During 1976, Grant wrote her first song (" Mountain Man "), performed in public for the first time — at Harpeth Hall School — the all-girls school she attended, recorded a demo tape for her parents with church youth-leader Brown Bannister, then later when Bannister was dubbing a copy of the tape, Chris Christian, the owner of the recording studio, heard the demo and called Word Records.

BAO recently achieved a new record in Sweden on the Svensktoppen chart by staying there for 243 weeks with the song Du är min man (" You Are My Man "), sung by Helen Sjöholm.

During the Labor Day weekend in 1952, The Saddlemen were renamed Bill Haley with Haley's Comets ( inspired by a popular mispronunciation of Halley's Comet ), and in 1953, Haley's recording of " Crazy Man, Crazy " ( co-written by Haley and his bass player, Marshall Lytle although Lytle would not receive credit until 2001 ) became the first rock and roll song to hit the American charts, peaking at no. 15 on Billboard and no. 11 on Cash Box.

While Mellow Man Ace was the first mainstream rapper to use Spanglish, Frost's song " La Raza " paved the way for its use in American hip hop.

Chet's song Jam Man is currently used in commercials for Esurance.

No one claimed him, so a carnival took his body, mummified it, and toured all over the South with him, calling him the “ The Famous Mummy Man .” McLean ’ s song inspired radio station WGN in Chicago to tell the story and give the song airplay in order to raise money for a headstone for Anderson McCrew ’ s grave.

" In a recent interview, Mothersbaugh revealed a song title from the in-progress album: " Don't Shoot, I'm a Man ".

The song " My Man ", written by Bernie Leadon and performed by the Eagles on their album On the Border, is a tribute to Gram Parsons.

Billy Joel famously plays the harmonica, in addition to his piano, on his signature song, " Piano Man ".

By the release of 1979's The Original Disco Man, Brown wasn't providing much production or writing, leading most of it to producer Brad Shapiro, resulting in the song " It's Too Funky in Here " becoming Brown's most successful single in this period.

Whale used a similar technique during the Ol ' Man River sequence in Show Boat, in which the camera tracked around Paul Robeson as he sang the song.

* The R. A. the Rugged Man song " L. I.

* M is for Man, Music, Mozart ( 1991 ) ( texts by the composer, Jeroen van der Linden, Peter Greenaway ) for female jazz voice, flute (+ piccolo ), soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, horn, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, double bass, piano ( TV score ; may be performed as a concert work with one additional song )

*" Marijuana ", a 2010 song by recording artist Kid Cudi off his second album, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager

The song " The Drowning Man ", by British band The Cure, is inspired by events in Gormenghast, and the song " Lady Fuchsia " by another British band, Strawbs, is also based on events in the novels.

This idea of the infinite, of the unreal, of the innocence dying ..." — Robert Smith 2003 ( about the Peake character that inspired the early Cure song The Drowning Man in 1980 )

* In the second verse of the hit song " Rocket Man " ( 1972 ), Elton John sings " Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids / In fact it's cold as hell / And there's no one there to raise them / If you did ".

Although four songs were released as singles to promote the album ( lead single " Everything I Need ", " Man With Two Hearts ", " Maria ", and " Hard Luck Story "), only the first song charted in the US, and that only at No. 47.

* " Mad ", a song by Magnetic Man from the album Magnetic Man

Some well-known songs are " Ol ' Man River ", " Can't Help Lovin ' That Man " and " Make Believe " from Show Boat ; " Indian Love Call " from Rose-Marie ; " People Will Say We're in Love " and " Oklahoma " ( which has been the official state song of Oklahoma since 1953 ) from Oklahoma!

Dylan's song " Subterranean Homesick Blues " ( 1965 ), which may have taken its title from a Kerouac novel, included the line, " Johnny's in the basement, mixing up the medicine ", and his " Mr. Tambourine Man " ( 1965 ) requested " Take me on a trip upon your magic swirling ship ".

* Atomic Dog, a song that is popular world wide ; written and performed by Our Father Who Art of Funk ; " George Clinton " from Parliament and the Funkadelics

2008 The Egyptian Lover records with Who Cares on the song " They Killed the Radio "

The " PFFT " would be done as " blowing a raspberry ", and occasionally, they would break up into laughter after the " PFFT ", unable to finish the song ( Who got spat upon during the " PFFT " would change each show.

The Who covered Jan and Dean's song " Bucket T " on their UK EP Ready Steady Who from 1966.

* The Tom Tom Club song " Genius of Love " featured the lines " Steppin ' to the rhythm of a Kurtis Blow / Who needs to think when your feet just go.

The Who song " Tommy's Holiday Camp " ( from Tommy ) was credited to Moon, who suggested the action should take place in a holiday camp.

Many rock drummers have cited Moon as an influence, including Neil Peart and Dave Grohl The Jam paid tribute to Moon on the second single from their third album, " Down in the Tube Station at Midnight ", in which the B-side of the single is a cover song from The Who: " So Sad About Us ", and the back cover of the record is a photo of Moon's face ; the Jam's record was released about a month after Moon's death.

The Who's 1971 song " Baba O ' Riley " was named in part after Meher Baba, and on his first solo album, Who Came First, Townshend recorded the Jim Reeves song " There's A Heartache Following Me ," saying that it was Meher Baba's favorite song.

Wolfman Jack frequently referenced the phrase and there is a sound clip of him using the line within the song " Clap for the Wolfman " by The Guess Who.

Two of the earliest recordings which have a funk beat and lyrics which are rhymed in rhythm over this type of beat were released by comedian Pigmeat Markham, " Here Come the Judge " which was released in 1968 by the Chess label and in 1969 another song about running numbers called " Who Got The Number?

* " The Rock " instrumental song by The Who from Quadrophenia

Hoffs married film director Jay Roach ( Austin Powers and Meet the Parents ), and their union led to the Bangles ' reunion of 2000, after Roach asked Hoffs and Vicki Peterson to write a song for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

The band started drifting back together in 1998. and officially re-formed to record a song for the soundtrack of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, at the behest of the film's director ( and Hoffs ' husband ) Jay Roach.

She returned to No. 1 on the same charts in November 2004 with " Everyman ... Everywoman ...," a reworking of her song " Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him ", in January 2008, with " No No No ," and in August 2008, with " Give Peace a Chance.

In 2004, Ono remade her song " Everyman ... Everywoman ..." to support same-sex marriage, releasing remixes that included " Every Man Has a Man Who Loves Him " and " Every Woman Has a Woman Who Loves Her.

In 1965 Tom Lehrer was to celebrate the erotic appeal of the novel in his cheerfully satirical song " Smut " with the couplet " Who needs a hobby like tennis or philately?

* " Killer ", a song by Van Der Graaf Generator from H to He, Who Am the Only One

* 1999: Diary of One Who Vanished, a song cycle by Leoš Janáček of poems by Ozef Kalda, Faber & Faber

* " Road Runner " ( Bo Diddley song ), a 1960 song by Bo Diddley, covered by, among others, The Animals, The Zombies, Aerosmith, Chris Spedding and The Who

Many popular songs make reference to Captain Kangaroo, including the Statler Brothers ' 1965 hit song " Flowers on the Wall ", the " Weird Al " Yankovic song " The Brady Bunch ", the Bloodhound Gang's " Your Only Friends Are Make Believe ", and the VeggieTales song, " The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything ".