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“Lay Lady Lay”
“Lay Lady Lay” cover
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Nashville Skyline
B-side "Peggy Day"
Released July, 1969
Format 7" 45 RPM
Recorded Columbia Studio A

Nashville, Tennessee
February 14, 1969
Genre Country Rock
Length 3:20
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Bob Dylan
Producer Bob Johnston

"Lay Lady Lay" is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album. Nashville Skyline is Bob Dylan 's 9th proper studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1969 A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s A gramophone A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other For the geological term see Country rock (geology. Country rock is a Musical Genre formed from the fusion of rock In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing See also Bob Johnson, Robert Johnston Donald William 'Bob' Johnston (born 14 May 1932, Hillsboro Texas) is a noted American A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nashville Skyline is Bob Dylan 's 9th proper studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1969 The words of the song are sung by Dylan in a low, soft-sounding voice instead of his familiar high-pitched nasal-sounding voice. Dylan credited his "new" voice to quitting smoking before recording the song, but some unreleased bootleg tapes from the early '60s reveal that this was an aspect of his vocal persona that he had actually possessed since at least that time. [1] Released as a single in July of 1969, it became one of Dylan's biggest US Pop chart hits, peaking at number seven. The single did even better on the UK Singles Chart, reaching the number five spot. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry It is often performed live by Dylan, and was included on the Hard Rain and Before the Flood albums. Hard Rain is a Live album by American musician Bob Dylan, captured during the second leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue. Before the Flood is a 1974 Live album by Bob Dylan and The Band, documenting the Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Tour. It also appears on his quintuple-platinum Greatest Hits, Volume II album, as well as on compilations Biograph and The Essential Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol II (1971 also known as More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits, was the second compilation album released by Bob Dylan Biograph is a 53-track compilation spanning the career of Bob Dylan, from his 1962 debut album to the 1981 LP Shot The Essential Bob Dylan is a compilation by Bob Dylan, released as a double-CD set in 2000 part of Columbia Records ' " The Essential

The song was originally written for the soundtrack of the movie Midnight Cowboy, but wasn't submitted in time to make the final cut. Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 Drama film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy. [2]

Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers has been quoted that Dylan offered them the song to record in the following way. The Everlys were appearing at the Bottom Line in New York, and after the show, Dylan went backstage to visit with them. Phil asked if Bob had any new songs they might record, and he said yes, there was one they could have. He picked up a guitar and sang, but so quietly that the Everlys could not clearly make out all the words, and thought they heard "lay lady lay, lay across my big breasts, babe. " Thinking it was a song about lesbians, Don Everly said "thank you, it's a great song, but I don't think we could get away with that", and declined to record it. Dylan did not question them about it and went on to cut the track himself. Months later, they heard Dylan's version on the radio and realized they'd misunderstood the words. The Everlys felt they'd missed a big opportunity and later recorded the song on their album, "EB 84".

Dozens of other cover versions of the song have been recorded by numerous performers, including:

References

  1. ^ allmusic
  2. ^ Trager, Oliver. George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American Blues and rock Guitarist Anthony Hamilton (born January 28, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is an American R&B, soul, and Maria Muldaur (born Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato, 12 September 1943, in Greenwich Village, New York) is a roots- folk James David Ward (born September 19, 1976 in El Paso Texas) is the lead vocalist guitarist and leader of the band Sparta. Deana Kay Carter (born January 4 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee, U The Chain is the sixth studio album of American Country singer/songwriter Deana Carter, first released in 2007 Keys to the Rain, the Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. Billboard Books, 2004. (ISBN 0-8230-7974-0)

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