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Ballard MacDonald and James F. Hanley. " (Back Home Again in) Indiana " is a song composed by James F. Hanley with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald that was published in January 1917. Although it is not the state song of Indiana (which is "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away"), it is perhaps the best-known song that pays tribute to the Hoosier state.
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.
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Brothers Don and Ross Barbour grew up in a musical family in Columbus, Indiana, and had sung with their cousin Bob Flanigan as kids.In 1947, while attending the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, music theory classmate Hal Kratzsch convinced the Barbours that forming a barbershop quartet would be a great source of income, so they formed a ...
"Indiana Wants Me" is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter R. Dean Taylor. It was released on the Rare Earth label, a subsidiary of Motown Records, in 1970, and was a top ten hit in both the US and UK. In Cashbox magazine, the single hit #1. [1] The song spent two weeks at #2 in Canada. [2]
Indianapolis 500 traditions. Jim Nabors performed "Back Home Again in Indiana" before the start of the race nearly every year from 1972 to 2014. 2011 Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon celebrating with a bottle of milk in victory lane. Due to the longevity of the Indianapolis 500, numerous traditions surrounding the race have developed over ...
In a Little Red Barn (On a Farm Down in Indiana) " In a Little Red Barn (on a Farm down in Indiana) " was a popular song written by Joe Young, Jean Schwartz, and Milton Ager in 1934. [ 1][ 2] It used the same harmonic structure as the 1917 "Back Home Again in Indiana" (also called just "Indiana"). Both "In a Little Red Barn" and "Indiana ...
Indiana, Our Indiana. "Indiana, Our Indiana" is the official school fight song [citation needed] of Indiana University. The lyrics were written by IU band director, Russell P. Harker, to the tune of the trio from "The Viking March" by Karl King, conductor of the Barnum and Bailey Circus Band. One notable difference between the trio from "The ...