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A Moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels.In The Threepenny Opera, the Moritat singer with his street organ introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (who was in turn based on the historical thief Jack Sheppard).
The Beverly Hillbillies ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett") – Paul Henning (played by Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs); sung by Jerry Scoggins; Beverly Hills, 90210 – John E. Davis; Bewitched – Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller; The Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies; Big Blue – Timbaland
"Call From The Grave/Ballad In Which MacHeath Begs All Men For Forgiveness" (from The Threepenny Opera) Todd Rundgren with Gary Windo: 5:21: 15. "Speak Low" (from One Touch of Venus) Charlie Haden and Sharon Freeman: 4:22: 16. "In No Man's Land" (from Johnny Johnson) Van Dyke Parks: 0:51: Total length: 60:08
Ron Wynn from AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars stating, When an act called Sisters Love were offered a cameo in the blaxploitation film The Mack, their manager suggested that Willie Hutch do the soundtrack. It came to be one of the great 1970s film scores, including a pair of classic funk tunes, "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" and the ...
[Note: this is comical, as the Hokas' necks are stronger than those of humans, so they just hang each other for fun. It's a strange world]. The song, performed by Terry Gilkyson, was the main musical theme of the 1956 film Star in the Dust directed by Charles F. Haas, with John Agar, Mamie van Doren and Richard Boone as Sam Hall in the main roles.
Willa Mae Ricker (née Briggs; April 7, 1910 - June 1978) was a prominent American Lindy Hop and jazz dancer and performer during the 1930s and 1940s with the Harlem-based Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. She was known for her physical strength, fashion sense, dependability, business acumen, and passion to dance. [ 1 ]
Bill Mack Smith Jr. (June 4, 1929 – July 31, 2020) [1] was an American country music songwriter, singer, and radio host. While at WBAP Radio, Mack initiated the Bill Mack Million Mile Club for truckers achieving one million miles of accident-free over-the-road driving.
A short live-action clip displays the song as "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" by George Newman (Yankovic's character in UHF). David Silverman, later of Simpsons fame, designed the characters seen in the animated music video. In the original videos, the guitars simply have neon-styled effects added to them.