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New York morning radio host Gene Rayburn lobbied for Teresa Brewer to record it. He and Dee Finch played it regularly on WNEW, and it became a number 1 hit and a million-seller in 1950. [1][2] It became Brewer's signature song and earned her the nickname "Miss Music". It was released as the B side to "Copenhagen" but eclipsed "Copenhagen" as a hit.
Sailors heading down the Mississippi River picked up the song and made it a capstan shanty that they sang while hauling in the anchor. [4] This boatmen's song found its way down the Mississippi River to American clipper ships—and thus around the world. [5] The song had become popular as a sea shanty with seafaring sailors by the mid 1800s. [6]
1946. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home. Harold Arlen. 1945. Autumn Leaves. Joseph Kosma, original French lyrics by Jacques Prévert. (English lyrics written by Mercer) Title song sung by Nat King Cole from the film of the same name Autumn Leaves. Roger Williams No. 1 Billboard Charts 1955.
"Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" is a popular rhythm and blues song, composed in 1946 by American songwriter Bobby Troup. The lyrics relate a westward roadtrip on U.S. Route 66, a highway which traversed the western two-thirds of the U.S. from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California.
Lyricist (s) Thurland Chattaway. "Red Wing" is a popular song written in 1907 with music by F.A Mills and lyrics by Thurland Chattaway. Mills adapted the music of the verse from Robert Schumann 's piano composition "The Happy Farmer, Returning From Work" from his 1848 Album for the Young, Opus 68. The song tells of a young Indian girl's loss of ...
1854. Songwriter (s) Stephen Foster. " Hard Times Come Again No More " (sometimes, " Hard Times ") is an American parlor song written by Stephen Foster. It was published in New York City by Firth, Pond & Co. in 1854 as Foster's Melodies No. 28. Well-known and popular in its day, [1] both in the United States and Europe, [2][3] the song asks the ...
Audio. "Hotel California" on YouTube. " Hotel California " is a song by American rock band Eagles, released as the second single of their album of the same name on February 22, 1977. [6] The song was written by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics), featuring Henley on lead vocals and concluding with an iconic 2 minute and 12 ...
Dance to the Music (song) " Dance to the Music " is a 1967 hit single by soul / funk / rock band Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic / CBS Records label. It was the first single by the band to reach the Billboard Pop Singles Top 10, peaking at #8 and the first to popularize the band's sound, which would be emulated throughout the black music ...