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Rivers of Babylon. " Rivers of Babylon " is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible. The Melodians' original version of the song appeared on the soundtrack album for the 1972 movie ...
An English setting ("By the Rivers of Babylon") by David Amram (b. 1930), for solo soprano and SSAA choir (1969). [63] [64] [65] [relevant?] "Rivers of Babylon", in part based on the opening verses of the Psalm, is a Rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970.
Daniel Francis Noel O'Donnell, MBE (born 12 December 1961) [2] is an Irish singer, television presenter and philanthropist. [3] After rising to public attention in 1983, he has since become a household name in Ireland and Britain; he has also had considerable success in Australia . [ 4 ]
Rivers of Babylon" is a song by The Melodians, notably covered by Boney M. Rivers of Babylon or Waters of Babylon may also refer to: "By the rivers of Babylon" or "By the waters of Babylon", the first phrase from Psalm 137 in Jewish liturgy and the Hebrew Bible
I first heard "Rivers of Babylon" performed by The Melodians in 1975 when a friend lent me the soundtrack to "The Harder They Come". At that time, I had only been listening to reggae music for a few months when San Francisco's KSAN-FM began to play that musical genre in addition to so-called underground rock that made the station famous.
Two Sides Of is the second studio album released by Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell in 1985. It was with the release of this album that O'Donnell rose to prominence in Ireland, and led the way for him to be recognised in the UK. The song "My Donegal Shore", was O'Donnell's first hit and is seen today as the song that kick-started his career in ...
3650663. By the Rivers of Babylon is a 1978 thriller novel by Nelson DeMille. The plot focuses on two new Concorde jets that are flying to a U.N. meeting that will bring peace to the Middle East. However, en route to the meeting, the crews are advised by radio that bombs were hidden during the aircraft's manufacture, and they are forced on to ...
1525. (1525) " An Wasserflüssen Babylon " (By the rivers of Babylon) is a Lutheran hymn by Wolfgang Dachstein, which was first published in Strasbourg in 1525. The text of the hymn is a paraphrase of Psalm 137. Its singing tune, which is the best known part of the hymn and Dachstein's best known melody, was popularised as the chorale tune of ...