Posted September 1, 200717 yr The death disc thread got me to thinking about tribute records to dead pop stars. "Three stars" by Eddie Cochran was about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. Strangely it wan't released as a single in the UK until 1966, long after Eddie himself was dead. A dead person singing about dead people! "Tribute to a king" by William Bell was about Otis Redding. It reached #31 in 1968. "I remember Elvis Presley" by Danny Mirror. A dreadfull cash-in which charted less than a month after Elvis died and reached number 4. And he was Dutch! Any more tribute records to dead pop stars?
September 1, 200717 yr Wasn't American Pie about Buddy Holly? yep :) and vincent was about van gough.
September 1, 200717 yr good idea.... i think theres alot of tribute records that often pass us by as being tributes... cant think of one off hand though...lol
September 2, 200717 yr Duran Duran's "Michael You've Got A Lot To Answer For" & U2's Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" were both written about the late Michael Hutchence. (Also Kylie Minogue turned down "Believe" later a global blockbusting hit for Cher, as it was too close to the bone, after Michael's death in 1997).
September 3, 200717 yr Three Stars was by Ruby Wright not Eddie Cochran :) Heinz Just Like Eddie - a tiribute to Mr cochran
September 3, 200717 yr Author Three Stars was by Ruby Wright not Eddie Cochran :) Heinz Just Like Eddie - a tribute to Mr Cochran It was by both but, you're right insofar as it was Ruby who had a hit with it - something I wasn't aware of, I've only ever known the Cochran version. :huh:
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