"Little Red Rooster", "Hoochie Coochie Man", "Evil", "Spoonful", "Back Door Man", "I Just Want to Make Love to You", "I Ain't Superstitious", "My Babe", "Wang Dang Doodle", "Bring It On Home".
You likely know Linda Perry's career as the front woman for this one hit wonder band:
4 Non Blondes-What's Up?
Linda Perry's music career never took off but she must have had garnered some respect amongst her peers because she was requested by Pink to help write. Pink's first single of the album M!ssundaztood fully written by Perry was very successful and that album in which Perry greatly contributed too jolted Pinks career and IMO they are GREAT pop songs. I think Pink owes her current career to working and learning with this great artist. These are the ones Linda contributed to!
Pink-Get The Party Started (single, full writing credit)
Lonely Girl (full writing credit)
Pinks greatest collaboration would be with Christina Aguilera. Aguilera would be famous for being the "other" pop princess and honestly she was a far more talented vocalist. Still, she had a bunch of cornball pop hits but was never taken seriously. Her second c.d. had to be great in order to prove that Christina was a legit artist and not just another teen flash in the pan. Linda worked a pop miracle with Christina and truly helped deliver what I think is a pop classic with Stripped! Granted the skanky turnaround that Christina did with her image was excessive and exploitative but the album itself was soulful, diverse and just solid track for track. This was a defining moment in bringing out the potential in an artist. These are the tracks that Linda contributed to:
The most obvious pick is Beautiful (single, full writing credit)
This song was actually written by Perry and she had such a deep connection to it that she wanted to use it in herself musically. She even withheld it from Pink but Christina won her over when she sang it in front of Linda. I think it was a great result and maybe Linda didn't get to be the face behind she at least got to create something that resonated with the world.
The full list of artist on Linda's eclectic list of writing collaborations are:
Pink
Christina Aguilera
Jewel
Courtney Love
Blaque
Gwen Stefani
Vanessa Carlton
Juliette and the Licks
Sugababes
Lilix
Robbie Williams
Melissa Etheridge
Sierra Swan
Fischerspooner
Solange Knowles
Cheap Trick
Gavin Rossdale
Lisa Marie Presley
Unwritten Law
Britney Spears
LP
Kelley Osbourne
James Blunt
Ben Jelen
Enrique Inglesias
Giusy Ferrari
- Like A Rolling Stone
- Blowin' In The Wind
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- Maggie's Farm
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Hurricane
- Tweeter and the Monkey Man (co-written with Tom Petty, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison, but mainly written by Dylan with input from Petty)
Even if you're not a fan of his unique way of presenting his songs, many covers of Dylan's work have gone on to be hits in their own right. Notable examples:
Starting as a songwriter for hire at the Brill Building in New York, Neil has composed many songs for others to record as well as many of his own that will stand the test of time hundreds of years from now.
Some highlights
Cherry Cherry
You'll Be A Woman Soon
Hello Again
September Morn
Cracklin' Rosie
I Am I Said
America
Johnathan Livingston Seagull (all of it)
If You Know What I Mean
Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
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