THE AMAZING STORIES BEHIND 11 GREAT OLD SONGS
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Now at Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/6rO7HELtRcGfV48UeP8aFQ
In this episode, we bring you the "story-behind-the-story" to 11 songs- some country, some rock, some folk and bluegrass, and some standards. Some of our stories: The performance that led Ray Charles to stardom... Phil Collins dispels an urban legend... The real story behind the BeeGees first hit in the USA "New York Mining Disaster 1941" The Anniversary Song ("Oh How We Danced"), a song of marriage and romance, actually has a circus background.... Patsy Cline wasn't so crazy for "Crazy"... The House of the Rising Sun goes way back to old New Orleans... Who was the unknown who wrote "know when to hold 'em, know when to fold em" ....the words that vaulted Kenny Rogers to super stardom? What was Kirk Cobain's inspiration for Nirvana's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?.... The incredible story behind "Amazing Grace"... You-Guess-Who last bonus track....."Sal's Story" Credits: The Wrecking Crew, Ken Hartman, Thomas Dunne Books, N.Y., N.Y. 2012 available wherever fine books are sold (Ray Charles Story and bonus ending), Amazing Grace, a Church group, unnamed quartet
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max. Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better. |
| 0:08.0 | Like sneaking some chili into the gravy for some extra ink, |
| 0:12.0 | or building a playlist that will even get your |
| 0:14.8 | nann up on the table or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max. Christmas better with Pepsi Max Christmas. |
| 0:23.0 | Better with Pepsi Max. |
| 0:27.0 | This episode is brought to you by Meta for Work. |
| 0:30.0 | It's not just sci-fi anymore. |
| 0:31.0 | Virtual and mixed reality are transforming how business works. not just |
| 0:32.5 | virtual and mixed reality are transforming how business works. |
| 0:34.7 | Architects can use mixed reality to walk through buildings that aren't even built yet. |
| 0:38.5 | People from around the world can meet up in more immersive ways, |
| 0:41.0 | working shoulder to shoulder and virtual spaces to get real work done. in more |
| 0:45.0 | cost-to-shoulder in virtual spaces to get real work done. And all sorts of professionals are getting hands-on training in safer, |
| 0:48.0 | more cost-effective virtual environments. |
| 0:50.0 | Meta-For work. |
| 0:51.0 | Work smarter, closer, safer, together. |
| 0:54.3 | Visit forwork.com to learn more. Oh, And then. Welcome to another episode of one thousand one heroes, legends, histories, and mysteries. |
| 1:31.0 | This one titled, Those amazing stories behind the songs. Promises to give |
| 1:36.3 | you the backstory behind a bunch of great music. Some rock, some country, some classics, |
| 1:42.3 | some folk songs from days gone by. We promise a fun |
| 1:46.2 | trip down memory lane and we hope that more often than not you'll say I never |
| 1:50.8 | knew. This episode which is the first of many because there is almost endless |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jon Hagadorn, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Jon Hagadorn and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.