Call Me Lightning (song)
"Call Me Lightning" is a 1968 song by British rock band
The Who, written by guitarist Pete Townshend.
It appears on their fourth American album  and the compilation album "The Ultimate Collection".
In the United States, it was the follow-up single to their first U.S. Top 10
hit
"I Can See for Miles" and reached No. 40 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 4 May 1968, their 16th most successful single on the Hot 100.
A promo video was made for the song, and this video was featured in the 1979 documentary "The Kids Are Alright".
The song was released in the United Kingdom as the B-side of "Dogs".
The B-side, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", had been considered as a possible single release, along with "Call Me Lightning," but it was released as the B-side of "Call Me Lightning" instead.
The song received mediocre reception from the Who and their fans, and biographer John Atkins feels that "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was a better song than "Call Me Lightning", even though its horror film imagery was unsuitable for a single.
The song was behind the naming of the rock group
Call Me Lightning.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Alexander Courage
Alexander Mair" Sandy" Courage Jr.( December 10, 1919
May 15, 2008) was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film.
He is best known as the composer of the theme music for the original" Star Trek" series.
Cheyne (singer)
Cheyne Anderson, known simply as Cheyne is an American R&B singer who was still a teenager when her song" Call Me Mr. Telephone( Answering Service)" hit number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985.
She also contributed to the" Weird Science" soundtrack with the song" Private Joy."
Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter best known as the guitarist, backing and secondary lead vocalist, principal songwriter, co-founder and leader of the rock band
The Who.
His career with the Who spans over 50 years, during which time the band grew to be one of the most important and influential rock bands of the 20th century.
Pete Townshend is the main songwriter for the Who, having written well over 100 songs for the band's 12 studio albums, including concept albums and the rock operas "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia", plus popular rock radio staples such as
"Who's Next", and dozens more that appeared as non-album singles,
bonus tracks on reissues, and tracks on rarities compilations such as "Odds & Sods" (1974).
He has also written more than 100 songs that have appeared on his solo albums, as well as radio jingles and television theme songs.
Although known primarily as a guitarist, he also plays keyboards, banjo, accordion, harmonica, ukulele, mandolin, violin, synthesiser, bass guitar, and drums, on his own solo albums, several Who albums and as a guest contributor to an array of other artists' recordings.
He is self-taught on all of the instruments he plays and has never had any formal training.
Townshend has also contributed to and authored many newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, essays, books, and scripts, and he has collaborated as a lyricist and composer for many other musical acts.
Due to his aggressive playing style and innovative songwriting techniques, Townshend's works with The Who and in other projects have earned him critical acclaim.
He was ranked No. 3 in Dave Marsh's list of Best Guitarists in "The New Book of Rock Lists", No. 10
in Gibson.com's list of the top 50 guitarists, and No. 10 again in "Rolling Stone"s updated 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
In 1983, Townshend received the Brit Award for Lifetime Achievement; in 1990, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who; in 2001, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as a member of the Who; and in 2008 he received Kennedy Center Honors.
He and Roger Daltrey received The George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA on 21 May 2016.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Walter Robinson (composer)
Walter Robinson is an African American composer of the late 20th century.
He is most notable for his 1977 song" Harriet Tubman", which has been recorded by folk musicians such as Holly Near, John McCutcheon, and others.
He is also the composer of several operas.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (The Who song)
" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a song by English rock band, the Who.
It was written by the band's bassist, John Entwistle.
The song was about drummer Keith Moon's drinking problems.
This would be the first of two songs from The Who written about Keith Moon, the second being" Doctor Jimmy" from the album" Quadrophenia".
Who biographer John Atkins calls it" a macabre tribute to Keith Moon."
" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" has been compared to a Hammer horror film.
The lyrics describe the good and evil elements within a single character, as in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel" Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
The music incorporates a" scarey opening" and has a melody led by Entwistle's bass guitar line, which Chris Charlesworth describes as" menacing" and Atkins describes as" grinding."
It also contains a French horn solo that Charlesworth describes as" spooky."
Atkins describes the melody as being" strongly inventive."
" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" had been considered as a possible single release, along with" Call Me Lightning," but it was released as the B-side of" Call Me Lightning" instead.
Atkins laments this decision, stating that although its horror film imagery was not ideal for a single, it was far better than" Call Me Lightning."
He considers it one of Entwistle's best songs, saying that the" music and performance combine to create a perfectly chilling horror- comic Gothic mood piece."
Charlesworth states that the song" succeeds admirably."
Two very different versions of this song exist.
The first one, running 2:24, is the B-side to the US single" Call Me Lightning".
It is still available on the 1968 compilation album.
The second version, which exceeds the former's length by 14 seconds, was the B- Side to the UK single" Magic Bus".
This version has a more prominent guitar line, as well as spooky" Mr. Hyde" effects( the voice John Entwistle had used in chorus of the song" Boris the Spider") and can be found on the Japanese release of the" Who's Missing/ Two's Missing" compilation released in 2011.
This song, as well as" Boris the Spider" and" Silas Stingy" all had lyrics that suited children.
Kit Lambert had the idea of making a kids' album composed entirely of songs like these, but it never saw the light of day.
Bill Saluga
William Saluga( born September 16, 1937) is an American comedian and founding member of the improvisational comedy troupe Ace Trucking Company.
He has appeared on several television programs, including" Seinfeld".
Youngstown, Ohio, native Saluga is best known for his cigar- smoking, zoot- suit- wearing television character Raymond J. Johnson Jr., famous for his catchphrase" You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me …"
The character then proceeds to list almost every conceivable permutation of his name before finishing with" … but you does n't has to call me Johnson!"
Dogs (The Who song)
" Dogs" is a UK single written by Pete Townshend and released by the Who in June 1968.
It reached number 25 on the UK singles chart, lower than any single the band had released in several years.
The B-side of the UK single was" Call Me Lightning".
Both songs were originally released mixed in mono only, as they were not intended for album release.

Question: What is the award that the composer of song Call Me Lightning (Song) received?
Answer: Kennedy Center Honors