James Dean, the songs with his name in the title
Why, after seven decades, is James Dean still a legend? Dario Salvatori’s book “James Dean. Life and passions of a myth” (Tempesta Editori) tries to answer this question. In the journey of discovering the life of a young man who became an artist, among archive documents, biographies, newspaper articles, interviews with people who knew him and went through a part of his life, the author also dedicates a chapter to the songs that have been dedicated to him in one way or another (and there are many). Courtesy of the publisher, below we list those that have the actor’s name in the title.
1974 Eagles, “James Dean” (from the album “On the border”)
1993 Fred and Jody, “But We’re Not James Dean”
1993 Bonnie Tyler, “James Dean” (from the album “Silhouette in red”)
1994 Giorgio Vanni, “James Dean” (from the album “Grande Cuore”)
2000 Jess Conrad, “James Dean” (from the album “Golden boy of the sixties”)
2002 Daniel Bedingfield, “James Dean (I wanna know)” (from the album “Gotta get thru this”)
2007 Tao, “The Last James Dean” (from the album “The Last James Dean”)
2020 Forlenzo, “It’s all James Dean’s fault”
2022 YTAM, “James Dean”
2022 MotelNoire, “James Dean” (from the album “Non ci aveve mai”)
2023 Tash Sultana, “James Dean” (from the “Sugar” EP)
2023 Hello Gloom, “James Dean”(from the album “Ready 4 the highway”)
