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Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Genre: Southern Rock
Year: 1973
Year: 1973
"Free Bird" (often spelled "Freebird", including by the band itself on the cover of the single (right)) is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was first featured on the bands debut album in 1973, and has been included on subsequent albums released by the band, including the previously-unreleased, unfaded-ending version of the original recording (featured on Skynyrds Innyrds) which ends rather climactically.
Released as a single in November 1974, "Free Bird" became the bands second Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1975, where it peaked at No. 19.Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications) A live version of the song also reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1977, Read full article at wikipedia.org
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