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The melodic themes which form the basis of "Malagueña" were not of Lecuona's invention, having been prominent in Spanish folk songs named "malagueñas" for several centuries, though at least one was popularised internationally by 19th-century American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk in his solo piano composition Souvenirs d'Andalousie (English: Memories of Andalusia).
The composition's lyrics are mainly in English and Arabic, repeating the word Allah, the Arabic word for God used by Muslims. It also uses a sentence in Persian-emulating gibberish, reflecting Mercury's Parsi background. The lyrics repeat the names Mustapha and Ibrahim. The lyrics also repeat the phrase "Allah will pray for you."
"Praying" is a pop piano ballad [13] written by Kesha, Ryan Lewis, Ben Abraham, and Andrew Joslyn that features elements of gospel [15] and soul music. [14] The song was produced by Lewis [15] and is written in the key of G minor, with a moderately slow tempo of 74 beats per minute. [16]
Rhapsodie espagnole (Spanish Rhapsody), S.254, R.90, is a composition for solo piano composed by Franz Liszt in 1858. [1] The piece is very suggestive of traditional Spanish music, and was inspired by Liszt's tour in Spain and Portugal in 1845. When played, this piece takes roughly 11–14 minutes and contains many technical challenges ...
Corea took inspiration from Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia for this piece. [7] After the intro, the song switches to a fast, steady samba-like rhythm, in which the main theme and an improvisation part are repeated. The chord progression used during the improvisation part is based on harmonic progressions in Rodrigo's concerto.
"Seven Spanish Angels" is a song written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser, and recorded by Ray Charles as a duet with Willie Nelson. It was released in November 1984 as a single from Charles' 1984 album Friendship. Charles and Nelson split the verses, with Charles singing the first and Nelson the second, Charles sang the first and second choruses ...
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The song was recorded by the Song Spinners [5] for Decca Records, reaching number one on the Billboard pop chart on July 2, 1943. [6]"Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" was the only song with a war connection to appear in the top twenty best-selling songs of 1943 in the United States (although record sales in this period were heavily affected by the first Petrillo recording ban).