Jimi Hendrix

Elvis Costello's "500 Albums You Need" (Vanity Fair, November 2000) features three albums by Jimi Hendrix, including Smash Hits (1968) and Electric Ladyland (1968).

Songwriter and original performer on:

Purple Haze

The Wind Cries Mary

“When we said, 'Let's do a Jimi Hendrix on the Lulu show,' everybody knew what we were saying.” — EC on the plan to drop "Less Than Zero" and play "Radio, Radio" instead on Saturday Night Live  —  Rolling Stone, October 5, 1989

Internal links

• Vanity Fair, November 2000
• Radio 2001-05-25 Mystery Train
• One And Only: 25 Years Of Radio One
• The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock
• Rod Stewart: The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998

External links

• jimihendrix.com
• AllMusic  •  Wikipedia