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John Denver wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the music for "Rocky Mountain High", adopted by Colorado in 2007 as one of the state's two official state songs, [2] and co-wrote both lyrics and music for "Take Me Home, Country Roads", adopted by West Virginia in 2014 as one of four official state songs. [3]
The following is a list of songs about cities. It is not exhaustive. Cities are a major topic for popular songs. [1] [2] Music journalist Nick Coleman said that apart from love, "pop is better on cities than anything else." [1] Popular music often treats cities positively, though sometimes they are portrayed as places of danger and temptation.
All American (song) America (Deuce song) America (I Love America) America (Neil Diamond song) America (Prince song) America (Razorlight song) America (Simon & Garfunkel song) America (Sufjan Stevens song) America (West Side Story song) America Drinks & Goes Home; America, Fuck Yeah; America, Here's My Boy; America's the Word for You and Me ...
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Alison Krauss holds the most awards in the Country Music field out of any other female artist. [68] The roots of commercial country music are generally traced to 1927, when music talent scout Ralph Peer recorded Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family. [69] Popular success was very limited, though a small demand spurred some commercial recording.
The song was written and composed by former prison administrator Eddie Khoury [1] and Ronnie Bonner, and serves as the official state song for all public purposes. State Representative Frank L. Oliver introduced the bill for the song, and it was adopted by the Pennsylvanian General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Robert P. Casey on November 29, 1990.
Flag of Saxony-Anhalt: The state flag of Saxony-Anhalt is a yellow and black bi-color. In the center of the flag is the coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt: 1948– Flag of Schleswig-Holstein: The state flag of Schleswig-Holstein is a horizontal tricolour of blue, white, and red. 1991– Flag of Thuringia
"Illinois" is the regional anthem (or state song) of the U.S. state of Illinois. Written in about 1890 by Civil War veteran Charles H. Chamberlin (1891–1894), the verses were set to the tune of "Baby Mine," a popular song composed in 1876 [1] by Archibald Johnston (died 1887). [2] "