Alan Ladd
Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns such as Shane (1953) and film noirs where he was often paired with Veronica Lake, such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942) and The Blue Dahlia (1946). Other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast (1946), Whispering Smith (1949) and The Great Gatsby (1949). His popularity diminished in the late 1950s, though he continued to appear in popular films until his accidental death due to a lethal combination of alcohol, a barbiturate, and two tranquilizers.
Biography
Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on 3 September 1913. He was the only child of Ina Raleigh (also known as Selina Rowley) (b 25 November 1888), and Alan Ladd, a freelance accountant. His mother was English, from County Durham, and had migrated to the USA in 1907 when she was nineteen. His father died of a heart attack when Ladd was four. On 3 July 1918 a young Alan accidentally burnt down the family home while playing with matches. His mother relocated to Oklahoma City, where she married Jim Beavers, a housepainter (d 1936).
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Alan Ladd
ALBUMS
- Country Live released: 2009
- Hulde Aan Legendes released: 2007
- Alan Ladd - Sing Country (Country-treffers) released: 2007
- My Hart Klop Country released: 2006
Hulde Aan Legendes
Released 2007- Bumming Around - Dean Martin
- For The Good Times - Perry Como
- The Sneaky Side Of Me - Dean Martin
- Yellow Bird - Harry Belafonte
- And I Love You Son - Perry Como
- Sprokie Vir 'N Stadskind - Koos Du Plessis
- Candy Kisses - George Morgan
- Little Old Wine Drinker Me - Dean Martin
- Hanne - David Kramer
- Jamaica Farewell - Harry Belafonte
- Moon River - Jim Reeves
- Ramblin' Rose - Nat King Cole
- Something Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra
- Kinders Van Die Wind - Koos Du Plessis
- Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
- You Belong To Me - Dean Martin
- When You're Smiling - Red Foley
- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - Bj Thomas
- Red Roses For A Blue Lasy - Dean Martin
Alan Ladd - Sing Country (Country-treffers)
Released 2007- Back Home Again
- Vertical Expression
- The Gambler
- One In A Million
- Lucille
- Okie From Muskogee
- California Blues
- Tiny Bubbles
- Is This The Way Amarillo
- Far Away
- Some Days Are Diamonds
- Rhinestone Cowboy
- Let Me Cry
- Blue Spanish Eyes
- Good Hearted Woman
- Gorgeous Woman
- Boy Named Sue
- Vincent
- I Will Stay
- Wild Side Of Life
- Cherry Life
My Hart Klop Country
Released 2006- Grandpa
- Going Where the Lonely Go
- Coward of the County
- Help Me Make It Through the Night
- Detroit City
- Crystal Chandeliers
- Fool on the Hill
- Cool Waters
- Me and Bobby McGee
- On the Other Hand
- Kiss an Angel Good Morning
- You Were There
- Ring of Fire
- Green Grass of Home
- Saganaw Michigan
- Woman Sensuous Woman
- On Your Way Out
- 500 Miles Away From Home
- Nothing Turns Into Everything
- King of the Road
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by Bosshoss
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by Randy Newman
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by Midnight Oil
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by Nas
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by New Model Army
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by Defying Control
My Country
by: BosshossWhere do you go? (Where do you go?)
Me and I we're going from east down south.
Where do you go? (Where do you go?)
We're going from south to the wild west.
Where do you go? (Where do you go?)
We're on our way from west to north.
There he comes running, with a flag in his hands
My country!
My country!
Don't you hearin' my country
My my my
My country!
Where do you go? (Where do you go?)
I'm drifting along from north to east
Where do you go? (Where do you go?)
We're headin' the trail from east to west
Where do you go? (Where do you go?)
Myself and I are crossing countries
And no one never ever asks me to stay
My country!
My country!
Oh can't you hear me? It's me country!
My wave, my beach, my propriety!
A voice out of light and grace
Is falling down from heaven's face
It's tearing the skyline in two
Where do you go, there ain't no room for you
It's my country!
My country!
My country!
It's my country!
My country!
My country!
Oh man come on this is my country!
My wave, my beach, my propriety!
Yeah this is country!