photo Shane Leonard
Stephen King’s favourite songs:
- ‘Stiff Upper Lip’ – AC/DC
- ‘At the Hop’ – Danny and the Juniors
- ‘Pink Houses’ – John Cougar Mellencamp
- ‘The New Girl in School’ – Jan and Dean
- ‘Dance Little Sister’ – Rolling Stones
- ‘That’s the Way I Like It’ – KC & the Sunshine Band
- ‘Dirty Water’ – The Standells
- ‘Louie Louie’ – The Kingsmen
- ‘It Came Out of the Sky’ – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- ‘Secret Agent Man’ – Johnny Rivers
- ‘Anarchy In the UK’ – Sex Pistols
- ‘Needles and Pins’ – The Searchers
- ‘S.O.B.’ – Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
- ‘My Sharona’ – The Knack
- ‘Worries’ – Langhorne Slim
- ‘Fast Girl’ – The Tractors
- ‘Beautiful Wreck’ – Shawn Mullins
- ‘Wild Weekend’ – The Rockin’ Rebels
- ‘Mrs. McKenzie’ – Janis Ian
- ‘Step It Up & Go’ – Alvin “Youngblood” Hart & Teenie Hodges
- ‘Shake’ – Sam Cooke
- ‘Stars on the Water’ – Rodney Crowell
- ‘Carlene’ – Phil Vassar
- ‘I Shot Your Dog’ – Fred Eaglesmith
- ‘Seeds’ – Bruce Springsteen
- ‘Ramrod’ – Bruce Springsteen
- ‘Galveston Flood’ – Tom Rush
- ‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’ – Richard Thompson
- ‘Can Your Pussy Do The Dog’ – The Cramps
- ‘Bayou Tortous’ – James McMurtry
- ‘Baby Come Back To Me’ – The Manhattan Transfer
- ‘Diamond Shoes’ – Tift Merritt
- ‘Manifesto No. 1’ – Shooter Jennings
- ‘She Loves You’ – The Beatles
- ‘Desolation Row’ – Bob Dylan
- ‘Choctaw Bingo’ – James McMurtry
- ‘Middle of the Road’ – Pretenders
- ‘Barrier Reef’ – Old 97’s
- ‘Pon De Replay’ – Rihanna
- ‘When The Stars Go Blue’ – Ryan Adams
Truly extraordinary!
Did this list make you re-think what you thought of King? It kind of did me but it reaffirmed my sense of admiration too! Truly!
Raised a smile and scratch my head and some are yet beyond me (still!) . . . . . . .
