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.

It was ranked the 80th best song of all time by Acclaimed Music.

Its title song was named " One of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock " by music writers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listing and is ranked as one of the all-time top-ten punk songs by a 2006 poll of original British punk figures, as reported in the Rough Guide to Punk.

In 2004, " The Weight " was ranked the 41st best song of all time in Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.

Retrospectively, " Keep Yourself Alive " is cited as the highlight of the album, and in 2008 Rolling Stone ranked it 31st in the " 100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time ", describing it as " an entire album's worth of riffs crammed into a single song ".

The song is ranked No. 158 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

" The single was certified platinum and it ultimately ranked as the biggest song of the decade.

( In 2008, Billboard ranked the song No. 6 among all songs that charted in the 50-year history of the Hot 100.

The song was ranked as the second-best Beatles ’ song by Mojo, after " A Day in the Life ".

It was ranked the 28th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine.

The song is ranked # 55 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ".

In 2004 and later in 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at # 8 on " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ," making it the highest ranked Beatles song on the list.

Also in 2010, Rolling Stone ranked the song at # 7 on The Beatles ' 100 Greatest Songs.

Hank Williams is ranked first for the decade 1940 – 1949 for his song " I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.

Her song " Jim Dandy " was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll and was ranked # 343 on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

It also was ranked by Billboard magazine as the most popular song of 1986.

Often regarded as the band's signature song, " Pour Some Sugar on Me " was ranked No. 2 on VH1's " 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s " in 2006.

Rolling Stone magazine also ranked the song " September Gurls " as number 178 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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In Billboard's Hot 100, it was ranked as the number one song of that year, the only time a fictional band has ever claimed Billboard's annual Hot 100 top spot.

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