THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
367-Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra-Some Velvet Morning.
1967-Has never charted in the UK.
Best Bit-At 1.37.In 2003 music critics working on behalf of ‘The Daily Express’ newspaper placed this song at Number 1 on their list of the 50 best duets ever.
Hazlewood confesses that he doesn’t know what the enigmatic lyrics he wrote actually mean.’It’s not meant to mean so much,I’m not a druggie,so it was never to do with that.’Nancy Sinatra said,‘I’ve been singing this song for over twenty years and I still don’t know what the damned thing means.’
Lee Hazlewood(1929-2007) was an American Country and Pop singer,best known for his work with Nancy Sinatra,he wrote and produced her 1966 Billboard and UK Number 1 These Boots Are Made For Walkin'(see best songs 978.) In the late 1950’s he also wrote and produced many of the hits of the pioneering Rock guitarist Duane Eddy.
‘I’m gonna open up your gate and maybe tell you ’bout Phaedra and how she gave me life.’
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