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Orson Welles read the poem on an episode of The Radio Reader's Digest (11 October 1942), [9] [10] Command Performance (21 December 1943), [11] and The Orson Welles Almanac (31 May 1944). [12] High Flight has been a favourite poem amongst both aviators and astronauts. It is the official poem of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force.
John Gillespie Magee Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941) [1] [2] [3] was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and war poet, who wrote the sonnet "High Flight". He was killed in an accidental mid-air collision over England in 1941.
John Franklin Hall (April 14, 1951 - March 14, 2023) was a professor of Classics and Ancient History at Brigham Young University. He was a student of R. E. A. Palmer . Hall specialized in Rome during the reign of Augustus .
In the early 1980s, Hall began participating in the Lower East Side poetry scene. [5] He read his poems at such venues as Speakeasy [2] and ABC No Rio. [6] According to performance poet Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Hall "became an easily recognizable figure in the scene: pale, bald, dressed mostly in black and white, with wire-rimmed glasses and a porkpie hat."
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An English translation of the full lyrics from 'Touching the Sky' by Rauw Alejandro. Translation by TODAY.com: I feel like I’m touching the sky. Your smile takes me. How we are looking at each other
"Touching the Sky" was released for digital download and streaming on June 8, 2024, though Sony Music Latin and Duars Entertainment. [4] It was later included on his fifth studio album Cosa Nuestra on November 15, 2024, as its lead single and fifteenth track. [5] [6] Musically, "Touching the Sky" is a disco and electro-funk song. [7]
All of the Above is the first album by The John Hall Band released in 1981. [1] [2] [3] The album peaked at #158 on the Billboard 200. "Crazy (Keep On Falling)" narrowly missed the Top 40, peaking at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100.