alice Cooper (redirect from Mascarra & Monsters : The Best Of Alice Cooper)
an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions...
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Love and Rock 'n' Roll is the sixth album by American punk rock band Social Distortion. It is their first studio album in eight years, since the release...
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Hound Dog (song) (redirect from You ain't nothin' but a hound dog)
globally, was his best-selling song and "an emblem of the rock 'n' roll revolution". It was simultaneously number one on the US pop, country, and R&B charts...
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George Jones (redirect from You Always Look Your Best (Here in My Arms))
anything once.' I tried 'Dadgum It How Come It' and 'Rock It', a bunch of shit. I didn't want my name on the rock and roll thing, so I told them to put...
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Chris Cornell (redirect from You Make Me Sick I Make Music)
American musician. He was best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and the primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also...
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the country rap genre. His best-selling singles overall are "Picture" (2002) and "All Summer Long" (2008). Starting with his 2007 album Rock n Roll Jesus...
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Bruce Springsteen (redirect from Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band)
lot of work. Some people would say I didn't do my best work." Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 by Bono (the lead...
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