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"So Long, Farewell" is a song from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1959 musical, The Sound of Music. It was included in the original Broadway run and was first performed by the Von Trapp children, played by Kathy Dunn, David Gress, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Lauri Peters, Marilyn Rogers, Joseph Stewart, and Frances Underhill.
Mega-Hits of the '70s. Songs can be time machines. Music unlocks memory in a major way, and the right ones can really take us back. ... Plus, that 10-year-long guitar solo is a nostalgia trip in ...
Also popular was the "saga song", often a song with a historical background or having themes of violence, adultery and so forth. Songs by artists such as Johnny Horton ("The Battle of New Orleans" and "When It's Springtime in Alaska"), Stonewall Jackson ("Waterloo"), Marty Robbins ("El Paso") and Lefty Frizzell ("Long Black Veil") dominated the ...
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
[5] [7] The song has a stately melody and the tune incorporates varied rhythms and syncopations. [4] [5] The song's key modulates at the end of the first bridge from G-flat major to G major. [5] Simon has recalled that he had been listening to Brazilian music, probably Antônio Carlos Jobim, when he wrote the tune for "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright."
"Edelweiss" (from The Sound of Music) (Rodgers and Hammerstein) "Young and Foolish" (from Plain and Fancy) (Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt) Side 2 "Somewhere, My Love" ("Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago) (Maurice Jarre, Paul Francis Webster) "Days of Wine and Roses" (from the motion picture Days of Wine and Roses) (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
The music and the lyrics were written by Bill Haley. The song was recorded at Redo Art Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was released by Essex Records as an A side single in October, 1953. The personnel on the recording included Haley's core Comets members Marshall Lytle (bass), Billy Williamson (steel guitar), Johnny Grande (piano), and Joey D'Ambrosio (tenor or baritone saxophone ...
Let's Start the New Year Right: 1943: Irving Berlin: Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk: 1949: Irving Berlin: Life is So Peculiar: 1950: Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen: Life's a Trippy Thing: 1970: Howard Greenfield, Linda Laurie Light a Candle in the Chapel: 1942: Duke Leonard, Ed G. Nelson, Harry Pease Like a Sad Song: 1976: John Denver: Like ...