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When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as simply "The Saints", is a traditional black spiritual. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It originated as a Christian hymn , but is often played by jazz bands. One of the most famous jazz recordings of "The Saints" was made on May 13, 1938, by Louis Armstrong and his orchestra.
The Official St. Kilda Football Club song is played at the ground when the St. Kilda Football Club Players run out before a game and after a St. Kilda victory in the Australian Football League, followed by a hearty rendition of the song by the players in the rooms after the match (it is broadcast by permission). Oh when the Saints, go marching in,
James Milton Black (19 August 1856 – 21 December 1938) was an American composer of hymns, choir leader and Sunday school teacher. [1] Black was born in South Hill, New York, but worked, lived and died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It is there that he worked at his Methodist Episcopal Church. His first hymnal collections were:
Luther Presley is alleged to have written the lyrics for the song "When the Saints Go Marching In" in 1937 with Virgil O. Stamps [1] however this is unlikely to be true as the song was an African American Spiritual (music) and numerous recordings of this song exist from the 1920s and early 1930s.
Later, the song was altered somewhat and published in 1927 as the well known When The Saints Go Marching In. [ 6 ] On March 20, 1898, Purvis was one of the featured speakers at a gathering of members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the Prohibition Club at the Williamsport Courthouse in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. [ 7 ]
A fight song is a rousing short song associated with a sports team. [1] The term is most common in the United States and Canada. In Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand, these songs are called the team anthem, team song, or games song. First associated with collegiate sports, fight songs are also used by secondary schools and in professional sports.
Virgil Stamps wrote the music and melody for the famous gospel song "When the Saints Go Marching In", in 1937, while Luther G. Presley wrote the lyrics. [1] Among the songs written by V. O. Stamps are "Love Is the Key," "Singing on My Way," and "I Am Going." [2] V. O. Stamps was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1997.
There have been various adaptations of "When The Saints Go Marching In" (e.g. by fans of Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur), and the tune of Handel's Hallelujah chorus. Many football crowd chants/songs are to the tune of " La donna è mobile " from Giuseppe Verdi 's opera Rigoletto , for example the chant by Derby County fans in honour of ...