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Carey wrote and produced "One Child" with Broadway composer Marc Shaiman. [1] Lasting for a duration of four minutes and twenty-five seconds, the song is one of two original ballads included on Merry Christmas II You. [2] [3] It encompasses a range of genres, including Christmas, adult contemporary, urban contemporary and religious music. [4]
A version for children appears on the 1984 Cabbage Patch Kids album "A Cabbage Patch Christmas". Woody Guthrie rewrote the lyrics to the song in 1949 and adapted the song to become “Come When I Call You.” Written about the ravages of war in the aftermath of World War II, the song would go unpublished until the late 90s.
"And When I Die" was the first song written by then-17 year old Laura Nyro. [3] She sold the song to folk group Peter, Paul and Mary for $5,000, [4] who recorded it for their sixth studio album The Peter, Paul and Mary Album. The song appeared on the self-titled second album by Blood, Sweat & Tears.
The song is a classical ballad, describing the wonders of the world as seen by a child. [1] Boccara recorded the song in five languages: French, English –as "Through the Eyes of a Child"–, German –"Es schlägt ein Herz für dich", translated: "A Heart Beats for You"–, Spanish –"Un día, un niño", translated: "A Day, a Child"–, and ...
"Society's Child" (originally titled "Baby I've Been Thinking") is a song about an interracial relationship written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian in 1965. According to Janis Ian, Atlantic Records refused to release it although the company had financed the recording; the artist took it to Verve Records who agreed to ...
The Brothers Four: 11 Columbia: Rally 'Round! — 1961 Roamin' — Song Book: 71 BMOC: Best Music On/Off Campus: 4 1962 In Person: 102 1963 The Big Folk Hits: 56 Cross-Country Concert: 81 1964 Sing of Our Times — More Big Folk Hits: 134 By Special Request — 1965 Try to Remember: 76 The Honey Wind Blows: 118 1966 Merry Christmas — A ...
"Where The 3 Counties Meet" was written by Patsy Farrell (1929–2002) of Rathowen. [6] [7] [8] "Where The 3 Counties Meet" was released by Brendan Shine in 1973, and was number one on the Irish Singles Chart for two weeks in August 1973. [9] Spotlight magazine named it Record of the Year. [10]
Miles gave two inspirations for the writing of "Children". One was as a response to photographs of child Yugoslav war victims that his father had brought home from a humanitarian mission in the former Yugoslavia; [5] and the other, inspired by his career as a DJ, was to create a track to end DJ sets, intended to calm rave attendants prior to their driving home as a means to reduce car accident ...