SWV members Coko and Lelee ( who sing the theme song along with Taj ) appear in a couple of the show's episodes.

* Another blues song, " She Caught the Katy ", written by Taj Mahal and Yank Rachell, refers to the railroad.

* " Taj Mahal ", song by Jorge Ben Jor

Jazz's company, Taj Entertainment, features artists Tray Chaney, better known as " Poot " from the HBO show " The Wire ", Cherri Lala, a singer / songwriter known for her song " Madame Cherri " from HBO's Cathouse, as well as her voiceovers in major motion pictures and health films.

" The song was produced by Bob Clearmountain, recorded at the late Levon Helm's studios, and includes artists such as Keb Mo, Carly Simon, Kris Kristofferson, Levon Helm, Roseanne Cash, Taj Mahal, Warren Haynes and others.

* National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj ( song: " Eyes of the Night ")

Taj Mahal covered the song on his album Blue Light Boogie.

* " Moazin " ( end of song 2 ) were sung and recorded secretly in " Taj Mahal ", India by Kobi Farhi.

The song was recorded three years later, in 1968, by blues musician Taj Mahal for one of his first albums, De Old Folks at Home and has since been released on many of Taj Mahal's greatest hits compilations.

The duet song was shot at Madurai Thirumalai Nayakar Mahal.

Parsons himself only sang lead on one song (" The Raven ") through a vocoder, and can be heard singing backing vocals on a few others, including " To One in Paradise ".

For example, Jim Morrison used an anagram of his name in the Doors song L. A. Woman, calling himself " Mr. Mojo Risin ' ".

The Laudes Regiae, or song commending a ruler, that was performed at Matilda's coronation may have been composed by Ealdred himself for the occasion.

Bo Diddley himself said that the name first belonged to a singer his adoptive mother was familiar with, while harmonicist Billy Boy Arnold once said in an interview that it was originally the name of a local comedian that Leonard Chess borrowed for the song title and artist name for Bo Diddley's first single, and guitar craftsman Ed Roman reported that another ( unspecified ) source says it was his nickname as a Golden Gloves boxer.

Orbison himself once described McLean as " the voice of the century ", and a subsequent re-recording of the song saw Orbison incorporate elements of McLean's version.

In 1992, he appeared as himself on Roger Waters's rock album Amused to Death, giving a mock commentary on the destruction of an oil rig on the song " Perfect Sense, Part II ".

Shakespeare scholars point out that Sobran has simply misread Barkstead ’ s poem, the last stanza of which is a comparison of Barkstead ’ s poem to Shakespeare ’ s " Venus and Adonis ", and has mistaken the grammar also, which makes it clear that Barkstead is referring to Shakespeare ’ s " song " in the past tense, not Shakespeare himself.

The Hollywood Flames had also recorded " I Know " in 1953, a song which has been called " a chord-for-chord blueprint for " Earth Angel ," and which featured the same Curtis Williams piano intro that Williams himself reused on the Penguins hit.

When his energetic playing of another song would cause him to fall off the piano bench, he would open the seat lid, take out the two ends of an automotive seat belt, and buckle himself onto the bench, " for safety.

The music for the song, " Lovely Luawana Lady ", was written by John Ringling North, who appears briefly as himself during the discussion about whether the show would play the road rather than have a short 10 week season.

Nine Inch Nails covered the song " Metal " on The Fragile remix album Things Falling Apart as did Afrika Bambaataa ( with Numan himself ) on the album Dark Matter Moving at the Speed of Light.

At the end of the song, Arion threw himself into the sea rather than be killed, but one of the dolphins saved his life and carried him to safety at the sanctuary of Poseidon at Cape Tainaron.

Simon's first song written for himself and Garfunkel, when he was 12 or 13, was called " The Girl for Me ," and according to Simon became the " neighborhood hit.

Simon's 1972 song " Run That Body Down ," from his second solo album, casually mentions both himself and his then-wife (" Peg ") by name.

) In the realm of song, Claude Debussy set both Verlaine's " Pantomime " and Banville's " Pierrot " ( 1842 ) to music in 1881 ( not published until 1926 )— the only precedents among works by major composers being the " Pierrot " section of Telemann's Burlesque Overture ( 1717 – 22 ), Mozart's 1783 " Masquerade " ( in which Mozart himself took the role of Harlequin and his brother-in-law, Joseph Lange, that of Pierrot ), and the " Pierrot " section of Robert Schumann's Carnival ( 1835 ).

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Myers claimed the song had been written specifically for Haley but, for various reasons, Haley was unable to record it himself until April 12, 1954.

While working on a few demos for a male singer, he made three song demos of himself singing and playing, but Nunes heard them and insisted that he re-record and release them himself as a solo recording artist.

Welk himself was indifferent to the tune, but his musical director, George Cates, said that if Welk did not wish to record the song, he ( Cates ) would.

Richler acknowledged his 1977 error on the PQ song, blaming himself for having " cribbed " the information from an article by Irwin Cotler and Ruth Wisse published in the American magazine, Commentary.

Although many modern listeners believe that the premier song about soul-selling at a crossroads is " Cross Road Blues " by Robert Johnson, the song may be a description of standing at a cross roads and trying to " flag a ride " or hitch-hike ; the sense of foreboding coming from the singer's apprehension of finding himself, a young black man in the 1920s deep south, alone after dark and at the mercy of passing motorists.

To appease things, Krusty sings himself a song on Bob's behalf, and being touched by this, Bob decides to abort his plan of attempted murder and reconciles with Krusty, although he is returned to prison for it.

In this song, he refers to himself as “ a slave to this black blade ”.

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

In her first song she waved away one encroaching photographer who dared approach the throne unbidden and thereafter the boys with the cameras had to unsheathe their 300 mm. lenses and shoot at extreme range.

Its album Pimp to Eat featured guest appearances by various members of Rhyme Syndicate, Odd Oberheim, Jacky jasper ( who appears as Jacky Jasper on the song " We Sleep Days " and H-Bomb on " War "), D. J.

* Terpsichore ( the ' who delights in dance '): muse of choral song and dance

The one occasion where the band was introduced as " The Alan Parsons Project " in a live performance was at Night of the Proms 1990 ( at the time of the group's break-up ), featuring all Project regulars except Woolfson who was present but behind the scenes, while Parsons stayed at the mixer except during the last song, where he played acoustic guitar.

William Walker ( composer ) | William Walker, the composer who first joined John Newton's verses to " New Britain ", to create the song that has become " Amazing Grace "

A poignant sense of nostalgia accompanied the recordings of several gospel and blues singers in the 1940s and 1950s who used the song to remember their grandparents, traditions, and family roots.

" Folk singer Judy Collins, who knew the song before she could remember learning it, witnessed Fannie Lou Hamer leading marchers in Mississippi in 1964, singing " Amazing Grace ".

Collins, who has a history of alcohol abuse, claimed that the song was able to " pull her through " to recovery.

The U. S. Library of Congress has a collection of 3, 000 versions of and songs inspired by " Amazing Grace ", some of which were first-time recordings by folklorists Alan and John Lomax, a father and son team who in 1932 traveled thousands of miles across the South to capture the different regional styles of the song.

She has referenced this independence from major labels in song more than once, including " The Million You Never Made " ( Not A Pretty Girl ), which discusses the act of turning down a lucrative contract, " The Next Big Thing " ( Not So Soft ), which describes an imagined meeting with a label head-hunter who evaluates the singer based on her looks, and " Napoleon " ( Dilate ), which sympathizes sarcastically with an unnamed friend who did sign with a label.

*" 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.

Grant followed the album with her second Christmas album, Home For Christmas in 1992, which included the song " Breath of Heaven ( Mary's Song )", written by Chris Eaton and Grant, and would later be covered by many artists, including Donna Summer, Jessica Simpson ( who acknowledged Grant as one of her favorite artists ), Vince Gill, Sara Groves, Point of Grace, and Broadway star Barbara Cook.

Other notable acts include Ali B ( who has been featured on other artists ' tracks, most significantly with Marco Borsato on the song " Wat zou je doen?

In analyzing the text of the song, Max Cryer wrote that it " is not intended to be sung by the young in love, but by a mature performer who has seen it all before.

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 song was originally written for movie and recording star Divine, who was unable to record the song before his death in 1988.

Starting the following game, the song ( a favorite among many fans, who appreciated its references to Wild Bill Hagy and Earl Weaver ) was only played ( along with a video featuring several Orioles stars performing the song ) after wins.

* A song of fallen Jerusalem ( 7: 8 – 10 ): The first person voice continues, but now it is the city who speaks.

* " Mademoiselle Nobs " from Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii ( 1971 ) who " sings " a song with the band.

" He was not supposed to perform, but as he listened to the music of local musician Jesse Robinson who sang a song written for this occasion, Robinson sensed that he wanted to perform and handed him a microphone.

Co-penned by Linda Perry, the song offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a woman who, for the last 15 years, has been as famous for being a rock star as she's been for being a victim.