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"Take Me Home, Country Roads", also known simply as "Country Roads", is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard ' s US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971.
John Denver: Taking My Chances With You: 1988: Bruce Woodley: Fred Koller – Ten Thousand Years Ago: 2000 – – –-Night of Nights... Live! EMI Music: Michael Cristiano: 3:55 This Is My Song: 1967 – – Charlie Chaplin--EMI Music: Keith Grant/The Seekers: 2:53 This Land Is Your Land: 1965 – – Woody Guthrie: A World of Our Own (a.k.a ...
"Garden Song" is a popular children's song and American folk song written by David Mallett in 1975.. The song has been recorded by Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, Pete Seeger, Fred Penner, Makem and Clancy, Raffi Cavoukian, John Lithgow, Arlo Guthrie, Elizabeth Mitchell, Charlotte Diamond, as well as the Muppets.
"She Was in Chicago" – John Lee Hooker "She'd Never Leave Chicago" – McKendree Spring "The Sheik of Chicago (Mustafa)", 1960 – adaptor & lyricist: Bob Merrill; recorded by the Four Lads and Archie Bleyer "The (Shipped) Gold Standard" – Fall Out Boy from Folie a Deux, 2008 "Shooting Stars" - Bag Raiders "Showtime in Chicago" – Joe Jackson
Resurrection Mary is a well-known Chicago area ghost story, of the "vanishing hitchhiker" type, a type of folklore that is known in many cultures. According to the story, the ghost resides in Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois, a few miles southwest of Chicago. Resurrection Mary is considered to be Chicago's most famous ghost. [1] [2] [3]
Eastern Orthodox icon of the Praises of the Theotokos, before which the Akathist hymn to Mary may be chanted. Marian hymns are Christian songs focused on Mary, mother of Jesus. They are used in devotional and liturgical services, particularly by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. [citation ...
In 1970, rock musician Ringo Starr surprised the public by releasing an album of Songbook songs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Sentimental Journey.Reviews were mostly poor or even disdainful, [25] but the album reached number 22 on the US Billboard 200 [26] and number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, [27] with sales of 500,000.
John Prine wrote "Angel from Montgomery" after a friend suggested writing "another song about old people," referring to Prine's song "Hello in There."Although Prine had "said everything I wanted to [about seniors] in 'Hello in There '" he was intrigued by the idea of "a song about a middle-aged woman who feels older than she is...[Eventually] I had this really vivid picture of this woman ...