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The song was originally recorded in 1953 for MGM Records, which was the version Kovacs used; it was reissued in 1957 as "Song of the Nairobi Trio," which became the permanent title for the song. Maxwell re-recorded it for Kapp Records in 1961, credited to "The Fortune Tellers," and recorded a third arrangement in 1966 as "Robert Maxwell, His ...
The song was introduced to the group by Russell's son-in-law Jefferey Spearitt, who was living in London at the time with his wife Simohn. Among Russell's collaborators were Louis Alter , Peter De Rose , Duke Ellington , Bronislaw Kaper , Lester Lee, Carl Sigman , Harold Spina , and Harry Warren .
"The Ballad of Thunder Road" is a song performed and co-written by actor Robert Mitchum in 1958, with music by composer Jack Marshall. [2] It was the theme song of the movie Thunder Road . [ 2 ] The song made the Billboard Hot 100 twice, in 1958 and 1962, and while it never peaked higher than number 62, it racked up 21 total weeks in the chart.
Henry Robert Merrill Levan (May 17, 1921 – February 17, 1998) was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. [2] Merrill was one of the most successful songwriters of the 1950s on the US and UK single charts. [3] His musicals for the Broadway stage include Carnival! (music and lyrics) and Funny Girl (lyrics).
Robert C. Christie Hunter (born Robert Burns; June 23, 1941 – September 23, 2019) was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator and poet, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Born near San Luis Obispo, California , Hunter spent some time during his childhood in foster homes as a result of his father abandoning ...
Carnival of Light is the third studio album by British rock band Ride, released in June 1994 via Creation Records. The album is named after a lost song by the Beatles . The album showcased the band's shift from shoegazing to a more traditional, folk rock sound. [ 3 ]
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right) watching auditions at the St. James Theatre on Broadway in 1948. Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals.
"Carnival of Light", originally known as "Untitled", is an unreleased avant-garde recording by the English rock band the Beatles. It was commissioned for the Million Volt Light and Sound Rave, an event held at the Roundhouse in London on 28 January and 4 February 1967.