artist 'signature tunes'

[TraceNspace]

I'm with Lloyd! Man in Black

[TraceNspace]

The Who - Baba O'reilly

[Music Head]

I think we may have different thoughts on what a "signature tune" is

[SteveO]

To me an artists signature song is in most cases their most popular song that everyone knows. It may not be their biggest hit but in most cases it is. It's the song that for the most part ends or is used as the finale in their live concerts ! Great thread...I'll add some different ones ! what do you think members ?

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

Lou Reed - Take a Walk on the Wild Side

The Rolling Stones - I Can't Get No Satisfaction

The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin

George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today

Tom Jones - Green Green Grass of Home

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

Eagles - Hotel California

Clash - London Calling

Elton John - Your Song ( this is a tough one)

CCR - Proud Mary ( possibly my least favorite but I think it's their signature song nevertheless)

Neil Young - Heart of Gold

Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

I have to add The Beatles ....Hey Jude

[jazzboCR]

I think it's apples and oranges to compare a signature tune by long-term established artists with one-hit wonders (Golden Earring e.g.). That said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuOxdvVRM8s and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEV58ztuihs << many would choose "Folsom Prison"...

[jazzboCR]

isnt it funny how we all have different tracks we associate with different artists???

smarmy moment: Your thesis is to be expected--perhaps you meant different songs by the same artist?

[jazzboCR]

Taking this in a different direction:
The '60's were a transitional time in Jazz--hard bop had not swept away the older bebop and "free jazz" was still on the horizon as a major force. This piece exemplifies the era and shows Oliver Nelson the genius he was and to be a genius leading geniuses in a magnificent album. Listen and get swept away....Oliver Nelson "Stolen Moments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbaGDDbpcQ4 << album cut This brought so many people to appreciate jazz, me among them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxanLcq0PdE << does this tune scale-up or what? Not featuring any of the original players
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvsOCly2XQ << vocal treatment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzXpS64UFKc << Vocal; radically different rhythm

Showing many of the different things a trumpet can do throughout his career (setting the vocabulary) yet he's remembered for some pop fluff--oh well a man's gotta eat.
Louis Armstrong "Hello, Dolly" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs << strong case can also be made for "What a Wonderful World" q. v.

Miles Davis "Say What" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC8nqT6Rrk << hard bop/post-bop/modal--call it what you will. One of the best-known pieces in jazz (look at the # of YouTube hits), this and the entire rest of this album was improvised in the studio--astonishing achievement by master giant players. MD went far, far beyond this in later years but was always justifiably proud of this piece, this session.

[SteveO]

Fabulous !!!

[video=youtube;v4DTR0I7xhA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4DTR0I7xhA[/video]

[stuartpaul12]

"Brown Rang" is the signature tune of Yo Yo Honey singh from india.

[jazzboCR]

To me an artists signature song is in most cases their most popular song that everyone knows. It may not be their biggest hit but in most cases it is. It's the song that for the most part ends or is used as the finale in their live concerts ! Great thread...I'll add some different ones ! what do you think members ?
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

And here is THE BEST cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMlX7jaQBs << OK it's a parody but the one JP et Cie. play for their friends when sufficiently impaired.