Though they would produce some very memorable and lasting songs, Arlen and Mercer were not given strong material to work on.

After we got a script and the spots for the songs were blocked out, we'd get together for an hour or so every day.

These little songs, however, were sweet nothings from the heart, tender memories of his childhood, little melodies that anyone could hum and that would make one want to weep.

This features the marching songs of several nations, recorded as though the various national bands were marching by your reviewing stand.

Her `` Rockabye Your Baby '' was as good as it can be done, and her really personal songs, like `` The Man That Got Away '' were deeply moving.

Clever light songs were overly coy, tragic songs a little too melodramatic.

Such songs were originally addressed to Apollo, and afterwards to other gods: to Dionysus, to Apollo Helios, to Apollo's son Asclepius the healer.

Freudiana, Gaudi and Gambler were three musicals that included some Project songs like " Eye in the Sky ", " Time ", " Inside Looking Out ", and " Limelight ".

Communities either could not afford music accompaniment or rejected it out of a Calvinistic sense of simplicity, so the songs were sung a cappella.

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.

People decorated their homes and trees with paper flags ; there were ritual races, processions, dances, songs, prayers, and finally human sacrifices.

The Lesbian or Aeolic school of poetry " reached in the songs of Sappho and Alcaeus that high point of brilliancy to which it never after-wards approached " and it was assumed by later Greek critics and during the early centuries of the Christian era that the two poets were in fact lovers, a theme which became a favourite subject in art ( as in the urn pictured above ).

These songs were typically performed while adjusting the rigging, raising anchor, and other tasks where men would need to pull in rhythm.

Well before the nineteenth century, sea songs were common on rowing vessels.

Such songs were also very rhythmic in order to keep the rowers together.

They were notably influenced by songs of African-Americans, such as those sung whilst manually loading vessels with cotton in ports of the southern United States.

Shanty repertoire borrowed from the contemporary popular music enjoyed by sailors, including minstrel music, popular marches, and land-based folk songs, which were adapted to suit musical forms matching the various labor tasks required to operate a sailing ship.

Shakers today are most known for their cultural contributions ( especially style of music and furniture ). The Shakers composed thousands of songs, and also created many dances ; both were an important part of the Shaker worship services.

He also wrote songs, including his Seven Early Songs ( Sieben Frühe Lieder ), three of which were Berg's first publicly performed work in a concert that featured the music of Schoenberg's pupils in Vienna that year.

In the swing era they were usually either arrangements of popular songs or they were entirely new compositions.

Lead Me On ( 1988 ) contained many songs that were about Christianity and love relationships, but some interpreted it as not being an obviously " Christian " record.

On the Adult Contemporary chart, all five songs were top 10 hits, with two of the five (" Baby Baby " and " That's What Love Is For ") reaching No. 1.

There were two styles dominating the Dutch hip hop landscape: Extince, known for his easy flows, catchy songs and funky tunes, while hardcore performers like Westklan and Osdorp Posse found their own niche group of fans.

There are times when one suspects that the songs that are dropped from musical shows before they reach Broadway may really be better than many of those that are left in.

There are also songs that go through the alphabet, making each letter stand for something in the process.

There has been a growing presence of Indian English in dialogue and songs as well.

There are also many different versions of Holly's " Greatest Hits " as well as covers / compilation albums of Buddy's songs performed by various artists.

There is a rich repertoire of literature and songs in Creole.

There are four basic kinds of songs in capoeira, the Ladaínha, Chula, Corrido and Quadra.

Also in 1974, Gloria Gaynor released the first side-long disco mix vinyl album, which included a remake of The Jackson 5's " Never Can Say Goodbye " and two other songs, " Honey Bee " and " Reach Out ( I'll Be There )".

There have been dozens of arcade-based releases across several countries and hundreds of home video game console releases, promoting a music library of original songs produced by Konami's in-house artists and an eclectic set of licensed music from many different genres.

* There is no copyright on the songs.

The first side of this album consisted of three disco songs (" Honey Bee ", " Never Can Say Goodbye " and " Reach Out, I'll Be There "), with no breaks in between the songs.

There is also a Soviet movie The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe ( Баллада о доблестном рыцаре Айвенго, 1983 ), directed by Sergey Tarasov, with songs of Vladimir Vysotsky, starring Peteris Gaudins as Ivanhoe.

There are usually two microphones, a book containing the names and artists of the songs, and a remote control for the karaoke machine.

There had long been a culture of drug use among jazz and blues musicians, and, in the early 1960s, use of drugs ( including cannabis, peyote, mescaline and LSD ) had begun to grow among folk and rock musicians, who also began to include drug references in their songs.

There is psychological realism in the description of Laura, although Petrarch draws heavily on conventionalised descriptions of love and lovers from troubadour songs and other literature of courtly love.

There is even disagreement about the term " ragtime " itself ; experts such as David Jasen and Trebor Tichenor choose to exclude ragtime songs from the definition but include novelty piano and stride piano ( a modern perspective ), while Edward A. Berlin includes ragtime songs and excludes the later styles ( which is closer to how ragtime was viewed originally ).

There is also vocal accompaniment called kami uta in which the drummer sings sacred songs to the gods.

The two known songs that had Sondheim contributions are " In There " from the adaption of The Exception and the Rule ( which would later be named The Race to Urga ) and a cut song from West Side Story " Kids Ain't ( Like Everybody Else )".

There was " a very personal star-studded musical tribute " with new songs by contemporary musical theatre writers.

There was little instrument-switching when they played live, but when recording, the musicians could make up different configurations in service of the songs.

There were many semi-legitimate and compilation albums to follow, the most official of which was Next Plateau's The B-Sides Companion, which featured a new song, some unreleased 1989 songs recorded for a second Next Plateau LP and most of the group's classic singles, albeit in newly remixed form.

There, she learned how to sing into a microphone and how to phrase blues songs.

There have also been some cuts in the intro sequence, and backstage scenes leading up to these songs.