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When You Were Sweet Sixteen. " When You Were Sweet Sixteen " is popular song written by James Thornton and published in 1898. Inspired and sung by the composer's wife, the ballad quickly became a hit song in vaudeville. It has a long recording history that includes numerous popular singers, has been heard on film, and is considered a standard ...
Lily of Laguna. Sheet music cover. " Lily of Laguna " is a British coon song written in eye dialect. It was written in 1896 by English composer Leslie Stuart. It was a music hall favourite, performed notably by blackface performers such as Eugene Stratton and G. H. Elliott. In the early 1940s Ted Fio Rito wrote the tune of a new verse and Paul ...
By And By, Hoʻi Mai ʻOe, translated as By and By Thou Wilt Return, [2] is a famous song composed by Queen Liliʻuokalani. [9] Aia i Mauna Kilohana. There at Mount Kilohana. O aʻu lehua ʻula i ka wao. My red lehua of the forest. Na maka ʻohe kiʻi i ka wai. Sharp eyes fetch the water. ʻAhaʻi ka ʻiʻini a ka manaʻo.
Neil Strauss, September 1996, writing in The New York Times on the group's escalating popularity Oasis were due to record an episode of MTV Unplugged at the Royal Festival Hall but Liam pulled out, citing a sore throat. He watched the performance from a balcony with beer and cigarettes, heckling Noel's singing between songs. Four days later the group left for a tour of American arenas but Liam ...
In 2021, Troy L. Smith of Cleveland.com wrote "In his defense, Ringo Starr did not write 'You're Sixteen.' His hit is a cover of a Johnny Burnette song written by the Sherman Brothers. Of course, that doesn’t excuse Starr’s judgment as a 33-year-old man releasing a song about a love for a 16-year-old girl."
Live video. "American Pie live performance on BBC, July 29, 1972" on YouTube. " American Pie " is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released in 1971 on the album of the same name, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 starting January 15 [2] after just eight weeks on the US Billboard charts ...
I Knew the Bride. " I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll) " is a song written by Nick Lowe and first popularized by Dave Edmunds. It was released on Edmunds's 1977 album Get It and a year later in a live version by Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in the Shop on Live Stiffs Live. Edmunds, who had been insecure about his songwriting ...
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen. " Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen " is a pop song released in 1961 by Neil Sedaka. Sedaka wrote the music and performed the song, while the lyrics were written by Howard Greenfield. The song is noted for being similar in musical structure to Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee (another 1961 hit), and additionally ...