<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Sweet Home Alabama" (2 July 1977 at Oakland Coliseum Stadium) on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Sweet Home Alabama" is a song by Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd that first appeared in 1974 on their second album, Second Helping . </P> <P> It reached number 8 on the US chart in 1974 and was the band's second hit single . The song was written in reply to "Southern Man" and "Alabama" by Neil Young; Young is name - checked in the song's lyrics . </P>

Who was the original singer of sweet home alabama