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Oh Happy Day (1952 song) " Oh Happy Day " was a 1952 surprise hit song, one of the first whose initial popularity was driven by teenagers rather than support from the music industry. The song was originally recorded and copyrighted by Don Howard Koplow, a high school student who had learned the song secondhand and recorded it under the name ...
"Oh Happy Day" is a 1967 gospel music arrangement of the 1755 hymn [1] by clergyman Philip Doddridge. Recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers, it became an international hit in 1969, reaching No. 4 on the US Singles Chart, No. 1 in France, Germany, and the Netherlands and No. 2 on the Canadian Singles Chart, UK Singles Chart, and Irish Singles Chart.
A Great Day in Harlem. Coordinates: 40°48′25″N 73°56′27″W. A Great Day in Harlem. A Great Day in Harlem or Harlem 1958 is a black-and-white photograph of 57 jazz musicians in Harlem, New York, taken by freelance photographer Art Kane for Esquire magazine on August 12, 1958. [1] The idea for the photo came from Esquire ' s art director ...
Edwin Reuben Hawkins (August 19, 1943 – January 15, 2018) was an American gospel musician, pianist, vocalist, choir master, composer, and arranger. He was one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. As the leader of the Edwin Hawkins Singers, he was probably best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" (1968–69 ...
The album was produced by Ken Levitan, Jon Bon Jovi, Bill Hearn, Jack Rovner, Ken Pennell, and Cedric Thompson. Songs were produced by Drew & Shannon, Johnny K, Sanchez Harley, Obie O’Brien, Keith Thomas, Simon Climie, Michael McDonald, Tommy Sims, Barry Beckett, Joss Stone and Buick Audra. The album was mastered by Ken Love at Mastermix, in ...
Newport Jazz Festival. McCoy Tyner and Ravi Coltrane perform at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 2005. The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years.
First time. April 30, 2012. Related to. Jazz. International Jazz Day is an International Day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 "to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe." [1] It is celebrated annually on April 30. [2]
Bobby McFerrin. Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) [1] is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and conductor. His vocal techniques include singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch —for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing ...