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Il y a 4 jours · Dirty Old Town was written by Salford-born folk legend Ewan MacColl for Landscape With Chimneys, his 1949 play about his home city. Since then, the song has taken on a life of its own, being ...
5 mai 2024 · It was originally composed for an interlude to cover an awkward scene change in his 1949 play Landscape with Chimneys, set in a North of England industrial town, but many people now erroneously regard it as a traditional song. Ewan MacColl recorded Dirty Old Town in 1952 for a 78rpm record (Topic TRC56). He was accompanied by Al Jeffery on guitar.
15 mai 2024 · Dirty Old Town, Ewan McColl"Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by the Dubliners and has been recorded by many ot...
Il y a 3 jours · Dirty Old Town was written by Salford-born folk legend Ewan MacColl for Landscape With Chimneys, his 1949 play about his home city. Since then, the song has taken on a life of its own, being covered by everyone from rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Frank Black to country stars Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt and has even formed the basis of a terrace chant about Liverpool defender ...
Il y a 4 jours · The original version of the song had no connection to Ireland at all h owever the song, first released in 1952, became massively popular over there. Irish bands played the song across the country, the biggest of which being from an Irish folk band called the ‘Dubliners’ who made a popular rendition of the song.
Il y a 4 jours · A new version of the Salford inspired song Dirty Old Town will feature an orchestra more than 70 years after it was first released.. Peggy Seeger, 88, whose late husband Ewan MacColl wrote the ...
Il y a 4 jours · The song Dirty Old Town is to be given a new lease of life more than 70 years after it was first released - with an orchestral accompaniment recorded in the city which inspired its lyrics.
