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Duckworth's simple chant was elaborated on by Army drill sergeants and their trainees, and the practice of creating elaborate marching chants spread to the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. A musical version of the chant was recorded by Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra (Voc.: Vaughn Monroe & Chorus in New York City) on March 7, 1951
Duckworth, who was born in 1924 in Washington County, Georgia, would have been familiar with the use of work chants sung for all kinds of agricultural work. He was also the same generation of the gandy dancers who used chants to line track. At the time he was drafted to serve in WW II, Duckworth was working in a sawmill.
Tammy Duckworth (born 1968), American politician serving as the junior Senator from the state of Illinois; Thomas Duckworth (disambiguation), multiple people; William Duckworth (disambiguation), multiple people; Willie Duckworth, U.S. soldier and composer of The Duckworth Chant (or Sound Off!),
Teddy Craven of The Daily Campus described "Duckworth" as Damn's "strongest song" and "ends the album with a fantastic philosophical mic-drop." [11] Craven compared the track to "Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst" from Lamar's second studio album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, a song that also tells personal stories about the unexpected consequences of Lamar's music. [11]
"Sound Off (The Duckworth Chant)" – Vaughn Monroe "Sparrow in the Treetop" – Guy Mitchell "A Sunday Kind of Love" – Jo Stafford "Sweet Violets" – Dinah Shore "The Syncopated Clock" – Leroy Anderson & his Orchestra "Tell Me" – Doris Day "Tell Me Why" – The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts "Tell The Lady I Said Goodbye" – Johnnie Ray
Joseph B. Duckworth (September 8, 1902 – July 26, 1964) was a colonel in the United States Air Force, and was regarded as the "father" of modern instrument flight. He is also noted in record books as being the first person to fly through the eye of a hurricane .
Duckworth may refer to: Duckworth (surname), people with the surname Duckworth; Duckworth , fictional butler from the television series DuckTales; Duckworth Books, a British publishing house; HMS Duckworth (K351), a frigate; Duckworth, West Virginia, an unincorporated community, United States; an earlier name of Bluff, Queensland, Australia
Mark Warnow (April 10, 1900 – October 17, 1949) was an American violinist and orchestra conductor, who performed on the radio in the 1930s and 1940s. He was the older brother of composer and bandleader Raymond Scott, born Harry Warnow, and is credited with steering his younger brother into a career in music.