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.

" This massive audience response forced the record company to flip the songs, so that subsequent copies of the single listed the more popular song on the A-side.

English indie rock band Cherry Ghost took its name from a lyric from the Wilco song " Theologians " ( from A Ghost Is Born )— lead singer Simon Aldred is a self-proclaimed " massive Wilco fan ".

Aided by a memorable and well received video by John Maybury which consisted almost solely of O ' Connor's face as she performed the song, it became a massive international hit, reaching # 1 in several countries.

The song turned out to be a massive hit and his next release cut at the same session, " Oooh, Oooh, Oooh " a much smaller one.

This song achieved a massive amount of US top 40 airplay when released as a single in late 2000 and also featured on the soundtrack for the movie Brokedown Palace.

The first single off the album was a happy and uncharacteristically simple song called " Kind and Generous ", which received massive airplay on VH1 and which solidified Merchant's role as a bona fide solo artist.

" The CD also marked the debut of " Sucking Sound ," a political / economic song about Ross Perot and how his warnings of the flaws in a global economy, which were mocked in 1992, became somewhat of a reality by 2008, resulting in massive lay-offs and job losses.

On 11 September 1988, a massive song festival, called " Song of Estonia ", was held at the Tallinn Song Festival Arena.

Despite the record's massive success, follow-up singles such as " Mr. Turnkey " ( a song about a rapist who nails his own wrist to the jail wall as punishment for his crime ) went largely unnoticed by the public.

An unexpected success came from the single's b-side, a song entitled " N-ai fost acolo " ( You weren't there ), a viral response to critics claiming that the group's lyrics were pure fiction and had no factual basis whatsoever, became a massive hit during the summer and provided a strong launch pad for the album's release in September 1998.

A massive publicity campaign commenced in the weeks before decimalisation day, including a song by Max Bygraves called " Decimalisation ".

The song placed poorly, but became a massive hit at home.

The song received massive success in Europe as well.

Street later produced the # 1 hit " Country House " and Blur's follow-up album The Great Escape, the song that won " The Battle of Britpop " for Blur by outselling rival band Oasis's single " Roll with It " from ( What's the Story ) Morning Glory in a Battle of the Bands fueled by massive coverage by the mainstream British media.

With the massive expansion, eMusic will also introduce a new pricing schedule that will set individual song prices based upon the song's popularity.

Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Bugs Bunny dance to a techno song with the aid of sticky bubble gum. The action takes place in a massive movie theater built over Bugs ' rabbit hole.

In the Futurama episode " A Tale of Two Santas ", Bender sings the song while being executed by massive electromagnets.

The song was a massive hit ; it entered the Hot 100 on March 10, 2001, and spent over a year on the chart ( 54 weeks ) before being relegated to the recurrents chart.

The song was a massive hit in Mexico and introduced Caifanes to a wider audience nationally and abroad.

The show also specialises in trucking and features the " 10-4 big buddy " theme song " Convoy " which was a massive hit for C. W.

The song " Backdoor Man " was a huge hit on the youth radio network Triple J after its release in 1997, being played almost hourly due to a massive number of requests, making it into the 1997 Hottest 100 list at number 5.

The festival celebrates the song, and a massive Bon Odori is held where many famous singers go and perform.

The song, recorded at the Francofolies Festival in Buenos Aires, received a massive amount of airplay which encouraged Cabrel to release it as a single.

The song " You Should Be High Love " got massive radio play: six weeks most requested at AOR radio.