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Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (/ ˈ j æ ŋ k ə v ɪ k / ⓘ YANG-kə-vik; [2] born October 23, 1959) is an American musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians.
His publishing of "O Holy Night" saw high levels of popularity in the United States, especially within the North. [3] Although disputed due to a lack of formal documentation, the first song played over a radio broadcast is usually attributed to inventor Reginald Fessenden's performance of "O Holy Night" on violin in 1906. [12]
Albert Edward Calvert (15 March 1922 – 7 August 1978 [1]) was an English trumpeter successful in the 1950s.Between 1953 and 1958 he achieved seven instrumental hits on the UK Singles Chart, including the two chart-toppers "Oh, Mein Papa" in 1954 and "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" in 1955.
Dylan describes writing the lyrics of "Political World" in his Malibu home [2] in the "Oh Mercy" chapter of his memoir Chronicles: Volume One: "One night when everyone was asleep and I was sitting at the kitchen table, nothing on the hillside but a shiny bed of lights - all that changed. I wrote about twenty verses for a song called 'Political ...
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"Mosh" is a protest song by Eminem from his fifth studio album, Encore. The song debuted on Eminem's official mixtape, Shade 45: Sirius Bizness, on October 20, 2004, which has Eminem standing in front of the White House holding an American flag on its cover. [1]
"Symphony of Destruction" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released as a single from the band's fifth studio album, Countdown to Extinction (1992). The lyrics explore the hypothetical situation where an average citizen is placed in a position where he runs the country while the public is led by a phantom government. [1]
Every Man a King" is a song cowritten by Louisiana's Governor and United States Senator Huey Long and Castro Carazo. Long was known for his political slogan "Every man a king," which is also the title of his 1933 autobiography [ 1 ] and the catch-phrase of his Share Our Wealth proposal during the Great Depression . [ 2 ]