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 1967 a tribute song called " Chet's Tune " was produced for his birthday, with contributions by a long list of RCA / Victor artists including Eddy Arnold, Connie Smith, Jerry Reed, Willie Nelson, Hank Snow, and others.

Along with Dexter Scott King, Kurt co-ordinated " King Holiday ," a song to celebrate Martin Luther King ’ s birthday.

The album also included the controversial song and video " By the Time I Get to Arizona ," which chronicled the black community's frustration that some US states did not recognize Martin Luther King Jr .' s birthday as a national holiday.

While the birthday cake is being brought to the table, the song " Happy Birthday to You " or some other dedicated birthday song is sung by the guests. A birthday cake with lit novelty candles.

* 2010: Judi Dench Sang the song on BBC Proms for Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday celebrations.

* German Moreno ( Kuya Germs ) had used this as his main birthday song since his movie Payaso ( 1986 ) up to present.

* A special birthday song, " Merry Birthday To You ", was composed to avoid potential licensing issues for the traditional " Happy Birthday to You ".

With the Goya guitar that she received for her sixteenth birthday, Nicks wrote her first song called " I've Loved and I've Lost, and I'm Sad But Not Blue ".

Rock Is Fifty also hosted additional celebrations in Los Angeles in July, 2005, as part of a " Rock Around the Clock-a-Thon " to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the date the song reached the No. 1 spot on the American charts, as well as to observe what would have been Haley's 80th birthday.

* Rest Assured recorded a cover of the song in 1993 to coincide with the song's 60th birthday although somewhat different from the original due to the use of samples and a rap.

In 2007, David Byrne provided a cover of The Fiery Furnaces ' song " Ex-Guru " for a compilation to celebrate the 15th birthday of Thrill Jockey, a Chicago-based label.

At least one other work by Zweig received a musical setting: the pianist and composer Henry Jolles, who like Zweig had fled to Brazil to escape the Nazis, composed a song, " Último poema de Stefan Zweig ", based on " Letztes Gedicht ", which Zweig wrote on the occasion of his 60th birthday in November 1941.

On some shows, Eddie's son Wolfgang came onstage and played guitar with his father during " 316 " a song dedicated to his son, taking its name from his birthday.

Finally, even when MGM Records decided to sign a contract with her, it was basically because one track she had recorded, " Freddy ", happened to be the name of the son of a company executive, Harry A. Myerson, who thought of this song as a nice birthday gift.

Between 1996 and 1997, Pascoal worked on a book project called: Calendário do Som, which contains a song for every day of the year, including 29 February, so that everyone would have a song for his or her birthday.

Episode " Roots " featured a storyline in which Mr. Grace's lineage was traced in order to perform an appropriate song and dance for his 90th birthday.

The album is made up of lyrics directly related to ill feelings after the breakup of Blink-182 ; a notable song, " No, It Isn't ", addresses the concerns head-on and was leaked through the + 44 website in December 2005: coincidentally, on DeLonge's birthday.

At a dinner to celebrate Pitt's birthday in 1802, Canning wrote the song ‘ The Pilot that Weathered the Storm ’, performed by a tenor from Drury Lane, Charles Dignum:

It has become a song that inspires hope in the wake of tragedy, becoming a sort of " spiritual national anthem " according to authors Mary Rourke and Emily Gwathmey.

Created by the Scottish-born composer, Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878, but did not gain its status as the official anthem until 1984.

In order for the song to become the anthem, it had to face a vote between the Royal anthem God Save the Queen, the " unofficial anthem " Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia.

*" Take Me Out to the Ball Game " is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song.

The term anthem means either a specific form of Anglican church music ( in music theory and religious contexts ), or more generally, a song ( or composition ) of celebration, usually acting as a symbol for a distinct group of people, as in the term " national anthem " or " sports anthem ".

The word " anthem " is commonly used to describe a celebratory song or composition for a distinct group, as in the term " national anthem ".

The song remains an anthem to regret for unwise decisions in the past and recognition that there's no need to send in the clowns-they're already here.

Eventually this song became " Bro goz va zadoù " (" Old land of my fathers ") and is the most widely accepted Breton anthem.

After that, in 1990, it was eliminated from the anthem and only sung in military events as part of the full song.

In order to endorse its republican and liberal tradition, the song was chosen for national anthem of Germany in 1922, during the Weimar Republic.

Murakami, a song by Russian rock singer Svetlana Surganova, widely perceived as a lesbian anthem

Although usually thought of as a spiritual, the earliest recorded use of the song was as a rallying anthem for the Contrabands at Fort Monroe sometime before July 1862.

It contained what would become Brooks's signature song, the blue collar anthem " Friends in Low Places ", as well as two other Brooks classics, the dramatic and controversial " The Thunder Rolls " and the philosophically ironic " Unanswered Prayers ".

The song has become something of an anthem of female emancipation, and is still a staple of office parties and karaoke nights.

His poem ( and song ) " Auld Lang Syne " is often sung at Hogmanay ( the last day of the year ), and " Scots Wha Hae " served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.

The national song of India and national anthem of Bangladesh are Rabindra Sangeets.