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"Israel" is a song by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released as a stand-alone single in 1980 by Polydor Records. While touring in Europe in autumn 1980, the band wanted to write a Christmas song to be released on time for December of that year. They composed it on the road, which was quite unusual for them.
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Larry Weinstein and released in 2017. [1] The film profiles a number of musicians, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who made a mark on contemporary culture by writing many of the most beloved Christmas music standards even though they were Jewish ...
The song established that there could be commercially successful secular Christmas songs [13] —in this case, written by a Jewish immigrant to the United States. [14] Ronald D. Lankford Jr., wrote, "During the 1940s, 'White Christmas' would set the stage for a number of classic American holiday songs steeped in a misty longing for yesteryear."
In this song Shemer drew a connection between the Jewish hymn and the military positions that were attacked in the War of Attrition of the time. Folk-rock band Blackmore's Night included a version of this song (as "Ma-O-Tzur") on their 2006 album Winter Carols, which includes the first verse in Hebrew followed by an adapted English translation.
When it comes to holiday music, Christmas celebrants seem to fall into one of two camps. There are people who love to blast festive tunes while the rest of the world is prepping for Halloween, and ...
It explicitly relates to Cohen's Jewish roots, echoing the words of the Unetanneh Tokef prayer. [1] [2] In synagogues, the prayer is recited during the High Holy Days. [3] The song was written after Cohen's improvised concerts for Israeli soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula during the Yom Kippur War. [4] The song is sung as a duet with Jewish ...
This version of the classic Christmas song was written just for David Bowie and Bing Crosby's 1977 performance, and remains the most moving rendition ever recorded. 4. Elton John, "Step Into ...
Among their many hits were "Born to be Blue" and "A Stranger Called the Blues", as well as numerous film songs. [2] [3] Their most famous work together is "The Christmas Song". Wells had written what would become the first four lines of the song on a hot day in July, 1945. Tormé had come over to visit, and saw the lines written out on a notepad.