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The first movie with dialogue or 'talkie' was also a musical - The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson in 1927. Although it was conceived as a singng picture only, Jolson ad-libbed some of the dialogue on the set, uttering the prophetic words, "You ain't seen nothin' yet!" and the talkies were born.
"Jolson was actually promoting the title of one of his songs, You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet (written by Gus Kahn and Buddy de Sylva), that he had recorded in 1919." I'd tell you more, but she'd get sore... Al Jolson - "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" (1919) - YouTube From the same source... Warner Bros.' and director Alan Crosland's The Jazz Singer (1927) is an historic milestone film and cinematic landmark. [Most people associate this film with the advent of sound pictures, although Don Juan (1926), a John Barrymore silent film, also had a synchronized musical score performed by the New York Philharmonic and sound effects using Vitaphone's system.] It should be made clear that this film was not the first sound film, nor the first 'talkie' film or the first movie musical. The Jazz Singer (1927)
Song by Black Irish Band. As was pointed out by a very knowledgable CD'er over on the history forum (someone who sits in the Granstands alot), Teddy's charge up San Juan Hill was actually called Kettle Hill which was on San Juan Ridge. Bully! Bully! We can thank him for all of the wild places he saved for us to enjoy.
The songs end features the Irish Ballad, ' "The Minstrel Boy". A song supposedly liked by Mr Roosevelt.
New Speedway Boogie - Grateful Dead was written about the Altamont concert in 1969 when the Rolling Stones hired the Hell's Angels to work security. The lyrics, "In the heat of the sun, a man died of cold," refers to Meridith Hunter who was killed by the Hell's Angels.
The Manhattan Project - Rush The Manhattan Project wa a nuclear research and development project let by the United States. Beginning in 1939, it grew to employ 130,000 people and cost over $2 billion at the time. Two types of atomic bombs were developed. Though under tight security, Soviet spies still penetrated the project.
The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby One of Hornsby's first songs and most successful, it addresses the US Civil Rights Movement..."The law passed in '64.." are lyrics regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law was suppose to prohibit discrimination in public places government and employment.
Tupelo Blues - John Lee Hooker
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States. The Mississippi River broke out of its levee system in 145 places and flooded 27,000 square miles, including Tupelo. Flooding overtook the levees causing the Mounds Landing to break with more than double the water volume of Niagara Falls.
Cliff Richards once held the record for being both the youngest and later the oldest performer to hold the number one spot with Living Doll in 1959 and Millenium Prayer in 1999.
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