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"Good Shepherd" originated in a very early 19th century hymn written by the Methodist minister Reverend John Adam Granade (1770–1807), "Let Thy Kingdom, Blessed Savior". [1] [2] [3] Granade was a significant figure of the Great Revival in the American West during the 19th century's first decade, as the most important author of camp meeting hymns during that time. [4]
"Airplanes" is a song by American rapper B.o.B featuring singer Hayley Williams of Paramore. The song was released in April 2010, as the third single from his debut studio album, B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. B.o.B co-wrote the song alongside Kinetics & One Love, Alex da Kid, DJ Frank E, and Christine Dominguez. DJ Frank E also ...
Cash Box said that the song's "lyric and more rock-based drive" provide "a commercial drive", and compared it to the Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's Worth". [5] Record World called it "an instant smash." [6] Boston Globe critic Ernie Santosuosso described it as a song that "will stick in your consciousness." [7]
The song tells of a young man bringing his girlfriend along on a flight on his personal airplane. Written in the early days of aviation, it expresses the technological optimism of the era. For example, the song mentions the couple feeling they could "hit the Moon", [ 4 ] a feat which was eventually accomplished less than 60 years after the ...
The music video for the song was directed by Jesse Peretz and won the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 2001. [7]It takes place on a commercial airliner, parodying the movie Airplane!, and by extension, the films Airport 1975 and its sequel Airport '77, interspersed with a mock concert footage of the band shown as an in-flight movie.
It was the penultimate #1 single of the 1960s, and the song also spent three weeks atop the easy listening chart [10] and was used in commercials for United Airlines in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The song also topped the charts in Canada, and reached No. 2 in both the UK and Ireland in February 1970. In fact, it was the only version of the ...
Selling damaged aviation parts not approved as “airworthy” cost men from Miami Lakes and Hialeah their freedom. And, court documents say, the criminal activity cost one of them a $1.1 million ...
"Watching Airplanes" is a song written by Jim Beavers and Jonathan Singleton, and recorded by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released in July 2007 as the first single from Allan's 2007 album Living Hard and as the twelfth of his career.