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"Manhattan Morning" by Stock Aitken Waterman present Mondo Kane "Manhattan Morning Blues" by Gunter Hampel & His Galaxie Dream Band "Manhattan Morning (Christmas '72)" by Flash "Manhattan Nights" by Jeff Tyzik "Manhattan Nights" (music by Louis Hirsch; lyrics by Irving Caesar and John Murray Anderson) "Manhattan Nocturne" by Charles McPherson ...
Their signature song, "Walking Along", was a local chart hit in the New York area in 1957. When a white group, the Diamonds , covered it in 1958, it reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 . [ 6 ] The Solitaires then made some additional sales by re-releasing their version with Argo Records.
The song describes, in several choruses, the simple delights of Manhattan for a young couple in love. The joke is that these "delights" are really some of the worst, or cheapest, sights that New York has to offer; for example, the stifling, humid stench of the subway in summertime is described as "balmy breezes", while the noisy, grating pushcarts on Mott Street are "gently gliding by".
"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" was Lennon's only solo No. 1 single in the United States during his lifetime, [9] making him the last member of the Beatles to finally reach the top of the charts. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] In Canada, the single spent two weeks at No. 2, and became the 30th biggest hit of 1974.
Sheet music cover from 1914 "The Sidewalks of New York" is a popular song about life in New York City during the 1890s. It was composed in 1894 by vaudeville actor and singer Charles B. Lawlor (June 2, 1852 – May 31, 1925) with lyrics by James W. Blake (September 23, 1862 – May 24, 1935).
"Down and Out in New York City" is a song written by Bodie Chandler and Barry De Vorzon and recorded by James Brown. It appears in the film Black Caesar and is included on the film's soundtrack album. [1] The song was co-arranged by Fred Wesley. It was released as a single in 1973 and charted #13 R&B and #50 Pop. [2]
The lyrics depict the misadventures of a stereotypically "naive and pugnacious" [5] Irishman named Dan McGinty; the last verse describes his suicide by drowning: "Down went McGinty / to the bottom of the sea". Film historian Jeff Jaeckle has described McGinty's actions as "conform(ing) to contemporaneous anti-Irish prejudice". [6]
Judy Garland recorded the song for her 1962 album The Garland Touch, [2] while Caterina Valente recorded the song as the title track of her 1964 album. The song opens the 1987 Liza Minnelli live album At Carnegie Hall. [3] A 1973 recording by Bobby Short from the album Live at the Café Carlyle [4] was used in the 1993 film Manhattan Murder ...