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"Wedding Bell Blues" is a song written and recorded by Laura Nyro in 1966. The best known version was a number one hit for the 5th Dimension in 1969.. The lyrics are written from the perspective of a woman whose boyfriend has not yet proposed to her, and who wonders, "am I ever gonna see my wedding day?"
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
"Cindy" or "Cindy, Cindy" (Roud 836) is a popular American folk song.According to John Lomax, the song originated in North Carolina. [citation needed] In the early and middle 20th century, "Cindy" was included in the songbooks used in many elementary school music programs as an example of folk music.
"I Don't Want to Have to Marry You" is a song written by Fred Imus and Phil Sweet, [1] and recorded by American country music duo Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius. It was released in July 1976 as the first single and title track from the album I Don't Want to Have to Marry You. It was the most successful single for both Jim Ed Brown and Helen ...
Ingrid Jacobson was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a Jewish family that consisted of her parents, Shirley and Sidney, and twin sister, Phyllis. When Ingrid was eight years old, she worked at her grandmother's dress store in South Philadelphia as a helper and seamstress.
"Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?" ( Roud 489), also known as "Soldier John" and "Soldier, Soldier," is an American traditional folk song. [ 1 ] Fresno State University gives the earliest collected date as 1903 in America, and it was collected many times in Tennessee and North Carolina in the early 1900s. [ 2 ]
The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1938 but lost to "Thanks for the Memory". [3] The song was included in the 1984 Smithsonian collection American Popular Song: Six Decades of Songwriters and Singers [ 4 ] and in the 1998 album The Songs of Harry Warren .
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.