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Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 44
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Hey Joe, Stan, In the Pines, The End, The Twa Sisters, Mack the Knife, Cocaine Blues, Down in the Willow Garden, Frankie and Johnny, Tom Dooley, Omie Wise, Where the Wild Roses Grow, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Stagger Lee, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Duncan and Brady, Dark Lady, Murder ballad, Young Hunting, Kim, Rippin Kittin, Lamkin, Pretty Polly, Delilah, Edward, The Cruel Mother, The Mariner's Revenge Song, The River Saile, Banks of the Ohio, The Bramble Briar, Lord Randall, 18 and Life, Slow Motion, The Knoxville Girl, The Killing of Georgie, The Maid and the Palmer, Miss Otis Regrets, You're All I Need, I Hung My Head, Poor Ellen Smith, Charles Guiteau, Lizie Wan, I Did What I Did for Maria, Jellon Grame, Young Benjie, Child Owlet. Excerpt: "Hey Joe" is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and as such, has been performed in a multitude of musical styles by hundreds of different artists since it was first written. "Hey Joe" tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico after shooting his wife. However, diverse credits and claims have led to confusion as to the song's true authorship and genesis. The earliest known commercial recording of the song is the late 1965 single by the Los Angeles garage band, The Leaves, who also had the first hit version of the song with a re-recording in 1966. Currently the best-known version is The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1966 recording, their debut single. The song title is sometimes given as "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go?" or similar variations. While claimed by the late Tim Rose to be a traditional song, or often erroneously attributed to the pen of American musician Dino Valenti (who also went by the names Chester or Chet Powers, and Jesse Farrow), "Hey Joe" was registered for copyright in the U.S. in...