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Ohio (1953 song) "Ohio" is a song from the 1953 Broadway musical Wonderful Town,[1] sung by the protagonists Ruth and Eileen, bemoaning the fact that they had left Ohio for New York City. The lyric is centered around the rhyming phrase "Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh /why did I ever leave O hio?"
In 1964, after recording their hit "Deep Purple", American brother-and-sister vocal duo Nino Tempo & April Stevens had a new hit with "Whispering". This version went to number eleven on the Hot 100, number four on the Easy Listening chart, [7] and number 17 in Canada. [8] According to Allmusic, there have been over 700 versions of the song. [9]
Recording of Down by the Old Mill Stream, performed by the Brunswick Quartette (1911) file. help. " Down by the Old Mill Stream " is a song written by Tell Taylor. It was one of the most popular songs of the early 20th century. [1] The publisher, Forster Music Publisher, Inc., sold 4 million copies.
Woody Guthrie. "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is an American folk song written in 1941 by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, [1] who popularized the song through his own recording of it. The song glamorized the harnessing of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. The 11 hydroelectric dams built on the American stretch of the Columbia ...
Carmen Ohio. "Carmen Ohio" (Latin: Song of Ohio) is the oldest school song still used by Ohio State University. The song was composed by freshman athlete and Men's Glee Club member Fred Cornell in 1902 or 1903. According to some accounts, he composed it on the train ride home from Ann Arbor, Michigan after Ohio State suffered an 86-0 loss to ...
Genre. Folk. Songwriter (s) Frederic Weatherly (lyrics) in 1910. Recording. Performed by Celtic Aire of the United States Air Force Band. file. help. " Danny Boy " is a song with lyrics written by English lawyer Frederic Weatherly in 1910, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air" in 1913.
Walt Disney Records. Clifton Avon " Cliff " Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed " Ukulele Ike ", was an American musician and actor. He enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number one hit with " Singin' in the Rain " in 1929.
Though "Beautiful Ohio" was originally written as a waltz, one version of the song is a march, arranged by Richard Heine. It is commonly performed by the Ohio State University Marching Band when traveling, including their appearance in the 2005 Inaugural Parade of President George W. Bush [6] and at the 2009 Inauguration of President Barack Obama.