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Pages in category "Songs about islands" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Island in the Sun (Weezer song) Islands in the Stream (song) K.
George Wyle (born Bernard Weissman; March 22, 1916 – May 2, 2003) was an American orchestra leader and composer best known for having written the theme song to 1960s television sitcom Gilligan's Island. He is the grandfather of musician Adam Levy.
"Bali Ha'i", also spelled "Bali Hai", is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. The name refers to a mystical island, visible on the horizon but not reachable, and was originally inspired by the sight of Ambae island from neighboring Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu, where author James Michener was stationed in World War II.
Any themes, scores, or songs which are billed under a different name than their respective television series' title are shown in parentheses, except in cases where they are officially billed as "Theme from [Series' Name]", "[Series' Name] Theme", etc., which are omitted.
For Disneyland Records, they recorded numerous theme songs, including The Ballad of Davy Crockett for the mini-series Davy Crockett. [4] The Wellingtons can be heard singing "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" in the soundtrack for the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. [5] Gilligan's Island producer Sherwood Schwartz had his pilot episodes rejected twice ...
South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan.The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances.
Re-titled "(Barry) Islands in the Stream", in reference to the Barry Island setting of Gavin & Stacey, [52] it entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on March 15, 2009. This meant the Gibb Brothers had achieved number one songs in five successive decades, the first songwriters to achieve this feat.
Although he began work in 2004 [6] on Oregon-themed songs and briefly considered releasing a Rhode Island-themed 7-inch, [4] Stevens has since not released another album focused on a state, saying in a November 2009 interview with Paste that "the whole premise was such a joke," [7] and telling Andrew Purcell of The Guardian in October 2009 "I ...