It is extremely important for each American to realize that the theme `` The United Nations Is Your Business '' applies to him personally.

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

A theme from George Gershwin's orchestral composition An American in Paris

Clinton drew strong support from the African American community and made improving race relations a major theme of his presidency.

The second theme is the openness to Latin American sounds and influences.

Coming of age was dealt with in Good Will Hunting ( 1997 ), race relationships were a theme in American History X ( 1998 ), and the AIDs epidemic and discrimination were the focus of Philadelphia ( 1993 ).

Daniel Robert " Danny " Elfman ( born May 29, 1953 ) is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.

Most of Dartmouth's buildings are designed in the Georgian American colonial style, a theme which has been preserved in recent architectural additions.

The popularity of the Futurama exhibit fit closely with the fair ’ s overall theme “ The World Of Tomorrow ” not just in its emphasis on the future, but also in its redesign of the American landscape.

A common theme, particularly among American writers, is that of a Martian colony fighting for independence from Earth.

" A novel in which the theme rests heavily on familiarity with the American continent, it's interesting that Kerouac labels the region as " a manuscript of the night we couldn't read.

Therefore, African American cookbooks often have a common theme of family and family gatherings.

American Doll Possee, another concept album, is fashioned around a group of girls ( the " posse ") who are used as a theme of alter-egos of Amos's.

In popular culture, the American New Wave group Wall of Voodoo performed a medley of Ennio Morricone's movie themes, including the theme for this movie.

The American punk rock band The Vandals song " Urban Struggle " begins with the main theme.

Similar Chinese narratives state that if a vampire-like being came across a sack of rice, it would have to count every grain ; this is a theme encountered in myths from the Indian subcontinent, as well as in South American tales of witches and other sorts of evil or mischievous spirits or beings.

The opening theme of the film was released as a single in 1982, topping the American Billboard chart for one week after climbing steadily for five months.

Different periods of the early republic and world history were selected as a theme for each room: the Federal style for the Green Room, French Empire for the Blue Room, American Empire for the Red Room, Louis XVI for the Yellow Oval Room, and Victorian for the president's study, renamed the Treaty Room.

The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre.

* December 3 – Walter Knott, American farmer and theme park creator ( b. 1889 )

Mendes came across American Beauty in a pile of eight scripts at Swofford's house, and knew immediately that it was the one he wanted to make ; early in his career, he had been inspired by how the film Paris, Texas ( 1984 ) presented contemporary America as a mythic landscape and he saw the same theme in American Beauty, as well as parallels with his own childhood.

Hentzi concluded that American Beauty was " vital but uneven "; he felt the film's examination of " the ways which teenagers and adults imagine each other's lives " was its best point, and that although Lester and Angela's dynamic was familiar, its romantic irony stood beside " the most enduring literary treatments " of the theme, such as Lolita.

In 1974, the original version of the song returned to the American charts when it was used as the theme for the movie American Graffiti and a re-recorded version by Haley was used as the opening theme for the TV series Happy Days during its first two seasons.

" America the Beautiful " is an American patriotic song.

The song is one of the most beloved and popular of the many American patriotic songs.

* 1973 – Akon, American singer and song writer

Several editions featuring Newton's first three stanzas and the verse previously included by Harriet Beecher Stowe in Uncle Tom's Cabin were published by Excell between 1900 and 1910, and his version of " Amazing Grace " became the standard form of the song in American churches.

In the 1960s with the African American Civil Rights Movement and opposition to the Vietnam War, the song took on a political tone.

* " The Ark ", a song by American rock band Dr. Dog

Johnny Appleseed is remembered in American popular culture by his traveling song or Swedenborgian hymn (" The Lord is good to me ..."), which is today sung before meals in some American households.

*" When Johnny Comes Marching Home " ( sometimes " When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again ") is a popular song of the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.

*" Oh My Darling, Clementine " ( 1884 ) is an American western folk ballad believed to have been based on another song called Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden ( 1863 ).

The shanty was a distinct type of work song, developed especially in American-style merchant vessels that had come to prominence in decades prior to the American Civil War.

*" Poor Paddy Works on the Railway " is a popular Irish and American folk song.

In 2010, American dance recording artist Kelis released a song called " Acapella " as the first single from her album Flesh Tone.

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 ').

In 1989 Jonathan Hellyer became lead singer, and the band extensively toured the U. S. and Europe with back-up vocalist Annie Conway and had one minor hit with the song " Cha Cha Heels ", a one-off collaboration sung by American actress and singer Eartha Kitt.

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.

The song appears in the films More American Graffiti and Canadian Bacon.

Many American cover versions of the song appeared recorded by artists ranging from Kate Smith and Duane Eddy to unknown artists singing on various drugstore records.

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.

In addition to the " Super Bowl Shuffle " rap song, the Bears ' success in the 1980s – and especially the personality of head coach Mike Ditka – inspired a recurring sketch on the American sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, called " Bill Swerski's Superfans ".

In 1987, Crowded House won the American MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist for their song " Don't Dream It's Over ", which was also nominated for three other awards.

Tori Amos uses the instrument on " Little Amsterdam " from the album Boys for Pele and on the song " Smokey Joe " from her 2007 album American Doll Posse.

* " Cyclops ", a song by Marilyn Manson from Portrait of an American Family

* The American musician Scott Walker recorded a song about Petacci called " Clara " on his 2006 album The Drift