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"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is a #popular #noveltySong written by #BobMerrill and first registered on September 25, 1952, as "The Doggie in the Window". On January 27, 1953, its sheet music was published in #NewYork as "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window". The best-known version of the song was #theOriginal, #recorded by #PattiPage on December 18, 1952, and released in January 1953 by #MercuryRecords as catalog numbers 70070 (#78Rpm).
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"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by #ShelSilverstein and made famous by #JohnnyCash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's #SanQuentinStatePrison for his #AtSanQuentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on #theOriginal performance) in December 1969 at #Madison Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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"Some Guys Have All the Luck" is a song written by Jeff Fortgang. It has been a Top 40 hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 twice, as #theOriginal by #ThePersuaders in 1973 reaching No. 39. In 1982 it was covered by #RobertPalmer, which was a hit in the UK peaking at No. 16. Then it was recorded by #RodStewart in 1984 when it hit No. 10 in the U.S. and No. 32 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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"You're My World" is a cover of Italian ballad originally recorded in 1963 as "Il mio mondo" ("My World") by #UmbertoBindi, who co-wrote #theOriginal version with #GinoPaoli. Subsequently, an English version was commissioned, and the lyrics were written by #CarlSigman as "You're My World". The song reached No. 1 in #Australia (twice), #Belgium, #Mexico, #Netherlands, #SouthAfrica and #UnitedKingdom in recordings by #CillaBlack, #DarylBraithwaite, #GuysnDolls.
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"Don't Cry" is a song by American #hardRock band #GunsNRoses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with #theOriginal lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I (1991), while the version with the alternate lyrics is the 13th track on #UseYourIllusionII (1991). Only the vocal tracks differ, and even then only in the verses; however, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter.
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"Fame" is a song written by #MichaelGore (music) and #DeanPitchford (lyrics) and released in 1980, that achieved chart success as the theme song to the #Fame film and #TVSeries. The song was performed by #IreneCara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in #theOriginal film. It was also her debut #single as a #recordingArtist. The song won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1980, and the #GoldenGlobeAward the same year. In 2004.
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"Endless Love" is a song written by #LionelRichie and originally recorded as a #duet between Richie and singer/actress #DianaRoss. In this #ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by #LutherVandross with R&B-pop singer #MariahCarey, and also by #countryMusic singer #ShaniaTwain. #Billboard has named #theOriginal version as the greatest song duet of all time.
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"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a #popularSong composed by #MitchLeigh, with lyrics written by #JoeDarion. It is the best known tune from the 1965 Broadway musical #ManOfLaMancha and is also featured in the 1972 film of the same name starring #PeterOToole. According to composer Mitch Lee in Soul Music - #TheImpossibleDream, BBC Radio 4, 2011, #theOriginal lyricist was #WHAuden. "But there were disagreements with Wasserman, the book's writer, on how to adapt it.
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"Fame" is a song written by #MichaelGore (music) and #DeanPitchford (lyrics) and released in 1980, that achieved chart success as the theme song to the #Fame film and #TVSeries. The song was performed by #IreneCara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in #theOriginal film. It was also her debut #single as a #recordingArtist. The song won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1980, and the #GoldenGlobeAward the same year. In 2004.
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"Rose Garden" (sometimes titled "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden") is a song written in 1967 by American singer-songwriter #JoeSouth. It was first recorded by #BillyJoeRoyal on his 1967 studio album Billy Joe Royal Featuring "#Hush". Versions by South himself and #DobieGray appeared shortly after #theOriginal. Gray's version became a minor hit in North America in 1969. In 1970, #LynnAnderson recorded "Rose Garden" after hearing Joe South's version. However.
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"Shall We Gather at the River?" or simply "#AtTheRiver" are the popular names for the #traditional #Christian #hymn originally titled "Beautiful River" and subsequently titled "Hanson Place," written by #American #poet and #gospelMusic composer #RobertLowry (1826–1899). It was written in 1864 and is now in the #publicDomain. The title "Hanson Place" is a reference to #theOriginal #HansonPlaceBaptistChurchInBrooklyn, where Lowry, as a Baptist minister.
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"Wishing You Were Here" is a song written by #PeterCetera for the group Chicago and recorded for their album #ChicagoVII (1974), with lead vocals by #TerryKath (uncredited on #theOriginal album package), while Cetera sang the song's bridge. The third single released from that album, it reached No. 11 on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100, No. 9 on the #CashBox Top 100, and hit No. 1 on the #EasyListening chart. Kath and Cetera swap their usual instruments.
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"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a #funk song recorded by #JamesBrown with #BobbyByrd on #backingVocals. Released as a two-part #single in 1970, it was a no. 2 #RAndB hit and reached no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2004, "Sex Machine" was ranked number 326 on #RollingStone magazine's list of #the500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. In the 2021 update of the list it had risen to 196. In 2014, #theOriginal 1970 recording of "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a).
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"Peter Gunn" is the theme music composed by #HenryMancini for the television show of the same name. The song was the opening track on #theOriginal soundtrack album, #TheMusicFromPeterGunn, released by #RCAVictor in 1959. Mancini won an #EmmyAward and two #Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Arrangement. In 2005, the song was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
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"Endless Love" is a song written by #LionelRichie and originally recorded as a #duet between Richie and singer/actress #DianaRoss. In this #ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by #LutherVandross with R&B-pop singer #MariahCarey, and also by #countryMusic singer #ShaniaTwain. #Billboard has named #theOriginal version as the greatest song duet of all time.
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"99 Luftballons" (German: Neunundneunzig Luftballons, "99 balloons") is a song by the West German band #Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons", with lyrics by #KevinMcAlea, was also released by Nena on the album #99Luftballons in 1984 after widespread success of #theOriginal in Europe and Japan. The English version is not a #directTranslation of the German original.
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