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There, she discovers a treasure trove of traditional English and Scotch-Irish ballads, which have been preserved by the secluded mountain people since the colonial period of the 1600s and 1700s. Lily decides to record and transcribe the songs and share them with the outside world.
"The Onion Song" was a hit for soul singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1969. [2] It reached the top ten overseas, where it became Gaye & Terrell's biggest hit in the United Kingdom , entering the singles chart on 15 November 1969 and peaking at No.9 on 9 December. [ 2 ] "
The Hunting of Chevy Chase (1825–6) by Edwin Landseer The Chevy Chase Sideboard (1862) by Gerrard Robinson, which tells the story in carven wood, is widely considered to be one of the finest carved furniture pieces of the 19th century and an icon of Victorian furniture.
Mackenna's Gold is based on the novel of the same name by Heck Allen using the pen name Will Henry, telling the story of how the lure of gold corrupts a diverse group of people. The novel was loosely based on the legend of the Lost Adams Diggings , crediting the Frank Dobie account of the legend ( Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver ) in the author's ...
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature is a popular science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, and first published by Dutton Penguin in the U.S. and Canada in 2008, and updated and released in paperback by Plume in 2009, and translated into six languages.
For its world premiere on January 10, 1955, [8] the film was projected on a submerged movie screen at Silver Springs, Florida, and members of the press viewed the film 20 feet underwater while wearing aqualungs. [9] The song "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" featured in the film became a major hit.
Treasure Girl is a musical with a book by Fred Thompson and Vincent Lawrence, music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The musical's best-known song is " (I've Got a) Crush on You ", which has been recorded by a number of artists, including Frank Sinatra .
The film flashes back to the turn of the century. Hooton and Johnson are doing a variety act as "Prof Zambini and Ghost-O". Their trick cons people out of money and they run when the hall is raided by the police. They escape and Johnson wants to head for Alaska. Hooton wants to go to New York.