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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 ...
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]
"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.
Phil Spector co-produced Lennon's albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970), Imagine (1971), Some Time in New York City (1972) and Rock 'n' Roll (1975). Lennon and Ono performed four songs on Some Time in New York City (1972) live with Frank Zappa and his band the Mothers of Invention.
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".
Acoustic is a compilation album of John Lennon demos, studio and live performances that feature his acoustic guitar work and was released in 2004. Although it failed to chart in the United Kingdom, Acoustic reached number 31 in the United States with sales of 27,858 copies, becoming John Lennon's best charting posthumous US release since 1988's Imagine: John Lennon soundtrack.
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.
When initially released in 1969, the song was credited to Lennon–McCartney. [7]On later releases curated by the Lennon Estate, only Lennon is credited; viz. the 1990s reissue of the 1986 album Live in New York City, the 2006 documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon, and the 1997 compilation album Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon and its DVD version six years later.