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"Sh-Boom" ("Life Could Be a Dream") is a doo-wop song by the R&B vocal group the Chords. It was written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and William Edwards, members of the Chords, and was released in 1954.
The Chords were one of the early acts to be signed to Cat Records, a subsidiary label of Atlantic Records. [2] Their debut single was a doo-wop version of a Patti Page song "Cross Over the Bridge", and the record label reluctantly allowed a number penned by the Chords on the B-side. [3]
"School Days" is an American popular song written in 1907 by Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards. Its subject is of a mature couple looking back sentimentally on their childhood together in primary school. [1] The song was featured in a Broadway show of the same name, the first in a series of
Colours of My Life: 1967: Judith Durham: David Reilly – Seekers Seen in Green: Columbia Records, EMI Music: Keith Grant/The Seekers: 2:35 Come the Day: 1966: Bruce Woodley – – Come the Day (a.k.a. Georgy Girl) Columbia Records, Capitol Records, EMI Music: Tom Springfield: 2:16 Cotton Fields: 1964 – – Huddie Ledbetter : The Seekers
The Chords are a 1970s British pop music group, commonly associated with the 1970s mod revival, who had several hits in their homeland, before the decline of the trend brought about their break-up. They were one of the more successful groups to emerge during the revival, and they re-formed with the four original members for a UK tour during 2010.
It has inspired songs such as Rob Paravonian's "Pachelbel Rant" and the Axis of Awesome's "Four Chords", which comment on the number of popular songs borrowing the same tune or harmonic structure. [1] [2] "Four Chords" does not directly focus on the chords from Pachelbel's Canon, instead focusing on the I–V–vi–IV progression. [3]
The first two songs recorded are "Mattie Groves" and "Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies". In the film they are sung by Emmy Rossum. An album was released with modern singers performing the same songs. They include Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. [14] In 2010, Marideth Sisco performed a portion of the song in the film Winter's ...
Nancy Wilson - Lush Life (1968) with altered English lyrics (uncredited) Aretha Franklin - Soft and Beautiful (1969) Scott Walker - Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series (1969) Bob Dylan - Triplicate (2017)