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"Alabama" was written as a poem by Julia Tutwiler, a distinguished educator and humanitarian.It was first sung to an Austrian air, but in 1931, the music written by Edna Gockel Gussen, an organist, and choirmaster from Birmingham, Alabama, was adopted by the State Federation of Music Clubs and through their efforts, House Joint Resolution 74 was adopted March 9, 1931.
"Lady Down on Love" is a song about divorce – told first from her side and, in the second verse, his side.. Songwriter Randy Owen recalled to country music journalist Tom Roland that the idea for the song came about when, during a performance at a hotel nightclub in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he learned that a group of women were celebrating a friend's divorce with a night out on the town.
"Deep River Woman" is a song written by American R&B artist Lionel Richie and recorded by Richie with American country music band Alabama. It was released in November 1986 as the fourth single from Richie's album Dancing on the Ceiling as double A-side with " Ballerina Girl ".
Daar kom die Alibama" (in English: "There comes the Alibama") is a traditional Afrikaans song [1] and Cape jazz song. [2] According to some sources, the song's history dates back to about 1863, and it originally referred to the warship, the CSS Alabama. [3] [4] The English name, Alabama, was respelt in the Cape Dutch vernacular to Alibama.
The Closer You Get... is the seventh studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in March 1983.All three singles from this album — "The Closer You Get", "Lady Down on Love" and "Dixieland Delight" — reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1983.
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The B-side to the MDJ Records release of "My Home's in Alabama" was "Why Lady Why," which was also recorded during the sessions for the band's independent release, The Alabama Band #3, and received additional production from Harold Shedd. The song later became a single from the My Home's in Alabama album — and the band's second No. 1 hit ...
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