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Doris Day performing the song in the 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much. " Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) " [ a] is a song written by the team of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans that was first published in 1955. [ 4] Doris Day introduced it in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), [ 5] singing it as a cue to ...
"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]
Contents. I Vow to Thee, My Country. " I Vow to Thee, My Country " is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holst had a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named " Thaxted ", taken from the "Jupiter" movement of Holst's 1917 suite The Planets .
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.
The Balch salute, which ran, "I give my heart and my hand to my country, one country, one language, one flag," seemed to him too juvenile and lacking in dignity." [28] After working on the idea with Upham, Bellamy concluded, "It was my thought that a vow of loyalty or allegiance to the flag should be the dominant idea. I especially stressed the ...
Time Marches On (song) " Time Marches On " is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in March 1996 as the second single and title track from his album Time Marches On. It was the 15th chart single of his career. It spent three weeks at Number One on the Billboard country ...
The lyrics appear to be primarily descended from an Irish folk song of the late 18th century called "The Unfortunate Rake", [6] which also evolved (with a time signature change and completely different melody) into the New Orleans standard "St. James Infirmary Blues". The Irish ballad shares a melody with the British sea-song "Spanish Ladies".
Going Up the Country. " Going Up the Country " (also " Goin' Up the Country ") is a song adapted and recorded by American blues rock band Canned Heat. Called a "rural hippie anthem", [ 2] it became one of the band's biggest hits and best-known songs. [ 3] As with their previous single, "On the Road Again", the song was adapted from a 1920s ...