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Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in March 1973 by Warner Bros. Records. [1] The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hitting number one on the album charts in the United States and the United Kingdom, and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
Pastures of Plenty. "Pastures of Plenty" is a 1941 composition by Woody Guthrie. Describing the travails and dignity of migrant workers in North America, it is evocative of the world described in John Steinbeck 's The Grapes of Wrath. The tune is based on the ballad "Pretty Polly", [1][2] a traditional English-language folk song from the ...
Samuel A. Ward, 1883. Published. 1910 by Oliver Ditson & Co. Audio sample. "America the Beautiful" as performed by the United States Navy Band. file. help. " America the Beautiful " is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace ...
Down Went McGinty. "Down Went McGinty" (sometimes referred to as "Down Went Dan McGinty"[1] and "Down Went M'Ginty") [2] is an 1889 song written by Joseph Flynn. [3] It was first performed by Flynn and his partner Frank Sheridan, at Hyde and Behman's Theater in Brooklyn. [4] The lyrics depict the misadventures of a stereotypically "naive and ...
The Son of God Goes Forth to War. The Son of God Goes Forth to War (1812) is a hymn by Reginald Heber [1] which appears, with reworked lyrics, in the novella The Man Who Would Be King (1888), by Rudyard Kipling and, set to the Irish tune The Moreen / The Minstrel Boy, in the film The Man Who Would Be King (1975), directed by John Huston. [2]
A German version of the song did not translate the original lyrics, but rather rewrote them entirely, under the title "Sie hieß Mary-Ann". This was released in several versions on German record labels in 1956 and 1957, most notably by Ralf Bendix , and Freddy Quinn on his album "Freddy" recorded on Polydor .
"Forty Years On" is a song written by Edward Ernest Bowen and John Farmer in 1872. It was originally written for Harrow School, [1] but has also been adopted by many other schools including Westville Boys' High School, Simon Langton Boys School Canterbury Kent,Starehe Boys' Centre and School, Beverley Grammar School (reputedly the oldest state school in England), Dover Grammar School for Boys ...