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"Surfin' Bird" is a song performed by American surf rock band the Trashmen, containing the repetitive lyric "the bird is the word". It has been covered many times. It has been covered many times. It is a combination of two R&B hits by the Rivingtons : " Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow " and "The Bird's the Word".
Lynsey de Paul (born Lyndsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 [1] – 1 October 2014) [2] was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. After initially writing hits for others, she had her own chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with UK top 10 single "Sugar Me", and became the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in 1972 in ...
It became popular as a minstrel song, and the tune was also taken up by the U.S. Military Academy as a graduating class song, called "Army Blue"; new lyrics by L. W. Becklaw were sung to the original melody. [1] The Civil War began shortly after the song's release; "Aura Lea" was adopted by soldiers on both sides, and was often sung around ...
A shield-maiden (Old Norse: skjaldmær [ˈskjɑldˌmæːr]) was a female warrior from Scandinavian folklore and mythology. The term Old Norse: skjaldmær most often shows up in fornaldarsögur such as Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks. However, female warriors are also mentioned in the Latin work Gesta Danorum. [1] Both the fornaldarsögur and Gesta ...
Sylvia Saunders. The Liverbirds (/ ˈlaɪvərbɜːrdz /) were an English all-female rock band from Liverpool, active between 1963 and 1968. The group consisted of vocalist and guitarist Valerie Gell, guitarist and vocalist Pamela Birch, bassist and vocalist Mary McGlory, and drummer Sylvia Saunders. They were one of the very few female bands on ...
Following the end of her contract with Epic, Munroe began working with friend and Grammy-nominated producer Chris Seefried.In his LA studio, they experimented with jazz ballads, and recorded an original song called "Nobody's Sweetheart" and an interpretation of the 1966 song "Blackbird" by Nina Simone, using a cappella vocals and then building the music around Munroe's voice. [5]
Dana – "Crossword Puzzle" Lynsey de Paul – "Sugar Me", "Getting a Drag" The Kinks – "Supersonic Rocket Ship" Roberta Flack – "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Gary Glitter – "Rock & Roll Part 2" Hawkwind – "Silver Machine" Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 – "Rockin' Robin", "Lookin' Through the Windows"
They Call the Wind Maria. " They Call the Wind Marīa " (/ məˈraɪ.ə /) is an American popular song with lyrics written by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe for their 1951 Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon, which is set in the California Gold Rush. Rufus Smith originally sang the song on Broadway, and Joseph Leader was the original ...