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"Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is an African-American spiritual.Its roots date back to before the American Civil War, [1] though it was first published in 1918 in Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popular and Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland, Chicago, the Rodeheaver Company. [2]
Songwriter (s) Traditional. " Down in the River to Pray " (also known as " Down to the River to Pray ," " Down in the Valley to Pray ," " The Good Old Way ," and " Come, Let Us All Go Down ") is a traditional American song variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an African-American spiritual, an Appalachian song, and a Southern gospel song.
The original song as recorded by Dobie Gray in 1979 was a love song without a storyline, unlike the later version by Heart. In the Heart version of the song, which is also played out in the accompanying music video, interspersed with sequences of the band performing the song, singer Ann Wilson sings of a one-night stand with a handsome young ...
Ossie Byrne. Bee Gees flipsides singles chronology. "Close Another Door". (1967) " Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You ". (1967) "Barker of the UFO". (1967) " Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You " is a song written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb released by the Bee Gees in 1967 on their album Bee Gees' 1st.
Sabine Baring-Gould, 1869. Arthur Sullivan, c. 1870. " Onward, Christian Soldiers " is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, and the music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Ernest Clay Ker Seymer, at whose country home he ...
Up Above My Head. "Up Above My Head" is a gospel song of traditional origin, first recorded in 1941 (as " Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air ") by The Southern Sons, a vocal group formed by William Langford of the Golden Gate Quartet. [1] In the version that is now the best-known, it was recorded in 1947 by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie ...
See media help. " Keep Your Eyes on the Prize " is a folk song that became influential during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It is based on the traditional song, " Gospel Plow ," also known as "Hold On," "Keep Your Hand on the Plow," and various permutations thereof. An early reference to the older song, "Gospel Plow ...
Greg Brown, Ocean. Ocean singles chronology. " Put Your Hand in the Hand ". (1971) "Deep Enough for Me". (1970) Audio. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (single edit) on YouTube. " Put Your Hand in the Hand " is a gospel pop song composed by Gene MacLellan and first recorded by Canadian singer Anne Murray from her third studio album Honey, Wheat and ...