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A dirge is a song meant to invoke and express the emotions of grief and mourning that are typical of a funeral. Images of nature are used to symbolize the grief he feels, such as the moaning and wild wind, the sullen clouds, the sad storm, the bare woods, the deep caves, and the dreary main.
Robert Houston Bright (January 21, 1916 – December 8, 1970) was a composer of American music, known primarily for his choral works.The best-known of these is an original spiritual "I Hear a Voice A-Prayin'," but he wrote dozens of highly regarded pieces over the course of his career, including a number of instrumental compositions.
In an episode called "Paradise" of the streaming series "The OA" (season 1, episode 5), which originally aired December 16, 2016, the Majical Cloudz song "Downtown" was featured. On March 4, 2016, Welsh announced on social media that he and Otto were going their separate ways, and that Are You Alone? would be their last full release. [ 18 ]
Published in 1926, the song was first recorded by Clarence Williams' Blue Five with vocalist Eva Taylor in 1927. [1] It was popularized by the 1930 recording by McKinney's Cotton Pickers , who used it as their theme song [ 2 ] and by Louis Armstrong's record for Okeh Records (catalogue No.41448), both of which featured in the charts of 1930. [ 3 ]
"24 Hours" is a single by American singer TeeFlii. The song was released on May 12, 2014, by Excuse My Liquor and Epic Records as the lead single from his debut album Starr . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was produced by frequent collaborator DJ Mustard and features American rapper 2 Chainz .
"Hourglass" is the first single released from Squeeze's seventh album, Babylon and On. Aided by an optical illusion-filled music video directed by Ade Edmondson, it received substantial airplay on MTV, and "Hourglass" became the highest-charting hit the band ever had in the United States, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, while reaching number 16 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song was included on the album Tuff Enuff, produced by Dave Edmunds. Released as a single in 1986, "Tuff Enuff" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks ; [ 2 ] it reached the top 20 in other countries [ 3 ] and number 83 in Australia. [ 4 ]
"Rush Hour" is Wiedlin's most successful single, reaching number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, and number eight in Ireland. The music video for the single eschews the traffic metaphor of the song for a lighter concept: a simple "performance" clip interspersed with footage of Wiedlin swimming with dolphins .