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unusual facts about Words and Music



Ivy St. Helier

She also starred in Coward's revue Words and Music As a lyricist, she wrote additional songs for The Street Singer, and for The Blue Train, the London musical by Reginald Arkell, Dion Titheradge and Robert Stolz.

Kittenz and Thee Glitz

It was listed by noted music journalist Paul Morley in his book Words and Music, as one of his 100 albums to hear if you think Radiohead's Kid A is weird.


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A White Sport Coat

"A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" was a 1957 rock and roll song with words and music both written by Marty Robbins.

Afaese Manoa

Afaese Manoa is the author of words and music to an anthem, Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvalu for the Almighty), in the Tuvaluan language.

Camille du Locle

According to Charles Pigot, Du Locle inspired the subject, words and music of Bizet's Djamileh.

Como Swings

#"I've Got You Under My Skin" (Words and music by Cole Porter)

Deputy of Love

The words and music were composed by Ronald Bruce Rogers, known for short as Ron Rogers.

Highlights from Porgy and Bess

While the opera was performed by an all-African American singing cast, the 1935 album featured mostly white opera singers attempting singing the Gullah-influenced words and music.

Jagriti

The Pakistani film Bedari had an identical plot and the songs, with replacement of some words, and music were taken directly from Jagriti.

John Henry Hopkins, Jr.

He wrote words and music to his most famous hymn, "We Three Kings", as part of a Christmas pageant for his nieces and nephews.

John Skehan

In the late 1980s and 90s he presented a weekly series on RTÉ Radio 1 entitled Words and Music, in which he interviewed notable people and played a selection of their favourite records.

Les Cactus

Words by Jacques Lanzmann and music by Jacques Dutronc, except "La Compapade", words and music by Jacques Dutronc.

Lightnin' Hopkins

Musicologist Robert "Mack" McCormick opined that Hopkins "is the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act".

Misa Campesina Nicaragüense

The Misa Campesina Nicaragüense ("Nicaraguan Peasants' Mass") is Spanish-language Mass with words and music by Carlos Mejía Godoy, incorporating a liberation theology and Nicaraguan folk music.

My Yiddishe Momme

"My Yiddishe Momme" is a song written by Jack Yellen (words and music) and Lew Pollack (music), first recorded by Willie Howard, and was made famous in Vaudeville by Belle Baker and by Sophie Tucker, and later by the Barry Sisters.

Pasko Naming Hangad

#* Original words and music by David Haas (based on a Navajo prayer, with parts adapted from Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by J. S. Bach, and Greensleeves/What Child Is This?); arrangement by P. Tirol

Popeye Song Folio

# "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man" - Words and Music by Sammy Lerner.

Robert L. May

In 1948, May’s brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, wrote (words and music) an adaptation of Rudolph.

Sacred Cows

# "Alcatraz" (Words and music by Jeff Silvey and Billy Simon. Originally recorded by Al Denson)

Some Came Running

Some Came Running was nominated for five Academy Awards, for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Shirley MacLaine), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Arthur Kennedy), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Martha Hyer), Best Costume Design, Black and White or Color (Walter Plunkett), and Best Music, Original Song, "To Love and Be Loved" (words and music by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn).

St. Pauli

To the jubilee the Fan club 18auf12 had recorded a song: One Hundred Beers (Words and music by Henning Knorr & Christoph Brüx).

That's My Weakness Now

"That's My Weakness Now" was written by, Sam H. Stept and Bud Green, (words and music) in 1928.

The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed

The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed is a compilation album by The Velvet Underground.

The Little Orchestra Society

/The Greatest Sound Around, Eleanor Roosevelt, narrator (on Hello World!), words and music by Susan Otto and William R. Mayer, The Little Orchestra Society, Thomas Scherman, conductor, John Langstaff, tenor (on The Greatest Sound Around).

Three Little Fishies

"Three Little Fishies" is a song recorded by Kay Kyser & his Band, with words and music by Saxie Dowell.

Until the Real Thing Comes Along

According to this version, the songwriting credits read: Words and Music by Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and L.E. Freeman.

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder

When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder is an 1893 hymn with words and music by James Milton Black.

White Silver Sands

The words and music were written in 1957 by Charles 'Red' Matthews, although partial authorship is also claimed by Gladys Reinhart.

Zoom Daddy

# "Art Carney's Dream" (Words and music by Terry Taylor, David Raven, Tim Chandler and Jerry Chamberlain)