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The song was a success in the United States, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 30, 1980, where it stayed for one week. [1] [2] The song also won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Arrangement of the Year, and helped Cross win the Best New Artist award. [3] VH1 named "Sailing" the most ...
"Now Is the Hour" (Māori: Pō Atarau) is a popular song from the early 20th century. Often erroneously described as a traditional Māori song, [ 1 ] its creation is usually credited to several people, including Clement Scott (music), and Maewa Kaihau and Dorothy Stewart (arrangement and lyrics).
The suite is composed for string orchestra and comprises five movements depicting various moods of the sea. [1] The movements are: High Wind (Allegro energetico) Sailing Song (Allegretto) Channel Sirens (Lento misterioso) Breakers (Presto) Calm Sea in Summer (Andante tranquillo) [1]
[6] "Sailing" had an August 1975 UK single release parallel with the album release of Atlantic Crossing: reaching No. 2 UK in its second week of release, Stewart's "Sailing" would have a four-week tenure at No. 1 in the UK. Stewart's "Sailing" had a UK chart revival in 1976 as a result of the track being utilized as the theme song for Sailor, a ...
"Come Sail Away" is a song by American pop-rock group Styx, written and sung by singer and songwriter Dennis DeYoung and featured on the band's seventh album The Grand Illusion (1977). Upon its release as the lead single from the album, "Come Sail Away" peaked at #8 in January 1978 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and helped The Grand Illusion ...
Three fishers went sailing out into the West, Out into the West as the sun went down; Each thought on the woman who lov’d him the best; And the children stood watching them out of the town; For men must work, and women must weep, And there's little to earn, and many to keep, Though the harbour bar be moaning. Three wives sat up in the light ...
Young people took to the water for a 24-hour "sailathon" to raise money for Children in Need. Members at Salterns Sailing Club in Lymington, Hampshire, were hoping to raise £9,000 by sailing ...
Tom Jones covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1997 British film The Full Monty, and it is included in the subsequent 2013 play of the same name. As a medley with Hot Chocolate 's " You Sexy Thing " and Donna Summer 's " Hot Stuff ," the track reached Number 62 in the UK Singles Chart in 1998, under the title "The Full Monty - Monster Mix".