What name links Mary Shelly and the man who wrote the music for the California State song?
"case that Mary Shelley, as a badly educated teenager, could not possibly have written the soaring prose of 'Frankenstein' ... and that the so-called manuscript in her hand is simply one example of the clerical work she did for many writers as a copyist."" Paglia compared Lauritsen's work to that of the critic Leslie Fiedler, concluding that, ""This is a funny, wonderful, revelatory book that I hope will inspire ambitious graduate students and young faculty to strike blows for truth in our mired profession, paralyzed by convention and fear."" The feminist Germaine Greer dismissed Lauritsen's thesis in ""The Guardian"", writing"
"I Love You, California ""I Love You, California"" (1913) is the official state song of California. The lyrics were written by Francis Beatty Silverwood (1863–1924), a Los Angeles clothier, and the words were subsequently put to music by Abraham Franklin Frankenstein (1873–1934), then conductor of the Orpheum Theatre Orchestra. Frankenstein was a cousin of the ""San Francisco Chronicle's"" long-time music and art critic Alfred V. Frankenstein. The song was published by Hatch & Loveland, Music Printers, Los Angeles, California, and copyrighted by F.B. Silverwood in 1913. It was the official song of expositions held in San Francisco and San Diego"
"David Shelley David Joseph Shelley (November 23, 1957 – August 10, 2015) was an American blues rock musician who performed with Cher and released two critically acclaimed albums, ""That's My Train"" (2012) and ""Trick Bag"" (2013). David Shelley was born November 23, 1957 in Santa Monica, California. His grandfather Buddy DeSylva, along with Glenn Wallichs and Johnny Mercer, founded Capitol Records in 1942. DeSylva also was known for writing such standards as ""California Here I Come"" and ""The Best Things in Life Are Free."" Shelley's mother, actress and singer Martha Stewart, sang in big bands with Glenn Miller and Harry"
"the state song of Maryland. Her mother's cousin and sometime guardian Constance Cary Harrison was one of the United States' best-known women in the late 19th century, a prominent novelist and social reformer. Another cousin, Francis Burton Harrison, served as Governor General of the Philippines and was a Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency. Due to her parents' frequent separations and subsequent divorce and their later marital and romantic entanglements and custody disputes, she was brought up in varying degrees of poverty and luxury in New York City, Paris, Biarritz, and Baltimore. She was educated at a private finishing school"
"California (Joni Mitchell song) ""California"" is a song written by Joni Mitchell that first appeared on her 1971 album ""Blue"". It was also released as the second single from the album, as a follow-up to ""Carey."" Mitchell wrote ""California"" while living in France but longing for the creative climate she had experienced in California. In the song she expresses the depth of her longing for California by singing that if she was back in California she would even be willing to kiss a policeman, despite considering herself a member of the counterculture. Like ""Carey"", ""California"" takes the form of a"
"Music of California In the United States, California is commonly associated with the film, music, and arts industries; there are numerous world-famous Californian musicians. Hardcore punk, hip hop, country, and heavy metal have all appeared in California. Furthermore, new genres of music, such as surf rock and third wave ska, have their origins in California. The official state song of California is ""I Love You, California"", written by F. B. Silverwood and composed by Alfred F. Frankenstein of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. It was designated the state song in 1951. Other songs, including ""California, Here I Come"", have also"
"that gives out California Music Awards. Music of California In the United States, California is commonly associated with the film, music, and arts industries; there are numerous world-famous Californian musicians. Hardcore punk, hip hop, country, and heavy metal have all appeared in California. Furthermore, new genres of music, such as surf rock and third wave ska, have their origins in California. The official state song of California is ""I Love You, California"", written by F. B. Silverwood and composed by Alfred F. Frankenstein of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. It was designated the state song in 1951. Other songs, including"
"quipped, ""Thanks for singing a song old enough to make me feel young!"" In late 2012, Jeep began running a TV commercial in California, with ""I Love You, California"" as the soundtrack and visuals showing the California state flower, California flag, and other California icons. During the years following, several attempts were made to make other songs the official state song, such as: I Love You, California ""I Love You, California"" (1913) is the official state song of California. The lyrics were written by Francis Beatty Silverwood (1863–1924), a Los Angeles clothier, and the words were subsequently put to music"
"Mitchell's 1998 compilation album ""Hits"" and on her self-chosen 2004 compilation album ""Dreamland"". American group Wilson Phillips covered the song as the title track to their 2004 studio album ""California"". California (Joni Mitchell song) ""California"" is a song written by Joni Mitchell that first appeared on her 1971 album ""Blue"". It was also released as the second single from the album, as a follow-up to ""Carey."" Mitchell wrote ""California"" while living in France but longing for the creative climate she had experienced in California. In the song she expresses the depth of her longing for California by singing that if"
"Governor Clay Governor Clay (born Karl Caulkins Bruder) is an American songwriter and performer. He began his career in San Francisco in 1967. He appears regularly in southern Europe and New York City. Although he works in the cowboy ballad tradition, he has collaborated with artists including the poet James Koller, saxophonist Steve Lacy, and contemporary composer Peter Garland. His albums are conceived as chapters in an ongoing historical novel. He has been published in books and journals on both sides of the Atlantic. Governor Clay currently lives in the Burgundy region of France. Governor Clay was born on 7"
"of the Atlantic. Governor Clay Governor Clay (born Karl Caulkins Bruder) is an American songwriter and performer. He began his career in San Francisco in 1967. He appears regularly in southern Europe and New York City. Although he works in the cowboy ballad tradition, he has collaborated with artists including the poet James Koller, saxophonist Steve Lacy, and contemporary composer Peter Garland. His albums are conceived as chapters in an ongoing historical novel. He has been published in books and journals on both sides of the Atlantic. Governor Clay currently lives in the Burgundy region of France. Governor Clay was"
"With Gary Burton Bob James (musician) Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote ""Angela,"" the theme song for the TV show ""Taxi. ""He is most famous for standards such as ""Nautilus"", ""Westchester Lady"", ""Heads"", ""Night Crawler"", ""Touchdown"", ""Blue Lick"", ""Sign Of the Times"", ""Spunky"", ""Marco Polo"", ""Courtship"" and ""Just One Thing"". Music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and has contributed to the formation of hip hop. Robert McElhiney James was born on Christmas Day 1939 in Marshall, Missouri"
"California Government Code section 421.7 states, ""I Love You, California, a song published in 1913 with lyrics by F.B. Silverwood and music by A.F. Frankenstein, is an official state song."" In 1987, ""I Love You, California"" became the official state song by law. It is most heard when played at funerals of former Governors of California, most recently at the funeral of Ronald Reagan. At the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as Governor of California, on January 2, 1967, it was sung by the University of California, Davis, All-Male Marching Band. Governor Reagan, apparently familiar with the then little known song,"
"California. Carey died on January 27, 2004, at age 87. Bill Carey (songwriter) Bill Carey (1916 - January 27, 2004) was an American songwriter, actor, singer and author. Carey was born in 1916 in Hollister, California. Carey acted in ""Roberta"", ""Old Man Rhythm"", ""Freshman Love"", ""A Yank at Oxford"", ""Something to Sing About"", and ""Campus Confessions"". Carey was a lyricist for Eva Cassidy, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, George Michael, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, and Sarah Vaughn. He wrote the words to ""Who Wouldn't Love You?"". Carey had two sons with his first wife, Leona Olsen. His second"
"Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, he is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs. Guthrie's best-known work is his debut piece, ""Alice's Restaurant Massacree"", a satirical talking blues song about 18 minutes in length that has since become a Thanksgiving anthem. His only top-40 hit was a cover of Steve Goodman's ""City of New Orleans"". His song ""Massachusetts"" was named the official folk song of the state in which he has lived most of his adult life. Guthrie has"
"Larry Shay Larry Shay ""(né"" Lawrence Fredrick Schaetzlein; 10 August 1897 Chicago – 22 February 1988 Newport Beach, California) was an American songwriter. Shay was born in Chicago, Illinois. While still young, he studied the piano at the Bush Conservatory of Music in Chicago. He eventually moved to New York City to become a songwriter. His first composition was ""Do You, Don't You, Will You, Won't You,"" published in 1923. In 1925 he joined ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), and remained a member for 63 years. In 1929 he co-authored his most famous song, ""When You're Smiling"""
"States) in 1964; the single reached the Top 10 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" adult contemporary chart and won three Grammy Awards. Various recordings of the composition appeared in the opening credits of all ""The Pink Panther"" films except ""A Shot in the Dark"" and ""Inspector Clouseau"". It has also been used in countless works in which the animated Pink Panther appears. ""The Pink Panther Theme"", composed in the key of E minor, is unusual for Mancini's extensive use of chromaticism. In his autobiography ""Did They Mention the Music?"" Mancini talked about how he composed the theme music: From 1976 to"
"Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as ""the father of American music"", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster wrote over 200 songs; among his best-known are ""Oh! Susanna"", ""Hard Times Come Again No More"", ""Camptown Races"", ""Old Folks at Home"" (""Swanee River""), ""My Old Kentucky Home"", ""Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"", ""Old Black Joe"", and ""Beautiful Dreamer"". Many of his compositions remain popular more than 150 years after he wrote them. His compositions are thought to be autobiographical. He has been identified as ""the most famous songwriter"
"She's So California ""She's So California"" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in October 2008 as the third and final single from his 2007 album ""Living Hard"". The song reached number 24 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs chart. The song was written by Allan, Jaime Hanna and Jon Randall. The song is an up-tempo in which the narrator uses various California-themed imagery to describe his lover, whom he says is ""so California"". Blake Boldt of Country Universe gave it a B-rating saying it was ""little more than album"
"Cal Smith Calvin Grant Shofner (April 7, 1932 – October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hit ""Country Bumpkin"". Calvin Grant Shofner was born on April 7, 1932, in Gans, Oklahoma, as the youngest of three sons of James ""Otto"" and Ethel (Quinn) Shofner. During the Great Depression, the Smiths headed west and settled in Oakland, California, and he grew up in San Jose, California. Smith began his music career performing at the Remember Me Cafe in San Francisco at the age of 15, but he was not financially"
"Bob James (musician) Robert McElhiney James (born December 25, 1939) is an American Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote ""Angela,"" the theme song for the TV show ""Taxi. ""He is most famous for standards such as ""Nautilus"", ""Westchester Lady"", ""Heads"", ""Night Crawler"", ""Touchdown"", ""Blue Lick"", ""Sign Of the Times"", ""Spunky"", ""Marco Polo"", ""Courtship"" and ""Just One Thing"". Music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and has contributed to the formation of hip hop. Robert McElhiney James was born on Christmas Day 1939 in Marshall, Missouri to Albert Lamkin"
"biopic ""Walk the Line"". The following recording by Carl Perkins was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have ""qualitative or historical significance"". Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. His best-known song is ""Blue Suede Shoes"". According to Charlie Daniels, ""Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more"
"Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as ""Maybellene"" (1955), ""Roll Over Beethoven"" (1956), ""Rock and Roll Music"" (1957) and ""Johnny B. Goode"" (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive. Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music. Born into a middle-class African-American family"
"Greeley, Colorado. Sharon Davis (composer) Sharon Davis (born 1937) is a classical composer, pianist and music publisher. She is best known for her works ""Suite of Wildflowers, op. 1""; ""Three Moods of Emily Dickinson""; and ""Three Poems of William Blake"". Her ""Though Men Call Us Free"", written for soprano, clarinet and piano, draws upon words from Oscar Wilde's ""The Young King"". In the 1970s she performed with the Los Angeles Brass Quintet, and ""Chamber Music Quarterly"" described her as a ""fine musician"". Davis is the widow of composer William Schmidt and now manages his music publishing company, Western International Music"
"chance to change the course of her life. Sources Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings. His style was influenced by gospel music, country music, and rhythm and blues acts, and he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school. He made his first appearance on"
"Paul Stanley (composer) Paul Stanley (né Sonnenberg) (February 8, 1848 – March 14, 1909) was a German-born American composer and vaudeville comedian who some credit (but most do not) with writing the music for the ditty Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay for Henry F. Sayers' 1891 musical entertainment, ""Tuxedo"". Paul Sonnenberg was born in Hamburg, Germany, and came to America at the age of 16, where he eventually began entertaining as a vaudeville and club comedian under a stage name, Paul Stanley. He became an American citizen in 1869 and resided in New York City for most of his life before relocating to"
"California, Here I Come ""California, Here I Come"" is a song written for the 1921 Broadway musical ""Bombo"", starring Al Jolson. The song was written by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer, with Jolson often listed as a co-author. Jolson recorded the song in 1924. It is often called the unofficial state song of California. Several attempts were made to designate ""California, Here I Come"" as the official state song of California, especially after a resolution passed by the California State Legislature in 1951 designated ""I Love You, California"" as the state song. However, these attempts proved unsuccessful, as ""I Love"
"The State of Massachusetts ""The State of Massachusetts"" is a song by American rock band Dropkick Murphys. It was released on February 4, 2008 as the lead single from their sixth studio album, ""The Meanest of Times"". The song is about the effects of drugs on individuals and their families. ""The State of Massachusetts"" was one of the 100-most-played songs on U.S. modern rock radio in October 2007. By January 2008, the song had become one of the 60-most-played alternative rock songs in the United States. The song was #83 on ""Rolling Stone""s list of the 100 Best Songs of"
"California Sound The California Sound is a popular music aesthetic that originates with American pop and rock recording artists from Southern California in the 1960s. At first, it was conflated with the California Myth, an idyllic setting inspired by the state's beach culture that commonly appeared in the lyrics of commercial pop songs. Later, the Sound was expanded outside its initial geography and subject matter and was developed to be more sophisticated, often featuring studio experimentation. The Sound was originally identified for harnessing a wide-eyed, sunny optimism attributed to southern California teenage life in the late 1950s and early 1960s."
"in 1915. Later in 1913, the song was introduced by opera star Mary Garden, associated with the Chicago Grand Opera at that time. ""Mary Garden stopped Grand Opera to make this California song famous,"" read the notices virtually ensuring the popularity and success of the new song. The renowned soprano wrote on stationery from the Hotel Alexandria in Los Angeles, ""I Love You, California"", was played aboard the steamship ""Ancon"", which on August 14, 1914, became the first merchant ship to pass through the Panama Canal. In 1951, the State Legislature passed a resolution designating it as California's state song."
"choral anthem, ""Fifty Nifty United States"", in which he set the names of the states to music in alphabetical order, is now a staple of school choirs. He self-deprecatingly billed himself as ""the other Ray Charles"" in a humorous tribute to the blues singer with whom he worked on several occasions. For his 90th birthday, Ray gave a concert at the L.A. Jazz Bakery. With the help of female singer Lynn Roberts and an instrumental combo, Ray demonstrated his vocal longevity to a full house by singing his way through the songs of World War II. Charles died of cancer"
"Harry Rowe Shelley Harry Rowe Shelley (June 8, 1858 – September 12, 1947) was an American composer, organist (church and concert), and professor of music. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Shelley studied with Gustave J. Stoeckel at Yale College, Dudley Buck, Max (Wilhelm Carl) Vogrich, and Antonín Dvořák in New York, and completed his musical education in London and Paris. According to his ""New York Times"" obituary, Shelley ""penned church music that won him wide popularity. For sixty years a host of English-speaking peoples throughout the world sang his hymns."" Shelley attended Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Connecticut and"
"Going to California ""Going to California"" is a ballad written and performed by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released from the band's untitled fourth album in 1971. In 2012, ""Rolling Stone"" ranked ""Going to California"" number 11 on their list of the 40 greatest Led Zeppelin songs of all time. The song's folk-style sound, with Robert Plant on lead vocals, acoustic guitar by Jimmy Page and mandolin by John Paul Jones, contrasts with the heavy electric-amplified rock on five of the album's other tracks. Page's guitar is in the D–A–D–G–B–D tuning. The song started out as a"