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"Boom Boom" is a song written by American blues singer and guitarist John Lee Hooker and recorded October 26, 1961. Although it became a blues standard, [3] music critic Charles Shaar Murray calls it "the greatest pop song he ever wrote". [4] "Boom Boom" was both an American R&B and pop chart success in 1962 and a UK top-twenty hit in 1992.
"Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" is a vaudeville and music hall song first performed by the 1880s. It was included in Henry J. Sayers' 1891 revue Tuxedo in Boston , Massachusetts. The song became widely known in the 1892 version sung by Lottie Collins in London music halls , and also became popular in France.
The song was initially released in 1938 by Columbia Records on a 10" single as the B-side to "Vous Êtes Jolie". [3] Its light, irreverent lyrics express a joie de vivre typical in French popular music produced during the late 1930s, [4] reflecting the political unrest and economic uncertainty of that time. [5]
"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" is a song by Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys, released as a single in October 1998 from the band's first compilation, Greatest Hits! Part 1 (1998), and their first international studio album, The Party Album (1999).
"Sh-Boom" ("Life Could Be a Dream") is a doo-wop song by the R&B vocal group the Chords. It was written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and William Edwards, members of the Chords, and was released in 1954.
"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" is a song written by Janice Lee Gwin and Linda Martin and performed by Daddy Dewdrop. It was featured on his 1971 album, Daddy Dewdrop. [2] The lyrics in the verses are spoken, rather than sung. "Chick-A-Boom" reached number nine on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in 1971. [3]
"Boom Boom" has since been re-released and remixed on multiple occasions. In 2007, a music video was also released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original single.. In an interview conducted by Ben Patrick Johnson, from his video blog Life on the Left Coast, Lekakis stated that the 2007 version is the first in which he participated in the remix process, including re-recording his ...
The lyrics were rewritten by the songwriters—together with US advertising executive Bill Backer and US songwriter Billy Davis—as a jingle for The Coca-Cola Company's advertising agency, McCann Erickson, to become "Buy the World a Coke" in the 1971 "Hilltop" television commercial for Coca-Cola and sung by the Hillside Singers. [4] "Buy the ...