Each song or ditty was prefaced by an author's note which indicated the origin and meaning of the song as well as special interest the song had, musical arrangement, and most of the chorus and verses.

When he was fifteen John H. Mercer turned out his first song, a jazzy little thing he called `` Sister Susie, Strut Your Stuff ''.

he collaborated on a song with William Hartman Woodin, who was Secretary of the Treasury, 1932-33.

Karl played well and his favorite song was a Schubert lullaby.

The song, he said, was called `` The Stream's Lullaby '', and when he sang, `` Gute ruh, Gute ruh, Mach't die augen zu, '' there was such longing and such simple sadness that it frightened me.

Later, when I was older, I found the song was part of Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin.

With shout and slow dance, with tears and song, with scream and contortion, the corner group was beset by hysteria and shivering, wailing, shouting, possession of something that seemed like an alien and outside force.

There was one of the new forte-pianos in the room and, as Claire rose to go, he asked her to sing him one song before she left.

There was about that song something incandescent, for this Brahms was Milstein at white heat.

To help him on this religious aspect of primitive jazz he had `` Big '' Miller, as a preacher-singer and Hannah Dean, Gospel-singer, while Oscar Brown Jr., an extremely talented young man, did a slave auctioneer's call, a field-hands' work song, and a beautifully sung Negro lullaby, `` Brown Baby '', which was one of the truly moving moments of the festival.

( Still another song in `` Strike Up The Band '' -- `` I've Got A Crush On You '' -- was retrieved from a 1928 failure, `` Treasure Girl ''.

and the incisive style with which Charlotte Rae delivers the top-drawer Hart lyrics of `` I Blush '', a song that was cut from `` A Connecticut Yankee ''.

it was the theme song of millions of American people, their personal problems no less urgent than those of the government.

Ward died in 1903, not knowing the national stature his music would attain, as the music was only first applied to the song in 1904.

At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.

When Richard Nixon visited China in 1972, this song was played as the welcome music.

Popularity of the song increased greatly following the September 11, 2001 attacks ; at some sporting events it was sung in addition to the traditional singing of the national anthem.

He also performed the song on Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park in 2003, though the game was eventually rained out.

A tradition at one time observed on this day in England was to leave out soul cakes and sing a song for the dead.

The song " The Raven " featured lead vocals by the actor Leonard Whiting, and, according to the 2007 remastered album liner notes, was the first rock song to use a digital vocoder, with Alan Parsons speaking lyrics through it.

A verse of the student song " Gaudeamus igitur " wishes longevity upon the charity of the students ' benefactors (" Maecenatum ," genitive plural of " Maecenas ").

Listen to my sad song, For an unhappy mother, your charity.

Wilson won the case, and all royalties from the song ( composed by Move leader Roy Wood ) were assigned in perpetuity to a charity of Wilson's choosing.

The band were able to showcase their ability on the album to juxtapose pert pop ballads (" Kayleigh ", charting at No. 2 in the United Kingdom, behind charity fundraiser " You'll Never Walk Alone " by The Crowd, and " Lavender ", which charted at No. 5 ) with longer song cycles of lost youth, first love, drug abuse, drink, prostitution and, ultimately, rebirth and redemption, all inspired by Fish's life experiences.

On November 2, 2009 Kent auctioned off 100 limited physical copies of the song " 2000 " for charity.

Other notable guest stars included: Cesar Romero as Chico's absentee father ; Tony Orlando as Chico's look-alike, the ex-fiance of a hostile woman he wants to date ; José Feliciano, who wrote the theme song, as Chico's womanizing famous-singer cousin Pepe Fernando ; Sammy Davis Jr. as himself ; Herbie Faye appeared as Bernie in the 1975 episode " Louie's Retirement "; Shelley Winters ( reuniting with Albertson, with whom she'd costarred in The Poseidon Adventure ) as the owner of the local bakery, Shirley Schrift ( her real name ); Jim Backus as Ed's friend who uses him as a " beard "— pretending to be playing cards with him when cheating on his wife ( Audra Lindley ); silent-film actress Carmel Myers as a former star who has fallen on hard times, brings in her car for repairs, and stays in the garage while looking for work ; George Takei as Ed's supposed long-lost son from his time in Japan during World War II ; Cesare Danova as Aunt Connie's Spanish aristocrat boyfriend, the Count de Catalan, in the second episode in which she appeared ; comedian Joey Bishop as an inept robber ; Bernie Kopell as a plastic surgeon ; Rose Marie as a CB radio enthusiast with whom a lonely Ed connects on New Year's Eve ; Penny Marshall, as a waitress ; football star Rosey Grier as himself, Della's date for a charity benefit dance ; Larry Hovis as a customer in the second episode of the first season ; and Jim Jordan ( of radio's Fibber McGee and Molly ) as a mechanic who used to be a big businessman, until he was victimized by his own company's retirement-age mandate ).

As a fund-raising charity single for Comic Relief in 1989, Bananarama recorded a cover of the Beatles ' song " Help!

* " On the Rolling Sea When Jesus Speaks to Me " on On the Rolling Sea: A Tribute to Joseph Spence, charity tribute album 1994 ( song previously released )

The group recorded very little, which included the contribution of a cover of a James Bond theme song to a charity compilation (" We Have All the Time in the World "), and a cover of the Wire song " Map Ref.

Two subsequent re-recordings of the song to raise further money for charity also topped the charts.

It was decided that " Have You Ever ", a song co-written by Chris Braide and Cathy Dennis, was to be released for the charity campaign.

Stamos performed the Billy Joel song " Lullabye ( Goodnight, My Angel )" on the 2006 charity album Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars.

Jack Gurney at first thinks he is God and shocks his family and friends with his talk of returning to the world to bring it love and charity, not to mention his penchant for breaking out into song and dance routines and sleeping upright on a cross.

In 1989, a charity version of the song was recorded by Liverpool artists The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, and Stock Aitken Waterman, and was released in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster.

In 1985, Warwick contributed her voice to the multi-Grammy Award winning charity song We Are the World, along with vocalists like Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Ray Charles.

The title song was revived in 1989 as a charity single for an appeal in response to the Hillsborough football crowd disaster, giving Marsden-in association with other Liverpool stars, including Paul McCartney and Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Holly Johnson-another British number one.

In February 2010 that Paulina participated in the charity song ( a cover of " We Are The World " in Spanish ) for the people of Haiti, titled " Somos El Mundo ".

" Grammy award winning artists Hootie and The Blowfish are taking their charity work to a new level by donating the rights to their best-selling song " Hold My Hand " to aid the working poor.

In 1992, Lyngstad performed live at the Stockholm Water Festival at the Kings Castle and released the environmental charity single with her cover of Julian Lennon's song " Saltwater ".

As a charity single, the band recorded a cover of Beatles song " Across the Universe ".

He was a generous man and would always end every concert by remaining on stage with the offer he would sing any song the audience wanted for a fee with the money going to charity.

In 1994, Ministry performed at the Bridge School Benefit charity concert, covering songs by Bob Dylan, Ten Years After, and The Grateful Dead, and playing a new song, " Oh ... Presley, Come Hither, Presley ...", which was intended to be on their next album.

On April 4, 2012, Rimes was featured on the song, " The Choice ", which was released by Soles4Souls as a charity single to help the foundation put 500, 000 pairs of shoes on children who live without.

For the first 24 hours of release, the song was exclusively available as part of the " Donate to Download " campaign for Sam Childers ' Angels of East Africa children's charity.