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"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" is a song consisting of a melody written in 1907 by American composer John Walter Bratton, and lyrics added in 1932 by Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy. It remains popular in Ireland and the United Kingdom as a children's song, having been recorded by numerous artists over the decades.
"Mockin' Bird Hill" is a song written in 3/4 time by Calle Jularbo, with lyrics by George Vaughn Horton. It is perhaps best known through recordings by Patti Page, Horton's own Pinetoppers, and the duo of Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1951, or by Donna Fargo's 1977 version, but many other artists have also recorded the song.
His first success came in 1964 when Tommy Roe took "Party Girl", which Buie co-wrote with Billy Gilmore, into the Billboard Hot 100. In 1967, he started working with the group Classics IV , writing with the group's guitarist, James Cobb , to add lyrics to Mike Sharpe's instrumental " Spooky ". [ 4 ]
Lydia Lunch released her version of the song on her 1980 album Queen of Siam. The lyrics are addressed to "a spooky little boy". Another gender-flipped version was recorded by Martha Reeves and released on the album In the Midnight Hour in 1986. In this version, the line "spooky little girl like you" is changed to "spooky old lady like me".
The original cover had 5 cartoon figures of the band drawn by Marilyn Manson. However, after a lawsuit was filed, Putesky removed the artwork (originally by Warner) and the DVD (which contained footage of Warner & Stephen Bier) and re-released the CD. The re-released cover is the same as the original except the cartoon images are removed.
The first known recording was made by Kelly Harrell for Victor in 1926. [16] The song has been covered by many musicians in several different styles. In North America, an early notable recorded version was performed in 1929 by Appalachian folk musician Clarence Ashley with an unusual banjo tuning. [22]
His cover of Tom T. Hall’s “(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine” won first place; a local booking agent who happened to take in his performance that night signed Glenn as a client on ...
Rocky and Bullwinkle sing "Side by Side" in the movie The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. "Side by Side" is the opening song of the movie Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. Lauren Ambrose sings the song in the film Sleepwalk With Me (2012). The characters Florence and Harry Bentley sing "Side by Side" in the episode of The Jeffersons ...