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An 1887 editorial in Boston's The Musical Herald mentions "Rock-a-bye-baby" as being part of the street band repertoire, [9] while in that same year The Times carried an advertisement for a performance in London by the Moore and Burgess Minstrels, featuring among others "the great American song of ROCK-A-BYE". [10]
Sheet music cover, 1918 "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular song written by Jean Schwartz, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young.The song was introduced by Al Jolson in the Broadway musical Sinbad and published in 1918.
"Rockabye" is a song by British electronic group Clean Bandit featuring Jamaican dancehall singer Sean Paul and English singer Anne-Marie. It was released on 21 October 2016 and was their first single since Neil Amin-Smith's departure from the group and it serves as the lead single from their second studio album, What Is Love?
Effie Crockett (4 March 1856 [1] [citation needed] – January 7, 1940), also known as Effie I. Canning, also known as Effie C. Carlton, was an American actress.She is credited with having written and composed the lullaby "Rock-a-bye Baby"; [2] despite the words being in print in 1765.
The oldest children's songs for which records exist are lullabies, intended to help a child fall asleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. [4] The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sounds made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound or a term for a good night. [5]
"Rock-A-Bye", a 2005 song by Black Buddafly; Rockaby, a 1980 play by Samuel Beckett; Rock-a-bye Baby (disambiguation) "Lullaby" (Shawn Mullins song), commonly incorrectly referred to as "Rockabye" "The Rockabye", a 1993 song by Revolting Cocks
Harry Butler looks back at the storied career of Rock-A-Bye Lady, a championship Tennessee Walking Horse honored more than 50 years after her death.
"Rock-A-Hula Baby" peaked at No. 23 in the U.S. on the Billboard pop singles chart, No. 1 in Australia, No. 4 in Canada, and No. 1 in the Philippines. [3] In the United Kingdom (UK), where it was a double A-sided release with "Can't Help Falling in Love", it peaked at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1962, and spent four weeks at the chart summit. [4]