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"Over the Mountain" is the opening track of heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne's album Diary of a Madman. The song debuted at number 42 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart [3] and reached number 38. [4] The song was written by Osbourne, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake and Randy Rhoads. [2]
The song was briefly played at the ending of La Bamba, just before the radio announced the death of Ritchie Valens. The Bobby Vinton cover of the song features at the beginning of the 2021 film, Godzilla vs. Kong. In a Volkswagen commercial, a lighthouse keeper while getting his mail plays the song while driving to and from the mailbox.
"When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" is a popular song, published in 1931, and credited as written by Howard Johnson, Harry M. Woods, and Kate Smith. [1] As Johnson is primarily known as a lyricist and Woods, when collaborating with lyricists, primarily wrote music, the actual apportionment of the credits would be likely to be music by Woods, lyrics by Johnson, and possibly some small ...
Three of the songs hit the U.S. singles charts. "Over the Mountain; Across the Sea," written by Rex Garvin, went to #3 on the R&B chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, [5] and "I'll Be Spinning," written by Freddie Scott, went Top 10 R&B, both in 1957.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain" is a campfire song sung to the tune of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, [1] which, in turn, got its melody from the French tune Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre (Marlborough is going to war). The public domain lyrics are of unknown origin. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his 1961 album 101 Gang Songs.
The single sold over 300,000 copies. [3] The Mariners' version, released in 1953 on Columbia Records, reached number 14 in the United States. [4] A recording by Don Cameron with Morton Fraser's Harmonica Band was made in London on February 17, 1954. It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10675.
The earliest known recordings of the song were by Henry Whitter on Okeh Records (OKeh 40063) in 1924 and Vernon Dalhart & Co. on Edison Records (Edison 51608) in 1925. [2] In the Reader's Digest Children's Songbook, published in 1985, the song is adapted with new words by Dan Fox and his son, Paul. The lyrics tell of the things "she" will do in ...
"Mountain Song" was the first song written by the band in 1985, before a band name had even been decided upon. [2] The song was initially recorded in 1986 and featured on the soundtrack to the film Dudes, starring Jon Cryer. This version can also be found as a track on the 1997 alternate & live cut compilation album Kettle Whistle.