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The song then reverts to the augmented dominant of the minor key in the word "time" in the line "Once I built a railroad, made it run / Made it race against time," marking the end of prosperous times, and changing to a wistful mood. Each of the three main stanzas end in a direct appeal to the listener, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a 1975 documentary film directed by Philippe Mora, [4] consisting largely of newsreel footage and contemporary film clips [5] to portray the era of the Great Depression.
Judith is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released in 1975 by Elektra Records in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. Collins recorded Judith three years after her precedent album True Stories and Other Dreams , having been focused during the interim on producing Antonia: A ...
He contributed numerous songs to musicals by the Shubert brothers. Ira Gershwin introduced Gorney to lyricist Yip Harburg , who became a frequent collaborator. The pair's most famous song was " Brother Can You Spare a Dime ," based on a lullaby that Gorney learned as a child in Russia.
Across the Universe, a 2007 musical film that also used the concept of using Beatles songs to tell a story; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a 1978 film featuring Bee Gees covers of Beatles songs; Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, a 1975 documentary from the same producer that did a similar thing, but with contemporary music for the period
Harburg and Gorney were offered a contract with Paramount: in Hollywood, Harburg worked with composers Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, and Burton Lane, and later wrote the lyrics for The Wizard of Oz, one of the earliest known "integrated musicals," for which he won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song for "Over the Rainbow."
Bing was in London to record the song in 1975. The Music Never Stopped (2011) – Bing is heard singing the version of " Young at Heart " recorded for the GE show on the soundtrack. Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012) A worried new teacher has to juggle a pregnant wife and a class of children on a road trip to the National 'Song for ...
In 1975 and newly married, Mora wrote and directed, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, [1] [27] [28] a documentary about the 1930s Depression consisting of a series of film clips from newsreels and photographs, Hollywood films reflecting historical events, and those about making movies as well as outtakes, trailers, and home movies.