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The "Missouri Waltz", which had originally been a minstrel (later ragtime before it finally became country) song, became the state song under an act adopted by the General Assembly on June 30, 1949. The song came from a melody John Valentine Eppel heard Lee Edgar Settle play.
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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 1990s animated television series Animaniacs used the tune for "Wakko's America", in which Wakko names all 50-state capitals in the form of a song. [37] [38] In 1942, Carson Robison performed an anti-Axis Powers version of "Turkey in the Straw". [39] Phonograph record version by Clayton McMichen.
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An allegorical figure of music is on The Arts Fountain at the Missouri State Capitol. Music of Missouri has a storied musical history. Missouri has had major developments in several popular music genres and has been the birthplace or career origin of many musicians. St. Louis was an important venue for early blues, jazz, country, and bluegrass.
"Walkin' to Missouri" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1952. Sammy Kaye 's version peaked at No. 11 (U.S.) in 1952. [ 1 ] In the United Kingdom , Tony Brent 's cover version reached No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1953.
State State poem Citation/Year Florida "I am Florida" by Allen Autry Sr. 2010 [1] Indiana "Indiana" by Arthur Franklin Mapes: 1963 [2] [3] Kentucky "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen C. Foster [4] Louisiana "America, We The People" by Sylvia Davidson Lott Buckley (State judicial poem) 1995 [5] "Leadership" by Jean McGivney Boese (State Senate ...