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Contents. Money (That's What I Want) " Money (That's What I Want) " is a rhythm and blues song written by Tamla founder Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford, which was the first hit record for Gordy's Motown enterprise. Barrett Strong recorded it in 1959 as a single for the Tamla label, distributed nationally on Anna Records.
The lyrics were inspired by the first line of a song written by the San Francisco beat poet Michael McClure, "Come on, God, and buy me a Mercedes Benz." Joplin heard it sung by a friend of McClure's, and she began to sing it too.
"Give Me Back My Heart" is a song by British pop duo Dollar, released in March 1982 as the third single from their third album The Dollar Album. The song was their second biggest hit out of the five top twenty hit singles off the album, after " Mirror Mirror ".
"I Need a Dollar" is a song performed by American singer Aloe Blacc, written by Blacc, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon and Jeff Dynamite. It is the intro song for the HBO show How to Make It in America, and was featured as the iTunes Single of the Week. It also featured in the game Fight Night Champion.
Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (stylized as Give me convenience OR give me death) is a compilation album by the American hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys. It was released in June 1987 through front man Jello Biafra's record label Alternative Tentacles.
The lyrics "The king was in his counting house, Counting out his money" was about how Blackbeard was wealthy enough to pay his crew their daily Sixpence and whiskey salary regardless if they captured ships that day or not.
In its remixed form, the song became a UK Top 20 hit, peaking at number 13 in autumn 2003. The original artwork of the "Oh L'amour" single featured illustrations from The Railway Series of characters Percy , Rheneas , Agnes, Ruth, Jemima, Lucy, and Beatrice.
The music was written by Harry Warren, the lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose. The song was published in 1931 , though a song using the same title, with a similar lyric by Rose and different music, had been published five years earlier. [1]
Old-Time Religion, performed by Tuskegee Institute Singers (1915) file. help. ( "Give Me That") "Old-Time Religion" (and similar spellings) is a traditional Gospel song dating from 1873, when it was included in a list of Jubilee songs, [1] or earlier. It has become a standard in many Protestant hymnals, though it says nothing about Jesus or the ...
The United States twenty-dollar bill (US$20) is a denomination of U.S. currency. A portrait of Andrew Jackson , the seventh U.S. president (1829–1837), has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse.