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Originally Posted by william z
Sorry, that means I have one song in my collection by Bob Seger and none by Bruce Springsteen.
What does it mattter who wrote "Brother Can You Spare a Dime"; Rudy Vallee was the one whose recording of it was popular. I doubt if very many people alive today ever heard of Jay Gorney.
There were many blues songs recorded in the late 1920's and in the 1930's that could be classified as protest songs. Blues are usually about sadness and depression and often about oppression and hard times.
I know of many songs by U2 and many other groups that I may have heard or heard of but I never liked them so never really listened to them. But I fail to see how song lyrics could be classed as literature - whether you like them or not.
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If Rudy Vallee was the most popular, then why did Bing Crosby show up but Rudy didn't in a quick Google search?
Most of the younger generation probably hasn't heard of Rudy Vallee either or Bing Crosby for that matter.
Oh on protest songs, my daughter texted me the other day about Ohio. She wanted to know who sang it. She loves the song.
Ok, I have a song for you. Turn, Turn, turn. Are the words literature or song lyrics?