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"Hark the Sound" is the alma mater (song) of the University of North Carolina. It was written by William Starr Myers (class of 1897), a member of the UNC Glee Club at the time. It is sung at the end of athletic events (win or lose) and other university gatherings, and is one of many alma maters set to the music of " Annie Lisle ".
Today, the song is almost always played immediately after the singing of "Hark The Sound", even during more formal occasions such as convocation and commencement. Just before home football and basketball games, the song is played by the Bell Tower near the center of campus, and is often played after major victories.
Myers, the class of '97 poet, evidently felt great pride in his alma mater and was a prolific song writer who wrote several school-related songs which remain famous. "Hark the Sound" and "Tar Heel Born" are two of his most famous.
"Memories" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Riize. The song was released on August 21, 2023, through SM Entertainment and distributed by Kakao Entertainment and RCA Records , [ 1 ] as the first single from the group's debut single album Get a Guitar .
"Memories" is a popular song with music by Egbert Van Alstyne and lyrics by Gus Kahn, published in 1915. The song has become a pop standard, recorded by many people over the years. Early successes [ 1 ] were by Henry Burr who recorded the song in December 1915 [ 2 ] using the name of Harry McClaskey, and by John Barnes Wells who recorded it for ...
"Memories" is a 1968 song originally recorded by Elvis Presley. It was written by Billy Strange and Mac Davis demo sang by Phil Johnson (Last Freight Train, Lying Cheating Stealing, Lonely One) specially for Presley to perform on Elvis , his comeback TV special that would air on NBC on December 3, 1968.
"Memories" received generally mixed to negative reviews from music critics. Rolling Stone India listed it among the worst songs of 2019. [15] In The Guardian, Graeme Virtue was critical of the track's "trite" lyrics, and dismissed it as "fun-free dreck". [16] Pitchfork ' s Dani Blum found the guitar line "cloying" and the take on tragedy ...
The tune is quoted in Charles Ives' song "Old Home Day" and in his "Intercollegiate March" no. 5; The tune is used as the melody for the College Anthem of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The lyrics are written in 1952 by Zia Nai-zin 謝扶雅 (1892-1991), a former lecturer (1952-1957) of the College.