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"F.D.R. Jones" (sometimes "Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones"; originally titled "Man of the Year") is a 1938 satirical song written by Harold Rome.It was first recorded and released as a single by Ella Fitzgerald in 1938 and was performed by Judy Garland in blackface in the 1941 musical picture Babes on Broadway.
Closely associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt's successful presidential campaign in 1932, the song gained prominence after a spontaneous decision by Roosevelt's advisers to play it at the 1932 Democratic National Convention: after a dirge-like version of Roosevelt's favorite song "Anchors Aweigh" had been repeated over and over, without enthusiasm, a participant reportedly shouted: "For God's ...
Songs about George Washington (2 P) Pages in category "Songs about presidents of the United States" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
I'd Rather Be Right is a 1937 musical with a book by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and music by Richard Rodgers.The story is a Depression-era political satire set in New York City about Washington politics and political figures such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
FDR in Trinidad" (also known as "Roosevelt in Trinidad") is a calypso song written by Fritz McLean [1] and popularized by Atilla the Hun (Raymond Quevedo) to commemorate U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1936 trip to Trinidad. [2]
Some 36 years later, Lincoln was followed by Theodore Roosevelt. Unlike his cousin, Franklin Roosevelt, who later was stricken with polio, Theodore was a somewhat sickly child who was determined ...
The song references President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in the line, "The cotton was short and the weeds was tall, but Mr. Roosevelt's gonna save us all."' The father of the family is a Southern Democrat ; "Daddy was a veteran, a Southern Democrat.
The song begins with the conclusion of the chorus of "Battle Hymn of the Republic." The lyrics recount curious coincidences and parallels (several of them false) between the careers and deaths of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. These had begun attracting attention in the US mainstream press in 1964 (the year after Kennedy's ...