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Al Jacobs. Lyricist (s) Don Raye. " This Is My Country " is an American patriotic song composed in 1940. The lyrics are by Don Raye and the music is by Al Jacobs. [ 1] Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians were the first to record the song, in 1942. The song has played at the end of Walt Disney World and Disneyland fireworks shows.
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
13.13.13.13 D. Melody. "Thaxted" by Gustav Holst. "Abinger" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. "I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a Britishpatriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holsthad a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Riceset to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named "Thaxted", taken from the "Jupiter" movement of ...
Take Me Home, Country Roads. " Take Me Home, Country Roads ", also known simply as " Country Roads ", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard ' s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.
The original lyrics [8] were composed on February 23, 1940, in Guthrie's room at the Hanover House hotel at 43rd St. and 6th Ave. (101 West 43rd St.) in New York. The line "This land was made for you and me" does not appear in the original manuscript at the end of each verse, but is implied by Guthrie's writing of those words at the top of the page and by his subsequent singing of the line ...
Jack Clement. " Pancho and Lefty ", originally " Poncho and Lefty ", [ a] is a song written by American country music singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Perhaps his most well-known song, Van Zandt recorded his original version of this song for his 1972 album The Late Great Townes Van Zandt. [ 14] The song has been recorded by several artists ...
Luke Bryan singles chronology. "Someone Else Calling You Baby". (2010) " Country Girl (Shake It for Me) ". (2011) "I Don't Want This Night to End". (2011) " Country Girl (Shake It for Me) " is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Luke Bryan. It was released in March 2011 as the first single from his album Tailgates ...
Dave Dudley, a country music artist of the 1960s and 1970s, recorded an answer song called "I Was Country Before Barbara Mandrell". The lyrics are a response to the then-prevalent "urban cowboy" style of country music and suggest that artists like Mandrell were cashing in on the style's popularity, all while he and fellow artists were genuinely ...