As the story goes, “Sweet Home Alabama” was originally intended as a response to Neil Young. Ronnie Van Zant, the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd, was a big fan of Young’s music, but he was ...

June 24 marks the anniversary of the release of the song "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1974. Skip to Main Content. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close. Quick Look- ...

"Sweet Home," of course, mentions Neil Young's songs "Alabama" and "Southern Man," and there's debate whether songwriter and lead singer Ronnie Van Zant was disagreeing or agreeing with Young ...

Despite nearly all original band members having departed this mortal plane, Lynyrd Skynyrd refuses to die, and the continued love and constant airplay for 'Sweet Home Alabama' certainly justifies ...

Lynyrd Skynyrd released "Sweet Home Alabama" in June 1974 as part of the band's second album, "Second Helping." The song became the group's highest charting single, peaking at No. 8 on the ...

From "Sweet Home Alabama" to "Carolina in My Mind," we count down the ... No surprise that the original song finds the country icon keeping his distance from his angry exes — "And that's ...

More than 40 years after its release, Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama is still one of the most recognized rock anthems celebrating the deep South. It's also a song with a complicated legacy.

They then go and dance as the Lynyrd Skynyrd song "Sweet Home Alabama" plays and the credits start. Tennant said test audiences did not like the ending. "I don't know why we thought that was ...

Alabama does have a state song, but it’s not a song many may know or would guess, unless perhaps your teachers made you memorize it in elementary school. The state’s song, “Alabama”, was ...