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William Jesse Shirley (July 6, 1921 – August 27, 1989) was an American actor and tenor/lyric baritone singer who later became a Broadway theatre producer. He is perhaps best known as the speaking and singing voice of Prince Phillip in Walt Disney's 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty and for dubbing Jeremy Brett's singing voice in the 1964 film version of My Fair Lady.
"Wagon Wheel" has even been permanently banned at The Little Grill diner where Secor and Fuqua first performed. "Ketch Secor is allowed to play 'Wagon Wheel', and Critter Fuqua can play it if he wants to," says Ron Copeland, owner of the venue at the time, "but other than that it is actually banned."
The song was used as the title song in the 1934 western movie Wagon Wheels, starring Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick. [2] It was sung by Everett Marshall in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. [3] "Wagon Wheels" has been recorded dozens of times over the years, by artists including Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra and Paul Robeson in 1934, and Sammy ...
Their song "Wagon Wheel", a more or less traditional song written by Ketch Secor through a co-authoring arrangement with Bob Dylan, [11] was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 2013 [12] and has been covered by a number of acts, including Darius Rucker, who made the song a top 40 hit.
[9] [10] Los Lobos' version of "La Bamba" became the first one to reach the number 1 spot in 1987. In June 2017, following the number one peak of " Despacito " in the Hot 100, Philip Bump of The Washington Post related the increasing success of Spanish-language songs in the United States since 2004 with the growth of its Spanish-speaking ...
Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (28 September 1614 – 31 March 1685) was a Spanish composer and harpist [1] who became the most influential composer of his time in the Hispanic world writing the music for the first two operas created in Spanish. He is considered by many to be the father of Spanish opera and of the zarzuela. [2] Hidalgo was born and ...
The Electric Company – Theme song composed by Eric Rogers; performed by original cast; The Electric Company (2009 TV series) ("Turn Up the Power") – original cast; Elena of Avalor – Gaby Moreno; Ellen - composed by W. G. Snuffy Walden; ("So Called Friend") – Texas; The Ellen Burstyn Show ("Nothing in the World Like Love") – Rita Coolidge
Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other ...