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"Over the Rainbow", also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. [1] It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz , in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland [ 2 ] in her starring role as Dorothy Gale .
And the first thing at hand is to find something for him to sit on." The building security found Israel a large steel chair. "Then I put up some microphones, do a quick sound check, roll tape, and the first thing he does is 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' He played and sang, one take, and it was over." [2]
The music managers Wolfgang Boss and Jon de Mello accepted the trophy in his stead. [25] A 2014 Pixar short film, Lava, features two volcanoes as the main characters. Kamakawiwoʻole's cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and his style of music were James Ford Murphy's partial inspiration for the short film. [26]
April 29, 2006 - Somewhere Over the Rainbow . . . Rhymes for the Irreverent Freedom From Religion Foundation's Podcast; Over The Rainbow With Yip Harburg (BBC Radio 4 programme) Goodman, Amy. The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz, Nov 11, 2009 at Truthdig; 1920 passport photo of Yip Harburg(courtesy of the puzzlemaster, flickr.com)
And you don't really have to do anything to his music but just go ahead and play it." [ 3 ] Jones uses brushes on most of the tracks. [ 1 ] " A Sleeping Bee" gets a "gospel-inflected soul-jazz treatment". [ 1 ] "
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain perform their gigs in a light-heartedly parody of a 'very prim and proper, staid sort-of orchestra', wearing traditional orchestra dress for performances, with the men in black tie (black suits and bow ties) and the women in smart evening wear, seated behind music stands.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a studio album by country music singer Willie Nelson, released in 1981.It features 1940s pop standards arranged by Nelson. The album's acoustic jazz instrumentation was also meant to play tribute to one of his heroes, Belgian gipsy jazz guitar virtuoso Django Reinhardt, who influenced Nelson's playing.
"Wise Man" is a song by British rock band Uriah Heep. The song was written by Ken Hensley and Jack Williams for their album Firefly , which was released in February 1977. The song is also the first UK single with the band's new vocalist John Lawton .