American Moms: Unsung Heroes of a Bad Economy Leslie Bennetts December 14, 2011. âThe worst thing that could happen to these people is that they persevere with a business that is doomed,â Johnson said.
Sweet Home Alabama is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping. It reached number 8 on the US chart in 1974 and was the band's second hit single.
Alabama by Neil Young Songfacts. 1  This song can be seen as a follow-up to Young's 1970 song Southern Man from After The Gold Rush. 2  1972 was an interesting year for Neil Young; his song Heart Of Gold, also from the Harvest album, became the only #1 hit of his career. In September, seven months after this album was released, Young and then-girlfriend, actress Carrie Snodgrass, had a baby boy named Zeke who was born with cerebral palsy.