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Hear My Song is a 1991 British comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom, who co-wrote the screenplay with Adrian Dunbar, based on the story of Irish tenor Josef Locke. It was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 46th British Academy Film Awards in 1993.
Mar 19, 1992 · Trust the Irish to take a true story and spin it into an enchanting tall tale. The film ”Hear My Song” is about the legendary Irish tenor Josef Locke. In the `50s, he fled England to...
- 10 “Baby Girl”
- 9 “Tenterfield Saddler”
- 8 “Coal Miner’S Daughter”
- 7 “The Heart Wants What It Wants”
- 6 “Mr. Bojangles”
- 5 “Coat of Many Colors”
- 4 “Clancy’S Tavern”
- 3 “I Wonder”
- 2 “At Seventeen”
- 1 “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again”
There were a lot of memorable songs from Sugarland’s 2004 debut album, and “Baby Girl” is probably the most tenderhearted. It is the story of a struggling young singer who writes letters home telling her parents about the modest venues she is playing. She asks them to send her money but at the same time, assures them that her big break is just arou...
One of the most iconic and unique singer/songwriters to gain a following in the 1970s was flamboyant showman Peter Allen. His sentimental ballads were often as popular as his upbeat dance numbers. Some of Allen’s most indelible songs, from “Don’t Cry Out Loud” to “Continental American” and “I Still Call Australia Home,” strongly reflect his own exp...
Country music, which is rooted in folk songs, is full of autobiographical tales. Loretta Lynn has written and recorded a number of popular songs taken from her own life, including “You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man” and “One’s on the Way.” However, the most famous is her signature song, “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” released in 1970, which is also t...
Occasionally, we will get an autobiographical song about an artist’s relationship with another well-known artist. These types of songs can be very juicy and sources of much gossip, such as Carly Simon’s hit “You’re So Vain.” (People are still pondering who that song was really about.) However, Selena Gomez takes a soft-hearted approach with “The He...
One of the most widely covered songs based on a true story is “Mr. Bojangles.” There have been versions sung by such diverse artists as Bob Dylan, Whitney Houston, Neil Diamond, Nina Simone, and Sammy Davis Jr. The original version was recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1968 album of the same name. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band scored a big hit wit...
Like Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” the 1971 Dolly Parton song “Coat of Many Colors” recalls a childhood marked by poverty but enriched by love. Parton’s family cannot afford to buy her a coat, so her mother makes her one from rags. As she sews it, she tells young Dolly the biblical story from Genesis about the gift that Joseph received of...
With the 2011 feel-good tune “Clancy’s Tavern,” co-written by W Scott Emerick, Toby Keith pays homage to his unconventional grandmother and her supper club in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Keith has frequently and very successfully mined his life story for song ideas. “Clancy’s Tavern” tells the tale of his grandmother’s place, where as a young boy, he got...
One particularly heartrending song in the autobiographical category is the very personal 2006 ballad “I Wonder” by country crossover artist and American Idolalum Kellie Pickler. The tearjerker was, of course, inspired by Pickler’s memory of growing up without her mother. The sensitive lyrics express the pain a young girl feels during special moment...
Like so many autobiographical ballads, Janis Ian’s most famous song, “At Seventeen” (1975), has a coming-of-age theme. Initially inspired by a newspaper article about a debutante, Ian deals very effectively with the pains and disillusionment of growing up as she contrasts the experiences of popular girls with “ugly ducklings.” She laments the fate ...
Something that sets Elton John’s 2019 song “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” apart from typical autobiographical songs is that, instead of covering a specific event or chapter in the life of the artist, it is about the evolution that has occurred over Elton John’s lifetime, leading him to a good place. Written by Elton John and his longtime collaborator ...
Feb 14, 1992 · Large parts of it are based on fact, according to the film’s notes; not only was there a real Josef Locke who fled the British taxmen, but there was a “Mr. X,” who teased club audiences for years with the ad line, “Is he or isn’t he?”
Hear My Song is a fiction based on Locke’s story, told from the point of view of Micky O’Neill, a Liverpool nightclub manager. When a Locke impersonator that O’Neill presents as the real thing under the name “Mr. X” is revealed to be a fraud, he travels to Ireland to find the true Locke and bring him back to perform.
Nightclub owner Mickey O'Neill (Adrian Dunbar), a fast-talking charmer, has figured out a way to save his financial sinkhole of a business: book famous Irish tenor Josef Locke (William Hootkins)...
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Sep 17, 2024 · Welcome to Hear My True Story, where ordinary moments become extraordinary through the power of authentic storytelling. Each episode dives into real-life experiences, blending laughter, tears, and triumphs that resonate with the shared human journey.
