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"The Thing-ummy-Bob [That's Going To Win The War]" is a 1942 song, written by Barbara Gordon and Basil Thomas with music by David Heneker, which celebrates the female production-line workers of World War II making components for complex weapons to win the war. [1] Its chorus is . I'm the girl that makes the thing That drills the hole that holds ...
His first published song was performed by Merle Oberon in the film The Broken Melody. Among his compositions was the Gracie Fields wartime hit "The Thing-Ummy Bob". After resigning his commission in 1948, he became a lounge singer at the Embassy Club, while continuing his songwriting.
Dame Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a British actress, singer and comedian.A star of cinema and music hall, [2] [3] she was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. [4]
The music video references the recording of Dylan's song, "Subterranean Homesick Blues" in the 1967 D. A. Pennebaker documentary Dont Look Back. [3] The video for "Bob" is similarly shot in black-and-white, and in the same back-alley setting, with Yankovic dressing as Dylan and dropping cue cards that have the song's lyrics on them, as Dylan did in the film.
"The Thing" is a novelty song by Charles Randolph Grean released in 1950. The song received heavy airplay, spending 14 weeks on the Billboard charts. The melody is derived from the English bawdy folk song "The Chandler's Wife", which itself derived its melody from the earlier English folk song " The Lincolnshire Poacher ".
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I can easily believe that the lyrics and the melody are intended to convey majesty and heroism. Dylan’s performance of the song gets these feelings across with a lot of charm and humor and empathy". [12] "Mississippi" ranked 19th in a Paste list of "The 42 Best Bob Dylan Songs". In an article accompanying the list, critic Cameron Wade wrote ...
"U R the Best Thing" is the debut single of Northern Irish musical group D:Ream, included on their first album, D:Ream On Volume 1 (1993). Originally a club hit released in 1992, the song has been remixed and re-released twice: in 1993 and in 1994.