Who wrote the song Easter Parade?
"too drunk to find the key to the safe, and wealthy playboys who are adored and chased by photographic models. We're a Couple of Swells ""We're a Couple of Swells"" is a comedy duet song performed by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in the film Easter Parade (1948). It was written by Irving Berlin. Berlin originally wrote the song ""Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk"" for the scene but the film's producer, Arthur Freed, convinced Berlin to change this for a song that would highlight Garland's comedic talent. Berlin wrote the song in about an hour drawing on his experience as"
"Easter (Marillion song) Easter is a song from English neo-progressive rock band Marillion's 1989 album ""Seasons End"", which became a UK Top 40 hit when issued as a single in 1990. Allmusic describe the song as ""heartfelt"" with an ""imaginative electric-acoustic arrangement"". As with many Marillion songs, the album version features an extended guitar solo by Steve Rothery, which has become a fan-favourite, although it is heavily edited for the single version. The song was written by singer Steve Hogarth before he joined the band in 1989 and was inspired by The Troubles in Northern Ireland. The title is in"
"""Easter Parade"" sung by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb, ""Heat Wave"" (presented as the weather forecast), ""Harlem on My Mind"", and ""Supper Time"", a song about racial violence inspired by a newspaper headline about a lynching, sung by Ethel Waters. She once said about the song, ""If one song can tell the whole tragic history of a race, 'Supper Time' was that song. In singing it I was telling my comfortable, well-fed, well-dressed listeners about my people...those who had been slaves and those who were now downtrodden and oppressed."" Berlin loved his country, and wrote many songs reflecting his patriotism."
"reference to Easter 1916 by William Butler Yeats. Portions of the video were filmed on the Giants Causeway. Easter (Marillion song) Easter is a song from English neo-progressive rock band Marillion's 1989 album ""Seasons End"", which became a UK Top 40 hit when issued as a single in 1990. Allmusic describe the song as ""heartfelt"" with an ""imaginative electric-acoustic arrangement"". As with many Marillion songs, the album version features an extended guitar solo by Steve Rothery, which has become a fan-favourite, although it is heavily edited for the single version. The song was written by singer Steve Hogarth before he"
"Hit Parade of 1941 Hit Parade of 1941 is a 1940 American film written by Bradford Ropes, F. Hugh Herbert and Maurice Leo and directed by John H. Auer. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Song at the 13th Academy Awards with the song ""Who Am I?"", with music by Jule Styne and lyric by Walter Bullock. Also nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score in the same ceremony for composer Cy Feuer. A small radio station is saved from going bankrupt by a backer, who agrees to invest money for television equipment if the owner allows"
"his dancing daughter Annabelle to dance and sing on the screen. Due to her voice, her singing needs to be dubbed by the owner's girlfriend Pat Abbott. Problems arise when the owner starts dating Annabelle. Hit Parade of 1941 Hit Parade of 1941 is a 1940 American film written by Bradford Ropes, F. Hugh Herbert and Maurice Leo and directed by John H. Auer. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Song at the 13th Academy Awards with the song ""Who Am I?"", with music by Jule Styne and lyric by Walter Bullock. Also nominated for the Oscar for"
"Parade (Dev song) ""Parade"" is a song performed by American recording artist Dev, produced by NanosauR. It was written by Dev herself and chosen as a single extracted from her EP ""Bittersweet July Pt. 2"" after being acclaimed by the fans. The song was released on the radios and on VEVO on March 24, 2015. ""Parade"" is a electropop rapped song which has been compared to Dev's previous hits like ""Bass Down Low"", ""Fireball"" and ""In My Trunk"". The official video was directed by photographer Aris Jerome. Dev performed live the song at #DDICL before a football match the day"
"Easter Oratorio The Easter Oratorio (), ', is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with ' (""Come, hasten and run""). Bach composed it in Leipzig and first performed it on 1 April 1725. The first version of the work was completed as a cantata for Easter Sunday in Leipzig on 1 April 1725, then under the title . It was named ""oratorio"" and given the new title only in a version revised in 1735. In a later version in the 1740s the third movement was expanded from a duet to a four-part chorus. The work is based on a"
"One Man Parade ""One Man Parade"" is a song written by James Taylor that was first released as the first track on his 1972 album ""One Man Dog"". It was also released as the second single from the album, following up on the Top 20 hit ""Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,"" after receiving significant airplay as an album track. The single was issued twice with two different B-sides, ""Hymn"" and ""Nobody But You."" It did not achieve the same chart success as ""Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,"" peaking at #67 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. It also charted"
"Hellions on Parade ""Hellions on Parade"" is a song by American heavy metal band CKY. Written by Deron Miller and Chad I Ginsburg, it was featured on the band's 2009 fourth studio album, ""Carver City"". ""Hellions on Parade"" is the third song in the band's ""Hellview"" song trilogy, succeeding ""96 Quite Bitter Beings"" and ""Escape from Hellview"". It was released as the first single from ""Carver City"" on April 20, 2009. Vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter Deron Miller has revealed that he recorded the vocals for ""Hellions on Parade"" alone in Santa Monica, California (at 4th Street Recording, according to"
"Parade (revue) Parade is an Off-Broadway revue with book, music, and lyrics by Jerry Herman, produced by Lawrence Kasha that opened originally at the Showplace in New York and moved to the Players Theatre on January 20, 1960. In addition to writing the book, music and lyrics, Jerry Herman directed the show with choreography and staging by Richard Tone. The costumes were by Nilo and the production was designed by Gary Smith. The cast included Dody Goodman, Richard Tone, Fia Karin, Charles Nelson Reilly, and Lester James. Some of the songs from ""Parade"" were later used by Herman in ""Mame"""
"The Parade (band) The Parade was an American sunshine pop group from Los Angeles, California. The group featured Jerry Riopelle, who played keyboards on several Phil Spector-produced records; Murray MacLeod, an actor who appeared on ""Hawaii Five-O"" and ""Kung Fu""; and Allen ""Smokey"" Roberds, another actor. They wrote a song called ""Sunshine Girl"" which was picked up by A&M Records, and in 1967 the tune hit #20 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles chart. Among the session musicians on this recording were drummer Hal Blaine, bassist Carol Kaye, and saxophonist Steve Douglas. Stuart Margolin, later to gain fame"
"Parade"", which was written around a mixture of ten older and eight newly composed Irving Berlin songs. Berlin's deal with MGM for the package of songs that included ""I Want to Go Back to Michigan"" was $500,000 plus a percentage of box office receipts, which was an unusually advantageous contract for a songwriter and amounted to twenty percent of the film's total budget of $2.5 million. The film won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Musical Score. I Want To Go Back To Michigan I Want to Go Back to Michigan is a song by Irving Berlin composed in 1914."
"Easter Song ""Easter Song"" is a song written by Annie Herring of the Jesus music group the 2nd Chapter of Acts that tells of Jesus Christ's resurrection and the elation Christians feel about this resurrection on Easter. It was first recorded in 1974 and released on the band's debut album, ""With Footnotes"". It continues to be performed, appearing in church hymnals and Easter songbooks as well as on ""Wow Gold CD"". It has been covered by several other artists, including GLAD and Keith Green. According to Tori Taff of CCM Magazine, ""The opening notes to 'Easter Song' just may be"
"Easter hymn """" (The glorious day has appeared) by Nikolaus Herman (1560), praising the day of the resurrection. In contrast, movement 5 recalls the danger by the enemies, until in movement 6 Jesus appears, as he did to his disciples in Jerusalem, finally bringing peace. The line """" (Peace be with you) is repeated four times, framing three stanzas of a poem. The closing chorale is the first stanza of """" (Thou Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ) by Jakob Ebert (1601). Bach led the first performance on 16 April 1724. Bach structured the cantata in seven movements, arranged symmetrically"
"I Want To Go Back To Michigan I Want to Go Back to Michigan is a song by Irving Berlin composed in 1914. It was a moderate commercial success when it was first released and afterward became a staple on vaudeville. Its most famous performance was by Judy Garland in the film ""Easter Parade"". The ballad's lyrics employ imagery of an idyllic rural childhood juxtaposed against less appealing city life, which was a theme among some popular songs during this period of rapid urban growth in the United States. According to Charles Hamm in a biography of Irving Berlin, the"
"The Easter Journey The Easter Journey is the fourth album recorded by Philippine-based vocal ensemble Hangad. The album contains all-original songs intended to be performed for the Easter liturgy in the Roman Catholic Church. It also includes an almost-complete set of songs for the Holy Mass, the ""Lord, Have Mercy"" prayer having been omitted.<br> ""Easter Journey"" was launched in cassettes and CDs on February 27, 2005, at the Church of Gesu in Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City. ""All words, music and arrangements (instrumental and choral) provided by Paulo K. Tirol except where noted"" ""Instrumentalists"" ""Production"" ""Engineering"" ""Art"" ""Songbook"" ""Pieta"
"tries to explain that he was forced to Later that morning, several gifts arrive at Don's apartment, with no cards. Hannah arrives unexpectedly saying she sent them, oblivious to the previous evening's argument and urging him to prepare for their date. As they walk in the Easter parade, photographers take their picture, echoing the film's opening with Nadine, and he proposes to her (""Easter Parade""). Norman Barker was the trombonist who played in the duet with Judy Garland The film won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Original Music Score. Its writers also received the Writers Guild of America Award"
"United States hit parade by Louis Armstrong in 1956, but the song is most closely associated with Bobby Darin, who recorded his version at Fulton Studios on West 40th Street, New York City, on December 19, 1958 (with Tom Dowd engineering the recording). Even though Darin was reluctant to release the song as a single, in 1959 it reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number six on the Black Singles chart, and earned him a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Dick Clark had advised Darin not to record the song because of the perception that,"
"Parade"". I Had the Craziest Dream ""I Had the Craziest Dream"" is a popular song which was published in 1942. The music was written by Harry Warren, the lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song was introduced by Harry James and his orchestra, with vocals by Helen Forrest, in the film ""Springtime in the Rockies"" (1942). James and Forrest recorded the song for Columbia Records (catalog No. 36659) on July 23, 1942 and their recording topped the Billboard charts during a 22-week stay. The song was featured in the first ""Hit Kit"", the U.S. Army's version of successful radio show ""Your"
"Edward V. Cupero Edward Victor Cupero (February 16, 1877 – September 10, 1939) was an Italian American composer, arranger, and cornetist best known for his screamer ""Honey Boys on Parade"" which he composed for the traveling band of George ""Honey Boy"" Evans. Born in Italy as Bonaventura Cupero on February 16, 1877, he immigrated to the United States with his father in 1891 and later changed his name to Edward Victor Cupero. He returned to Italy to study at the Royal Conservatory in Naples. He directed several minstrel shows in the United States, organized two bands in Baltimore, and later"
"Parade (musical) Parade is a musical with a book by Alfred Uhry and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1998 and won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score (out of nine nominations) and six Drama Desk Awards. The show has had a U.S. national tour and numerous professional and amateur productions in both the U.S. and abroad. The musical dramatizes the 1913 trial of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan. The trial, sensationalized by the media, aroused"
"Spring Parade Spring Parade is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin. It is a remake of the 1934 film ""Spring Parade"". Producer Joe Pasternak and screenwriter Ernst Marischka worked on both films. Based on a story by Ernst Marischka, the film is about an Hungarian woman who attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller which says she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Soon after the woman gets a job as a baker's assistant and meets a handsome army drummer who"
"led a theater orchestra. He died in Baltimore on September 10, 1939 and was buried in Western Cemetery. Edward V. Cupero Edward Victor Cupero (February 16, 1877 – September 10, 1939) was an Italian American composer, arranger, and cornetist best known for his screamer ""Honey Boys on Parade"" which he composed for the traveling band of George ""Honey Boy"" Evans. Born in Italy as Bonaventura Cupero on February 16, 1877, he immigrated to the United States with his father in 1891 and later changed his name to Edward Victor Cupero. He returned to Italy to study at the Royal Conservatory"
"The Glorious Fourth ""The Glorious Fourth"" is a song written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman in 1974 for the then-upcoming American Bicentennial. Disneyland temporarily changed its ""Main Street Electrical Parade"" to ""America on Parade"" and featured the Sherman Brothers' song ""The Glorious Fourth"". The revamped parade featured nightly fireworks and ran twice a day from 1975-1977. The writing of this song marked a brief, albeit non-exclusive, return of the brother songwriting duo to the Disney fold where they had left exclusive employment in 1968. The Shermans worked exclusively for Walt Disney from 1960 until his death in"
"Credits adapted from Tidal. Paradise (George Ezra song) ""Paradise"" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Ezra. The song was written by Ezra and produced by Cam Blackwood. It was released to digital retailers on 19 January 2018, as the second single from Ezra's second studio album ""Staying at Tamara's"" (2018). A music video was released the following week, on 24 January. Ezra performed the track live for the first time on ""The Graham Norton Show"" on 2 February 2018. The song reached the top ten in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and also peaked at number one"
"This joyful Eastertide ""This joyful Eastertide"" is an 1894 Easter carol written by George Ratcliffe Woodward and Charles Wood. The original carol was published in 1894 in ""Carols for Easter and Ascensiontide"", a publication put together by Woodward and Wood; and again in 1902 in ""The Cowley Carol Book"" (second edition). The music has been republished many times, often under choral arrangements. Some of the arrangements published include that of William Llewellyn published by Oxford University Press, and that of Philip Ledger. More recently, Oxford University Press published the text set to a completely new tune composed by Matthew Owens"
"Hit Parade in the United States in 1939. It sold over one million copies by 1943, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. After World War II he was known as the ""Polka King"" in the U.S., and did both big band and folk music arrangements with his orchestra. His ""Liechtensteiner Polka"" was also a hit in the U.S., hitting #16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1957. The follow-up single ""Sweet Elizabeth"" (1958) appeared in all major U.S. charts, nearing the top 40 in Cashbox and Music Vendor. He composed The Cuckoo Waltz in 1969, and the"
"Steppin' Out with My Baby ""Steppin' Out with My Baby"" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin and introduced in the 1948 musical film ""Easter Parade"". There it was sung by Fred Astaire as part of a dance number involving Astaire on stairs and three different dance partners. Since then the song has been recorded and performed by several artists, most notably Tony Bennett, in whose treatment it has become a jazz standard. Introduced as the title song on his 1993 Astaire-themed album ""Steppin' Out"", a stylish music video for it garnered some MTV airplay and was part of"
"The Parade of the Tin Soldiers The Parade of the Tin Soldiers (""Die Parade der Zinnsoldaten""), also known as The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, is an instrumental musical character piece, in the form of a popular jaunty march, written by German composer Leon Jessel, in 1897. ""The Parade of the Tin Soldiers"" was originally composed for solo piano. Jessel later published it for orchestra in 1905, as Opus 123. Today it is also a popular tune for marching bands, concert bands, and small orchestras, and for extremely diverse alternate instrumentations as well. Since the early 1920s, the piece has"
"Laurel Parade ceremony, part of the college's graduation tradition. It is also one of the central songs at Bryn Mawr College, traditionally sung at the College's ""Step-Sings."" Composer Christian Wolff wrote a piano piece entitled ""Bread And Roses"" (1976) based on the strike song. Mimi Fariña created the Bread and Roses Benefit Agency in 1974. The logo for the Democratic Socialists of America, formed in 1982, was inspired by the slogan. In 1989/91, Si Kahn wrote a song the refrain of which starts with the song's title: ""They all sang 'Bread and Roses'"". A quarterly journal produced by the UK"
"Thousands Cheer"". It included his song ""Easter Parade"", which he had been working on for fifteen years, and in which he had finally captured the essence of the parade. Both the song and the revue were tremendously popular. The song became a standard, and fifteen years later was the basis for the film ""Easter Parade"". By the mid-20th century, the parade's religious aspects had faded, and it was mostly seen as a demonstration of American prosperity. The year 1946 saw a resurgence of stunts, pranks, and extravagant behavior. In 1947, the State Department's Voice of America did a radio broadcast"
"Easter Theatre ""Easter Theatre"" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the lead single from their 1999 album ""Apple Venus Volume 1"". According to Partridge, the lyrics were an attempt to match a ""muddy"" ascending chord progression. ""There's the little melodic figure at the beginning, which I thought sounded medieval and earthy, combined with placid, droning high keyboard chords, which sound like you're floating—so it suggested floating over a land."" He considered ""Easter Theatre"" one of the few ""perfect songs"" of his career, feeling that he had ""exorcized a lot of those"