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"It Ain't Necessarily So" is a popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin. The song comes from the Gershwins' opera Porgy and Bess where it is sung by the character Sportin' Life, a drug dealer, who expresses his doubt about several statements in the Bible. The song's melody also functions as a theme for ...
"Love Is Just Around the Corner" is a popular song with music by Lewis E. Gensler and lyrics by Leo Robin, published in 1934. [1]Although it was sung by Bing Crosby in the film Here is My Heart, which was released on December 28, 1934, Cliff Edwards (AKA Ukulele Ike) released a recording on October 19 of that year on the Perfect and Banner labels.
The Tommy Dorsey-Edythe Wright recording (they actually mention each other in the song) is played over the ending credits of Me and Orson Welles (2009). Danny Kaye performed a version of the song with Susan Gordon in the 1959 film The Five Pennies. It was included on the 1961 Ella Fitzgerald album Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie! (Verve).
Cash Box called "Just Around the Corner" "darkly ominous, brooding, yet hopeful – a brilliant cut" with a "highly original sound, with the Call and Prefab Sprout possible reference points". [3] Jerry Smith of British magazine Music Week described the song as being a "strong, evocative material".
In 2012, Brian Tremml of Paste ranked "A Quick One, While He's Away" number seven on his list of the 20 greatest The Who songs, [14] though a list of the 20 greatest The Who songs compiled by five Paste writers in 2023 did not include the song. [15] In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked the song number four on their list of the 50 greatest The Who ...
Subsequently, a variety of artists, including the Golden Gate Quartet, Son House, Depeche Mode, Jerry Garcia Band, The White Stripes, The Forest Rangers, The Sword, have recorded their renditions of the song, often with variations in the verses and music. The song's title refers to John of Patmos in his role as the author of the Book of Revelation.
"Down on the Corner" is a song by the American band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It appeared on their fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys (1969). The song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 20 December 1969.
On October 13, 2009, [7] the album was re-released on Arista Records with two bonus tracks: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" and "Christmas Is Just Around the Corner", an original song from the 2008 animated television special Cranberry Christmas. [6] [8] The downloadable bonus track from the Hallmark release was not included.