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  2. In America (song) - Wikipedia

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    Listen to "In America" (Official Music Video) on YouTube. " In America " is a song written and recorded by American music group Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in May 1980 as the lead single from their album Full Moon. [1] A live music video was released in 2001 shortly after the September 11 attacks.

  3. History of wind power - Wikipedia

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    History of wind power. Plan of the wind turbine for power generation by Josef Friedlaender before the electrical exhibition in the Vienna Prater (Rotunde) in 1883. Charles Brush's windmill of 1888, used for generating electricity. Wind power has been used as long as humans have put sails into the wind.

  4. List of windmills in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Smock. 1905. Appeared in the film A Jitney Elopement starring Charlie Chaplin. Windmill World. Dutch Windmill. San Francisco. Tower. 1902. Windmill World.

  5. Take Me Home, Country Roads - Wikipedia

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    Take Me Home, Country Roads. " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", also known simply as " Country Roads ", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard ' s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.

  6. America (Simon & Garfunkel song) - Wikipedia

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    "America" was inspired by a five-day road excursion Simon undertook in September 1964 with Chitty. Producer Tom Wilson had called Simon, living in London at the time, back to the United States to finalize mixes and artwork for their debut studio album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. [3] Simon, reluctant to leave Chitty, invited her to come with him; they spent five days driving the country together ...

  7. Windmill - Wikipedia

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    The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.

  8. My Country, 'Tis of Thee - Wikipedia

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    "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]

  9. Breakfast in America (song) - Wikipedia

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    See media help. " Breakfast in America " is the title track from English rock band Supertramp 's 1979 album of the same name. Credited to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, it was a top-ten hit in the UK [3] and a live version of the song reached No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1981. The lyrics tell about a person, presumably British ...