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"Guantanamera" (pronounced [ɡwantanaˈmeɾa]; Spanish for 'The woman from Guantánamo') [1] is a Cuban patriotic song, which uses a poem by the Cuban poet José Martí for the lyrics. The official writing credits have been given to Joseíto Fernández, who first popularized the song on radio as early as 1929 (although it is unclear when the first release as a record o
Bon Ton Roula. " Bon Ton Roula " (alternatively " Bon Ton Roulet ") is a zydeco -influenced blues song first recorded by Clarence Garlow in 1949. The following year, it became a hit, reaching number seven in Billboard magazine's Rhythm & Blues chart [1] and introduced the style to a national audience. [2]
The "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme music of the James Bond films and has been used in every Bond film since Dr.No in 1962. Composed in E minor [1] by Monty Norman (with arrangements for film provided by John Barry and others), the piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in every Eon Productions Bond film besides Casino Royale (played fully ...
Ebenezer (hymn tune) Ebenezer also known as Ton-y-Botel (Tune in a Bottle) is a famous Welsh hymn tune composed by Thomas John Williams A.T.S.C. (1869–1944) and extracted from the second movement of his anthem "Goleu Yn Y Glyn" (Light in the Valley).
The song touched a chord with the British trait of stoicism and the "stiff upper lip" in the face of disaster, and became immensely popular. When the destroyer HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet anti-ship missile on 4 May 1982 in the Falklands War , her crew sang it while waiting to be rescued from their sinking ship, [ 9 ] as did the crew ...
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...
The song was also included on the japanese edition of Dion's compilation The Collector's Series, Volume One, released in 23 October 2000, on the greatest hits Complete Best, released in 27 February 2008, on the 3CD north american edition of the greatest hits My Love: Essential Collection, renamed "The Essential 3.0", released in 29 August 2011 ...
"All by Myself" is a song by American singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, released by Arista in December 1975 as the first single from Carmen's debut album, Eric Carmen (1975). The verse is based on the second movement ( Adagio sostenuto ) of Sergei Rachmaninoff 's 1900–1901 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor , Opus 18.