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David Hancock. " Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream " (also known as " The Strangest Dream ") is a song written by American folk singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy in 1950. Due to McCurdy's connection with fellow musicians, it was common in repertoires within the folk music community. The song had its first album release when Pete Seeger recorded ...
Old Folks at Home. " Old Folks at Home " (also known as "Swanee River") is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. Since 1935, it has been the official state song of Florida, although in 2008 the original lyrics were revised. [ 1] It is Roud Folk Song Index no. 13880.
The Beatles UK singles chronology. " Let It Be " (1970) " Yesterday " (1976) " Back in the U.S.S.R. " (1976) " Yesterday " is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965, except in the United States, where it was issued as a ...
Originally, the song was titled "Army Air Corps."Robert MacArthur Crawford wrote the initial first verse and the basic melody line in May 1939. [1] During World War II, the service was renamed "Army Air Forces" because of the change in the main U.S. Army's air arm naming in mid-1941, and the song title changed to agree.
The refrain "Weile Weile Waile" ( / ˈwiːljæ ˈwiːljæ ˈwɔːl.jæ /) is a version of the Middle English expression of grief "wellaway!" ( Old English wā lā wā, "woe, la!, woe). [ 5][ 6][ 7] The name "Saile" comes from the Irish word "salach" meaning dirty. It's an alternate name for the river Poddle which runs from the Dublin hills to ...
Emmett's lyrics as they were originally intended reflect the hostile mood of many white Americans in the late 1850s towards increasing abolitionist sentiments in the United States. The song presented the point of view, common to minstrelsy at the time, that slavery in the United States was a positive institution overall.
Number 9 Dream. " #9 Dream " is a song written by John Lennon and first issued on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges. It was released as the second single from that album months later, on Apple Records catalogue Apple 1878 in the United States and Apple R6003 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it hit number ...
Puttin' On the Ritz. US sheet music ( c. 1930) " Puttin' On the Ritz " is a song written by Irving Berlin. He wrote it in May 1927 and first published it on December 2, 1929. [1] It was registered as an unpublished song on August 24, 1927 and again on July 27, 1928. [1] It was introduced by Harry Richman and chorus in the musical film Puttin ...