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The song became a hit, selling over a million copies, and was later recorded by Frankie Yankovic and Lawrence Welk. [1] Kames' music producer first heard "Dance Little Bird" at a German music fair in 1982. [1] The producer sent Kames a copy of the song, who recorded his own version, known as "The Chicken Dance". [1] He released it in 1982. [2]
The "Chicken Dance", also known and recorded as Der Ententanz, Tchip Tchip, Vogerltanz, the Bird Song, the Chicken Song, the Birdie Song, the Bird Dance, Danse des Canards, the Duck Dance, El Baile de los Pajaritos, O Baile dos Passarinhos, Il Ballo del Qua Qua, Check Out the Chicken, or Dance Little Bird, is an oom-pah song; its associated fad dance has become familiar throughout the Western ...
"You Are My Sunshine" is an American standard of old-time and country music and the state song of Louisiana. Its original writer is disputed. Its original writer is disputed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] According to the performance rights organization BMI , by the year 2000 the song had been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages.
It is featured in the 1980s original Blues Brothers musical comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. It is mentioned in 1997 Chicago Tribune column "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" [2] by Mary Schmich, and in 1999 was made into a well-known song by Baz Luhrmann titled "Wear Sunscreen".
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Nice to Be Around," lyrics by Paul Williams) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score: 1974 Conrack: Martin Ritt: 20th Century Fox — The Sugarland Express: Steven Spielberg: The Zanuck/Brown Company Universal Pictures: First collaboration with Steven Spielberg Earthquake: Mark ...
The Civil Wars announced that they would permanently part ways on August 5, and offered a free download of "You Are My Sunshine" as a parting gift. Williams wrote: "I am saddened and disappointed by the ending of this duo, to say the very least. JP is a tremendous musician, and I will always be grateful for the music we were able to create ...
Jock Jams, Volume 3 was the third album in the Jock Jams compilation album series.. It contained the single "The Jock Jam" (or "ESPN Presents the Jock Jam"), which peaked at #31 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.
You And Tennessee; You Are My Sunshine; You Are (You're) The Nearest Thing To Heaven; You Beat All I Ever Saw; You Can't Beat Jesus Christ; You Comb Her Hair [3] You Dreamer You; You Give Me Music; You (Just) Can't Beat Jesus Christ; You Remembered Me; You Tell Me; You Wild Colorado; You Win Again; You Won't Have Far to Go; You'll Be All Right