Back In The U.S.A

“Back in the U.S.A.” is a song by Chuck Berry, which was first issued in 1959 as a single a-side and on Berry’s 1962 album More Chuck Berry, (both Chess Records). The song’s lyrics were supposedly written based upon Chuck returning to the USA following a trip to Australia and witnessing the living standards of Australian Aborigines. The song has been recorded by many artists. MC5 covered the song in 1970 on their second album, also titled Back in the USA. In 1972, a live version of the song appeared on the album Roadwork by Edgar Winter’s White Trash. The song was covered by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers in 1976 on their self-titled second album. The song received its biggest commercial success when Linda Ronstadt included it in her 1978 double platinum album Living in the USA. The single reached #16 on the Billboard 100 Pop singles chart. Ronstadt performed the song with Berry and.

Back Home Again In Indiana,

(Back Home Again in) Indiana” is a song composed by Ballard MacDonald and James Hanley, first published in January of 1917. While it is not the official state song of the U.S. state of Indiana (that honor belongs to “On the Banks of the Wabash”), it is perhaps the best-known song that pays tribute to the Hoosier State. The tune was introduced as a Tin Pan Alley pop-song of the time. It contains a musical quotation from the already well known “On the Banks of the Wabash”, as well as repetition of some key words and phrases from the lyrics of the latter: moonlight, candlelight, fields, new-mown hay, sycamores, and of course the Wabash river. In 1934, Joe Young, Jean Schwartz, and Joe Ager wrote “In a Little Red Barn (on a Farm down in Indiana)”, which not only incorporated all the same key words and phrases above, but whose chorus had the same harmonic structure as “Indiana”. In this respect it.

Baby’s In Black

Baby’s in Black” is a song by The Beatles, co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released in the United Kingdom on Beatles for Sale and in the United States on Beatles ’65. Unusually for the Beatles, the song has a 6/8 time signature with a moderate tempo that makes it sound like 3/4 (waltz-time). The song’s lyrics may be about Astrid Kirchherr, a friend and photographer the Beatles met during their first trip to Hamburg. She was Stuart Sutcliffe’s fiance, and was distraught over his death. The Beatles were a pop and rock group from Liverpool; England formed in 1960. Primarily consisting of John Lennon (rhythm gtr; vocals); Paul McCartney (bass gtr; vocals); George Harrison (lead gtr; vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums; vocals) throughout their career; The Beatles are recognised for leading the mid-1960s musical -British Invasion- into the United States.Although their initial musical style.

Baby One More Time

“Baby One More Time” is the debut hit single from pop singer Britney Spears, released from her debut album of the same name during the fourth quarter of 1998 in the United States, and in early 1999 internationally. The song was written and co-produced by Max Martin. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2; 1981) is an American singer-songwriter; dancer and actress. Born in McComb; Mississippi and raised in Kentwood; Louisiana; Spears first appeared on national television as a contestant on the Star Search program in 1992 and went on to star on the television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993-1994. After a brief membership with the pop musical group Innosense; Spears signed a recording contract with Jive Records; releasing her debut album Baby One More Time in 1999 which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The success of the album propelled Spears into stardom; establishing her as a.

Ned Washington

Ned Washington (August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist. Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Best Original Music award twice: in 1940 for “When You Wish upon a Star” in Pinocchio and in 1952 for “High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin’)” in High Noon.

Frank Churchill

Frank Churchill (October 20, 1901 – May 14, 1942) was a U.S. composer of popular music for films. He wrote most of the music for Disney’s 1937 movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, including “Whistle While You Work” and “Some Day My Prince Will Come”. The latter (without the Larry Morey lyrics) became a jazz standard covered by various jazz greats including Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck. Churchill began his career playing piano in cinemas at the age of 15. After dropping out of medical studies at UCLA to pursue a career in music, he became accompanist at the Los Angeles radio station KNX (AM) in 1924. He joined Disney studios in 1930, and scored many animated shorts – his song for The Three Little Pigs, “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf”, was a huge commercial success.

Dumbo

Dumbo is a 1941 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released on October 23, 1941, by RKO Radio Pictures.The fourth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, Dumbo is based upon a child’s book of the same name by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Pearl. The main character is Jumbo Jr., a semi-anthropomorphic elephant who is cruelly nicknamed Dumbo. He is ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings. Throughout most of the film, his only true friend, aside from his mother, is the mouse, Timothy — a relationship parodying the stereotypical animosity between mice and elephants.

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is a pop standard with words and music by Frank Loesser. Loesser wrote the duet in 1944 and premiered the song with his wife at their Navarro Hotel housewarming party. The female voice in the song is called “The Mouse” and the male “The Wolf.” The lyrics consist of his attempts to convince her to stay with him at the end of a date; her indecisive protests reveal that although she feels obligated to go home, she is tempted to stay, partially because, as the title suggests, “it’s cold outside.” In at least one published version the tempo of the song is given as “fantana,” a humorous reference to the composer’s name. In 1948, after years of informally performing the song at various parties, Loesser sold its rights to MGM, which inserted the song into its 1949 motion picture, Neptune’s Daughter. The film featured two performances of the song: one by Ricardo Montalbn and.

Baby Elephant Walk

“Baby Elephant Walk” is a tune written in 1961 by composer Henry Mancini, for the 1962 release of the movie Hatari! The composer combines brass instruments (including repeated blasts from the tuba) and woodwind elements to convey the sense of a toddler that is large and plodding, but nonetheless filled with the exuberance of youth. The catchy, jazzy simplicity of the tune has made it one of Mancini’s most popular works, prompting its appearance on nearly twenty later compilation and best of/greatest hits albums. As the allmusic.com album review states, “if Hatari! is memorable for anything, it’s for the incredibly goofy ‘Baby Elephant Walk,’ which has gone on to be musical shorthand for kookiness of any stripe. Get this tune in your head and it sticks.” Hal David reportedly composed lyrics to Mancini’s tune, which were never used. The cheerful tone, like that of Mancini’s “The Pink Panther.

Baby Boy

“Baby Boy” is a contemporary R&Bdancehall song by American singer Beyonc Knowles. It features a reggae toast by Jamaican artist Sean Paul. The track was produced by Knowles and Scott Storch for her debut solo album Dangerously in Love. “Baby Boy” was written by Knowles, Storch, Robert Waller, Jay-Z and Sean Paul. “Baby Boy” was released on October 14, 2003 in the United States as the second single from the album. The single was a commercial success, and topped the US Singles Chart for nine consecutive weeks. It was certified platinum in the US, and was Knowles’ longest-running solo number-one single. “Baby Boy” performed well internationally, reaching the top ten in many countries, and achieving platinum status in Australia. The song has been praised by both critics and music industry personnel. “Baby Boy” remains a staple of Knowles’ concert set list. The American Society of Composers,.