- LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS
(Hollies) (1972)
- It was written by lead singer Allan Clarke
along with Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway and
was initially intended as a solo release for
Clarke. When the Hollies first performed the
song it was fast and almost 'country' in
sound and feel. The group slowed the tempo
down and after a couple of takes they were
satisfied that they had recorded a good album
track. It was their biggest US hit making No
2 but only made No 32 in the UK.
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- LONG TALL GLASSES (Leo Sayer) (1974)
- Sayer says the song has about two or three
different meanings but it's really about his
childhood. One of the influences for this
recording was the Charlie Chaplin movie The
Goldrush and in particular a scene where he
dances with a beautiful girl. The song is
also inspired by Sayer's first visit to
America. Fans would say: "You're
great, you can sing .... you can dance"
- and Sayer would reply - "You
know I can't dance."
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- LONG TALL SALLY (Little Richard)
(1956)
- Richard wrote this while working as a
dishwasher at a bus station in his hometown
of Macon, Georgia. It was originally titled The
Thing.
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- LOOK WOT YOU DUN (Slade) (1972)
- Dave Hill borrowed Peter Frampton's guitar
for this recording because he'd left his at
home. Due to bad weather he was unable to
return home for his guitar. This is Slade's
only hit song to feature a Don Powell vocal -
the heavy breathing on the chorus.
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- LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR (Creedence
Clearwater Revival) (1970)
- It was partly written for John Fogerty's son
Josh who at the time was 3. Fogerty says: "I
knew he would love it if he heard me on the
radio singing - doot doot doo, lookin' out my
back door." In the song lyrics
there is a reference to a parade passing by
which John says was inspired by a Dr Seuss
book that he read as a kid titled: To Think
(That) I Saw It On Mulberry Street.
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- LOVE IS A STRANGER (Eurythmics)
(1983)
- This was their first hit. Kiki Dee provided
backing vocals on this single. The song also
featured a chef from a restaurant that was
close to the studio. He provided the odd
grunting noises.
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- LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND (Pat Boone)
(1957)
- The whistling on the beginning of this
recording is provided by Neil Sedaka. The
whistling on the beginning of this recording
is provided by Neil Sedaka. This was a
revival of a 1931 recording by Ted Black and
his Orchestra. Made No 1 in US.
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- LOVE MACHINE (Pastoral Symphony)
(1968)
- The Australian studio band comprised of The
Twilights, Terry Walker (The Strangers lead
singer), Ronnie Charles and the Johnny Hawker
Orchestra. It was their only hit.
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- LOVE SHACK (B52s) (1989)
- It was inspired by the band's early days when
they’d visit black clubs in Athens,
Georgia - such as the Circus and
Hawaii-Ha-Lee. The song was only recorded as
an afterthought during the recording of their
album Cosmic Thing. It spent 8 weeks on top
of the Australian charts beginning Christmas
Day 1989 and continuing into the summer of
1990. At one point in the song the music
stops and a few words are sung which left
many listeners puzzled as to what they were
singing. They were: "Tin roof
rusted."
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- LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH (Stephen
Stills) (1970)
- It was recorded in London. Background
vocalists were John Sebastian, Rita Coolidge,
David Crosby and Graham Nash. Stills played
guitars, organ and percussion. The song title
came from musician Billy Preston.
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- LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK (Taylor Dane)
(1990)
- It was written by Diane Warren. She says she
first started writing the song in a hotel
room during the first night of a trip to
Russia. Diane originally had Whitney Houston
in mind to record the song.
LOVER LOVER (Jimmy Barnes) (1996)
It was recorded in Germany. Barnes wrote the
music and his wife Jane wrote the lyrics. It
was Jane's intention that Deni Hines would
record a song with these words.
LUCY IN THE SKY (WITH DIAMONDS)
(Elton John) (1975) - This Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band
album track was inspired by a painting that
Julian Lennon did at nursery school in 1967.
It was a picture of his classmate Lucy - in
the sky with diamonds. In later years Lucy
(O’Donnell) became a teacher. Elton
John's version made No 1 in America and
featured John Lennon (credited as Dr Winston
O'Boogie on guitar).
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- LUKA (Suzanne Vega) (1987)
- It's a song about child abuse from the
viewpoint of the abused child. It was
nominated for the Grammy Record of the Year
and Song of the Year.
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- LULLABY (Shawn Mullins) (1999)
- The song was birthed following a gig at a
Chinese restaurant. One of the people in the
audience was moved by his music and they
spent some time together having a meal while
she told Mullins her life story. During that
conversation he wrote down the phrase:
"she grew up with the children of the
stars." A week later while driving
through the desert the chorus line "everything's
gonna be all right, rock-a-bye"
came to him.
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