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"I'm Just Wild About Harry" Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle: 1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Republican We Love the Sunshine of Your Smile The Pied Pipers and Mark Carter and his Orchestra 1960: John F. Kennedy: Democratic "High Hopes" Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn: 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson: Democratic "Hello, Lyndon!" [a] Jerry Herman (performed by ...
As Donald Trump wound down his rambling 93-minute speech on Thursday night to close out the 2024 Republican National Convention, the five-piece house band launched into Sam & Dave’s 1966 hit ...
Trump's name first appeared in hip hop lyrics during the 1980s when he became an icon of the ultra rich. Among the earliest mentions of Trump in rap lyrics was the Beastie Boys' track "Johnny Ryall" on the 1989 album Paul's Boutique, in which they contrast Trump with his homeless alter-ego, Donald Tramp.
I'm Comin '" and "Hold On! I'm a Comin ' ") [ 3 ] is a 1966 single recorded by soul duo Sam & Dave , issued on the Atlantic -distributed Stax label in 1966. It was written by the songwriting team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter , who came up with the title of the song spontaneously when Hayes was trying to get Porter to hurry out of the Stax ...
That summer, the song was included in a film about President Ronald Reagan, the Republican presidential nominee, that was shown at the 1984 Republican National Convention. [4] " God Bless the U.S.A." gained prominence during the 1988 United States presidential election campaign, when Greenwood performed the song at the 1988 Republican National ...
"Donald Trump" is a song by American rapper Mac Miller, released as the only single from his mixtape Best Day Ever (2011). The melody, which is played throughout the song, is sampled from "Vesuvius" by Sufjan Stevens. [1]
The origin of campaign songs were partisan ditties used in American political canvasses and more especially in presidential contests. The words were commonly set to established melodies like "Yankee Doodle," "Hail, Columbia," "Rosin the Bow," "Hail to the Chief" "John Brown's Body," "Dixie" and "O Tannenbaum" ("Maryland, My Maryland"); or to tunes widely popular at the time, such as "Few Days ...
"Coming Up" is a song written and performed by the English rock musician Paul McCartney, released as the opening track on his second solo studio album McCartney II (1980). Like other songs on the album, the song has a synthesised sound, featuring sped-up vocals created by using a vari-speed tape machine.