| 词条 | Five Long Years |
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| name = Five Long Years | cover = Five Long Years single cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Eddie Boyd | album = | B-side = Blue Coat Man | released = {{Start date|1952|07}} | format = 10-inch 78 rpm & 7-inch 45 rpm record | recorded = May–June 1952 | studio = Modern Recording Studio, Chicago | venue = | genre = Blues | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=41}} | label = J.O.B. (no. 1007) | writer = Eddie Boyd | producer = | prev_title = It's Miserable to Be Alone | prev_title2 = I'm Pleading | prev_year = 1952 | next_title = 24 Hours | next_year = 1953 }} "Five Long Years" is a song written and recorded by blues vocalist/pianist Eddie Boyd in 1952. Called one of the "few postwar blues standards [that has] retained universal appeal",[1] Boyd's "Five Long Years" reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart.[2] Numerous blues and other artists have recorded interpretations of the song.[3] Original song"Five Long Years" is a moderate-tempo twelve-bar blues notated in 12/8 time in the key of C.[3] It tells of "the history of the metal worker who, for five years, worked hard in a factory and who gave his check every Friday night to his girlfriend, who nevertheless dumped him".[4] Backing Boyd on vocal and piano are Ernest Cotton on tenor sax, L. C. McKinley on guitar, Alfred Elkins on bass, and Percy Walker on drums. "Five Long Years" was revisited by Boyd several times during his career, with additional studio and live recordings. Recognition and legacyIn 2011, Eddie Boyd's original "Five Long Years" was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, who called it "a true-to-life blues in 1952 that hit home with many a working man".[5] A variety of artists have recorded "Five Long Years", including Junior Parker, whose version reached number thirteen in the R&B chart (1959 Duke 306); Willie B. Huff and Johnny Fuller recorded it for Bob Geddins as "I've Been Thinkin' and Thinkin'"; John Lee Hooker (The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker, 1961); the Yardbirds (Five Live Yardbirds, 1963); Muddy Waters (1963); Long John Baldry (Long John's Blues, 1964); Ike & Tina Turner (Outta Season, 1968); Bobby "Blue" Bland (If Loving You is Wrong, 1970); Freddie King (Getting Ready, 1971); B.B. King (Guess Who, 1972); Buddy Guy (Damn Right, I've Got the Blues, 1991); and Eric Clapton (From The Cradle, 1994). References1. ^{{cite encyclopedia| last = Dahl| first = Bill| editor-last = Erlewine| editor-first = Michael| editor-link = Michael Erlewine| encyclopedia = All Music Guide to the Blues| section = Eddie Boyd| year = 1996| location = San Francisco| publisher = Miller Freeman Books| isbn = 0-87930-424-3| page = 28| ref = harv}} 2. ^{{cite book| last = Whitburn| first = Joel| authorlink = Joel Whitburn| title = Top R&B Singles 1942–1988| year = 1988| location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin| publisher = Record Research| isbn = 0-89820-068-7| page = 52| ref = harv}} 3. ^{{cite book| author = Hal Leonard| title = The Blues| section = Five Long Years| year = 1995| location = Milwaukee, Wisconsin| publisher = Hal Leonard| isbn = 0-79355-259-1| page = 67| ref = harv}} 4. ^{{cite encyclopedia| last = Herzhaft| first = Gerard| encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of the Blues| section = Five Long Years| year = 1992| location = Fayetteville, Arkansas| publisher = University of Arkansas Press| isbn = 1-55728-252-8| page = 448| ref = harv}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |url = http://www.blues.org/awards-search/?cat=hof |author = Blues Foundation |title = 2011 Hall of Fame Inductees: Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd (J.O.B., 1952) |website = The Blues Foundation |date = November 10, 2016 |accessdate = February 7, 2017 |ref = harv |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151218032236/http://www.blues.org/awards-search/?cat=hof |archivedate = December 18, 2015 |df = }} 7 : 1952 singles|Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles|Blues songs|1959 singles|Junior Parker songs|Blues Hall of Fame inductees|1952 songs |
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