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Set on, as the title suggests, the Fourth of July in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the song is a powerful love ballad, dedicated to one Sandy and describing the depressing atmosphere that threatens to smother the love between the singer and Sandy. Locals include the "stoned-out faces", " switchblade lovers" and "the greasers " who "tramp the streets ...
From 19th-century anthems to modern pop hits, these Fourth of July songs will make the perfect soundtrack for your Independence Day festivities. “Living in America” by James Brown
It was first published in the Fourth of July 1895 edition of the church periodical, The Congregationalist. At that time, the poem was titled "America". Ward had initially composed the song's melody in 1882 to accompany lyrics to "Materna", basis of the hymn, "O Mother dear, Jerusalem", though the hymn was not first published until 1892. [3]
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America . The Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared ...
Saturday in the Park. " Saturday in the Park " is a song written by Robert Lamm and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1972 album Chicago V. It was very successful upon release, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, [ 6] and became the band's highest-charting single at the time, helping lift the album to No. 1. [ 7]
Robert Christgau gave the album a lukewarm review in his 1987 "Consumer Guide" column for The Village Voice: "Even during the first four songs, when the sustained detail of the writing--with a boost from Dave Alvin's tormented yet unembittered '4th of July'—makes it seems [] they'll fight for every inch, you miss Billy Zoom's syncretic junk: fine though he is, Tony Gilkyson is too neoclassy ...
12. “Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”. — Albert Camus. 13. “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”. — John F. Kennedy. 14. “I ...
1812 Overture. The Year 1812, Solemn Overture, Op. 49, popularly known as the 1812 Overture, [ 1] is a concert overture in E ♭ major written in 1880 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The piece commemorates Russia 's successful defense against the French invasion of the nation in 1812.