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.

Mercer has also written both music and lyrics for several songs.

The Negro composer Hall Johnson studied the American-Negro Suite and said of it, `` Of all the many songs written by white composers and employing what claims to be a Negroid idiom in both words and music, these six songs by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler easily stand far out above the rest.

Thus `` America '', the most widely sung of the patriotic songs, was written by a New England Baptist clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith ( 1808-1895 ), while a student in Andover Theological Seminary.

For this story of an American couple who meet and fall in love in Israel, Mr. Herman has written songs that are warmly melodious and dance music that sparkles.

Parsons would produce and engineer songs written by the two, and the Alan Parsons Project was born.

His remaining secular works in this late period fall into three categories: first, large scale cantatas and one oratorio Habsburg written on patriotic themes or in response to the international political situation, pedagogical works written to aid his students in voice, and finally simple songs, rounds or canons written for home entertainment ; many with original poetry by the composer.

Many songs have been written to teach phonemic awareness and they are usually referred to as alphabet songs.

Mr. Sondheim has written several pleasing songs but not enough of them to give the musical wings.

He would sometimes write songs with someone in mind, for instance, " I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face " from My Fair Lady was written with Rex Harrison in mind to complement his very limited vocal range.

Andersson has written the music to songs recorded by Anders Ekborg (" Han Som Har Vunnit Allt ") and Barbara Dickson (" The Day The Wall Came Tumbling Down ").

* Telegraph article on the last songs written by Buddy Holly

The rhyming songs, poems and tales written in the form of ballads often relate to the itinerant and rebellious spirit of Australia in The Bush, and the authors and performers are often referred to as bush bards.

Several songs have been written about the Bloody Sunday ( 1972 ) in Northern Ireland, including:

Among his various musical credits, Mumy has recorded and written songs with America, toured with Shaun Cassidy, and played in Rick Springfield's band in the film, Hard to Hold.

Shops were stocked with Chaplin merchandise, he was featured in cartoons and comic strips, and several songs were written about the star.

Love had written several songs, including an anti-cocaine song titled " Loser Dust ", during her time in rehab in 2005.

He expanded his repertoire to include songs written in traditional genres of the Mexican music, and during the farmworkers ' rights campaign, wrote music in support of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers.

Charles ' younger brother, Emile Charles, guest-starred in the series III episode " Timeslides ", and the songs " Bad News " and " Cash " in this episode were written by Charles, and performed by his band.

The album's liner notes included information about the songs, written by music journalist David Hepworth.

When the Polish words and melodies started to become popular, including many new secular pastorals ( pastoralka, or shepherd's songs ), they were not written down originally, but rather taught among people by heart.

Marlene Dietrich as Frenchy performs the songs " See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have " and " You've Got That Look ", written by Frank Loesser, set to music by Frederick Hollander, which have become classics.