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Heart Of Gold by Neil Young
Genre: Rock
Year: 1972
Year: 1972
"Heart of Gold" from the 1972 album Harvest is Neil Youngs only number one hit single in his long musical career. Rolling Stone ranked it #297 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. It features the back-up vocals of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt.
The song is one of a series of soft, acoustic pieces which were written partly as a result of a back injury. Unable to stand for long periods of time, he could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down.
The song was taped during the initial sessions for Harvest in early 1971 at Quadrafonic Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Ronstadt and Taylor were in Nashville at the time for an appearance on Johnny Cashs television program, and the albums producer Elliot Mazer arranged Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!People who like this song also like Hey Jude, Bohemian Rhapsody, Like A Rolling Stone, Stairway To Heaven, Harvest.
More songs by Neil Young: Powderfinger, Long May You Run, The Emperor of Wyoming, Walk On, Comes a Time.
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