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

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.

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 "

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.

* The Star-Spangled Banner's tune was adapted from an old English drinking song by John Stafford Smith called " To Anacreon in Heaven ".

The song plays during the opening credits for the highly acclaimed John Ford movie " My Darling Clementine.

On Capp's exit, Lennon sang an impromptu version of his Ballad of John and Yoko song with a slightly revised, but nonetheless prophetic lyric: " Christ, you know it ain't easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are goin ' / They're gonna crucify Capp!

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 ').

* Big Dipper ( Elton John song ), a 1978 song by Elton John

When the word ballad appears in the title of a song, as for example in The Beatles's " The Ballad of John and Yoko " or Billy Joel's " The Ballad of Billy the Kid ", the folk-music sense is generally implied.

* " Sunday Bloody Sunday ", a 1972 song from the album Some Time in New York City, by John Lennon & Yoko Ono

The song is heard in a choral rendition by Ken Darby in the 1968 John Wayne film, The Green Berets, based on Moore's book.

The John Lennon album Some Time in New York City features a song entitled " Sunday Bloody Sunday ", inspired by the incident, as well as the song " The Luck of the Irish ", which dealt more with the Irish conflict in general.

* The song " Centerfield " by John Fogerty includes the line " Well, I spent some time in the Mudville Nine, watchin ' it from the bench.

*" Calypso " ( song ), a 1975 song by John Denver written as a tribute to Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his research ship Calypso

Of the previously unreleased songs, " Down to the Wire " features the New Orleans pianist Dr. John with Buffalo Springfield on an item from their shelved Stampede album ; " Love Is a Rose " was a minor hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1975 ; " Winterlong " received a cover by Pixies on the Neil Young tribute album from 1989, The Bridge ; and " Campaigner " is a Young song critical of Richard Nixon.

At the same time the non-album single " John, I ’ m Only Dancing ", and " All the Young Dudes ", a song he wrote and produced for Mott the Hoople, became UK hits.

In 1963, Bob Dylan was set to appear on the show, but network censors rejected the song he wanted to perform, " Talkin ' John Birch Paranoid Blues ", as potentially libelous to the John Birch Society.

Versions of this song were recorded by June Tabor, The Skids, and The Pogues as well as by Tommy Makem, Liam Clancy, and John Williamson.

Some of the turning points included the use of the term " Black Power " by Kwame Toure ( Stokely Carmichael ) and the release of James Brown's song " Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud ".

Shortly following their first performance together, the band entered the studio to record the Brown-Byrd composition, " Get Up ( I Feel Like Being a ) Sex Machine ", the song further enhanced Brown's influence in funk music, moving further away from his late 1960s funk origins.

By the release of 1979's The Original Disco Man, Brown wasn't providing much production or writing, leading most of it to producer Brad Shapiro, resulting in the song " It's Too Funky in Here " becoming Brown's most successful single in this period.

Both musicians also sampled Brown's work, with Hammer having sampled the rhythms from " Super Bad " for his song, " Here Comes the Hammer ", from his best-selling work, Please Hammer, Don't Hurt ' Em.

* " John Brown's Body ", Union marching song of the American Civil War

In 1861, the Tribune published new lyrics for the song " John Brown's Body " by William W. Patton, rivaling the ones published two months later by Julia Ward Howe.

Buffett partnered in a duet with the Zac Brown Band on the song " Knee Deep ": released on Brown's 2010 album You Get What You Give, it became a hit country and pop single in 2011.

The band's early song set included R & B / soul classics such as " Jump Back ", James Brown's " Please Please Please ", Smokey Robinson's " You've Really Got a Hold on Me " and Ben E. King's " Stand by Me ".

In 2003 he released the fourth single of his album, Hypnotized which became successful enough to be included on Paul's next compilation from the " Perfecto Presents ..." series, " Perfecto Presents: Great Wall " included the Deepsky remix of the song as well as tracks like Motorcycle's " As the Rush Comes ", Björk's " Pagan Poetry ", UNKLE's remix of Ian Brown's " F. E. A. R.

On Brown's second album ( recorded at Studio Center and Criteria Recording studios in North Miami, Florida ), Stargazer, he was joined by Laura Taylor and Dan Hartman singing background vocals on the song " It's Alright ".

This album contained the song " Zie Zie Won't Dance " which spawned Brown's music video by the same name.

The film's plot is based on the song " Earth Girls Are Easy " from Julie Brown's 1984 mini-album Goddess In Progress.

*" Touched " and " Candle " was an integral song in Dana Brown's 2003 surf documentary " Step Into Liquid "

Considered a classic of the late-1960s psychedelic scene and a significant influence on progressive rock, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown included a full album side of original songs focused on the horrors of Hell, including Brown's signature song " Fire.

During the trip, her friend James Freeman Clarke suggested she write new words to the song " John Brown's Body ", which she did on November 19.

A link was posted on lead singer Chris Taylor Brown's personal Facebook page on September 10, 2012 giving fans a two song medley for a limited time only of the songs " Experience & Love Hate Relationship ", stating that it was only for his personal page supporters as a thank you for doing so.

" Along the same lines, some versions of the famous Civil War marching song " John Brown's Body " refer to John Brown's abolitionist activities in Kansas Territory during the same era.

Kidder, set to the Glory Halleluah tune and also including " the famous John Brown's song ," 1862

" John Brown's Body " ( originally known as " John Brown's Song ") is an American marching song about the abolitionist John Brown.

Once John Brown's Body became popular as a marching song, more literary versions of the John Brown lyrics were created for the John Brown tune.

* In 2007, during the 40th-anniversary DVD rerelease of The Jungle Book London press junket, the Sherman Brothers were witnessed by press working on a new song for Inkas ( see below ) in the same Brown's Hotel room where The Jungle Book was originally penned by British writer Rudyard Kipling over a hundred years earlier.

The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

He used a Fender Jaco Pastorius Tribute fretless replica bass for the song " Malignant Narcissism " on Snakes & Arrows, and a Fender Custom Shop Jazz with an Alder Body and a Flamed Maple top in Transparent Red for songs in an alternate tuning during the last several tours.

Controversy later surrounded Body Count over its song " Cop Killer ", a song intended as a narrative from the view of a criminal getting revenge on racist police officers guilty of brutality, from the National Rifle Association and various police advocacy groups.

One of the last scenes includes Ice-T and Body Count playing with Jane's Addiction in a version of the Sly and the Family Stone song " Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey.

In May 2009, Abdul debuted her latest song " I'm Just Here for the Music " ( originally an unreleased song from Kylie Minogue's ninth album Body Language ) on the Ryan Seacrest Radio KIIS-FM show and performed the single on the American Idol results show.

It was preceded by the lead single, a dance version of the song " Hang with Me " from Body Talk Pt.

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

The album featured covers of a 1981 Diana Ross song " Work That Body ", co-written by Paul Jabara and " If You Were a Woman and I Was a Man ", originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler.

However, it wasn't until the 2006 Body Acoustic Tour that she played the song regularly in full again, and she frequently opened the True Colors 2007 Tour with it.

This song was re-recorded several years later by Anka and Celine Dion and was included in his album, A Body of Work.

The album produced the single " Seattle " as well as the abortion-themed single " The Body ", a sequel of sorts to the similarly titled Sex Pistols song " Bodies ".

for the song " Another Body Murdered " on the 1993 Judgment Night soundtrack.

She is featured on a song called " Over my Dead Body " by fellow Canadian recording artist Drake.

In 2011, she appeared on the rapper Drake's latest album Take Care ; she wrote part of the song " Over My Dead Body " and sang the chorus.

* " Body and Soul " ( song ), popular song written in 1930 by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and Johnny Green

* " Body and Soul " ( Eileen Shipley song ), performed by Anita Baker, 1994

The song, " Body Count ", was preceded by a spoken introduction in which Ice-T responds to allegations that he had " sold out " by incorporating rock elements into his rap albums by pointing out that rock music originated with African-American artists such as Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Little Richard, in addition to stating that " as far as I'm concerned, music is music.

One such occasion was in Cherry Creek State Park, Denver, Colorado, in 1993: to help celebrate the sixth World Youth Day, she was invited to sing her song " We Are One Body ", the theme song for the event, live to the Pope.