The U. S. Library of Congress has a collection of 3, 000 versions of and songs inspired by " Amazing Grace ", some of which were first-time recordings by folklorists Alan and John Lomax, a father and son team who in 1932 traveled thousands of miles across the South to capture the different regional styles of the song.

The work contexts in which African-Americans sang songs comparable to shanties included: boat-rowing on rivers of the south-eastern U. S. and Caribbean ; the work of stokers or “ firemen ,” who cast wood into the furnaces of steamboats plying great American rivers ; and stevedoring on the U. S. eastern seaboard, the Gulf Coast, and the Caribbean — including " cotton-screwing ": the loading of ships with cotton in ports of the American South.

In recent years, a growing Tex-Mex polka band trend from Mexican immigrants ( i. e. Conjunto or Norteño ) has influenced much of new Chicano folk music, especially in large market Spanish language radio stations and on television music video programs in the U. S. The band Quetzal is known for its political songs.

The album contains a number of fast / short songs interspersed with jazz (" D. M. S. O.

The Hues Corporation's 1974 " Rock the Boat ", a U. S. # 1 single and million-seller, was one of the early disco songs to hit # 1.

Many original television theme songs of the era also showed a strong disco influence, such as " Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow " ( theme from Baretta, performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. and later a hit single for Rhythm Heritage ), Theme from " S. W. A. T.

On July 21, 1979, six days after the riot, the top six records on the U. S. music charts were disco songs.

Dalida released " J ' attendrai ", which became a big hit in Canada and Japan, and Cerrone's early hit songs, " Love in C Minor ", " Give Me Love " and " Supernature " became major hits in the U. S. and Europe.

She has composed over 3, 000 songs, the best known of which include " I Will Always Love You " ( a two-time U. S. country chart-topper for Parton, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston ), " Jolene ", " Coat of Many Colors ", " 9 to 5 ", and " My Tennessee Mountain Home ".

* Epistolary songs include The Beatles ' " P. S.

Sorrow, released in December 1968, featured both heavy psychedelic songs such as " Old Man Going " and " I See You " and poppy numbers like " S. F. Sorrow Is Born " and " Baron Saturday ".

Moreover, because of the limited airplay Rush's previous extended-length songs received, Permanent Waves included shorter, more radio-friendly songs such as " The Spirit of Radio " and " Freewill ", two songs that helped Permanent Waves become Rush's first U. S. Top 5 album ; both songs continue to make appearances on classic rock radio stations in Canada and the United States to this day.

The album contained Rush's only U. S. top-40 pop hit, " New World Man ", while other more experimental songs such as " Digital Man ", " The Weapon ", and " Chemistry " expanded the band's use of ska, reggae, and funk.

During this period in London he also collaborated on a number of songs with Bruce Woodley of the Seekers, including " I Wish You Could Be Here ", " Cloudy ", and " Red Rubber Ball ", which would be a U. S. No. 1 hit for the Cyrkle in 1966.

Seizing the chance, the duo's U. S. producer, Tom Wilson, inspired by the Byrds ' hugely popular electric versions of Bob Dylan songs, used Dylan's studio band ( who had collaborated with him on his landmark hit " Like a Rolling Stone " that year ) to dub electric guitars, bass and drums onto the original " Sound of Silence " track, and released it as a single, backed with " We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin '".

In the early stages of ABBA, Anderson co-wrote many of the songs ' lyrics, among them some of the band's biggest hits, such as " Ring Ring " ( 1973 ), " Waterloo " ( 1974 ), " Honey, Honey " ( 1974 ), " I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do " ( 1975 ), " Mamma Mia " ( 1975 ), " S. O. S " ( 1975 ), " Fernando " ( 1976 ), " Dancing Queen " ( 1976 ), " Knowing Me, Knowing You " ( 1977 ), and " The Name of the Game " ( 1977 ).

They advanced drastically in musical and lyrical sophistication: by the end they were quoting American writer William S. Burroughs (" A Different Kind of Tension "), declaiming their catechism in the anthem " I Believe ", and tuning in to a fantasy radio station on which their songs could be heard (" Radio Nine ").

In the 1960s, he produced a number of songs dealing with social and political issues of the day, particularly when he wrote for the U. S. version of the television show That Was The Week That Was.

The 1874 hoax quickly gained such notoriety that several 1874 music hall songs memorialized the event ( copies of which now are in the U. S. Library of Congress ).

In 2002, McCartney released another live album, Back in the U. S. Live 2002, and the 19 Beatles ' songs included are described as " composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon ".

Grant participated in Lifetime's 1st Annual " Girls & Guitars " benefit, singing numerous songs, including a duet with Melissa Etheridge on " You Can Sleep While I Drive ".

In addition to the many songs recorded by him, in 1956 he co-wrote, with Jody Williams, the pioneering pop song " Love Is Strange ", a hit for Mickey & Sylvia in 1957.

In popular music, London-based artists such as Audio Bullys and Chas & Dave ( and others from elsewhere in the UK, such as The Streets, who are from Birmingham ) frequently use rhyming slang in their songs.

The comedy group Buckner & Garcia released a novelty concept album, Pac-Man Fever, that went gold and produced a hit single of the same name ; all of the songs on the album pertained to popular video games of the time.

Early songs with disco elements include " You Keep Me Hangin ' On " ( The Supremes, 1966 ), " Only the Strong Survive " ( Jerry Butler, 1968 ), " Message to Love " ( Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, 1970 ), " Soul Makossa " ( Manu Dibango, 1972 ), Eddie Kendricks ' Keep on Truckin ' ( 1973 ) and " The Love I Lost " by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes ( 1973 ).

Fuller's ability as a songwriter manifested itself through the intervention of her friend, producer Hal Wallis ; Fuller had wanted to get an acting role in the Elvis Presley movie Blue Hawaii, which Wallis was producing, but instead he put her in touch with Hill & Range, the publisher that provided Presley with songs.

In the early 2009, Radio Masr was launched, broadcasting popular Egyptian songs, news & other programs.

In 1983, she released an album entitled Gloria Gaynor, in which she rejected disco for mid-tempo R & B and Pop style songs.

He used a Fender Jaco Pastorius Tribute fretless replica bass for the song " Malignant Narcissism " on Snakes & Arrows, and a Fender Custom Shop Jazz with an Alder Body and a Flamed Maple top in Transparent Red for songs in an alternate tuning during the last several tours.

' Joey Ramone & the Resistance ' ( Daniel Rey on guitar, John Connor on bass guitar and Roger Murdock on drums ) debuted Ramone's interpretation of Louis Armstrong's " Wonderful World ' live, as well as Ramone's choice of Ramones classics and some of his other favorite songs ; The Dave Clark Five's " Any Way You Want It ", The Who's " The Kids are Alright and The Stooges ' " No Fun.

During this time, Berry co-wrote and / or arranged and produced songs for artists outside of Jan and Dean, including The Angels (" I Adore Him ", Top 30 ), the Gents, the Matadors ( Sinners ), Judy & Jill, Pixie ( unreleased ), Jill Gibson, Shelley Fabares, Deane Hawley, The Rip Chords (" Three Window Coupe ", Top 30 ), and Johnny Crawford, among others.

He had also separated from his girlfriend of seven years, singer-artist Jill Gibson, later a member for a short time of The Mamas & the Papas, who had also co-written several songs with him.

In Berry's absence, Torrence released several singles on the J & D Record Co. label and recorded Save for a Rainy Day in 1966, a concept album featuring all rain-themed songs.

Interestingly, in 1979, Jan also performed over 100 concerts of Jan and Dean songs with another front man from Hawaii, Randy Ruff, so Torrence toured briefly as " Mike & Dean ," with Mike Love of the Beach Boys.

In 1977, Harmonia Mundi also published two records of Deller singing Dowland's Lute songs ( HM 244 & 245-H244 / 246 ).< ref >

Before the end of 2008, Jeepster would also release another Belle & Sebastian compilation, The BBC Sessions, collecting the tracks that the band had recorded for the BBC in 1996, which included rarities and unreleased songs, together with live recordings from Belfast.

The Juice Crew included Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shanté, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Craig G, MC Shan and Masta Ace, and produced many songs for outside artists including King Tee, LL Cool J, and Lords of the Underground.

The countdown show, ranking the top songs of the previous week, has been a staple of weekend radio programming since 1970 ; current hosts of countdown shows in various formats include Rick Dees, Ryan Seacrest, Jeff Foxworthy, Kix Brooks, Bob Kingsley, Crook & Chase, Randy Jackson, Walt Love, Al Gross, Dick Bartley, and ( via reruns ) Casey Kasem.

The skiffle craze, led by Lonnie Donegan, utilised amateurish versions of American folk songs and encouraged many of the subsequent generation of rock and roll, folk, R & B and beat musicians to start performing.

In that year, Louis Jordan dominated the top five listings of the R & B charts with three songs, and two of the top five songs were based on the boogie-woogie rhythms that had come to prominence during the 1940s.

The Who's early promotional material tagged them as producing " maximum rhythm and blues ", but by about 1966 they moved from attempting to emulate American R & B to producing songs that reflected the Mod lifestyle.

During her tenure with Epic Records, Amos also released a retrospective collection titled Tales of a Librarian ( 2003 ) through her former label, Atlantic Records ; a two-disc DVD set Fade to Red ( 2006 ) containing most of Amos's solo music videos, released through the Warner Bros. reissue imprint Rhino ; a five disc box set titled A Piano: The Collection ( 2006 ), celebrating Amos's 15 year solo career through remastered album tracks, remixes, alternate mixes, demos, and a string of unreleased songs from album recording sessions, also released through Rhino ; and numerous official bootlegs from two world tours, The Original Bootlegs ( 2005 ) and Legs & Boots ( 2007 ) through Epic Records.

It consists of songs from both the Twin / Tone and Sire / Reprise records years and includes two new songs, " Pool & Dive " and " Message To The Boys ".