Quote Originally Posted by Ky Fried Redleg View Post
79. This 1978 hit song originated as a joke by Phil Everly after he had watched an old 1935 horror flick. Everly suggested the singer/songwriter adapt the movie title into a song and dance craze. The song was crafted in , literally, 15 minutes. None of the song's co-writers, including the singer, himself, took the song seriously. The spontaneous composition, which the singer referred to as "a dumb song for smart people," was chosen to be the first single off his third album release, much to the surprise of the singer, who was perplexed at his record label's logic for releasing "that piece of s##t."

Well, "that piece of s##t" became his signature song, an overnight sensation that peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. Jackson Browne actually performed the song live at some gigs over two years before its release in '78. Fleetwood Mac's John McVie and Mick Fleetwood played played bass and drums on the record . The song helped propel the album to #8 on the Billboard album chart, making it the singer's best-selling and most commercially successful album.

So, yeah, without Phil Everly, you would have never heard this song. Ah-hoo!!!


Can you name the song and singer?
I know this one too. Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon.

He was my hero at that time. Got my hair cut like him and had glasses like him and drank too much like and everything. Turned my Marantz amp and JBL speakers waaay up on this song.