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Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song) " Cecilia " is a song by American musical duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was released in April 1970 as the third single from the duo's fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Written by Paul Simon, the song's origins lie in a late-night party, in which the duo and friends began banging on a ...
Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. [2] She became the patroness of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia "sang in her ...
Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) " Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) " is a 2014 single by British pop band the Vamps, with a chorus adapted from Simon & Garfunkel 's 1970 hit "Cecilia". The song appeared on their debut studio album Meet the Vamps (2014), but a later version featuring vocals from Canadian singer Shawn Mendes was released on 12 ...
John Newton, 1778 According to the Dictionary of American Hymnology, "Amazing Grace" is John Newton's spiritual autobiography in verse. In 1725, Newton was born in Wapping, a district in London near the Thames. His father was a shipping merchant who was brought up as a Catholic but had Protestant sympathies, and his mother was a devout Independent, unaffiliated with the Anglican Church. She ...
Marilyn Sellars singles chronology. " One Day at a Time ". (1974) "He's Everywhere". (1974) " One Day at a Time " is a popular country and western -style Christian song written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson. It has been recorded by over 200 artists and has reached No. 1 in several territories. Scottish singer Lena Martell had a UK ...
Jesus Christ Superstar is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with much of the plot centered on Judas, who is dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus is steering his disciples.
People. Saint Cecilia, 2nd century virgin martyr and patron saint of musicians and church music. Cecilia of Normandy (died 1126), thought to be the daughter of William the Conqueror. Cecilia (royal mistress) (died after 1459), royal mistress and later morganatic wife of Eric of Pomerania, king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
God’s Opp and Jesus’ nemesis (try saying that three times). I always wondered where the Devil lives. I know he sang tenor on God’s mass choir before enrolling in Duke University’s ...