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Francis Jammes (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒam]; 2 December 1868, in Tournay – 1 November 1938, in Hasparren) was a French and European poet. He spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a humble country life (donkeys, maidens).
"Lust for Life" is a 1977 song performed by American singer Iggy Pop and co-written by David Bowie, featured on the album of the same name. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it at No. 149 on their list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ", re-ranking it at No. 325 in their 2021 updated list.
Thomas was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.Her parents encouraged her to pursue music. Thomas performed in school and church. She attended Lawrence North High School. [6] A hardcore fan of hip hop and pop music, Thomas developed her sound early and set out to carve her own lane in music by fusing her love for pop and alternative music, ballads, and rap with instrumentation. [7]
1958 Connie Francis, whose cover reached no. 19 in the UK singles chart in November 1958. [12] 1958 Jerry Vale, included on his album I Remember Buddy. [13] 1958 Billy Williams's, recording peaked at no. 87 on the Hot 100. [14] 1958 Keely Smith, included on her album Politely!. [15] 1960 Frankie Laine, included on his album You Are My Love. [16]
Francis and the Lights is an American music project created by Francis Farewell Starlite. [1] The term "and the Lights" refers both to the lights on a stage and pixels on a computer screen. [ 2 ] Francis Farewell Starlite (born Abe Morre Katz-Milder, June 14, 1981) is an American musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, and dancer.
Francis recorded German versions of her US hits such as Everybody's Somebody's Fool (entitled "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel"). [8] On 18 October 1960, Francis recorded a German-language version of "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" ("Mein Herz weiß genau, was es will" which translates to My heart knows exactly what it wants), with German lyrics by Ralph Maria Siegel.
The lyrics for the jingle were composed by George Goehring, who had written the original song's music, but not its lyrics. [11] Connie Francis' version served as the theme song for the 1993 British television series Lipstick on Your Collar. This was, however, set during the Suez Crisis of 1956, three years before Francis' hit single. [12]
The song was the flipside of Francis' hit single "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart", which peaked at number seven on the U.S. pop chart."Someone Else's Boy" was Francis' first collaboration with songwriter, arranger and band leader Cliff Parman (who wrote - among others - Nat King Cole's "Pretend").