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Sixteen Tons. " Sixteen Tons " is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [2] Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording.
Huey Lewis and the News singles chronology. "Doing It All for My Baby". (1987) " Perfect World ". (1988) "Small World (Part One)" (1988) " Perfect World " is a song performed by Huey Lewis and the News and released as the first single from the album Small World in late June 1988. The single peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and ...
Published. c. 1744. Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Sing a Song of Sixpence " is an English nursery rhyme, perhaps originating in the 18th century. It is listed in the Roud Folk Song Index as number 13191. The sixpence in the rhyme is a British coin that was first minted in 1551.
Although "On the Banks of Wabash, Far Away" is Indiana's official song, "Back Home Again in Indiana" is more widely used and is falsely believed by many to be the state song. [44] One of the leading causes of the state song's fall into obscurity was a change in its use at the Indianapolis 500 during the 1940s.
Lyricist (s) Mort Dixon, Billy Rose. " I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store) " is a popular song . 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 ...
Lawyer uses social sleuthing skills to prove that two people are lying about not knowing each other: ‘CIA-level receipts’aol.com
"Me So Horny" is a song by the rap group 2 Live Crew on their album As Nasty as They Wanna Be. The explicit nature of the lyrics of this song and the album led to the initially successful prosecution of the group on obscenity charges and the album being banned from sale in Florida .
Lyricist (s) Lorenz Hart. " I've Got Five Dollars " is a 1931 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical America's Sweetheart (1931) where it was introduced by Harriette Lake (aka Ann Sothern) and Jack Whiting . Popular recordings in 1931 were by Ben Pollack (recorded March 2, 1931 for Perfect Records ...
The New Colossus at Wikisource. " The New Colossus " is a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). She wrote the poem in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ). [2] In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.
In My Pocket. " In My Pocket " is a song by American singer Mandy Moore for her self-titled second studio album. It was released on May 1, 2001, by Epic Records as the lead single from the record. The song was written by Randall Barlow, Emilio Estefan, Liza Quintana, and Gian Marco Zignago and produced by Estefan and Barlow.
"Mercedes Benz" is an a cappella song written by the American singer Janis Joplin with Bob Neuwirth and the poet Michael McClure.The song was originally recorded by Joplin. A straightforward reading of the song lyrics indicate that the song is about the desire for possessions and pleasure, but at least one writer considers it to be a rejection of consumerism.