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"Whip It" is a new wave and synth-pop song, [10] that is built around a consistent 4/4 beat known as a motorik beat. [4] [5] It is constructed in verse–chorus form.With a chord progression of D-A-E7sus4 in the verses and C-G-D in the choruses, the song is written in the key of E major. [11] "
"This Bitter Earth" is a 1960 song made famous by rhythm and blues singer Dinah Washington. [1] Written and produced by Clyde Otis , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] it peaked to #1 on the U.S. R&B charts for the week of July 25, 1960, and also reached #24 on the U.S. pop charts.
In 1970 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation produced a television version of the opera. It was first broadcast in Sydney on ABC-TV on 19 March 1972. It starred Raymond Duparc as Sam and Marie Tysoe as Dinah. [10] A version with live singers performing on animated sets was broadcast on PBS in the United States in 1973, later available on VHS ...
The Savoy Orpheans recorded an early instrumental version on October 30, 1925, released as a 78 in December, 1925 on His Master's Voice (# B 2183 Dinah / The Co-ed). Fats Waller. Recorded in Camden, New Jersey, on June 24, 1935, [4] it was released on a 78 rpm by Victor. [16] This reached No. 7 in the charts of the day. [20] Ethel Waters.
A Stranger on Earth is a studio album by American singer Dinah Washington, released in 1964 by Roulette Records after her death. [1] The album contains unreleased material by the singer, recorded with producer Henry Glover and arranger Fred Norman.
In 1960 the song was recorded as a pop and R&B duet by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton.The single was the second pairing for the singers and, like their first single together, it went to number 1 on the R&B chart and was a top ten pop single as well.
Villikins and his Dinah" (Laws M31A/B, Roud 271) [1] is a stage song which emerged in England in 1853 as a burlesque version of a traditional ballad called "William and Dinah". Its great popularity led to the tune being later adopted for many other songs, [ 2 ] of which the best known today is " Sweet Betsy from Pike ".
"Dinah, Dinah Show us your Leg" is an American bawdy song. The formula is a descending scale: "Rich girl [does something,] Poor girl [does something else], my girl don't [do whatever the other two do, usually with comic effect.]. The twentieth century versions are possibly the result of merging a minstrel song with "Coming Round the Mountain".