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Hunky Dory is the fourth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released in the United Kingdom on 17 December 1971 through RCA Records.Following a break from touring and recording, Bowie settled down to write new songs, composing on piano rather than guitar as in earlier works.
According to the Dictionary of Americanisms (1877), he was credited with the invention of the word "hunky-dory", meaning "everything is all right". Even though Dilward faced extreme inequality and discrimination, he made the best of his situation and embraced his size and race in order to benefit himself financially.
Hunky is an ethnic slur used in the United States to refer to immigrants from Central Europe.It originated in the coal regions of Pennsylvania and West Virginia, where immigrants from Central Europe (Hungarians (Magyar), Romanians, Czechs, Slovaks, Rusyns, Ukrainians, Slovenes, Serbs, Croats) came from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to perform hard manual labor in the mines.
Hunky Dory is a 1971 David Bowie album. Hunky dory may also refer to: Hunky dory, a slang term meaning "satisfactory" or "good" Hunky Dory, a 2011 British independent musical film; Hunky Dory Trail, in the Rocky Mountains; Hunky Dorys Park, another name for United Park in Drogheda
Barabak: I'm feeling both hunky and dory, but that's because I don't let things beyond my control — earthquakes, asteroids, crushingly disappointing election results — get me down. But this ...
[1] During the Hunky Dory sessions the song went through numerous rejected retakes, with the final version recorded on 6 August. [1] When asked about the song at the time of Hunky Dory ' s release, Bowie said, "This is how some see BD." [1] Bowie later revealed his true intention for writing the song in a 1976 Melody Maker interview saying,
He brings Alice home, and for a while, everything is hunky-dory. One night, Alice and Nick watch Casablanca together, ... perceiving Nick’s remarks to mean that Max is a roadblock in his life ...
It wasn’t all hunky-dory in the Jackson family, to say the least, but the brothers did come together to turn out a beloved tune that highlights the power and constancy of sibling love ...