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Jeepers Creepers (song) " Jeepers Creepers " is a popular song and jazz standard. The music was written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the 1938 movie Going Places. [1] It was premiered by Louis Armstrong and has been covered by many other musicians. [2] The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in ...
The Smashing Pumpkins (or simply Smashing Pumpkins) [note 1] is an American alternative rock band from Chicago.Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, the band has undergone several line-up changes since their reunion in 2006, with Corgan being the primary songwriter and sole constant member since its ...
1860. Songwriter (s) Stephen Foster. " Old Black Joe " is a parlor song by Stephen Foster (1826–1864). It was published by Firth, Pond & Co. of New York in 1860. [1] Ken Emerson, author of the book Doo-Dah! (1998), indicates that Foster's fictional Joe was inspired by a servant in the home of Foster's father-in-law, Dr. McDowell of Pittsburgh ...
"The Water Is Wide" may be considered a family of lyrics with a particular hymn-like tune. [1]"O Waly Waly" (Wail, Wail) may be sometimes a particular lyric, sometimes a family tree of lyrics, sometimes "Jamie Douglas", sometimes one melody or another with the correct meter, and sometimes versions of the modern compilation "The Water Is Wide" (usually with the addition of the verse starting "O ...
Free Fallin'. " Free Fallin " is the opening track from American musician Tom Petty 's debut solo album, Full Moon Fever (1989). The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne, and features Lynne on backing vocals and bass guitar. The duo wrote and recorded the single in two days, making it the first song ...
New York [ 3] " When I Grow Too Old to Dream " is a popular song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1934 . The song was introduced by Evelyn Laye and Ramon Novarro in the film The Night Is Young (1935). [ 4] It has since become a pop standard, recorded by many artists, notably Nat King Cole, The ...
If I Can Dream. " If I Can Dream " is a song made famous by Elvis Presley, written by Walter Earl Brown of The Skylarks [ 3] for the singer and notable for its similarities with Martin Luther King Jr. 's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. [ 4] The song was published by Elvis Presley's music publishing company Gladys Music.
It's quite a song title, too. If we take a trip down memory lane and look at Olivia's debut album Sour, the phrase "teenage dream" came up in her music before. In Sour's opening track "Brutal ...