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"April in Paris" is a popular song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by Yip Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical Walk a Little Faster. The original 1933 hit was performed by Freddy Martin, and the 1952 remake (inspired by the movie of the same name) was by the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, whose version made the Cashbox Top 50.
Prior to December 2019, the biggest drop from number one was shared by two songs that were back-to-back number ones in October 1974, both dropping from number one to number 15: "Nothing from Nothing" by Billy Preston, and "Then Came You" by Dionne Warwicke and the Spinners. That record held for more than 45 years.
Jack Robinson is a name present in two common figures of speech. When referring to Jack Robinson, it is used to represent quickness. In contrast, the phrase "(A)round Jack Robinson's barn" has the opposite connotation, implying slowness, as it is often used to refer to circumlocution, circumvention, or doing things in roundabout or unnecessarily complicated ways.
Proverbidioms is a 1975 oil painting by American artist T. E. Breitenbach depicting over 300 common proverbs, catchphrases, and clichés such as "You are what you eat", "a frog in the throat", and "kicked the bucket". It is painted on a 45 by 67 inch wooden panel and was completed in 1975 after two years work, when the artist was 24.
Thomas E. Breitenbach (born July 29, 1951 in Queens, New York) [1] is a self-taught American artist best known for his painting Proverbidioms, a raucous and comical depiction of over 300 common proverbs and clichés.
The new song comes weeks after the group publicly reunited at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards to present Best Pop Video’s first award of the night. “Over 20 years ago, we were just kids when ...
"You're Moving Out Today" became an international hit for Carole Bayer Sager during the fall of the year, reaching number six in the UK and spending four weeks at number one in Australia. [ 2 ] Although Sager is a prolific songwriter who is credited on many hit singles, [ 3 ] this was the first one that she performed herself.
The song was written by Richard and Robert Sherman for the Carousel of Progress, one of four attractions Walt Disney and his Imagineers developed for the 1964 New York World's Fair. The lead vocals were by Rex Allen , a frequent Disney narrator who also provided the speaking voice for the Audio-Animatronic host of the attraction.