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The song was released as a single and charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 67. It was also featured on their 1980 Greatest Hits album. The Shangri-las were referenced by Paul McCartney in a McCartney II sessions track, "Mr H Atom"/"You Know I'll Get You Baby", recorded in 1979, but not released until 2011 .
Hymn to Liberty. The " Hymn to Liberty ", or " Hymn to Freedom " ( Greek: Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, [ a] also Ὕμνος πρὸς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν ), [ b] is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas and it is used as the national anthem of both Cyprus and Greece. It was set ...
The chorus mimics the chorus in The Battle Hymn of the Republic, replacing the lyrics "Glory, glory, hallelujah! His truth is marching on." with "Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die! He ain't gonna jump no more." [2] [3] The song is a cautionary tale on the dangers of improper preparation of a parachute jump. [4]
The demo of the song was produced in a rudimentary recording studio at Fort Bragg, North Carolina with the help of Gerry Gitell and LTG William P. Yarborough. [3] The lyrics were written, in part, in honor of U.S. Army Specialist 5 James Gabriel Jr., a Special Forces operator and the first native Hawaiian to die in Vietnam.
Fortunate Son. " Fortunate Son " is a song by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released on the band's fourth studio album, Willy and the Poor Boys in October 1969. It was previously released as a single, together with "Down on the Corner", in September 1969. [ 4] It soon became a Vietnam anti-war movement anthem and an ...
Bosnian pro-Mujahideen song. [ 7] "Sva bol svijeta". 'All the Pain in the World'. Fahrudin Pecikoza, Edin Dervišhalidović. Edin Dervišhalidović. Unknown. Bosnian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Bosnian by Fazla (the song's title refers to the suffering of the world caused by Bosnian War ongoing at the time) "Volio ...
Graham William Nash OBE (born 2 February 1942) is an English-American [ 1] musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash . Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer.
help. " The Revolution Will Not Be Televised " is a satirical poem and Black Liberation song by Gil Scott-Heron. Scott-Heron first recorded it for his 1970 album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox, on which he recited the lyrics, accompanied by congas and bongo drums. A re-recorded version, with a full band, was the B-side to Scott-Heron's first ...