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The song is now considered a jazz standard, along with several other Carmichael compositions such as "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" and "Lazy River". [ 1 ] The song was recorded by Bennie Moten 's Kansas City Orchestra and the Casa Loma Orchestra as an up-tempo number, but failed to achieve success until Carmichael released a slower version ...
Carnival Ecstasy docked in New Orleans behind USS Iwo Jima Carnival's ships, docked in New Orleans in November 2005, were used for housing after Hurricane Katrina. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , three of the Carnival cruise ships were chartered by the United States government for six months to serve as temporary housing, until houses ...
Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1958–73. Full-time cruise ship 1974–77. Scrapped following a fire, 1980. Fairstar: Sitmar Cruises: 1964: 21,619: Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1964–74, then full-time cruising. Allocated to P&O Australia fleet in 1988. Ended operation in 1997 and scrapped ...
"Carnival Time" is a New Orleans Mardi Gras-themed R&B song that was performed by Al Johnson and recorded in 1960. The song's composition was originally credited to Al Johnson and Joe Ruffino, though Johnson now holds exclusive rights. It is now considered an iconic festive song of the New Orleans Carnival season.
In 1956, at seventeen, he recorded his first songs, "Ole Time Talkin" and "I've Done Wrong"" for Aladdin Records. [2] Johnson subsequently signed with Ric records and recorded series of songs at Cosimo Matassa's New Orleans recording studio starting with "Lena" in 1958. "Carnival Time" was recorded for the label in 1960.
Carnival Valor is a post-Panamax Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. The vessel was built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (northern Italy). She was floated out on March 27, 2004, and christened by American journalist Katie Couric in Miami on December 17, 2004. [3]
As the company expanded and acquired larger ships, Carnival decided that Tropicale would be their 'test ship' for new cruise destinations, and as such was the first Carnival ship to be based in San Juan, New Orleans, Alaska, and Tampa. In 1985 the vessel appeared in an episode of The A-Team called "Judgement Day (part 2)". [10]
"Go to the Mardi Gras" or "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" is a New Orleans Mardi Gras-themed R&B song that was performed by Professor Longhair (real name Henry Roland Byrd) and recorded several times since 1949. He co-wrote the song with Theresa Terry. The song was covered by Fats Domino and released as a single in 1953. [1]