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 is still included in the officially licensed scripts and scores for performance.

Lee Jackson's theme song Grabbag has elicited many spin-offs and remixes over the years by both fans and professional musicians, including an officially sanctioned studio version by the popular thrash metal outfit Megadeth.

The song " Boadicea ", also from this album, would later be sampled by The Fugees on their single " Ready or Not " ( 1996 ), causing a brief stir because the group neither sought permission from Enya nor gave her credit initially, and by Mario Winans, who did give her credit ( the Winans track, " I Don't Wanna Know " which features a rap by P. Diddy and is officially credited to all three artists, became Enya's highest charting single in the US, when it peaked at # 2 on the Hot 100 in 2004 ).

The band started drifting back together in 1998. and officially re-formed to record a song for the soundtrack of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, at the behest of the film's director ( and Hoffs ' husband ) Jay Roach.

That paper became the first officially copyrighted Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel song, and is now in the Library of Congress.

Then Disc 2 of the album contains songs that have not been released officially on an album, or were rejected demos on prior albums, as well as an acoustic version of " A Certain Shade of Green ," and a cover of the Prince song " Let's Go Crazy.

Chicolini is caught by Firefly and put on trial, during which war is officially declared, and everyone is overcome by war frenzy, breaking into song and dance.

Following a December 1966 recording session in which he was involved in a heated argument with Mike Love ( who vehemently criticized his lyrics for the song " Cabin Essence ") Parks ' involvement in SMiLE effectively ceased and he officially withdrew from the project in early 1967.

Steve Van Zandt was now officially back to background vocals on this song, going to Bruce's mike with great confidence, giving the song an even more upbeat vibe.

The song was officially released on Monsters of Folk's 2009 self-titled album, on which Oberst teams up with Jim James ( of My Morning Jacket ), M. Ward ( of She & Him ), and Mike Mogis ( of Bright Eyes ).

Sherman then wrote his own song parodies of My Fair Lady, which appeared as a bootleg recording in 1964, and were only officially released in 2005 on My Son, the Box.

The album also includes the song " Riding Against the Wind ", which features a music video and is the theme song for his new reality Docu-series " Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It ", which officially premiered on VH1 on Oct. 18, 2010.

From mid-1961 to mid-1963, Radio Luxembourg closed each day's broadcasts with " It's Time to Say Goodnight ", a song Francis had recorded especially for this purpose and which was never officially released until 1996.

Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single, it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut ( not available in any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to radio during a chart run ) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by Garth Brooks ' " Belleau Wood.

One song from these shows has been officially released on CD: " Baby's in Black " ( which was not on the 1977 album ), as an additional track on the 1996 " Real Love " CD single.

A portion of one song recorded for the 1967 Christmas flexi disc, " Christmas Time ( Is Here Again )", was officially released as an additional track on the 1995 " Free as a Bird " single.

" The Scotsman " was officially adopted as the university's fight song in the 1960s.

The Moonies also toured the country several times with Buzzcocks and recorded a song featuring the vocals of Buzzcocks ' singer Pete Shelley, although the track was never officially released.

This marks the first time Weezer has officially released a song written and sung by Brian Bell although the band demoed and played Brian's " Yellow Camaro " live in 2002.

" Every Breath You Take " is a song by The Police on the band's 1983 album Synchronicity, written by Sting and Andy Summers ( but officially credited to Sting only ).

After her song " Nos Aburriremos Juntos " was leaked into airways as early as November 1989 in America, the album was not officially released until 1990, Lucía es.

On June 3, 1937, the Central Standing Committee ( 中央常務委員會 ) approved the proposal, and in 1943, the song officially became the national anthem of the Republic of China.

Van Zandt officially left the E Street Band in 1984 ( Springsteen's song " Bobby Jean " is said to be inspired by the split, and Bruce asked him to perform his mandolin solo in the " Glory Days " video anyway ) and has been involved in numerous solo musical projects and collaborations since then, ranging from soul music to hard rock to world music.