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"Dinah" is a popular song published in 1925 and introduced by Ethel Waters at the Plantation Club on Broadway. It was integrated into the show Kid Boots . [ 1 ] The music was written by Harry Akst and the lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young .
Muhammad Iqbal, then president of the Muslim League in 1930 and address deliverer "Sare Jahan se Accha" (Urdu: سارے جہاں سے اچھا; Sāre Jahāṉ se Acchā), formally known as "Tarānah-e-Hindi" (Urdu: ترانۂ ہندی, "Anthem of the People of Hindustan"), is an Urdu language patriotic song for children written by poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry.
"This Bitter Earth" is a 1960 song made famous by rhythm and blues singer Dinah Washington. [1] Written and produced by Clyde Otis , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] it peaked to #1 on the U.S. R&B charts for the week of July 25, 1960, and also reached #24 on the U.S. pop charts.
"Dinah, Dinah Show us your Leg" is an American bawdy song. The formula is a descending scale: "Rich girl [does something,] Poor girl [does something else], my girl don't [do whatever the other two do, usually with comic effect.]. The twentieth century versions are possibly the result of merging a minstrel song with "Coming Round the Mountain".
"What a Diff'rence a Day Made", also recorded as "What a Difference a Day Makes", is a popular song originally written in Spanish by María Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934 with the title "Cuando vuelva a tu lado" ("When I Return to Your Side") and first recorded by Orquesta Pedro Vía that same year.
The lyrics have been subjected to the folk process, and some versions have become examples of the "Ugly Girl" or "Dinah" song. [citation needed] Music historian Ken Emerson noted that controversy over free and slave states, as well as Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, were hotly debated topics at the time of the song's composition. According to ...
In this time, Iqbal's world view had changed dramatically, Tarana-E-Hindi is an old song that glorifies the land of India or (Modern day comprising India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and the people who live in it; it also suggests that people should not divided by religion and should instead be connected by a common national identity. "Tarana-E ...
"DeDe Dinah" is a song written by Peter De Angelis and Bob Marcucci and performed by Frankie Avalon. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Top 100 and #8 on the R&B chart in 1958. [1] The song appeared on his 1958 album, Frankie Avalon. [2] The song was produced by Peter De Angelis and arranged by Al Caiola. [3]