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 five-part section includes vocal part-songs which show the influence of the ‘ adapted consort song ’ style of the 1588 set but which seem to have been conceived as all-vocal part-songs.

After Peggy Lee recorded her version of " Lover ", a Rodgers song with a dramatically different arrangement than originally conceived by him, Rodgers said, " I don't know why Peggy picked on me, she could have **** ed up " Silent Night ".

Earlier, such videos had been rare: according to MTV, this was because it initially conceived itself as a rock-music-oriented channel, although musician Rick James was outspoken in his criticism of the cable channel, claiming in 1983 that MTV's refusal to air the music video for his song " Super Freak " and clips by other African-American performers was " blatant racism ".

The title of Sharp ’ s work reflects his project of collecting and grouping shanties as part of what he conceived to be a rather continuous English folk song tradition.

Jeremy was once told by his mother he was conceived to the song " Stairway to Heaven ".

Vocal production in Peking opera is conceived of as being composed of " four levels of song ": songs with music, verse recitation, prose dialogue, and non-verbal vocalizations.

Written by band-members Brian Wilson ( who conceived the song during an LSD trip ) and Mike Love, the song features contrasting verse-chorus form.

*" Sunday ", Jon's song at the diner, is based on the Act I Finale from the Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George ; Larson conceived it as a humorous homage to Sondheim, one of his largest influences.

According to Dennis McNally, Jerry Garcia conceived the idea for the Grateful Dead song Terrapin Station while driving across the Richmond – San Rafael Bridge.

The song was conceived initially by the band members as a parody of Bob Dylan's distinctive lyrical style and paranoia.

" Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " was conceived as a parody of the style of song often featured in Disney films.

The film's theme song, " Ready to Take a Chance Again ", was composed by Charles Fox, with lyrics by Fox's writing partner, Norman Gimbel and performed by Barry Manilow, who conceived and supervised the song's recording in partnership with Ron Dante.

Kurt Cobain conceived " Rape Me " as a life-affirming anti-rape song.

Rarities was conceived to include lesser known songs that were not included on any other original Beatles album — these included B-sides of singles, two German language recordings, the tracks from an EP with exclusive material, a song recorded for the American market and a version of " Across the Universe " that had previously appeared on a World Wildlife Fund charity record.

John Cooper says the idea was conceived when Korey Cooper and Ben Kasica remixed the song Monster for their popular podcast.

The song was conceived in Rex Club, Paris, where the trio were playing a live set.

He appeared as The Gangster in the experimental film Dreams That Money Can Buy ( 1947 ), and wrote the lyrics for the song " The Girl With the Pre-Fabricated Heart " ( music by Louis Applebaum ) which accompanies the sequence conceived by Ferdinand Leger.

Perhaps the most successful Kennedy tribute song released in the months after his assassination ( although later hit songs such as " Abraham, Martin and John " and " We Didn't Start the Fire " also referenced the tragedy ) was the controversial " In the Summer of His Years ", introduced by British singer Millicent Martin on a special edition of the BBC-TV comedy series That Was the Week That Was, conceived as a somber and respectful tribute to Kennedy.

The song was conceived as a bittersweet Elvish lament sung by Galadriel for those who have sailed across the Sundering Sea.

He recalls his first parody song being conceived at the age of five.

Although Anderson had, almost two decades before, dropped the song from her performance repertoire, she revived the piece in 2001 during a concert tour that included a retrospective look at some of her older pieces, an idea conceived by her companion, Lou Reed.

The song was conceived by Stevenson who was showing a rough draft of the lyrics to Gaye disguised as a ballad.

It was formed by two songs: " Life Transmission ", which was originally conceived as a " word sculpture " around the phrase " Life Transmission ", although it is the final result of automatic writing and it was also the first song in English by the band.