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Sheet music for "New York, New York" from On the Town "New York, New York" is a song from the 1944 musical On the Town and the 1949 MGM musical film of the same name. The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. A well known line of this song is: New York, New York, a helluva town.
The song is on the soundtrack of the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted [18] and is sung in character by Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. [19] The song is featured prominently in the beginning of the 2006 Lost episode "A Tale of Two Cities". [20] The song plays on a loop in a scene from the 2019 film Escape Room. [21] [22] [23]
"Our Town" is a 1983 song by American rock musician Marshall Crenshaw.The song was released on his 1983 album Field Day.Written as an ode to Crenshaw's hometown at the time, New York City, the song features a melody inspired by Babs Cooper's version of "Honest I Do," a record that Crenshaw had heard in his childhood.
"The Streets of New York" is a song originally published by M. Witmark & Sons. The song was from the musical comedy The Red Mill . The song was composed by Victor Herbert and typically plays at the end of Act II in The Red Mill .
"The Sidewalks of New York" is a popular song about life in New York City during the 1890s. It was composed in 1894 by vaudeville actor and singer Charles B. Lawlor (June 2, 1852 – May 31, 1925) with lyrics by James W. Blake (September 23, 1862 – May 24, 1935). It was an immediate and long-lasting hit and is often considered a theme for New ...
"New York, New York" (as it is sometimes simply called) was the first hit for Kenny after a number of non-charting singles in the United States. In 1978, after moving to England, the song was released. Although it only reached number 43 on the UK Singles Chart, it remained on the chart for two months. Shirley Bassey later covered the song, as ...
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The song describes, in several choruses, the simple delights of Manhattan for a young couple in love. The joke is that these "delights" are really some of the worst, or cheapest, sights that New York has to offer; for example, the stifling, humid stench of the subway in summertime is described as "balmy breezes", while the noisy, grating pushcarts on Mott Street are "gently gliding by".