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"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]
Great is the Lord (2001) - A setting of Psalm 145 from A Psalm Triptych for women's voices (SASA) with piano accompaniment. A Psalm Triptych (2001) - Psalm settings for mixed chorus with piano accompaniment. Psalm 98: Shout for Joy to the Lord (1987) Psalm 51: Have Mercy on Me, O God (2001) Psalm 145: Great is the Lord (2001)
As Jesus music began to gain a stronger foothold in North America, [9] they came into contact with Pat Boone, eventually touring with him. [10] In the spring of 1972, they went into TTG Studios in Hollywood, California to record their first album, Any Day Now , with Gary producing for their independent "Charisma Records" label.
Text logo. Tiny Desk Concerts is a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music at the desk of former All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen in Washington, D.C.. The first Tiny Desk Concert came about in 2008 after Boilen and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson left South by Southwest frustrated that they couldn't hear the music over the crowd noise.
"America" is a song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond, released in 1980 on the soundtrack album of Diamond's film The Jazz Singer. The song was a hit single in the United States in 1981, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 , and was Diamond's sixth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. [ 1 ]
Hat Trick is the third studio album by the American folk rock trio America, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1973. [5] It peaked at number 28 on the Billboard album chart; it failed to go gold, whereas the group's first two releases had platinum sales.
Beginning in the early 1960s, he was a regular entertainer at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. [5] and did his first PBS show in 1975. He was a regular on the 1977 CBS variety show The Starland Vocal Band Show. [6] From 1979 to 1984, he was a correspondent on the NBC reality TV show Real People.
His accompaniment for other musicians' solos was just as delicate. [4] Thomas Owens describes his accompaniment style by noting that "rather than comping—punctuating the melody with irregularly placed chords—he often played simple counter-melodies in octaves which combined with the solo and bass parts to form a polyphonic texture". [4]