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George Benson Johnston (October 7, 1913 – August 2004) was a Canadian poet, translator, and academic "best known for lyric poetry that delineates with good-humoured wisdom the pleasures and pains of suburban family life." [1] He also had an international reputation as a scholar and translator of the Icelandic Sagas. [citation needed]
"You're a Grand Old Flag" would go on to become one of the most popular U.S. marching-band pieces of all time. The original lyric for this perennial George M. Cohan favorite came, as Cohan later explained, from an encounter he had with a Civil War veteran who fought at Gettysburg. The two men found themselves next to each other and Cohan ...
"Turn Your Love Around" is a pop/R&B single by George Benson. The song was written by Grammy winners Bill Champlin of Chicago, Steve Lukather of Toto and producer and guitarist Jay Graydon to help fill out Benson's 1981 greatest hits album, The George Benson Collection.
The research shows that even gradual changes can improve heart health and slow down aging, Makarem said. “The cool thing is there are eight health factors and behaviors that are modifiable ...
John A. Rea wrote about the poem's "alliterative symmetry", citing as examples the second line's "hardest – hue – hold" and the seventh's "dawn – down – day"; he also points out how the "stressed vowel nuclei also contribute strongly to the structure of the poem" since the back round diphthongs bind the lines of the poem's first ...
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George Barker was born on 26 February 1913 in Loughton, Essex, a stone's throw from Epping Forest.His father, George Barker (1879–1965), who had worn many hats from a temporary police constable to a butler at Gray's Inn, [1] [2] brought to the family a history of military service, having risen to the rank of Major during World War I.
"The Greatest Love of All" is a song written by Michael Masser, who composed the music, and Linda Creed, who wrote the lyrics. It was originally recorded in 1977 by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit, peaking at number two on the US Hot Soul Singles chart that year, the first R&B chart top-ten hit for Arista Records.