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Around the same time the song came out, the expression "ballin' the jack" was used by railroad workers to mean "going at full speed." 'The 'Jack' was the slang name for a railroad locomotive, and balling meant going at high speed, itself derived from the ball type of railroad signal in which a high ball meant a clear line. [2]
Three tracks from Montrose's first album, Montrose, appear in this collection: "Make It Last", "Bad Motor Scooter" and, from the UK version only, "Space Station #5". All tracks minus "Young Girl Blues" were re-released as part of the Red Hot! compilation.
The song's driving rhythm, basically the first bar of a 3 2 clave, came to have widespread use in jazz comping and musicians still reference it by name. [4] Harmonically, the song features a five-chord ragtime progression (I-III7-VI7-II7-V7-I). [5] Recordings of The Charleston from 1923 entered the public domain in the United States in 2024. [6]
The radio station WBAP in Fort Worth, Texas becomes one of the first to gain an overwhelming response with rural white music, specifically square dance music. [59] Canadian-born black composer R. Nathaniel Dett is the first to combine the African-American spiritual with an anthem, with the publication of Listen to the Lambs. [38]
January 19 – The Salzburg Festival is revived. [1]September 4 – City of Birmingham Orchestra (England) first rehearses (in a city police bandroom). Later this month, its first concert, conducted by Appleby Matthews, opens with Granville Bantock's overture Saul; in November it gives its "First Symphony Concert" when Edward Elgar conducts a programme of his own music in Birmingham Town Hall.
After 21 Emmys, 51 pros, 394 Stars, 32 winners and thousands of iconic performances, Dancing with the Stars celebrates its milestone 500th episode on Tuesday with a night full of star-studded ...
Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs. Novelty songs are often a parody or humor song, and may apply to a current event such as a holiday or a fad such as a dance or TV program. Many use unusual lyrics, subjects, sounds, or instrumentation, and may not even be musical.
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