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.

129 ) indicate that the poet, his brothers and Pittacus made plans to overthrow him and that Pittacus subsequently betrayed them ; Alcaeus and his brothers fled into exile where the poet later wrote a drinking song in celebration of the news of the tyrant's death ( frag.

George Harrison ( of the Beatles ) played the sitar on the song " Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown )" in 1965, which sparked interest from Shankar, who subsequently took Harrison as his apprentice.

The album was subsequently released worldwide in 1998 as ' Brazil ' with a bonus studio song " The Longest Night ", the first Men at Work studio track since Two Hearts.

She subsequently wrote a song " Peaceable Kingdom " which was inspired by and is dedicated to Rachel Corrie.

Sire Records subsequently obtained all rights to the material released upon the Teenage Kicks EP and the song was re-released as a standard vinyl single upon Sire's own label.

The song, which had been written the previous summer by Damian O ' Neill and Michael Bradley, reached number 9 in the UK charts and would subsequently prove to be the band's highest charting single.

Lennon subsequently expressed regret that he had not given co-writing credit to Ono instead, who actually helped him write the song.

Morrissey subsequently established a friendship with Ann West, the mother of victim Lesley Ann Downey, who is mentioned by name in the song.

The song received crucial airplay on BBC Radio 1 and DJ John Peel's evening show, and Bauhaus was subsequently asked to record a session for Peel's show, which was broadcast on January 3, 1980.

During this period the band gained their first international recognition when rising British pop star Donovan, who saw them during his stint on the US West Coast in early 1966, mentioned the Airplane in his song " The Fat Angel ," which subsequently appeared on his Sunshine Superman LP.

As he was finishing the record, the singer was contacted by FIFA to write a song for the 1998 World Cup ; Martin subsequently wrote " La Copa de la Vida " with K. C. Porter and Draco Rosa.

A group named Highly Likely subsequently appeared onTop of the Pops to promote the song, and participated in a short UK tour as a result, but Rivers was not involved in these appearances.

She also pulled her " American Life " video because of its controversial military imagery that seemed inappropriate once the War in Iraq began ; subsequently, a new video was made for the song.

He subsequently wrote a song about the prison, named " Pentonville ", which is on the Babyshambles album Down In Albion.

The film ends with Guthrie singing his most famous song, " God Blessed America " ( subsequently retitled " This Land Is Your Land "), on his way to New York, but, in fact, the song was composed in New York in 1940 and forgotten by him until five years later.

Axton subsequently presented the song to Presley in November 1955 at a country music convention in Nashville.

Both Lennon and McCartney subsequently referred to the legend in their music: Lennon in his 1971 song " How Do You Sleep?

However, the British public did learn to appreciate " Nights in White Satin " subsequently ; it made No. 9 on the UK singles chart on re-issue in December 1972, and No. 14 on the charts on a subsequent reissue at the end of 1979, and is now regarded as The Moody Blues signature song by British audiences.

The British folk punk group The Men They Couldn't Hang wrote and recorded a song about the event called " The Ghosts of Cable Street ," available on their second album " How Green Is The Valley " from 1985 on MCA records and subsequently on their 2004 live cd " Smugglers and Bounty Hunters " released in 2005 on Secret Records.

The advertisement's imagery of shelter animals mixed with the soundtrack and McLachlan's simple appeal for donations has raised $ 30 million for the ASPCA since it began to air in 2006, which allowed the organization to air appeals in higher profile prime-time cable ad slots ; subsequently the organization produced a new ad for the 2008 holiday season featuring McLachlan appealing for the ASPCA over her Wintersong performance of " Silent Night ", and a new ad with her was released in January 2009 featuring the song " Answer ".

Maurice played bass guitar on the song " Mother and Jack ", but was subsequently removed from the project by producer Robert Stigwood.

# Comedian Steve Martin is technically a one hit wonder for his novelty song King Tut, but was previously and subsequently far better known for his work as a comedy writer / stand-up comedian / actor.

Their version of The Beatles song " I am the Walrus " received some radio play and a video was made for the song, which was subsequently featured in their live shows.