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.

The song " The Pride Parade " provides an insight into McLean ’ s immediate reaction to stardom.

The theme song became an immediate country music hit and was played at the beginning and end of each episode.

While working for this ministry, Mullins wrote a song called " Sing Your Praise To The Lord " which was recorded by singer Amy Grant in 1982 and became an immediate hit on Christian Radio.

They had little immediate success after the move to Brooklyn, although Barbra Streisand recorded their song " I Mean To Shine " on her 1971 Barbra Joan Streisand album.

These sequences may also be chained together into a song in a live and immediate way.

Publication of Caroline Carleton's poem caused an immediate controversy ; that it was nice poetry, but " too tame "; one regretted that nothing more inspiring that the colour of the sky and the prettiness of the scenery could be found for the poem ; one wondered " how hidden wealth could gleam in the darkness " and so on, another that it could equally refer to, say, California, while another longed for a time when such a peaceful song accorded with international politics, and regretted that the contest was restricted to South Australians, that the prize was so paltry, and there was no mention of sheep.

This defining characteristic of the group brought it immediate attention as members fused Hindi and English music in original song formats.

Farrell's song recital in New York in October 1950 was enthusiastically acclaimed and gained her immediate recognition.

Early American alternative rock bands like Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr., who mixed rock song structures with guitar distortion, were immediate forerunners.

Christopher Sanford writes in his book Mick Jagger that when the Rolling Stones released the song " Brown Sugar " there was immediate speculation that it referred to Hunt or to soul singer Claudia Lennear.

A previously unreleased song, A Canção do Senhor da Guerra (" Warlord Song "), which was to be in Dois and was rejected by EMI, turned into an immediate hit.

This song also helped popularize the phrase as a counterculture rallying cry, over and beyond the immediate impact of the anarchist group.

The song ends with a spoof news report confirming that he has cut off his head at the Rutland Open Air Punk Festival, in front of an audience of lemmings and his immediate relatives.

They performed Parachutess lead single, " Shiver ", and the new song, " Yellow "; but it was the latter that had an immediate studio audience impact.

" The song became an immediate hit, staying at number one for nine weeks during its 26-week run on the Billboard country chart.

This renowned ' song and supper ' room was an immediate predecessor of the later music halls.

The song spent 46 weeks in Billboard Hot 100, a feat that was later achieved by its immediate successor, " Since U Been Gone ".

Modern musical versions of the three-note chimes are still in popular use on the NBC radio and television networks ( and are the opening and closing notes of the current edition of the NBC Nightly News theme song ), as well as in the closing logo of NBC Universal Television Studio, the TV production arm of NBC's current immediate parent, NBC Universal.

Eric Greenwood of Drawer B, who felt that the album " fails on every level ", also commented that " if this album had even two more songs this immediate and catchy, then I'd stick my neck out for it, but, sadly, it's the only song worth listening to.

This system produced an immediate success by choosing the song which went on to be the Eurovision winner that year, " Save Your Kisses for Me " by Brotherhood of Man.

The song gained immediate international recognition following use in fashion shows, club rotations and internet filesharing.

The film was expected to be a big hit, especially with the Generation X MTV crowd, as evidenced by the immediate heavy rotation of its theme song.

An immediate smash in nightclubs, the song crossed over to pop radio and after going to number one on the U. S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, it eventually hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100.