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Connie Francis singles chronology. "Among My Souvenirs". (1959) " God Bless America ". (1959) "Mama". (1960) " God Bless America " is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run-up to World War II in 1938. The later version was notably recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her ...
"God Bless America" - originally written for the play but not included. It was included in the sequel to Yip Yip Yaphank, This is the Army in 1943; Adaptations. The first adaptation of Yip Yip Yaphank! after being performed on Broadway was in the 1943 film This Is the Army. In this film, the character Jerry Jones is seen preparing to perform ...
This Land Is Your Land. Sheet music. " This Land Is Your Land " is a song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. One of the United States' most famous folk songs, its lyrics were written in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin 's "God Bless America". Its melody is based on a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire".
"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 Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey.
God Bless America. (charity album) God Bless America was a 2001 charity album composed of American patriotic or spiritual songs, released on October 16 of that year in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It was released specifically to benefit the Twin Towers Fund, directing what the album cover said would be a "substantial ...
Early life Jewish immigrant Life in Russia Berlin was born Israel Beilin on May 11, 1888, in the Russian Empire. Although his family came from the shtetl of Tolochin (today Talachyn, Талачын, in Belarus), Berlin later learned that he was probably born in Tyumen, Siberia, where his father, an itinerant cantor, had taken his family. He was one of eight children of Moses (1848–1901) and ...
The song explores themes of heartbreak, faith, sexuality, love, vulnerability, defeat and fragility. "Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America" was released to positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who praised the song's emotionally-charged lyrics, composition and the inclusion of Bridgers. Commercially, the single peaked at number 11 on ...
In contrast to the lyrics of the soldiers’ song, her version links the Union cause with God's vengeance at the Day of Judgment (through allusions to biblical passages such as Isaiah 63:1–6, Revelation 19 and Revelation 14:14–19). Julia Ward Howe was married to Samuel Gridley Howe, a scholar in education of the blind. Both Samuel and Julia ...