Many of his songs are intense and beautiful.

His songs make up a large part of Israeli Culture.

It's been estimated that two thirds of the melodies Dylan used in his early songs were borrowed.

Very happy that Bob Dylan was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature always a big fan of his powerful often brutal lyrics.

The argument for Dylan would rest squarely on the quality and influence of his work over the years, and the fact that they have now become classics of modern poetry, decades after they were first composed.

In February 2017, Teferi Mekonen, an Oromo singer who asserted Oromo cultural identity and challenge the legitimacy of Ethiopia s ruling party in his songs, was arrested.

A weekly CBC radio show brought him national recognition and, he began touring Canada until the late 1940s when American country music stations began playing his records.

Young moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and recorded his first chart hit, Goin Steady , in October 1952, but his career was sidetracked when he was drafted into the US Army the following month.

His first hit was in 1932 with That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine, a duet with fellow railroad man, Jimmy Long, and which Autry and Long co wrote.

One of his more popular songs, Ghetto , talks about police brutality against people residing in the slums of Kampala and the inadequate services that delivered to them.

He created much of his best known work during the turbulent times of the 1960s his songs like Blowin' in the Wind and The Times They are A Changin' were widely popular during the anti Vietnam War and civil rights movements in the United States.

Some of his well known recordings include Release Me , Crazy Arms , Heartaches by the Number , For the Good Times , Night Life , and You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me .

According to several first hand sources, including Johnny Cash, Lewis himself, who was devoutly Christian, was also troubled by the sinful nature of his own material, which he firmly believed was leading him and his audience to hell.

In 1977, Gibb saw five of his songs simultaneously enter the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and, for one week in March, four of the top five songs were written by him.

It also made Mariah Carey a record breaking album every single released from it was a chart topper in the U.S. I Don't Wanna Cry reached number 1 in its eighth week and spent two weeks at the top, from May 19 to June 1, 1991.

Although some of his major hit songs were ballads, many of his songs had a classic rock style, such as Don't Mean Nothing , Should've Known Better , Satisfied , and Too Late To Say Goodbye .

Johnny Cash There ain't no grave can hold my body down There ain't no grave can hold body down When I hear the trumpet sound I'm going to ride right out of the ground Ain't no grave can hold my body ... AK What better way to pay tribute to the man than to make something for one of his songs.