* Barbara Younger has written a children's book about the writing of the song: Purple Mountain Majesties: The Story of Katharine Lee Bates and " America the Beautiful ".

* " Balance ", a song by Axium from The Story Thus Far

ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles, and even inspiring a parody / tribute song on the Randy Newman album Born Again, titled " The Story of a Rock and Roll Band ".

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.

Children's author Hugh Lofting referred to a seat in this passage from his novel The Story of Doctor Dolittle ; “ He came strolling down the gravel-walk, humming a sad song, till he reached a stone seat right under the tree where the parrot and the monkey were hiding .”

The two known songs that had Sondheim contributions are " In There " from the adaption of The Exception and the Rule ( which would later be named The Race to Urga ) and a cut song from West Side Story " Kids Ain't ( Like Everybody Else )".

" The album Blue Valentine ( 1978 ) displayed Waits's biggest musical departure to date, with much more focus on electric guitar and keyboards than on previous albums and hardly any strings ( with the exception of album-opener " Somewhere " — a cover of Leonard Bernstein's song from West Side Story — and " Kentucky Avenue ") for a darker, more blues-oriented sound.

In 2008, Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson and Tim Wiles ( from the Baseball Hall of Fame ) wrote a comprehensive book on the history of the song, Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of ' Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

The band Oneida has a song " Story of O ", on their album Rated O.

Tori Amos's song " Glory of the 80s ", on her album To Venus and Back, mentions having " The Story Of O in my bucket seat of my wanna-be Mustang ".

In a 2005 retrospective on his uncle Milt Gabler's work ( The Milt Gabler Story ), Billy Crystal identifies Haley's 1954 recording of " Rock Around the Clock " as the single most important song Gabler ever produced.

The song also was featured in the movie The Eddie Cantor Story and was the theme of the television series of the same name in 1961 – 1962.

* " Divide and Conquer ," a song by Story of the Year on their 2003 album Page Avenue

Love Affair was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Writing, Original Story ( Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey ), Best Original Song ( Buddy G. DeSylva, For the song " Wishing "), and Best Art Direction ( Van Nest Polglase, Alfred Herman ).

Parks composed the faux-psychedelic song " Black Sheep " ( a parody of SMiLE and Brian Wilson's style in general ) for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, sung by John C. Reilly, who portrays the titular character.

Glen Campbell also covered the song, as did The Statler Brothers and Carl Story.

*" Love Story " ( Nadia Ali song ), 2009

*" Love Story " ( Jethro Tull song ), 1968

*" Love Story " ( Katharine McPhee song ),

*" Love Story " ( Taylor Swift song ), 2008

The song has also been recorded by Brazilian singers Deborah Blando ( on her 1991 debut, A Different Story ), Elba Ramalho and Frances Ruffelle.

The song's title was inspired by a line in the song " Her Story " ( 1979 ) by Virgin label stablemates the Flying Lizards, about bands ' selling out ' their artistic principles for commercial success (" But you can still make money, by singing sweet songs of love ... this is a love song ").

Also that year, McLachlan ( in the singing voice of " Jessie ") recorded the Randy Newman song " When She Loved Me " on the Toy Story 2 soundtrack.

Around this period, Oasis guitarist and friend of Ashcroft, Noel Gallagher, dedicated the song " Cast No Shadow " on the album ( What's the Story ) Morning Glory?

* " Ark ", a song by the Japanese band Sound Horizon

A new song called " Sumiregusa " (" Wild Violet ") was based on a Japanese poem by Roma Ryan.

The Japanese music group ALI Project created the song " Gesshoku Grand Guignol " as the opening for the Bee-Train anime Avenger, while British rock band Duels also named an instrumental track after the theater.

Rock band Kagrra, are well known for using traditional Japanese musical instruments in many of their songs, an example being " Utakata " ( うたかた ), a song in which the koto has a prominent place.

One prominent example is the anime Maziger Z, where the term " Super Robot ", features in the Japanese theme song According to Go Nagai:

* " Madrigal ", a song by Japanese band Malice Mizer, from the album Voyage ~ Sans Retour ~

Kamenashi Kazuya of the Japanese pop group KAT-TUN wrote and performed a song titled " 1582 " which is allegedly written from the perspective of Mori Ranmaru at the Incident at Honnouji.

In 1998, the group appeared on the album Happy Hour by Japanese female rockers Shonen Knife ( also a three piece ); they did backing vocals on the song " Sushi Bar ".

" Someone in a Tree ," where two witnesses describe negotiations between the Japanese and Americans, is Sondheim's favorite song out of everything he's ever written.

* " Ring " ( song ), by Japanese duo B ' z

Photek is also influenced by traditional Japanese music and culture, with song titles as " Ni-Ten-Ichi-Ryu ( 2 Swords Technique )" ( named after the Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu technique ) and " The Seven Samurai " ( named after the movie of the same name ).

* " Roman ( My Dear Boy )", a song by the Japanese pop group Morning Musume

The album experimented with different styles, such as " Thousand Knives " and " The End of Asia " fusing electronic music with traditional Japanese music, while " Grasshoppers " was a more minimalistic piano song.

* Subaru, a Japanese song sung by Shinji Tanimura

The song title itself was used as the title for the Japanese video game No More Heroes created by noted Punk music fan Goichi Suda, also known as Suda51.

She sang " Mulberry ", a song about her time in the countryside after the Japanese collapse in World War II for only the third time in her life, with Thurston Moore.

In 1995, after the Beatles released Lennon's " Free as a Bird " and " Real Love " with demos provided by Ono, McCartney and his family collaborated with her and Sean Lennon to create the song " Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue ", which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of that Japanese city.

* October 29 – Tsunku, Japanese singer, music producer, and song composer

* Link ( song ), a single by the Japanese band L ' Arc-en-Ciel

*" Statement " ( song ), 2008 song by the Japanese band Boris

Japanese bird whistles use several small balls and are half filled with water in order to reproduce the sound of a bird song.

In 2009, YMCK remixed the No. 1 hit song Days by Japanese mega-star Ayumi Hamasaki.

It is an instrumental song inspired by Manzanar and the Japanese American incarceration.

Folk / country musician Tom Russell wrote " Manzanar ", a song about the Japanese American internment, that was released on his album Box of Visions ( 1993 ).