In 1958, three versions of 'The Story of My Life' were released in the UK: In the United Kingdom, a cover version recorded by Michael Holliday reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1958, before being replaced by Perry Como's ' Magic Moments', also written by Bacharach and David.

The song was a 1957 hit for American country music singer Marty Robbins, which peaked at number one on the US country chart for four weeks and reached number fifteen on the Billboard Top 100 and number two on Australian Singles Chart.' The Story of My Life' is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. When they changed the meaning of those words, they lifted the curse.1957 single by Marty Robbins 'The Story of My Life' 'The audience changed the meaning of these words and when they sing 'I'm still alive' it's like they're celebrating. So every night when I look out at this sea of people reacting on their own positive interpretation, it was really incredible. 'And folks are jumping up in the aisles, using their bodies to express themselves and singing along 'I'm still alive' en masse. The frontman continued: 'So cut to a few years later and we're playing to larger and larger audiences and they're responding to this chorus in a way that you never thought. Pearl Jam performing at Hard Rock Calling at London's Hyde Park in 2010. 'And fine the dad's dead but I'm still alive and I've gotta deal with this. So he took this to be a curse, like fine you told me this secret, but I've gotta figure a way to deal with this. To be honest I was barely there to be known. He added: 'The guy was me, but I barely knew me then. 'And one was that the guy he believed to be his father while growing up was not, and number two was that his real father had passed away a few years before. On VH1's Storyteller's series, the grunge legend explained: 'The original story being told in the song is of a young man being made aware of some shocking truths. Once - the next track in the trilogy - sees the man go on a killing spree, while Footsteps (the third) sees him await execution from his prison cell.Д®ddie Vedder has often described the song as a 'curse,' but revealed how the interpretation of it has changed throughout the years. The fictional element of the song sees the mother then have an incestuous relationship with the son, who resembles his biological father. It tells the story of a man who finds out his father is actually his stepfather and that his biological dad is actually dead- an event which occurred in Eddie Vedder's own life when he was a teenager. The latter didn't make the record, but went on to feature as the B-side of their Jeremy single. The rest, as they say is history.Д«ut what about the song's lyrics and meaning?ДЄlive is the first part of a trilogy of songs, followed by Once, which also featured on Pearl Jam's debut album and Footsteps. The band - then called Mookie Blaylock after US basketball player Daron Oshay 'Mookie' Blaylock - recorded the track during a demo session in January 1991. After hearing it, they invited him to come to Seattle and asked him to join them soon after. He recorded his vocals to the music before mailing it back to the band.

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