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.

An existing pop song can be re-recorded with a different arrangement to the original.

Also this song was re-recorded by South African opera singer Leonore Veenemans as " My Land Suid-Afrika ".

This song is still associated with Day, and she re-recorded it on several occasions, including a version in her 1971 television special.

Bowie's song " I'm Afraid of Americans " from the Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls was re-recorded for the album, and remixed by Trent Reznor for a single release.

Released the same year and containing re-recorded tracks from Omikron, his album ' Hours ...' featured a song with lyrics by the winner of his " Cyber Song Contest " Internet competition, Alex Grant.

The song " Beautiful World " was also used in a re-recorded form for an ad for Target stores.

Telluride is mentioned in the song " Smuggler's Blues " by Glenn Frey, and is the subject of and eponymous songs by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1985, Kate Wolf, and Tim McGraw in 2001, which was re-recorded by Josh Gracin in 2008.

In 1974, the original version of the song returned to the American charts when it was used as the theme for the movie American Graffiti and a re-recorded version by Haley was used as the opening theme for the TV series Happy Days during its first two seasons.

However, due to copyright issues, the song was later re-recorded without the portion of " Puffin ' Billy " featured in the first version.

* The 1980s opening credits contain a re-recorded version of the original Jetsons theme song, which features the use of synthesized drums and synth lead tracks typical of 1980s music.

Although an early demo of the song was recorded in February 1962 at World-Pacific Studios, it was not re-recorded and released until 1963, when it became a top ten hit.

Another song from the album, " It's Alright " was re-recorded as a duet with French singer M. Pokora.

The band, which also appeared on camera in the film performing the song and parts of two others, quickly re-recorded the song for inclusion on a second album, Everywhere At Once, produced by Jeff Eyrich, but broke up shortly after.

A song from this album, " Please Read the Letter ", was re-recorded by Plant with Alison Krauss, winning the 2009 Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

The producers of the album did not like her vocals and so the song was re-recorded by Sara Hickman for the film.

They also re-recorded the song as a B-side track to their album Indestructible, but was instead released on Covered, A Revolution in Sound.

In July 2010, Styx announced the forthcoming release of Regeneration: Volume 1, a new EP featuring six re-recorded hits and a new song entitled " Difference In the World ".

It was so popular it was re-recorded by The New Seekers and by The Hillside Singers as a full-length song, dropping references to Coca-Cola, and became a hit record.

For their next single, they released a re-recorded version of " It Don't Matter To Me ", a Gates song from their first album.

Roe has confirmed the song " Fast Times at Dropout High ", from the End is Forever album, will be re-recorded for the new album.

The song has also been covered by the SKAndalous All-Stars and the Manic Street Preachers ( released as a B-side to their 1996 single Australia and later re-recorded for the B-sides album Lipstick Traces ).

" Love in a Vacuum " was re-recorded for the Epic debut album, 1985's Voices Carry ; however, the breakthrough song turned out to be the title track.

Dindisc arranged for the song " Messages " to be re-recorded ( produced by Gong bassist Mike Howlett ) and released as a single ( right ) – this gave the band their first hit.