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"I Remember Clifford" is an instrumental jazz threnody written by jazz tenor saxophonist Benny Golson in memory of Clifford Brown, the influential and highly regarded jazz trumpeter who died in an auto accident at the age of 25.
In 1978, Linda Clifford released an album entitled If My Friends Could See Me Now featuring a disco version of the Sweet Charity song of that name. Clifford, who had been an extra in the filming of Sweet Charity, originally responded negatively to the suggestion – made by a secretary at Curtom Records – that she record a dance version of ...
It was used as the band's theme song until the band broke up, after which Sampson joined Chick Webb's band, taking the song with him. [2] Webb’s recording rose to number ten on the charts in 1934. Famously, on Webb's 1934 version (Columbia 2926) the tenor saxophone hits a wrong note after the introduction, however, Columbia did not cut ...
The songs that will now be sung. Where the golden sun is flaming Into warm, white shining day. And the sons of men are blazing Their priceless right of way. Chorus Sing the song that's in your hearts, Sing of the great Southwest. Thank God, for Arizona, In splendid sunshine dressed. For thy beauty and thy grandeur, For thy regal robes so sheen,
He also wrote the theme song for 1991 film The Little Engine That Could. Mueller co-wrote the title song, the lyrics and the script for an all-sung CBS-TV musical pilot he executive produced titled Shangri-La Plaza. [36] The show starred Terrence Mann, Chris Sarandon, Melora Hardin and Savion Glover. [37]
He also wrote lyrics and screenplays for dozens of films released from 1929 to 1941, and they were used in films released posthumously. For 35 years after 1979 it was widely believed that Grey secretly competed as an American bobsleigher, under the name Clifford "Tippy" Gray , in two Winter Olympics , in 1928 and 1932, winning gold medals, but ...
"The Boys of Barr na Sráide" is a well-known Irish song from a poem written by Irish poet Sigerson Clifford (1913–1985). It is named after a street (Irish: Barr na Sráide, meaning 'top of the street') in Cahersiveen in County Kerry, Ireland. Clifford was born in Cork city, though both his parents came from Kerry.
"Minority" is a 16-bar jazz standard in a minor key [1] by Gigi Gryce, first recorded with Clifford Brown in Paris on October 8, 1953. [2] Gryce recorded it again with Art Blakey and on his The Hap'nin's album for Prestige (1960). [3] [4] The song has been recorded over 40 times. [3]