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The 1997 film Face/Off featured a recording of "Over the Rainbow" by Olivia Newton-John. [73] In 2003, Brazilian singer Luiza Possi released a Portuguese version of the song under the title "Além do arco-íris (Over the Rainbow)", for the soundtrack of the Brazilian telenovela Chocolate com Pimenta. A cover of the original version was also ...
Publicity still showing music for The Wizard of Oz being recorded — ironically, for a deleted scene, the "Triumphant Return". The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, "Over the Rainbow", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film.
Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, [2] who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (lyrics by Yip Harburg ), including " Over the Rainbow ", which won him the Oscar ...
"Over the Rainbow" (Arlen/Harburg) exemplifies the 20th-century popular 32-bar song. [1]The 32-bar form, also known as the AABA song form, American popular song form and the ballad form, is a song structure commonly found in Tin Pan Alley songs and other American popular music, especially in the first half of the 20th century.
Samuels was a contestant on the 2010 BBC show Over the Rainbow: a talent contest to find an actress to play Dorothy in a West End revival of The Wizard of Oz.Samuels made it through to the final eleven girls who would compete for the public vote through individual performances.
"Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" (Arlen, Harburg) "The Man that Got Away" (Arlen, Ira Gershwin) "Ill Wind" (Arlen, Koehler) 2001 Reissue track listing: "As Long as I Live" (Arlen, Koehler) "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Arlen, Koehler) "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Mercer)
He played and sang, one take, and it was over." [2] At the time, copies of the acoustic recording were made only for Kamakawiwoʻole himself and Bertosa. [3] The song was re-recorded the following year as an "upbeat Jawaiian version" for Kamakawiwoʻole's debut album Ka ʻAnoʻi, listed as "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World."
Over the Rainbow – The Songbird Collection is a compilation album of female singer/songwriters, recorded by various artists and released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). [1] Contained in this collection are the greats of years past and the forerunners of contemporary music, ranging from Eva Cassidy and Katie Melua to Joan Baez and Natalie Cole.