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John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, [2] and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs. [3]
Tell me of that Treasure State, Story always new, Tell of its beauties grand And its hearts so true. Mountains of sunset fire The land I love the best Let me grasp the hand of one From out the golden West Montana, Montana, Glory of the West Of all the states from coast to coast, You're easily the best Montana, Montana, Where skies are always blue
In 1977, Robert Grossman, James Picker and Craig Whitaker created a clay animation short, Jimmy the C, in which U.S. President Jimmy Carter sings in Ray Charles' version of the song. [20] [21] [22] In 1979, the song was designated the State Song of Georgia, and Charles was invited to perform it at the state capitol. [3] [13]
In 1951, the State Legislature passed a resolution designating it as California's state song. California Government Code section 421.7 states, "I Love You, California", a song published in 1913 with lyrics by F.B. Silverwood and music by A.F. Frankenstein, is an official state song."
It was adopted unanimously by the Virginia Senate as the official state song of Virginia on June 30, 2015. [1] Sung to the traditional tune " Oh Shenandoah ," with music arranged by Jim Papoulis, its lyrics were written by Mike Greenly .
The song "Hail South Dakota" was originally written by Deecourt Keith "Deckert" Hammitt during WW2 in 1943 Deecourt was Born and raised in Spencer, McCook County, South Dakota on January 6, 1893, and later died on August, 24, 1970 at Sacramento, Sacramento County, California and was buried at Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California.
The lyrics of the song are based on a poem by Henry Timrod.This poem was edited by G.R. Goodwin and was set to music by Anne Curtis Burgess. [1] On February 11, 1911, acting on a recommendation by the South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, the General Assembly of South Carolina adopted Senator W.L. Mauldin's Concurrent Resolution that "Carolina" "be accented and declared to be ...
In 2007, the Colorado legislature named Rocky Mountain High as Colorado's second official state song, paired with Where the Columbines Grow. [ 5 ] In October 1978, Dave Beadles, then the music director for 740 KSSS in Colorado Springs , petitioned Governor Richard Lamm to temporarily change the state song for Country Music Month to Colorado ...