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"Easy Street" is a jazz standard and popular song with lyrics and music written by Alan Rankin Jones in 1940. It was first recorded by 'Jimmy Lunceford and his Orchestra.' Background. The term 'easy street' originated in the late 1800s and is slang for "a state in which everything is going well and one is comfortable.” It's usually meant ...
Crazy from the Heat consists of cover versions of songs of a decidedly dissimilar style from Roth's previous work with Van Halen. The song "Easy Street" was originally recorded by The Edgar Winter Group, while "Coconut Grove" was originally recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful.
Annie is a musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. It is based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray (which in turn was inspired from the poem Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley ). The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years ...
Suicide Is Painless. " Suicide Is Painless " (also known as " Theme from M*A*S*H " or " Song from M*A*S*H ") is a song written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Michael Altman ( lyrics) for the 1970 film M*A*S*H. In addition to being performed by characters in the film, it plays during the title sequence as sung by The Ron Hicklin Singers.
Bein' Green. " Bein' Green " (also known as " It's Not Easy Bein' Green ") is a song written by Joe Raposo, originally performed by Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog on both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show (in the episodes "Peter Ustinov" and "Peter Sellers"). It later was covered by Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Van Morrison, and other performers.
Easy Street (1917 film), a Charlie Chaplin comedy. Easy Street (1930 film), by Oscar Micheaux, US. Easy Street (TV series), 1986–87 US sitcom.
help. " Baker Street " is a single by the Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, released in February 1978. It won the 1979 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically [ 2 ] and reached the top three in the UK, US and elsewhere. The song is known for its saxophone riff, written by Rafferty and performed by Raphael Ravenscroft .
As recorded for the Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album, "The 59th Street Bridge Song" features Dave Brubeck Quartet members Joe Morello (drums) and Eugene Wright (double bass). Although such a cheerful track might have seemed an obvious choice for single release the track's running time of 1:43 was deemed too brief to garner radio "add-ons".