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"Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" also known as "There's a Pawn Shop on the Corner" or "There's a Pawn Shop on the Corner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" is a popular song, written by Bob Merrill in 1952. The best-known version [ 1 ] was recorded by Guy Mitchell on January 15, 1952.
Pittsburgh's steel mills in 1940. " Pittsburgh Town ", sometimes titled as " Pittsburgh " or " Pittsburgh is a Great Old Town ", is a folk song written by Woody Guthrie and originally recorded by Pete Seeger. The song was written during a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stop on an Almanac Singers ' tour; both Seeger and Guthrie were members of the ...
Pennsylvania Polka (song) " Pennsylvania Polka " is a polka song written in the United States in 1942. [ 1] The song was written by Lester Lee and Zeke Manners, and published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. It became an almost immediate hit for The Andrews Sisters. [ 2] Frankie Yankovic also made a successful recording of the "Pennsylvania Polka". [ 3]
Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison; March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a composing-songwriting duo with Ray Evans, with whom he specialized in composing film scores and original soundtrack songs.
The Marcels were an American doo-wop group known for turning popular music songs into rock and roll. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and signed to Colpix Records with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss. The group was named after a popular hair style of the day, the marcel ...
Origin of "Hail to Pitt". "Hail to Pitt" is the most traditional of various fight songs of the University of Pittsburgh. Lyrics were written by George M. Kirk ( Col. 1913) and music by Lester Milton Taylor ( Eng. 1912), both of whom were members of the Beta Theta chapter of Sigma Chi at Pitt.
Smith was born in Troy, Alabama and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. [1] He received his nickname as a child from his liking for climbing trees. [3] In 1920 he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [4] where he worked as an entertainer before touring on the Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) vaudeville circuit, performing as a singer and comedian as well as a pianist.
Morrison wrote, “One day in 1851, Stephen came into my office, on the bank of the Monongahela, Pittsburgh, and said to me, ‘What is a good name of two syllables for a Southern river? I want to use it in this new song of Old Folks at Home .’