Songs and poetry often rely on ambiguous words for artistic effect, as in the song title " Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue " ( where " blue " can refer to the color, or to sadness ).

In 1913, two of Berg's Five Songs on Picture Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg ( 1912 ) were premièred in Vienna, conducted by Schoenberg.

Although he wrote poetry, also an anthology of verses on the monasteries of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and a genealogical work, his fame rests upon his Book of Songs ( Kitab al-Aghani ).

Among other composers who set Housman songs were John Ireland ( song cycle, Land of Lost Content ), Michael Head ( e. g. ' Ludlow Fair '), Graham Peel ( a famous version of ' In Summertime on Bredon '), Ian Venables ( Songs of Eternity and Sorrow ), and the American Samuel Barber ( e. g. ' With rue my heart is laden ').

The works dealing with the Old Testament included Commentary on Samuel, Commentary on Genesis, Commentaries on Ezra and Nehemiah, On the Temple, On the Tabernacle, Commentaries on Tobit, Commentaries on Proverbs, Commentaries on the Song of Songs, Commentaries on the Canticle of Habakkuk, The works on Ezra, the Tabernacle and the Temple were especially influenced by Gregory the Great's writings.

Though neither of the album's two singles, "( Why Don't More Women Sing ) Honky Tonk Songs " and " Salt in my Tears ", charted, videos for both songs received significant airplay on CMT.

In September 2007, Parton released her first single from her own record company, Dolly Records, entitled, " Better Get to Livin '," which eventually peaked at number forty-eight on the Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.

This song was covered by NOFX on their album titled 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records, and also appears on the Fat Wreck Chords compilation Survival of the Fattest.

The song " The New Ground-Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears ", on the 2010 album Songs from the Heart by the group Celtic Woman, is about Annie Moore and Ellis Island.

" More Than a Memory " debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming the highest-debuting single in the chart's history.

Caridad Svich's 12 Ophelias ( a play with Broken Songs ) includes elements of the story of Hamlet but focuses on Ophelia.

In October 2001, he again released two albums: Songs I Heard, featuring big band re-workings of children's show themes, and 30, featuring Connick on piano with guest appearances by several other musical artists.

Connick's album Your Songs was released on CD, September 22, 2009.

* 2002 – Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three – performs on " Thirsty & Miserable "

* " Mary ," a song by The 4 of Us on the album Songs for the Tempted

Songs were sung to children who passed them on to their children.

In 2002, a tribute album was released under the name Yüreğimdeki Barış Şarkıları (" Peace's Songs In My Heart ", also " Peace Songs In My Heart ") featuring 15 extremely popular Turkish artists of such diverse genres as arabesque, pop and rock ( both Anatolian and western style ) demonstrating his wide range of influence.

The theme tune for the series was written and performed by The Divine Comedy, and was later reworked into " Songs of Love ", a track from the album Casanova.

Songs I Heard won Connick another Grammy for best traditional pop album and he toured performing songs from the album, holding matinees at which each parent had to be accompanied by a child.

The following year finally marked the release of Snow Patrol's second album ' When It's All Over We Still Have To Clear Up ', which, despite slightly disappointing initial sales, would eventually go gold in the wake of the band's later fame, along with their debut ' Songs For Polarbears '.

Öngür joined Dadaşlar, a band with Ersen Dinleten between 1974 – 1975 and 1979 – 1980 and Dervişan ( Dervishes ), a band with Cem Karaca between 1974 and 1978 ; in 1975, Danga participated in Erkin Koray's ' Elektronik Türküler ' ( Electronic Songs ) album.

* Me And My Friend 1974 Patrick Campbell-Lyons's first solo album, when released on CD, most of the tracks of Songs of Love and Praise were also included and it was marketed as a Nirvana album.

Two years later, The Offspring had its fifth top ten album with Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and its third Modern Rock / Alternative Songs chart-topper with " You're Gonna Go Far, Kid ".

The band is featured on the album Songs for Tibet, appearing with a number of other celebrities as an initiative to support Tibet and the current Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso.

In 2008, the rapcore band Hollywood Undead achieved success with their debut album Swan Songs.

* Songs in A Minor, the 2001 Grammy Award-winning debut album by Alicia Keys

* The song " Unmarked Helicopters " appears on the X-Files tie-in album Songs in the Key of X, as well as the episode " Max " from season 4.

Like Alan Wilson, Duane Allman played a key role in bringing slide guitar into rock music, through his work with The Allman Brothers Band, specifically on the 1971 live album At Fillmore East and with Derek and the Dominos ' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs album.

Their second album concluded with the a song titled " David ", possibly referencing Song of Songs as well.

Songs from the album won four Grammy Awards during this time, including Best Country Song and Best Female Country Performance ( for " You're Still the One " and " Man!

The cover peaked at No. 57 on the Hot Country Songs charts as an album cut.

* 2000: The song was covered by the Tiger Lillies on their album Circus Songs.

It was with their second album, 1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food that the band began its long-term collaboration with producer Brian Eno, who had previously worked with Roxy Music, David Bowie, John Cale and Robert Fripp ; the title of Eno's 1977 song " King's Lead Hat " is an anagram of the band's name.

* Paramhansa Yogananda, the great Indian spiritual master, included " The Hound of Heaven " in one of his two albums, " Songs of My Heart ".

Songs included Dave Brubeck's " The Duke ," as well as Léo Delibes's " The Maids of Cadiz ," the first piece of European classical music Davis had recorded.

Other rounds included " Dialogue Read in a Specific Accent " and " Songs Sung as Animals ".

Songs included Little Mary Make Believe, Guess Who I Am, Little Black Frog, There's a Hole In the Bottom of the Sea, Erie Canal, Horse in Striped Pajamas, The Littlest Snowman, Daniel the Cocker Spaniel, and many more.

These works included Cantigas d ' escarnio e maldicer and the vast compilation Cantigas de Santa Maria (" Songs to the Virgin Mary "), which was written in Galician-Portuguese and figures among the most important of his works.

Additionally, he is one-third of the infrequent, live-only musical extravaganza the Three Terrors ensemble, whose other principal members include 69 Love Songs album's Dudley Klute and LD Beghtol ; past themes of these performances have included: French pop, movie themes ( including the title song from Deep Throat ), intoxication, and New York.

A recording of Bill Anders, made during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit, on December 24, 1968, reading from the Bible ( Genesis, Chapter 1 ) is included on the first track (" In The Beginning ") of the Mike Oldfield album The Songs of Distant Earth, with verses repeated again in the second track (" Let There Be Light ").

Songs included Coven's " One Tin Soldier ", Three Dog Night's " Black and White " and Melanie's " Brand New Key ".

In August 1995 ForeFront Records released One Way: Songs of Larry Norman, a tribute album that included covers of 14 Norman's classic songs by ForeFront artists, including dc Talk ; Audio Adrenaline, Grammatrain ; and Rebecca St. James, whose father, David Smallbone, booked and promoted Norman's first concerts and distributed Norman's early records in Australia, including his eponymous 1977 album, ( which is also known as Starstorm ).

That year it was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's " 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll ".

In 2004 it was ranked number forty-five on Rolling Stones list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ", the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included it in its unranked list 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and in 2005, Uncut magazine ranked the first performance of " Heartbreak Hotel " in 1956 by Presley as the second greatest and most important cultural event of the rock and roll era.

Bridges wrote and also translated historic hymns, and many of these were included in Songs of Syon ( 1904 ) and the later English Hymnal ( 1906 ).

Artists included Alexander Kipnis ( III, IV, V ); Herbert Janssen ( II, V ); Gerhard Hüsch ( II, III, IV, V ); John McCormack ( accompanied by Edwin Schneider ) ( II ); Alexandre Trianti ( II, III ); Ria Ginster ( IV, V ); Friedrich Schorr ( II ); Elisabeth Rethberg ( IV, V ); Tiana Lemnitz Each volume was accompanied by a booklet containing a short essay by Ernest Newman ( I: Words and Music in Hugo Wolf, II: Wolf's Goethe Songs, III: A Note of Wolf as Craftsman, IV: The Italienisches Liederbuch ) together with German texts, English translations ( by Winifred Radford ) and notes on each song ( by Newman ).

Songs in their set included " Boys in Blue " and " Assault & Battery ".

Stevie Wonder included a bonus four-song EP with his double LP Songs in the Key of Life in 1976.

The edition, which included the Drum-Taps section and its Sequel and the new Songs before Parting, was delayed when the binder went bankrupt and its distributing firm failed.

Songs included " Peggy Sue Got Married ", " Crying, Waiting, Hoping ", " Learning the Game ", " What to Do ", " That's What They Say ", and " That Makes It Tough.

They also included two of The Shirelles ' songs, " Will You Love Me Tomorrow " and " Tonight's the Night ", on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Two of their singles, "( Love Is Like a ) Heat Wave " and " Dancing in the Street " were included in the list of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

* Martha and the Vandellas ' "( Love Is Like a ) Heat Wave " and " Dancing in the Street " were inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame and were both included in the list of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Chicago and EWF once again toured together in 2005 and collaborated for a new recording of Chicago's ballad " If You Leave Me Now ", that was included on Chicago's 2005 compilation album Love Songs.

Poison were largely inactive in 2005 which is when Bret Michael's released his third solo album, the country-rock-influenced Freedom Of Sound, which included the single " All I Ever Needed " featuring Jessica Andrews, which also featured a music video and appeared on Billboard's " Hot Country Songs " chart, with its best position being number 45.