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The traditional lullaby "Hush Little Baby" [59] has a line that goes "Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird". The song of the northern mockingbird inspired many American folk songs of the mid-19th century, such as "Listen to the Mocking Bird". [60] Thomas Jefferson had several pet mockingbirds, including a bird named "Dick". [61] [62]
"At Night" is a song by Swiss house music project Shakedown, featuring vocals from American singer Terra Deva. [1] Released on 29 April 2002, it reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart in May 2002.
"Listen to the Mocking Bird" was parodied in the television series, The Flintstones, as a swinging jazz tune called "Listen to the Rocking Bird", in the 1961 episode "The Girls' Night Out". "Listen to the Mockingbird" forms part of the "Merry-Go-Round Music" medley in Marvin Hamlisch 's soundtrack for the 1973 motion picture The Sting , and is ...
Shirley O'Garra was born to William H. and Petra (Smith) O'Garra. Her father was a native of Montserrat, and her mother was born in the Bahamas. [4] Shirley had three full siblings, Joyce, Bertram and William Jr., and four half siblings, Reginald, Suzanne, Joycelyn and Berbian.
The pair's 2010 album Northern Songs similarly honoured the song and included a cover version of "It's All Too Much". [136] When Mojo released the CD Yellow Submarine Resurfaces in July 2012, [137] "Only a Northern Song" was covered by Gravenhurst. [138] [139] Yonder Mountain String Band included the song in their live performances during 2013 ...
"Mockingbird" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his fifth studio album Encore (2004). It was released as the fifth single from the album on April 25, 2005, through Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, and Interscope Records. The song was later included on Eminem's greatest hits compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits (2005).
Mimus is a bird genus in the family Mimidae.It contains the typical mockingbirds.In 2007, the genus Nesomimus was merged into Mimus by the American Ornithologists' Union. [2] The genus name is Latin for "mimic".
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