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  2. Artists United Against Apartheid - Wikipedia

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    Van Zandt became interested in writing a song about Sun City to make parallels with the plight of Native Americans. Danny Schechter, a journalist who was then working with ABC News' 20/20, suggested turning the song into a different kind of "We Are the World", or as Schechter explains, "a song about change not charity, freedom not famine."

  3. Sun City (song) - Wikipedia

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    Oliver Tambo and the ANC's school in Tanzania "was sure happy when we gave them a big check", according to Schechter. In South Africa, "Sun City" inspired musician Johnny Clegg to create a local organization similar to Van Zandt's. "Sun City" also became the catalyst for the 1988-91 South Africa Now TV series.

  4. Sun City (album) - Wikipedia

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    Sun City was a modest success, reaching #31 on the Billboard 200 pop albums chart. It did much better in terms of critical reaction, placing at #5 on the Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for albums for that year. Sun City got the final spot on Rolling Stone's list of the best 100 albums of the 1980s in 1989 and 2016. [20] [21]

  5. Danny Schechter - Wikipedia

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    Daniel Isaac "Danny" Schechter (June 27, 1942 – March 19, 2015) was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid , civil rights , economics, foreign policy , journalistic control and ethics, and medicine.

  6. Everything Under the Sun (book) - Wikipedia

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    Everything Under The Sun: The Complete Guide To Pink Floyd is a book published in 2024. It was written by Mike Cormack and published by The History Press. [1] The book is in four parts: the first part analyses all the recorded and released songs of Pink Floyd. The second is a timeline of all of Pink Floyd's concerts and release dates, matched ...

  7. File:Golden Book Of Favorite Songs.pdf - Wikipedia

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    English: Music and lyrics of the song "Good Morning to All", with third verse "Happy Birthday to You", printed in 1915 in Golden Book Of Favorite Songs unauthorized publication, which do not credit Hill’s 1893 melody.

  8. List of shape-note tunebooks - Wikipedia

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    They included both music and text and were introduced by an extended essay on the rudiments of singing. Each song was known by the name given to its tune rather than by a title drawn from the text." [1] The following is a partial list of the shape note tunebooks published over the last two centuries. The list is divided according to the two ...

  9. Great American Songbook - Wikipedia

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    Culture writer Martin Chilton defines the term "Great American Songbook" as follows: "Tunes of Broadway musical theatre, Hollywood movie musicals and Tin Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the ...