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Jimmy Crack Corn. " Jimmy Crack Corn " or " Blue-Tail Fly " is an American song, a mock-elegy or pseudo-lament, which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the beginning of the American folk music revival and ...
The Prisoner's Song. " The Prisoner's Song " is a song copyrighted by Vernon Dalhart in 1924 in the name of Dalhart's cousin Guy Massey, who had sung it while staying at Dalhart's home and had in turn heard it from his brother Robert Massey, who may have heard it while serving time in prison. [ 2][ 3] "The Prisoner's Song" was one of the best ...
A one-hit wonder is a musical artist who is successful with one hit song, but without a comparable subsequent hit. [1] The term may also be applied to an artist who is remembered for only one hit despite other successes (such as "Take On Me" by a-ha in the United States, [2] [3] [4] which topped a Rolling Stone magazine poll to find the top one-hit wonder).
Composed. 1929. ( 1929) Published. 1932. ( 1932) " I'll Fly Away " is a hymn written in 1929 by Albert E. Brumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message. [ 1][ 2] Brumley's writing was influenced by the 1924 secular ballad, "The Prisoner's Song".
Come Fly Away is a dance revue conceived, directed and choreographed by Twyla Tharp, around the songs of Frank Sinatra. The musical, set in a New York City nightclub, follows four couples as they look for love. It premiered on Broadway in March 2010 after tryouts in Atlanta and has received mostly warm reviews. [1]
Voyle Gilmore, Billy May. " Come Fly with Me " is a 1958 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn . "Come Fly with Me" was written for Frank Sinatra, and was the title track of his 1958 album of the same name. The song sets the tone for the rest of the album, describing adventures in exotic locales, in Bombay, Peru ...
I'll Fly Away is an American television drama series that aired on NBC from October 7, 1991, to February 5, 1993. Set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, [1] [2] [3] in an unspecified Southern U.S. state, it stars Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a Black housekeeper for the family of district attorney Forrest Bedford, played by Sam Waterston (the character's name is a twist on the name of ...
Randy Crawford singles chronology. "Last Night at Danceland". (1980) " One Day I'll Fly Away ". (1980) "People Alone". (1981) " One Day I'll Fly Away " is a song performed by American R&B and jazz singer Randy Crawford, from her fourth studio album, Now We May Begin (1980). The song was written by Joe Sample and Will Jennings and produced by ...