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The Yellow Rose. In 1984, country music artists Johnny Lee and Lane Brody recorded a song titled "The Yellow Rose," which retained the original melody of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" but with new lyrics, for the title theme to a TV series also titled The Yellow Rose. It was a number one country hit that year.
"The Yellow Rose" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas."It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series of the same name starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album ‘Til the Bars Burn Down.
The Emily Morgan Hotel, in downtown San Antonio, is named in honor of the Texas heroine. Emily D. West (c.1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, is a folk heroine whose legendary activities during the Texas Revolution have come to be identified with the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas".
Older songs, such as "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and "Dixie", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. [5] [6] [7] Although the song has been sung since the 41st legislature in 1929, [8] [9] it was officially adopted by the 73rd legislature as the state song in 1993. [10]
San Antonio Rose. " San Antonio Rose " is a swing instrumental introduced in late 1938 by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. Quickly becoming the band's most popular number, Wills and band members devised lyrics, which were recorded on April 16, 1940, [3] and released on Okeh 5694 in August as "New San Antonio Rose".
The song was a surprise release and debuted during Super Bowl LVIII on February 11, 2024, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. Titled after the poker game variant, "Texas Hold 'Em" is an uptempo country pop, western, and soul song featuring elements of folk. It was written by Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow ...
The song is a first-person narrative told by a cowboy in El Paso, Texas, in the days of the Wild West. The singer recalls how he frequented "Rosa's Cantina", where he became smitten with a young Mexican dancer named Feleena. When the singer notices another cowboy sharing a drink with "wicked Feleena," out of jealousy he challenges the newcomer ...
The Yellow Rose of Texas (film), a 1944 American film directed by Joseph Kane. The Yellow Rose of Texas (legend) inspired by the activities of Emily D. West in the Texas Revolution. The Yellow Rose of Texas (flower), or Rosa 'Harison's Yellow', a hybrid rose cultivar. Yellow Rose of Texas (box set), a 1993 box set by Ernest Tubb.