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Performing under the name Gene and Eunice, in the Fall of 1954 Forrest and Levy made the first recording of the song, [11] backed by Jonesy's Combo (which included saxophonist Brother William Woodman's band), [14] [15] in the studio in the basement of veteran musician Jake Porter's home, and released in November 1954 on his Combo label (Combo 64) as their first single.
Clark recorded the song not only in English, but in French as "C'est Ma Chanson" (lyrics by Pierre Delanoë, who also felt the song a poor choice for Clark), German as "Love, So Heisst Mein Song" (lyrics by Joachim Relin) and Italian as "Cara Felicità" (lyrics by Ciro Bertini). Clark did not even wish to record the song in English, because she ...
This Is My Story: Volume One is a final compilation album by American jazz singer Dinah Washington. [2] Reception
This article is a list of British Academy Award winners and nominees.This list details the filmmakers, actors, actresses, and others in British Cinema who were born or were longtime residents of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) who have been nominated for or have won an Academy Award.
Georgia Harkness "A Song of Peace: A Patriotic Song", [1] [2] also known by its incipit, "This is my song", [3] is a poem written by Lloyd Stone (1912–1993). Lloyd Stone's words were set to the Finlandia hymn melody composed by Jean Sibelius in an a cappella arrangement by Ira B. Wilson that was published by the Lorenz Publishing Company in 1934.
Jean Ruth Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, [1] called by some the "Mother of Folk". [2] In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way (orally, from her family and community), many of which were Appalachian variants of centuries old British and Irish songs, including dozens of Child ...
In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Greil Marcus hailed Give 'Em Enough Rope as a poised, unpretentious record of "straight English punk with a grip on the future" and "accessible hard rock" showcasing the Clash's unyielding, humorous "vision of public life": "The band's vision of a world strangling on its own contradictions hasn't changed, but their idea of their place in that world has."
"Compared to What" was written by American singer and songwriter Gene McDaniels. [3] It was copyrighted in 1966. [4] Its lyrics have a variety of social commentary.It contains lyrics against the Vietnam War and the then President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson [5] with lines: "The president, he's got his war / Folks don't know just what it's for / Nobody gives us rhyme or reason / Have ...