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"Cecilia" is a song by American musical duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was released in April 1970 as the third single from the duo's fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Written by Paul Simon , the song's origins lie in a late-night party, in which the duo and friends began banging on a piano bench .
"Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" is a 2014 single by British pop band the Vamps, with a chorus adapted from Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 hit "Cecilia". The song appeared on their debut studio album Meet the Vamps (2014), but a later version featuring vocals from Canadian singer Shawn Mendes was released on 12 October 2014 as the album's fifth single.
"Cecilia and the Satellite" is a song by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, written by James Flannigan, Anders Grahn, and Andrew McMahon. It released as the lead single from McMahon's self-titled debut album Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness on August 12, 2014. The song hit radio on August 19, 2014. [1] It was written for his daughter, Cecilia.
Their second U.S. single, "Cecilia" (a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's hit, featuring contributions from Paul Simon himself and produced by Club Nouveau's Jay King), was far less successful, reaching only No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the song topped the charts in New Zealand for three weeks in 1988 and spent a total of 14 weeks on the ...
Firstly, he was born on St Cecilia's day; secondly, St Cecilia is the patron saint of music; and finally, there is a long tradition in England of writing odes and songs to St Cecilia. The most famous of these are by John Dryden ("A song for St. Cecilia's Day" 1687) and musical works by Henry Purcell, Hubert Parry, and George Frideric Handel.
"Cecilia" (Ace of Base song), a 1999 song "Cecilia" (Dreyer and Ruby song), a 1926 song written by Dave Dreyer with lyrics by Harry Ruby "Cecilia" (Simon & Garfunkel song), a 1970 song "Oh Cecilia" (Breaking My Heart), a 2014 song "Cecilia and the Satellite", a 2014 song "Cecilia", a Brett Kissel song from the 2017 album We Were That Song
"Cecilia", full title "Does Your Mother Know You're Out Cecilia", is a 1926 song written by Dave Dreyer with lyrics by Harry Ruby. The song was first recorded by Whispering Jack Smith on Victor Records. [1] Johnny Hamp was another who enjoyed success with the song in 1926. [2]
In the 1730s, Handel wrote new musical scores for both "A Song for St. Cecilia's Day" and Dryden's second ode on the same theme, "Alexander's Feast" (1697). [6] In 1958, American composer Norman Dello Joio once again put the ode to music in his cantata for mixed voices and piano or brass instruments, and called it "To Saint Cecilia". [7]