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.

In 1986, " Walk This Way ", a rap / rock collaboration by Run DMC and Aerosmith, became the first hip-hop song to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song " You'll Never Walk Alone ", originally from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel and later recorded by Liverpool musicians Gerry & The Pacemakers, is the club's anthem and has been sung by the Anfield crowd since the early 1960s.

Liverpool fans featured in the Pink Floyd song " Fearless ", in which they sang excerpts from " You'll Never Walk Alone ".

The 1937 musical song The Lambeth Walk from Me and My Girl ends with a cry of " Oi!

This spurred the lead single " Walk This Way ", a cover of the classic hard rock song by Aerosmith.

In 2001, Robyn performed the song " Say You'll Walk the Distance " to the soundtrack for the film On the Line.

" ( which also became the state Oklahoma's state song ), " If I Loved You ", " You'll Never Walk Alone ", " It Might as Well Be Spring ", " Some Enchanted Evening ", " Getting to Know You ", " My Favorite Things ", " The Sound of Music ", " Sixteen Going on Seventeen ", " Climb Ev ' ry Mountain ", " Do-Re-Mi ", and " Edelweiss ", Hammerstein's last song.

* The entry " You'll Never Walk Alone " ( from Carousel ) discusses in detail the many cover versions of this song, and its extraordinary popularity with professional soccer teams and their fans.

He released a version of Johnny Cash's song " I Walk the Line ".

A song titled " Wednesday's Song " is on the 2004 album Shadows Collide with People by John Frusciante, " Wednesday " is the title of a song on musician Tori Amos ' " Scarlet's Walk " album.

The band were able to showcase their ability on the album to juxtapose pert pop ballads (" Kayleigh ", charting at No. 2 in the United Kingdom, behind charity fundraiser " You'll Never Walk Alone " by The Crowd, and " Lavender ", which charted at No. 5 ) with longer song cycles of lost youth, first love, drug abuse, drink, prostitution and, ultimately, rebirth and redemption, all inspired by Fish's life experiences.

This is celebrated in the famous song, The Mango Walk.

Gus Cannon's " Walk Right In " was a # 1 hit for The Rooftop Singers in 1963, the only time a jug band song topped the charts.

This track has now gone on to be sampled by Jamelia for a song that was not used for her latest album Walk With Me.

Pop singer Jamelia's song " Window Shopping " ( from her 2006 album Walk with Me ) begins with a sample of the familiar cash register sound effect as well as Mrs. Slocombe's voice inquiring, " Good morning, Mr Grainger ; are you free?

A longtime fan of Lewis ' work, Keaggy also referenced the author in several song titles (" Brother Jack ", " Addison's Walk " and " County Down ").

The Tori Amos song " Taxi Ride " from her 2002 album Scarlet's Walk is a partial homage to Aucoin.

Parks composed the faux-psychedelic song " Black Sheep " ( a parody of SMiLE and Brian Wilson's style in general ) for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, sung by John C. Reilly, who portrays the titular character.

Later on in 2002, Switchfoot's music was featured prominently in the movie A Walk to Remember, starring singer and actress Mandy Moore, who sang Switchfoot's song " Only Hope " during a scene in the movie.

The fair was also an inspiration for The Band Perry's song " Walk Me Down The Middle ", which was featured on their eponymous debut album.

The song set all three of its verses in real places ; the others were Turnham Green and Lambeth Walk.

" Bring the Noise " is a collaboration with rap group Public Enemy, making this song one of the first rap metal collaborations ( albeit some years after the Aerosmith / Run DMC 1986 collaboration on " Walk This Way "), although Joey Belladonna and Dan Spitz had collaborated with Untouchable Force Organization on a song called " Lethal " in 1987 that was released as a single.