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DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Everyone knows the words to holiday favorite “Up On The Housetop,” but few know the story behind it. It was back in 1864 that a man named Benjamin Hanby sat down in New ...
Up on the Housetop" is a Christmas song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864. [1] [2] It has been recorded by a multitude of singers, most notably Gene Autry in 1953.
A 19th Century printing of the standard words and music of this song, appearing in Franklin Square Song Collection, No. 1, which was published in 1881 by John Piersol McCaskey. " Jolly Old Saint Nicholas " is a Christmas song that originated with a poem by Emily Huntington Miller (1833–1913), published as "Lilly's Secret" in The Little ...
Al Jarreau during a concert (in West Germany) in early 1981. Jarreau was born in Milwaukee on March 12, 1940, [1] the fifth of six children. His father Emile Alphonse Jarreau was a Seventh-day Adventist Church minister and singer, and his mother Pearl (Walker) Jarreau was a church pianist.
Issued as a 2-disc (in a foldout picture sleeve) 78 rpm set on Mercury Records' Miniature Playhouse children's series (songs on the set are "The Night Before Christmas"/"Santa's Toy Shop"/"Up on the House Top"/"Deck The Halls"/"Jingle Bells"). [144] "Christmas Rappin'" Kurtis Blow: 1979 Charted on the Billboard R&B chart in 1993, 1994, 1996 and ...
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The lyrics to the modern Civil Rights version of the song, "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" are often attributed to Alice Wine from Johns Island, South Carolina. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Mrs. Wine was a member of the Moving Star Hall and The Progressive Club on Johns Island.
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