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"Ich bin ein Musikante" (lit. ' I am a musician ' or ' minstrel ') is a German cumulative folksong, first published in 1838.It has been loosely translated into many languages, including two English translations: "I Am a Fine Musician" (1949) popularised by The Dick Van Dyke Show, and "The Music Man" (1951), which has become a well known song in England.
The lyrics of the freedom song are darker than the later Joplin lyrics. For example, the second stanza of jazz versions [5] and Dock Reed's version run: [6] 2. Mary and Martha, Luke and John, All God's prophets dead and gone. Looks like everybody in this world round down on me.
The opening line of the 1976 song "The Rubberband Man" from the album Happiness Is Being with the Spinners is "Hand me down my walking cane / Hand me down my hat" (lyrics Linda Creed, music Thom Bell). The 1985 Dire Straits song "Walk of Life" includes the lyric "Here comes Johnny, gonna tell you the story / Hand me down my walkin' shoes".
"Why Me" was Kristofferson's lone major country hit as a solo recording artist, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1973. [4] The song peaked only at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, but had at that time one of the longer runs (19 weeks) in the top 40 [1] and the most chart reversals (6) in one run on the Hot 100.
In 1963, Harris re-recorded the song in the UK with George Martin as producer, and this remake of the song reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent three weeks atop the Easy Listening chart in 1963. [6] "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" was a surprise hit on the US R&B chart where it went to No. 19. [7]
"Down on Me" is a song by American singer Jeremih, produced by Mick Schultz and Keith James, and mixed by mix engineer Ken Lewis. [1] [2] The song features rapper 50 Cent, and is the second single off his second album All About You. The song was released to US radio stations on October 12, 2010, by Def Jam. [2]
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On Christmas Eve in 1995, a young man wanders into a bar and orders a whiskey. Soon after, he is joined by an old man who soon begins a story, telling of how God sent an angel down to Earth to find and bring him an example of kindness done in the spirit of Christmas ("An Angel Came Down").