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A car crash turned a kid's hair "from black into bright white" because "the cars had smashed so hard." "Motorcrash" The Sugarcubes: 1988: From the album Life's Too Good "Motorist" Jawbox: 1994 [4] "Mr. Ambulance Driver" The Flaming Lips: 2006: From the album At War With the Mystics. Frontman Wayne Coyne has described the song as a "teenager car ...
Teenage tragedy song. A teenage tragedy song is a style of sentimental ballad in popular music that peaked in popularity in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Lamenting teenage death scenarios in melodramatic fashion, these songs were variously sung from the viewpoint of the dead person's romantic interest, another witness to ...
Tailfins gave a Space Age look to cars, and along with extensive use of chrome became commonplace by the end of the decade. 1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States, as reflected in popular music, major trends from the 1950s and mainstream acceptance of the "hot rod" culture. The American manufacturing economy switched from producing ...
W. Warm Leatherette. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Wreck on the Highway (1938 song) Wreck on the Highway (Bruce Springsteen song) Categories: Ballads by topic. Traffic collisions. Songs about transport.
Through the Wire. " Through the Wire " is the debut solo single by American rapper and producer Kanye West, who wrote and recorded the song with his jaw wired shut after a car crash on October 23, 2002. The song samples Chaka Khan 's 1985 single "Through the Fire" and was released on the last day of September 2003 as the lead single from his ...
Wayne's hit version was released on Memphis, Tennessee -based Fernwood Records, which was owned by Ronald "Slim" Wallace (1957–1965). The single was made with a trio of girls recruited from the local high school. Wayne was a one hit wonder who cut around 20 songs including a remake of his hit for the reactivated Sun label which sounds similar ...
The Carrollton bus collision occurred on May 14, 1988, on Interstate 71 in unincorporated Carroll County, Kentucky. The collision involved a former school bus in use by a church youth group and a pickup truck driven by an alcohol-impaired driver. The head-on collision was the deadliest incident involving drunk driving and the third-deadliest ...
The 1959 Coupe de Ville was one of the most beautiful cars ever made, with eye-catching tailfins and a sleek body style. It had power doors, windows, and seats, making it one of the most luxurious ...