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Rock Tracks That Celebrate Celebrities
From Victorian stage actresses to fallen Hollywood idols, these celebrities inspired some hit rock tracks.
Ellen Fagan
Ellen Fagan is a forever New Yorker, long-time Greenwich Village resident and vintage Duke University graduate with hippie-esque leanings. The best description of Ellen was given to her by a sardonic lawyer during the voir dire of one of her myriad Jury Duty stints: "...housewife, mom, voracious reader, freelance writer, copy editor, jewelry designer and frequent cyber-sleuth."
The Epic Track: “Walk of Life”
With "Walk of Life," Dire Straits created a buoyant, joyous tribute to buskers -- and everyone else just trying to reach their dream.
“Born To Run” At 50
Bruce Springsteen was on the verge of being dropped. Until "Born to Run" changed it all-- and changed rock.
“Feelin’ Alright”: Love & Punctuation Gone Wrong
The Joe Cocker version is perhaps best known. But there are dozens of covers of this classic, worth checking out.
The Epic Track: “Let It Be”
The song "Let It Be" came to Paul McCartney in a dream. It remains an uplifting classic.