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"Hummingbird" is a popular song written by Don Robertson released in 1955. The best-known version of the song was the recording by Les Paul and Mary Ford (recorded July 9, 1955; Capitol Records catalog number 3165). This version reached #7 on the Billboard chart.
The song reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] and number 15 on the Cash Box Top 100. [2] "Hummingbird" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 12 on the U.S. chart [3] and number three in Canada. [4] Harvey Brooks played bass on this song and talks about it in this interview for No Treble. [5]
"Hummingbird" is a song by American record producer Metro Boomin and English musician James Blake. The song was written and produced alongside Dre Moon and Dom Maker, with additional credits going to Billy Rose and David Lee for the sampling of "Tonight You Belong to Me" by Patience and Prudence.
Humming is often used in music of genres, from classical (for example, the famous chorus at the end of Act 2 of Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly) to jazz to R&B. Another form of music derived from basic humming is the humwhistle. Folk art, also known as "whistle-hum," produces a high pitch and low pitch simultaneously.
Hummingbird, a 2001 single by Merzbow "Hummingbird" (1955 song), a 1955 pop song "Hummingbird" (Metro Boomin and James Blake song), 2023 "Hummingbird" (Seals and Crofts song), 1972 "Hummingbird", a song by Jimmy Page from the 1988 album Outrider, written and composed by Leon Russell "Hummingbird" (Restless Heart song), covered by Ricky Skaggs
The Windsor Hum is the subject of the song "The Hum" by Canadian musician Dan Griffin, [53] and the short documentary film Zug Island by Nicolas Lachapelle. [54]
The "Frog Chorus" backing on the song was provided by The King's Singers and the choir of St Paul's Cathedral. [3] The B-side of the single contains a "Humming Version" of the song performed by the Finchley Frogettes. The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart in 1985, one of three hits to do so that had originally charted in December 1984.
According to an interview with Ronstadt, the songs on the album were among those she wanted to record with Riddle, but was unable to because of his death. [ 6 ] Ronstadt sings songs by Frank Loesser (“Never Will I Marry” and “I’ve Never Been in Love Before”) and Cole Porter (“Get out of Town,” “Miss Otis Regrets"), and “ I ...