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The Giaour is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 by John Murray and printed by Thomas Davison. It was the first in the series of Byron's Oriental romances. The Giaour proved to be a great success when published, consolidating Byron's reputation critically and commercially.
"Straight On" is a song recorded by the rock band Heart. It was released as the first single from the band's 1978 album Dog & Butterfly. In the U.S., "Straight On" became Heart's third single to crack the top twenty, peaking at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was co-written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Sue Ennis.
The song was written by Jonathan Cain, best known as a member of the rock band Journey. Nancy Wilson from Heart singing in Sydney, Australia 2011 "Allies" was the final single released by Heart on the Epic Records label. The band's relationship with the label was sour at the time, and the Wilson sisters claim that Epic did not properly promote ...
The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan is the title of three works by the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix, produced in 1826, 1835 and 1856. They all show a scene from Lord Byron 's 1813 poem The Giaour , with the Giaour ambushing and killing Hassan, the Pasha, before retiring to a monastery. [ 1 ]
"Magic Man" is a song by the American rock band Heart released as a single off their debut album, Dreamboat Annie. Written and composed by Ann and Nancy Wilson, the song is sung from the viewpoint of a young girl who is being seduced by an older man (referred to as a Magic Man), much to the chagrin of her mother, who calls and begs the girl to come home.
Heart's version of her song became the band's eighth U.S. top-ten single, peaking at number seven. [3] It also climbed to number thirty in the UK Singles Chart, where it was also available as a 12" single. An extended rock version of the song was Heart's first UK CD single release. [4] Cash Box called it a "powerful melodic rocker." [5]
I grow old,” laments the contemplative hero of T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” “I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.” The march toward the grave is ...
"This Man Is Mine" is a song recorded by the rock band Heart. It was released in 1982 as the first single from the band's sixth studio album Private Audition . Background