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"Sam" is a song performed by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. It was written by Don Black, Hank Marvin and John Farrar. [2] [3]"Sam" was released in January 1977 as the third and final single from the Newton-John's eighth studio album, Don't Stop Believin' and peaked in the U.S. at number one on the Easy Listening chart and number twenty on the Hot 100. [4]
"Sam's Song (The Happy Tune)" is an American pop song written in 1950 with music by Lew Quadling and lyrics by Jack Elliott. [1] It was first released as a Capitol single by Joe "Fingers" Carr and the Carr-Hops in May 1950.
Parts of the melody of "Sam Stone" were used by Roger Waters in the opening of "The Post War Dream", a song on Pink Floyd's 1983 album The Final Cut.The song is indirectly referenced in "Cop Shoot Cop...", which closes Spiritualized's 1997 album, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space – the lyrics "There's a hole in my arm where all the money goes/Jesus Christ died for nothing, I ...
In terms of popularity at the time, the song was a modest hit. The song was re-introduced in the 1942 film Casablanca, where it was sung by Sam, portrayed by Dooley Wilson. Sam's piano accompaniment was played by a studio pianist, Jean Vincent Plummer; Wilson was a drummer. [6] [7] [8] The melody is heard throughout the film as a leitmotif. [9]
Sam sings the third verse and is joined by Dave for the chorus. The introduction is repeated in the chorus, with both Sam and Dave singing until the song fades out. A revamped version of the song, "Hold On, Edwin's Coming", was recorded by Sam & Dave as a promotional single for Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards ' third election campaign in 1982.
The song features in the 2017 film A Dog's Purpose. Sam Moore's spoken introduction is adapted by the British ska band Symarip in the introduction to their 1970 hit single "Skinhead Moonstomp". A version of the song appears on The Commitments, Vol. 2: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack performed by the film's eponymous band.
The song whose lyrics are described just above is widely attributed to Ronald Blackwell. [3] There seems to be no controversy (although various titles are occasionally used) that one with a similar title was earlier written and recorded by the Big Bopper, and released as "Little Red Riding Hood" (i.e., with little spelled out) late in 1958 as the B-side of his second hit. [4]
"Wonderful World" (occasionally referred to as "(What A) Wonderful World") is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Released on April 14, 1960, by Keen Records, it had been recorded during an impromptu session the previous year in March 1959, at Sam Cooke's last recording session at Keen.