Coverafbeelding Cher - Walking In Memphis
  • Statistieken
  •   8 wkn Tipparade
  •   1995

Artiestinformatie

Geboortedatum   20-05-1946
Land   Verenigde Staten

Cher wordt op 20 mei 1946 geboren. In 1962 leert ze Sonny Bono kennen, met wie ze later trouwt.

Als Sonny en Cher scoren ze in de jaren 60 grote hits, waaronder I Got You Babe en Little Man, dat de eerste plaats in de Top 40 haalt. In de jaren 70 gaat Cher solo en scheidt ze van Sonny Bono. Ze scoort in die jaren ook hits: Gypsys Tramps & Thieves en Dark Lady. Daarna duurt het lang voordat ze echt meer hits gaat scoren. In 1989 begint een reeks hits met de singles If I Could Turn Back Time, in 1991 gevolgd door The Shoop Shoop Song en Love And Understanding en eind 1993 met Beavis en Butthead op de single I Got You Babe. Daarna is het weer enige tijd stil. Eind 1998 maakt de zangeres een gigantische comeback met de single Believe. Het wordt haar eerste nummer 1-hit solo, het nummer staat 1 week bovenaan en Cher is op dat moment 52 jaar. Strong Enough wordt in 1999 een grote hit en de laatste hit die ze scoort, dateert van 2001 en is getiteld The Music's No Good Without You.



Songtekst

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

W.C. Handy, won't you look down over me?
Yeah, I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a girl can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?

Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
I watched him walk right through

Now security, they did not see him
They just hovered 'round his tomb
There's a pretty little thing waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room

When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel?

Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Walk)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?

They got catfish on the table
They got gospel in the air
Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
Boy, you've got a prayer in Memphis

Now Gabriel plays piano
Every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see him
They asked me if I would

Do a little number?
And I sang with all my might
He said, "Tell me, are you a Christian, child?"
And I said, "Man, I am tonight"

Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Walk)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?

Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale (Walk)
Walking in Memphis (Walking in Memphis)
But do I really feel the way I feel?

Put on my blue suede shoes

Songinformatie

Cover van de gelijknamige hit van Marc Cohn uit 1991.
ArtiestCher
Titel Walking In Memphis
Lengte 3:55
Componist(en) Marc Cohn
Producer(s) Christopher Neil
Platenlabel WEA
Catalogusnr 0630-12791-2


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