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"Morning Has Broken" is a Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan". [1] English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his album Teaser and the Firecat ...
In turn, these editors of the hymn book Songs of Praise requested Eleanor Farjeon to write a further hymn text to the tune. This was Morning Has Broken, and since 1931 the tune has become most familiarly identified with this hymn. [6] In 1971, a version of "Morning Has Broken" was recorded by English singer Cat Stevens, helping popularise the tune.
In 1931 an enlarged edition of Songs of Praise was published, [17] notable for the first [18] publication of the hymn "Morning Has Broken", [17] commissioned by Dearmer from noted children's author Eleanor Farjeon. The song, later popularised by Cat Stevens, was written by Farjeon to be sung with the traditional Gaelic tune "Bunessan".
The concert closed with his performance along with David Essex, Alun Davies, and Islam's brother, David Gordon, who wrote the finale song "Child for a Day". [ 81 ] After a brief engagement to Louise Wightman , [ 82 ] Islam married Fauzia Mubarak Ali on 7 September 1979, [ 81 ] at Regent's Park Mosque in London.
Song Sung Blue is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on September 13, 1972, [1] by Columbia Records and featured his renditions of mostly recent chart hits. The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated October 21, 1972, and remained there for 18 weeks, peaking ...
Mary MacDonald (Màiri Dhòmhnallach in Scottish Gaelic) (1789–1872) was a Gaelic poet and hymn writer who lived on the island of Mull, Scotland.Her best known poem is "Leanabh an Àigh", translated as "Child in Manger"; [1] it was set to a traditional Scottish tune, "Bunessan", named after her home village, where there is a memorial for her.
Cajun Baby (lyrics by Williams; music composed by Hank Williams, Jr.) Cajun Baby Blues (co-written with Jimmy Fields) California Zephyr; Calling You; Coeur Brise (co-written with William Lamothe) Cold, Cold Heart; Come a Runnin' (co-written with Jimmy Fields) Countryfied; Cowboys Don't Cry (lyrics by Williams, music composed by Mickey Newbury)
Despite competition from well-established star Sandie Shaw, whose own single version of the song was also released that year, Hopkin's version became a number 1 hit on the UK Singles Chart. [5] It reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 , where for three weeks it was held out of the top spot by the Beatles' " Hey Jude ", [ 6 ] and spent ...