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the One Love Manchester benefit concert on June 4, 2017. German producer Marusha made a happy hardcore version of the track in 1994. This version reached No. 3 on the German charts. Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow" is a ballad composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the movie "The Wizard of Oz" and was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song. About five minutes into the film, Dorothy sings the song after failing
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Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse is the sixth studio album by Buckethead. To date it is his only solo album to be released as both a CD and LP and is currently out of print. Problems with rights ownership make a reissue unlikely. A download can be obtained at TDRS Music. The title track features an intentionally mangled rendition of the song "Over the Rainbow", popularly known as "Somewhere over the Rainbow", from the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz", as sung by the main character Dorothy Gale portrayed by Judy Garland. It is the inspiration for
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she had for the film. She said she wanted to remain true to the character of Dorothy and to the message of being somewhere over the rainbow. An introductory verse ("When all the world is a hopeless jumble...") that was omitted from the film is sometimes used in theatrical productions of "The Wizard of Oz" and is included in the piano sheet music from the film. It was also used in versions by Tony Bennett, Al Bowlly, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, and Norma Waterson. Judy Garland sang the introductory verse only once, on a 1948 radio
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more oomph" than the original, declaring "I don't know when, I don't know how/But I know something's starting right now". Musical similarities have been drawn between "Part of Your World" and "Somewhere That's Green" from Ashman and Menken's musical "Little Shop of Horrors", specifically the way in which the lines "part of your world" and "somewhere that’s green" are sung. The song has also been compared to Judy Garland's song "Over the Rainbow" due to their shared themes about "wish[ing] for something new and different." Kyle Turner, a writer for "Vice", observed that both "Part of Your World" and "Over
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in April on Myx, a Filipino music channel. In 2013, Vera was invited to the Blind auditions of the first season of "The Voice of the Philippines". She sang "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Judy Garland. She was successful in making apl.de.ap to turn his red chair for her, enabling her to advanced to the Battle round. She was eliminated during the Battle round. On January 25, 2015, she starred in the music video for singer Thor Dulay's "Paano Ko Sasabihin". On April 2017, Vera left Star Magic. She's currently with Cornerstone Entertainment. On 2018, she made her debut appearance
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of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as the B-side. McPhee's rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was originally performed during the top 3 finalists' judge's choice round, chosen by Simon Cowell. McPhee performed sitting on the stage and wearing red shoes. She sang the little-known opening verse a cappella. The judges had high praise for McPhee's performance, and it is believed that the song was responsible for vaulting her into the season's final two. Several critics, including Cowell, consider McPhee's performance to be the best of the entire series. McPhee reprised her performance of the song in the final performance show
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was probably like 500 pounds. And the first thing at hand is to find something for him to sit on." The building security found Israel a large steel chair. "Then I put up some microphones, do a quick sound check, roll tape, and the first thing he does is 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' He played and sang, one take, and it was over." At the time, copies of the recording were only made for Kamakawiwoʻole himself and Bertosa. The song was re-recorded as an "upbeat Jawaiian version" for Kamakawiwoʻole's debut album "Ka ʻAnoʻi", listed as "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful
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by giving her a standing ovation before she even sang a single note. It was a reminder to people from where she started and how far she has come. For the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Boyle said, "This song is about a wee lassie who goes on an incredible journey." "I hope tonight to take you all on a journey". Some of the Jazz numbers, such as "That Ole Devil Called Love" and "Cry Me a River", Boyle sang while seated beside the piano. The first half ended with a rendition of "You Raise Me Up" accompanied by a
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shows and concerts. She also sang three songs on Norwegian children's music band Lyriaka's album called "Lyriaka i jungelen". She participated in the talent show Norske Talenter in 2008. After she sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", the judges described her as talented and technically skilled singer, who sounded older than her age. She finished third in the competition. As a result, on 18 May 2009, Nora was featured on Oprah Winfrey's "World's Most Talented Kids" Finale Episode. She sang "Over the Rainbow". She took part in 2012 Melodi Grand Prix in a bid to represent Norway in the 2012 Eurovision
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quick sound check, roll tape, and the first thing he does is 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' He played and sang, one take, and it was over." Eva Cassidy recorded a version of the song for "The Other Side" (1992). After her death in 1996, it was included on the posthumous compilation "Songbird" (1998) and released as a single in 2001. It debuted at number 88 on the UK Singles Chart in February 2001 and climbed to number 42 in May, becoming Cassidy's first single to chart in the United Kingdom. In Scotland, it reached number 36, giving Cassidy her first
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" (also known as "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World") is a medley of the songs "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World", by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and released on his albums "Ka ʻAnoʻi" and "Facing Future". The song was originally recorded in a spur-of-the-moment demo session in 1988. Israel called the recording studio at 3am, and was given 15 minutes to arrive by recording engineer Milan Bertosa. Bertosa is quoted as saying ″And in walks the largest human being I had seen in my life. Israel
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World." In 1993, five years after the original recording, Bertosa played the song for producer Jon de Mello while the two were completing work on "Facing Future", and de Mello decided to include it in the album as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World". "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" reached #12 on "Billboard"'s Hot Digital Tracks chart the week of January 31, 2004 (for the survey week ending January 18, 2004). According to the Israel Kamakawiwoʻole website, Universal Studios first became interested in using the song in the movie and on the soundtrack for "Meet Joe Black"
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the title of the track, and thereby the album. Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse Somewhere over the Slaughterhouse is the sixth studio album by Buckethead. To date it is his only solo album to be released as both a CD and LP and is currently out of print. Problems with rights ownership make a reissue unlikely. A download can be obtained at TDRS Music. The title track features an intentionally mangled rendition of the song "Over the Rainbow", popularly known as "Somewhere over the Rainbow", from the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz", as sung by the main character Dorothy Gale
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Future" was released in 1993 by The Mountain Apple Company. It featured a version of his most popular song, the medley "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" (listed as "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World"), along with "Hawaiʻi 78", "White Sandy Beach of Hawaiʻi", "Maui Hawaiian Sup'pa Man", and "Kaulana Kawaihae". The decision to include a cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was said to be a last-minute decision by his producer Jon de Mello and Kamakawiwoʻole. "Facing Future" debuted at #25 on "Billboard" magazine's Top Pop Catalogue chart. On October 26, 2005, "Facing Future" became Hawaiʻi's first certified
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mark in popular culture is songs like "Somewhere over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole where he takes two songs ( "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World" ) mashes them together to form an entirely new song. This is common element of the kanikapila style. It is a popular custom to end kanikapila sessions the same way with the song "Hawaii Aloha" written by 19th century Christian minister, Lorenzo Lyons. Kanikapila groups include the Experience Paradise Project. Kanikapila Kanikapila is a style of Hawaiian music produced in an impromptu jam session, most commonly taking place at a beach,
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his estranged wife, Merlyn, and repeated a request he made decades before for Bobby Richardson to read a poem at his funeral if he died. Mantle died on August 13, 1995, at Baylor University Medical Center with his wife at his side, five months after his mother had died at age 91. The Yankees played Cleveland that day and honored him with a tribute. At Mantle's funeral, Eddie Layton played "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on the Hammond organ because Mickey had once told him it was his favorite song. Roy Clark sang and played "Yesterday, When I Was Young." The
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a single from the 2001 album "Wanted", which peaked at #11 on the UK Official Charts in 2001. Aselin Debison recorded the medley for her 2002 album "Sweet Is the Melody". Elisabeth von Trapp included her interpretation of the medley in her album "Poetic License", released in June 2004. During season seven of "American Idol", Jason Castro performed a cover of the song for his "Top 8" performance. Maddie Poppe and Caleb Lee Hutchinson performed the song as a duet during the grand finale of season sixteen of American Idol. !scope="row"|Total available sales: Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
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on May 23. Her version again received rave reviews. She also performed "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" a second time, though her title was not released as a single. When McPhee's record deal was officially announced on June 6, 2006, RCA Records announced that "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny" would be considered a double A-side, meaning that radio stations could have the option of playing either song. This reflects the fact that McPhee's rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" has become her signature performance, just as it was for Eva Cassidy. On June 20, 2006, McPhee's upcoming single was
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an increased sense of community, allowing for pupils to share experiences, foster understanding and reduce bullying. The system also complements the school curriculum, where in many cases, students in Years 9 and 10 and 11 are in the same subject mixed-age option groups. "Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World" is a charity and tribute song recorded by Staff and Students from Scalby School in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It is based on adaptations of well-known classics "Over The Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World". The song was recorded and released as an online-digital download in tribute of the late Ellie-Othick Bowmaker, who
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ahead and play it." Jones uses brushes on most of the tracks. "A Sleeping Bee" gets a "gospel-inflected soul-jazz treatment". "This Time the Dream's on Me" has "a hip Latin vamp to introduce a soul-jazz-infused arrangement". Mabern's arrangement of "Savannah" begins as a calypso and then shifts into hard bop. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was released by Venus Records. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Mabern album) Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2005 and released by Venus Records. The album was recorded on November 11, 2005, at The Studio in New
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ever of the reflective ballad. The show also includes keyboardist Page McConnell performing a solo version of "The Wizard of Oz" classic "Somewhere over the Rainbow" on a theremin. Bonus tracks include two songs from the night before at the same venue. Tuesday, 13 August 1996 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN SET 1: The Divided Sky, Tube, Tela > Maze, Fast Enough for You, The Old Home Place, Punch You In the Eye, Llama, Glide, Slave to the Traffic Light SET 2: AC/DC Bag, The Lizards, Mike's Song -> Lifeboy, Weekapaug Groove -> Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Waste, Train
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after director Martin Brest became interested in it. Kamakawiwoʻole's recording of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" has been used on other soundtracks as well, including the soundtracks for "Finding Forrester;" "50 First Dates;" "Fred Claus;" "Happy, Happy;" ; and "IMAX: Hubble 3D". It was also featured on TV series like "Charmed", "ER", "Scrubs", "Cold Case", "Glee," the UK original version of "Life On Mars," and more. The song is still receiving airplay from Hawaiian and adult alternative-formatted radio stations. Other artists have recorded the medley as well. Cliff Richard recorded his own version of the medley, released as
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However, it's also possible that "Parasol Stars" could be a side story, or "gaiden" to the series occurring after "Rainbow Islands", but before "Bubble Memories". The game has also been released as "Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands II", such as on the NES. Much like "Rainbow Islands" used "The Wizard of Oz"s song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Parasol Stars" used an official song in its soundtrack. This time it was "Lambada" by the French-Brazilian pop group Kaoma, which was used as the game's boss theme. CU Amiga praised the game, giving it 95% and a "Super Star". Amiga Power was a
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on Radio 2), Olly Murs (who performed Wogan's favorite swing classics), Eva Cassidy, who posthumously performed over video-tape with Shaun Escoffery duetting live in the studio on the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and Michael Ball and Alfie Boe covering The Floral Dance, a song which Wogan once covered himself. On 16 November 2016, the BBC renamed BBC Western House to BBC Wogan House. Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016), better known as Terry Wogan, was a British and Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK
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rendition. The original songs are "Do I Make You Proud" (Hicks) and "My Destiny" (McPhee). The covers are "Takin' It to the Streets" (Hicks) and "Over the Rainbow" (McPhee, renamed to "Somewhere over the Rainbow"). For the first time, the compilation album was made available as digital downloads only. Compilations of individual finalist's performances were also released. On the day after the season six finale, the winner Jordin Sparks and runner-up Blake Lewis released 5-song EPs exclusively to iTunes. Sparks's contained the winner's single, "This Is My Now", as well as four songs she performed on "Idol": "I (Who Have
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Humane, a program of the Humane Society of the United States that encourages children to help protect animals. In February 2011, she performed her first full-length concert as a headliner, in Houston, Texas, with the Houston Chamber Choir. She next sang at the 2011 Festival of the Arts Boca, along with young stars of the Metropolitan Opera. Evancho also sang at Muhammad Ali's 2011 "Celebrity Fight Night" charity event to battle Parkinson's Disease, in Phoenix, Arizona. She performed the introduction to "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on Oprah's farewell special broadcast in May 2011. Together with Tony Bennett, Evancho recorded the
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All of his grandchildren have contributed to one of his albums in some way. His second granddaughter did the artwork for three album covers (Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Smooth Sailing, Celtic Dreams) and sang on one of his Christmas CDs. His oldest granddaughter played flute and sang on a few of his albums. All of the youngest three have sung on one of his albums, as has his son (Charlie, Jr.) and daughter (Ginger). Charlie McCoy Charles Ray McCoy (born March 28, 1941) is a Grammy-winning American session musician noted mainly for his harmonica performance, but also for his skill
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Amos and her label, then revisited again during the "From the Choirgirl Hotel" (1998) recording sessions, was not released until "" (2006). Another song, "To the Fair Motormaids of Japan", was also recorded during the "Boys for Pele" recording sessions. It was released on a deluxe remastered rerelease of the album on November 18, 2016. The "Hey Jupiter" EP includes live performances of some of Amos's previously released B-sides, including a cover of "Over The Rainbow", listed as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Amos also covered "I'm on Fire," "Landslide," and "Over the Rainbow" on "VH1 Crossroads". Album Singles ∞ -
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Jay Traynor John "Jay" Traynor (March 30, 1943 – January 2, 2014) was an American singer. Traynor was the third lead vocalist of the Mystics, singing falsetto on "The White Cliffs of Dover", and lead on "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "Blue Star". Later, he started Jay and the Americans with Kenny Vance and Sandy Yaguda, and was the original lead singer. He sang lead on the group's first hit, "She Cried," which was followed up by the album "She Cried". All recordings were produced by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, who produced numerous artists and wrote many hits for
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by Mick Ronson, not dissimilar to the style of Bowie's previous album "Hunky Dory" (1971). The chorus is loosely based on Harold Arlen's "Over the Rainbow" from the film "The Wizard of Oz", alluding to the "Starman"'s extraterrestrial origins (over the rainbow) (the octave leap on the word "Starman" is identical to that on the word "Somewhere" in "Over the Rainbow"). Other influences cited for the track are the T. Rex songs "Telegram Sam" and "Hot Love" (the "boogie" references and "la la la" chorus) and Holland–Dozier–Holland's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (the morse code-esque guitar and piano breaks). From
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same time. Eventually Rex falls in love with Sang-mi, but Sang-mi is still in love with Hyeok-ju. Over the Rainbow (2006 TV series) Over the Rainbow () is a 2006 South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Seo Ji-hye, Hwanhee and Kim Ok-bin. It aired on MBC from July 26 to September 14, 2006 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. "Over the Rainbow" is about three people who love to dance. Jeong Hee-su ran away from her father in New Zealand and tried to make a go as a singer in Seoul. She ended up renting a
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Destiny" was released on June 27, 2006 by RCA Records. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" peaked at number 12 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and "My Destiny" peaked at number 60. 32 weeks after its release, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny" had climbed to number four on the "Billboard" Hot Singles Sales charts. It was the second-highest best-selling single of 2006 after Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud". "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My Destiny" remained on the chart for more than 58 weeks. In July, McPhee missed the first three weeks of the American Idol Tour due to laryngitis and bronchitis.
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Harold Mabern album) Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2005 and released by Venus Records. The album was recorded on November 11, 2005, at The Studio in New York. It was produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan. The personnel are Harold Mabern (piano), Dwayne Burno (bass), and Willie Jones III (drums). All of the compositions are by Harold Arlen. Mabern commented that, "I've always studied him because his music is very bluesy. And you don't really have to do anything to his music but just go
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and "Over the Rainbow" at RCA Studios. Inspired by The Del-Vikings' version, they chose "White Cliffs Of Dover", (a song they often sang at live shows long before recording it). Backed with "Blue Star", "White Cliffs of Dover" received only local play. "Over the Rainbow" remained unreleased until the late '80s when Ace Records issued a Mystics album. Eddie "Shots" Falcone became their next lead singer, and The Mystics recorded "Star Crossed Lovers" b/w "Goodbye Mister Blues", with Falcone singing lead. This record failed to chart and shortly thereafter, a young Ralph Lizano led the group with a song he
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1996, Butterfly World Tour in 1998, and Rainbow World Tour in 2000. However, she omitted the second verse in it when performing the song during the Rainbow World Tour. On New Year's Eve, 2009, Carey sang "Emotions" on the first night of her Angels Advocate Tour (2009-2010). It was the first time she had sung Emotions live in almost 10 years, since the Rainbow World Tour (2000). She sang "Emotions" on her The Elusive Chanteuse Show tour in 2014, as well as in her first annual Christmas show at the Beacon Theater in New York City, All I Want For
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Carole King and Tina Turner. At the time of release the official website for the album explained that it consisted of ""hits Cliff's always Wanted to record."" The inspiration for the album came when Richard was sent a copy of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's recording of "Over the Rainbow" combined with "What a Wonderful World" weeks into the year 2000. He knew immediately he wanted to record it. Two singles were released from this album, the first being the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" which reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart and stayed for 6 weeks. The second
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2014 Pixar short film, Lava, features two volcanoes as the main characters. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and his style of music was James Ford Murphy's partial inspiration for the short film. Kamakawiwoʻole's recording of "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" gained notice in 1999 when an excerpt was used in the TV commercials for eToys.com (now part of Toys "R" Us). The full song was featured in the movies "K-Pax", "Meet Joe Black", "Finding Forrester", "Son of the Mask", "50 First Dates", "Fred Claus" and "IMAX: Hubble 3D". It was also featured in TV series "ER",
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referring to two other, still unnamed men. Later in 1973, the follow-up single, "The Right Thing to Do", was another sizable hit, reaching No. 4 Adult Contemporary and No. 17 Pop. That same year Simon performed on Lee Clayton's album "Lee Clayton" and co-sang on the song "New York Suite 409" and on Livingston Taylor's album "Over the Rainbow" and sang with both Livingston and his famous brother, James Taylor (who was, by then, her husband) on the songs "Loving Be My New Horizon" and "Pretty Woman". In 1974, Simon followed the smash "No Secrets" album with "Hotcakes", which became
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9 March 2018. "Something in Your Bones" was released on 23 March 2018, as well as the "Nadine EP". Coyle was born on 15 June 1985 to Lillian and Niall Coyle in Derry, Northern Ireland. Her parents first noticed her talent for singing at the age of two, when she sang The Drifters' "Saturday Night at the Movies." Coyle was uninterested in her education but received good grades. She recorded a demo CD, which was distributed to Louis Walsh and "The Late Late Show". The CD included cover versions of "Fields of Gold", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Love Is", and
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sang Ella Fitzgerald's version of "How High the Moon", scatting for seven minutes. Often mistakenly classified as a dramatic coloratura, Kyla actually possesses a lyric coloratura soprano voice with a vocal range spanning more than 4 octaves (C3 to C7), hitting a solid F5 chest voice in her songs such as "Buti Na Lang", F#5 in "Atin ang Walang Hanggan", a G5 in "Mahal Kita (Di Mo Pansin)" and a G#5 in her live cover of Aretha Franklin's version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Kyla graduated from Philippine Christian University with a bachelor's degree in mass communication. Her father is
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Scalby School Scalby School is a comprehensive school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It caters for boys and girls, aged 11–16, with around 980 on roll. The school was built in 1942, and the current Headteacher is David Read, who took over from Paul Tarn in September 2010. In January 2011 Scalby was named the top school in Yorkshire, and 18th in England in the 2010 School League Tables using the CVA measure (Contextual value added). On 5 July 2010 the school released a digital download Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Wonderful World, in an attempt to reach the charts. The song
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of the Spinning Wheel", "Two Mothers for Maggie", "Wild Rose" and "The Forbidden Garden"; José Casanovas, Trine Tinture, Rodrigo Comos, and many other Spanish artists. Jinty also had less well-known British comics artists such as Audrey Fawley, "Made Up Mandy"; Philip Townsend "Somewhere over the Rainbow, Mark of the Witch!, Children of Stepford" and "Song of the Fir Tree"; and Keith Robson. Writers featured included Pat Mills ("Land of No Tears, Girl in a Bubble, Concrete Surfer"), Malcolm Shaw ("The Robot Who Cried"), and Jay Over ("Pam of Pond Hill"), Terence Magee("Merry At Misery House"). Jinty (comics) Jinty was a
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promote the track. German pop girl group Queensberry recorded a cover of "Over It" for their debut studio album "Volume I" (2008). Katharine McPhee was the runner-up of the fifth season of "American Idol", and received a record contract with 19 Recordings. After releasing "My Destiny" and a cover version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in 2006, McPhee started to work on her eponymous debut studio album; "Over It" was written and recorded a few weeks before the album release in 2007. McPhee said that she instantly connected with the song, explaining: "I know what it feels like to be
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and 14th place nationally. The top student scored 23rd overall, 1st in Ventura County, CA, and 4th in California. In March 2016, two of Santa Susana High School's choirs were selected to perform at the funeral of former First Lady of the United States, Nancy Reagan. The funeral took place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. Advanced Women's Choir and Abbe Road A Capella sang songs such as Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Battle Hymn of the Republic. The event was broadcast on television nationally and internationally. Santa Susana High School Santa Susana High School is one
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she sang "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" from "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Prayer" in a duet with Josh Groban. Sissel closed out 2002 by performing at a Christmas concert, "Christmas in Moscow 2003", in Moscow, Russia with Jose Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Emma Shapplin. The show garnered mixed reviews from the Russian media, although Sissel received all-around high marks. This concert was broadcast on Russian television and in October 2014 this concert was released on CD. In April 2003 Sissel performed in Tokyo, Japan and then in April–May she toured US, visiting Philadelphia, St. Louis and New York City.
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played the guitar during the Top 24 performance night when he sang "(What A Day For A Daydream)". He was also the first contestant to play the ukulele on the show, played the instrument while singing Over The Rainbow. Castro also sang in Spanish in a combination of Sting's "Fragile" and "Fragilidad" on March 25, 2008. He was voted off the competition on May 7, 2008. Castro's rendition of the song "Hallelujah," which he performed on "American Idol", led to a surge of popularity for the Jeff Buckley cover of the Leonard Cohen song from the iTunes Store, propelling it
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natural talent. At the age of 14, Dona was signed to MGM Studios and worked on many of the musicals. She also worked at 20th Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures. In 1939, at the age of 21, Massin was signed to production of "The Wizard of Oz", where she worked as a choreographer assisting Bobby Connolly. The film took 6 months to complete. Dona was the first to sing "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", and it was she who pushed for the song to be in the film. She also originated the skip that was performed down the
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Compilations Compilations Remixes Marusha Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß (born 18 November 1966), known by her stage name Marusha, is a German electronic music producer who had several European hits in the mid-1990s. Her most popular song was the cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in 1994 (Ger #3, Austria #13, CH #2, NL #6, Italy #20, Belgium (Fl)28), from the movie "The Wizard of Oz". Some other hits were "It Takes Me Away (Ger #3, 1994), "Raveland" (Ger #29, 1994), "Deep" (Ger #11, 1995), "Unique" (Ger #35, 1995), "Secret" (Ger #92, 1996), "UR Life" (Ger #34, 1997), "My Best Friend (Ger
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Marusha Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß (born 18 November 1966), known by her stage name Marusha, is a German electronic music producer who had several European hits in the mid-1990s. Her most popular song was the cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in 1994 (Ger #3, Austria #13, CH #2, NL #6, Italy #20, Belgium (Fl)28), from the movie "The Wizard of Oz". Some other hits were "It Takes Me Away (Ger #3, 1994), "Raveland" (Ger #29, 1994), "Deep" (Ger #11, 1995), "Unique" (Ger #35, 1995), "Secret" (Ger #92, 1996), "UR Life" (Ger #34, 1997), "My Best Friend (Ger #73, 1997), "Free
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somewhere between Astrud Gilberto "sotto voce" and Broadway, able to coo softly on a creatively intimate samba with Loeb on “Comes Love” or hit the climaxes just right on a luminous “Over the Rainbow.” Music reviewer Preston Frazier included "Scarecrow Sessions" as no. 5 on his top-10 "Best of Jazz and Fusion Jazz listing. Said Frazier, "The "Scarecrow Sessions" give Kiki Ebsen a chance to showcase her excellent arranging chops. Who would have guessed that the song “If I Only Had A Brain” could sound so substantial? Part of the album’s success also lies in Ebsen’s classically trained and soulful
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Brand licensing Licensing means renting or leasing of an intangible asset. It is a process of creating and managing contracts between the owner of a brand and a company or individual who wants to use the brand in association with a product, for an agreed period of time, within an agreed territory. Licensing is used by brand owners to extend a trademark or character onto products of a completely different nature. Examples of intangible assets include a song ("Somewhere Over The Rainbow"), a character (Donald Duck), a name (Michael Jordan), or a brand (The Ritz-Carlton). An arrangement to license a
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in the electronic music field. Their first single was "The Drums", followed by "Exploration of Space", "Mental Atmosphere" and their "Somewhere over the Rainbow" remix using samples from the film "The Wizard of Oz". However, Cosmic Gate did not become well known until their single "Fire Wire" was released in the UK in 2001. Cosmic Gate have made many remixes for artists such as Tiësto (Urban Train), Ferry Corsten (Punk), Blank & Jones (DFF), Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), Svenson & Gielen (Answer the Question) and Vanessa-Mae (White Bird). Over the past few years, Cosmic Gate's sound has developed
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cappella"" category for their song "Daft Punk", a medley of songs by Daft Punk. On February 15, 2016, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the same category, this time for "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from their "That’s Christmas to Me" album. On February 12, 2017, Pentatonix won a Grammy in the "Best Country duo/group performance" category for "Jolene" which featured Dolly Parton. Maldonado performed at the Hippodrome, London with the song "Never Neverland" together with Scott Alan in May 2014. In January 2016, Maldonado performed the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" at the World Dog Awards in honor of
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interest in Hawaii began 25 years prior while honeymooning on the main island of Hawai'i. Years later, he heard Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's rendition of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", which touched him. "I put together this fascination and love and this experience I had with my wife in Hawaii, with this feeling I had for this song and thought, wow, if I could blend those two things, it would be really—a film I would love to see." The idea began to coalesce while attending the wedding of his sister, who married at the age of 43. "As my sister stood up on
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Ramos on the other hand was a child prodigy — a singing and dancing wonder boy who often accompanied Gary Valenciano on his shows and tours all over the country. The two new talents who danced as well as they sang provided a fresh and youthful take on South Border, which has since then came up with hits such as "Rainbow" which first hit the airwaves in 2003 for the promotion of Sharon Cuneta’s Metro Manila Film Festival entry, "Crying Ladies". South Border’s music even dominated television with their song "Ikaw Nga"—the love theme from the hit TV series "Mulawin".
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in June 2009. In early 2009 it was announced that Jewel would release a new studio album titled "Lullaby", a collection of lullabies which she described as "not just for children, but also adults". Its lead single, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", was released on iTunes on March 17, 2009. The album was released on May 5, 2009. "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" was No. 1 on The Top Children's Songs the week of release. Like 2011's "The Merry Goes 'Round", it is sold under the Fisher Price brand which Jewel described as "a great partnership". She also recorded the "Make It
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adapted into a children's novel, an opera, and at least seven films between 1910 and 2002. See the German equivalent (blue flower). The immense popularity of Maeterlinck's play probably originated the idiom in English. In 1934 this was strengthened by the popular American song "Bluebird of Happiness". Written by Sandor Harmati and Edward Heyman, it was recorded several times by American tenor Jan Peerce, for RCA Victor and also by Art Mooney and His Orchestra. The lyrics "Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly" in Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's 1938 song for the movie Wizard of Oz is a likely
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In May 2006, McPhee visited her "alma mater" Notre Dame High School for her hometown celebration. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa visited the school and proclaimed the day Katharine McPhee Day. She finished as the runner-up to Taylor Hicks. On June 6, 2006, Sony BMG announced that McPhee had signed to "American Idol" series creator Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings Limited and Sony BMG's RCA Records. Also in June, McPhee performed at the "J.C. Penney Jam: Concert for America's Kids", soloing with "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and performing a duet with Andrea Bocelli on "Somos Novios". McPhee's "Idol" single, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/My
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was played over the sound system prior to the show and during intermission. Chris Rainbow Christopher James Harley, known by the stage name Chris Rainbow (18 November 1946 – 22 February 2015), was a Scottish rock singer and musician who had two hit songs, "Give Me What I Cry For" and "Solid State Brain" in the 1970s. In addition to his solo career he was a vocalist and vocal arranger who sang with many rock, pop and progressive bands as well as solo artists. Latterly, he owned his own studio and worked as a respected producer. He was born the
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began in 2016, when she released her first album, Songs from the Basement. In Summer 2017, her dad told her American Idol was having auditions and asked if she was interested. She gladly said yes. She sang "Rainbow Connection" at her audition and things started winding up from there. She won American Idol May 21, 2018. She has a single and a Christmas song out. Prior to "Idol", she auditioned to "The Voice" in 2016. The program aired on NBC on February 29, 2016 in season 10 of the show. She sang "Dog Days Are Over" from Florence and the
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in the 1969 Israeli Song Festival where she sang "שיר בארבעה בתים" (shir b'arbaah batim / "Song in Four Verses"). While she did not win the competition, the song itself became a big success. In 1973, she first took part in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest in Luxembourg where she reached the fourth position with the song "Ey Sham" ("Somewhere"). This was also the first ever participation of Israel in the Song Contest. The song was composed by Nurit Hirsh, who also conducted the orchestra in Luxembourg on that occasion. It was only the second time that the orchestra was
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Song for Ronnie James "Song for Ronnie James" is a song by Norwegian heavy metal singer Jorn from the tribute album "Dio". It was written as a tribute to the deceased Ronnie James Dio who died a couple of months earlier. The song is the only on the album which is not a Dio / Black Sabbath / Rainbow cover. It has been performed live many times but the most notable was at "Brew House" Gothenburg, Sweden when the crowd sang almost the whole song. Clocking at 8:07 it is the longest track on the album. The music video, together
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8th World Wonder "8th World Wonder" is the 2004 debut single from "American Idol" finalist Kimberley Locke, from the album "One Love". The single (written by Canadian songwriter/performer Joel Parkes, Shaun Shankel & Kyle Jacobs) debuted on the "Billboard" Singles Sales Chart at number one, making it the first non-"Idol" single to top the chart from any "Idol" finalist. The single was later nominated in the category for "Best Love Song" at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards. The release also features a brand new modern arrangement of Locke's signature song from the show, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". In a recent
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and "" Lea Michele performed the song at the 2010 Tony Awards. The Dorothys on Over the Rainbow, the TV show in which Andrew Lloyd Webber chooses a Dorothy for the west end production, also sing this song as a group number. Mireille Mathieu sang this song on her 2006 Films and Shows album. It was also featured in the TV show God, the Devil and Bob. British band Japan covered the song on their 1978 debut album "Adolescent Sex", and released it as their debut single the same year. It was also used in the BBC sitcom "Beautiful People".
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week ending January 18, 2004). In the U.S., it was certified Platinum for 1,000,000 downloads sold. As of October 2014 it had sold over 4.2 million digital copies. In the UK, "Over the Rainbow" was released as a single under the title "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". It entered the UK Official Singles Chart in April 2007 at number 68. In Germany, the single also returned to the German Singles Chart in September 2010. After two weeks on that chart, it received gold status for selling 150,000 copies. In October 2010, it reached number one on the German charts. In 2011
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cast of Rocky over the rainbow playing Maggs and in later versions Dorothy. She was part of Musicals in Ahoy 2001 singing the rol of Kim from Miss Saigon as well as Eponine from [Les Miserables]]. She also represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in Stockholm,with the song No Goodbyes involving a huge black and white dress designed by Jan Aarntzen Sweden, and finished the competition in 13th place with the song "No Goodbyes". Wagenmakers played the role of Kim in the Dutch version of the musical "Miss Saigon". She also sang in the show "Musicals in
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completely different rhythmically. And it's also harmonized completely differently... It's over a different chord and so on, but still it's the first seven notes of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'". Schwartz further obscured the motif's origin by setting it in a minor key in most instances. This also creates contrast in the songs in which it forms a part, for example in "Defying Gravity", which is written primarily in the key of D-flat major. In the song "The Wicked Witch of the East", however, when Elphaba finally uses her powers to let her sister walk, the "Unlimited" theme is played in
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platinum album, selling more than a million CDs in the United States, according to figures furnished by the Recording Industry Association of America. On July 21, 2006, BBC Radio 1 announced that "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World (True Dreams)" would be released as a single in America. In 1994, Kamakawiwoʻole was voted favorite entertainer of the year by the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts (HARA). "E Ala E" (1995) featured the political title song "ʻE Ala ʻE" and "Kaleohano", and "N Dis Life" (1996) featured "In This Life" and "Starting All Over Again". In 1997, Kamakawiwoʻole was again
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Navy Yard, where she sang along with a live band. During the performance, Gaga gave a shout-out to artist Jeff Koons, who was heavily involved in the visuals related to the "Artpop" era and its campaigns, and dedicated the song to him. She again performed "Gypsy" on a piano on a "Saturday Night Live" show later that month, wearing a rainbow colored leotard with giant shoulder pads. Around the one minute mark, when the tempo of the song changes from a ballad to its original anthemic composition, a band stepped onstage from the shadows behind as well as dancers, who
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was also performed by Jessica Robinson on "Over the Rainbow". On May 26, 2012, contestant Ruth Brown performed the song live during the semi-finals of the first season of "The Voice UK", which left tears on her eyes. Brown revealed that the song was personal to her because she had a hard time at school. Judge Sir Tom Jones complimented her performance, "The story of the song means a lot to her, I think this girl is stronger than even she realises it herself", "You didn’t just sing it, you lived it". On June 8, 2013, eleven-year-old Ariksandra Libantino sang
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for three additional movies. He was cast in another musical later the same year called "Rainbow on the River", co-starring May Robson and Alan Mowbray. He sang Ave Maria and the film's title song "Rainbow on the River". Kurt Neumann, who had directed Breen in his first two pictures, worked with him for the last time in "Make a Wish" in 1937. His co-star was Basil Rathbone. In a 1938 article, he was referred to as one of the rare cases of child actors succeeding in an adult-dominated industry. By the time he had completed filming "Escape to Paradise" in
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version of the fleur now appears on the corps' uniform over the left breast. The corps' official colors are dark green and white. The Scouts first performed "You'll Never Walk Alone" as a part of their first field show in 1954. Challenged by the Cavaliers singing "Somewhere, Over The Rainbow" in 1957, the corps responded with "You'll Never Walk Alone", and it has remained the official corps song to this day. In both the 1971 production of "The Wizard of Oz" and the 2005 production of "Carmen", the Scouts used one female performer in each show. At VFW Nationals in
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Matthew; for television purposes he has remained as Matthew Corbett. He appeared in the 1971 "Doctor Who" serial "The Dæmons" as a character called Jones and was a regular performer in the Thames Television children's show "Rainbow", where he sang and performed and wrote with Rod Burton and Jane Tucker as Rod, Matt and Jane, later better known as Rod, Jane and Freddy. In 1976 Matthew left "Rainbow" to take over "The Sooty Show" from his father, Harry Corbett, on his retirement (he made a special guest appearance on Rainbow with Sooty in the episode "The VIP"). Matthew Corbett retired
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sing and dance at the same time. She takes pills and is almost in critical condition. Hyeok-ju rushes to the hospital, and Sang-mi follows, and Rex tries to stop her. When she insists on going, he takes her there in his car. Hyeok-ju and Hee-su reconcile, and Sang-mi walks into the hospital room when they are hugging and Hee-su is crying. She feels like an outsider and leaves, and Rex, seeing her face, takes her to a karaoke place. He sings her his song "Tomorrow" and puts his arm around her while she cries but tries to smile at the
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92,000 downloads. In the top 5 Live shows, McAndrew covered "Make it Rain" by Foy Vance and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2, and was voted through to the finale. During the finale the top four were given three songs to perform. McAndrew covered "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Lost Stars", a duet with his coach Adam Levine. His third performance was the original song "Wasted Love", which was his first single to break the top 10 singles of the iTunes top 200 charts. A music video for "Wasted Love" was released on "The Voice"s YouTube
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her earlier records. "Sings Some Ol' Songs" includes classics such as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "My Funny Valentine" and "Moon River". That year, Williams was also a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. Throughout her marriage to Jayhawk member Mark Olson, the pair regularly toured and recorded together as The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, The Creekdippers, and Mark Olson and the Creekdippers, releasing a total of seven albums and one "best of" compilation. "Miss Williams' Guitar", a song on the Jayhawks' 1995 album "Tomorrow the Green Grass", was written for her by Olson
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and a central figure – maybe THE central figure – of the Hawaiian Renaissance in the '70s, but that he was an inspiration to others. Thousands of Hawaiian kids learned that they were worthy as a people because of Gabby's example." Gabby was mentioned in Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's famous performance of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" on his 1993 "Facing Future" album. In the opening moments of the song, Kamakawiwo'ole can be heard saying, "'Kay, this one's for Gabby." Pahinui received the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Artists Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. He received a second Hawai'i Academy of
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but to no avail. She remains bedridden for the duration of Dawn's school year. At school, Dawn is excited by the musical opportunities now opening up to her. Her enjoyment of music culminates in her solo song, "Somewhere over the Rainbow", at a school concert. Although nervous because of a prank pulled earlier by Clara Sue and her clique, Dawn draws emotional strength from the pearl necklace Sally Jean gave her earlier in the evening, which she claims are a Longchamp heirloom. Dawn's world comes crashing down after her solo performance at the school concert. Her beloved mother, Sally Jean,
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on a talk show about strange families. The song was performed by American country music singer Ray Stevens, and can be heard on his 1987 album "Crackin' Up!". Willie Nelson performed the song on his 2001 album "The Rainbow Connection". This song was also performed by Grandpa Jones, who sang it both at the Grand Ole Opry and on the TV show "Hee Haw". It was also later recorded on the album "Home is Where the Heart Is" by David Grisman and on Michael Cooney's album of songs for children. Folk singer Steve Goodman included it in his live shows,
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to avoid confusion with Steve Harley, saying: Rainbow had a severe stutter which disappeared when he sang. Between 1972-73, Rainbow was involved in a band called Hopestreet. Following this, he recorded first as Christopher Rainbow, then Chris Rainbow, and released three solo albums "Home of the Brave" in 1975, "Looking Over My Shoulder" in 1977, and "White Trails" in 1979. Tracks from the latter two albums are collected on "The Best of Chris Rainbow, 1972–1980", which has appeared in single and double CD sets and includes radio spots, and rare and unreleased material. At this time Rainbow received much wider
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in concert. Rachelle Ferrell, Ron Isley, Peabo Bryson and Tamia sang the song in tribute to LaBelle as she was honored at the 1998 Soul Train Music Awards. Mariah Carey featured LaBelle's rendition of "Over the Rainbow" as part of her live tribute following a brief performance of "If Only You Knew" at the 1998 Essence Awards. SWV also included a studio recorded cover on their 2012 album "I Missed Us", which went on to be nominated for Best Traditional R&B Performance at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. SWV performed the song on the 22nd Annual Trumpet Awards in 2014
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following their performance. The public would then get the chance to vote for their favourite Dorothy, and the two Dorothys with the fewest votes performed in a sing-off in front of Lloyd Webber during the results show. He would then decide which potential Dorothy to keep in the contest. To end the programme, the surviving Dorothys sang "We Thank You Very Sweetly", a verse from "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead", while the leaving Dorothy handed her shoes to the saved Dorothy, who gave them to Lloyd Webber. The eliminated Dorothy would then lead a performance of "Over the Rainbow" whilst
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Argument supported The Dresden Dolls as an opening act on their tour of Australia. On 24 February 2012, the Jane Austen Argument's debut album, Somewhere Under the Rainbow, was made available for pre-release download for those who donated to the Pozible fund. On 27 February 2012, Somewhere Under The Rainbow was made available for pre-order. Pre-ordering the album allowed buyers to download the first three tracks of the album prior to the release. The pre-order peaked at Number 1 on Bandcamp on the same day. The duo launched their album to the public on 2 March 2012 during a round
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film, narrated by Art Carney. The music was sung and played by the Mitch Miller Chorus and Orchestra. Musical selections in The Wizard of Oz The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film "The Wizard of Oz" have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, "Over the Rainbow", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film. Music and lyrics were by Harold Arlen and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, who won an Academy Award for Best Song for "Over the Rainbow". Herbert Stothart, who underscored the
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Musical selections in The Wizard of Oz The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film "The Wizard of Oz" have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, "Over the Rainbow", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film. Music and lyrics were by Harold Arlen and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, who won an Academy Award for Best Song for "Over the Rainbow". Herbert Stothart, who underscored the film, won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Some of that underscoring was, of course, based on
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The show was split into six sections along with an encore; all the costumes for the tour were designed by for Kylie by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier. The elements of the tour drew inspiration from Kylie's earlier tours, borrowing song interpretations, screen visuals, and costumes. The show began with an instrumental introduction containing elements of "Over the Rainbow", "Somewhere" and "The Sound of Music", which leads into the countdown of "Light Years", which was remixed by Steve Anderson; Kylie was lowered onto the stage on the skull used for "Like a Drug" on the KylieX2008 tour; following this is
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The overdubbed demo was included as a track on an eight-song album subsequently released by Luniverse. Only one single was released from these Luniverse overdubs—"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"/ "Hey Senorita". Johnson's Dot group had an extra advantage—he had been discharged from the USAF and his group could tour freely, while the original group needed to seek military leave in order to tour. Mercury sued, claiming it had sole rights to any spelling of the group's name, and the Dell-Vikings briefly became The Versatiles, with singles being billed to "Kripp Johnson and the Versatiles" or "Chuck Jackson and the Versatiles". The
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entranced the audience with, amongst others, the Grammy winning "Both Sides Now", Joan Baez’s "Diamonds and Rust" and took to the piano herself for a moving song about her late mother "In The Twilight". Collins returned for one encore "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" - a fitting end to the centenary celebrations. The artwork for this year's festival was specially created by Woody Fest regular and Advisory Board member, Ellis Paul. The original of Paul's artwork was auctioned on eBay as a fundraiser for the Woody Guthrie Coalition. The 16th annual festival took place July 10–14, 2013. A pre-festival benefit show
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In the US version of the Harry Potter novels, lemon drops are Dumbledore's favorite candy. It is also used as a password to enter his office. In the original UK version, he eats sherbet lemons. Lemon drops are also Referenced in the 1939 MGM Movie The Wizard of Oz, in the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", sung by Judy Garland~ where troubles melt like Lemon drops, high above the chimney tops". Lemon drop (candy) A lemon drop is a sugar coated, lemon-flavored candy that is typically colored yellow and often shaped like a miniature lemon. They can be sweet or
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Song, Strange Design, Sweet Adeline, David Bowie ENCORE: Sleeping Monkey, Rocky Top Notes: Page performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" solo on the theremin. <br> "Waste" through "Strange Design" were performed on the acoustic mini-stage. Live Phish Volume 12 Live Phish Vol. 12 was recorded live at the Deer Creek Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana, on August 13, 1996. The album marked the first time that the songs "Strange Design" and "Sleeping Monkey" had appeared on a commercially released Phish album. Highlights include a mini-acoustic set of songs from the soon-to-be released, critically acclaimed "Billy Breathes" album, as well as a
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role model: Don't be like me", he said. He also established the Mickey Mantle Foundation to raise awareness for organ donations. Soon, he was back in the hospital, where it was found that his liver cancer spread throughout his body. Mickey Mantle died on August 13, 1995, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He was 63 years old. During the first Yankee home game after Mantle's passing, Eddie Layton played "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on the Hammond organ at Yankee Stadium because Mickey had once told him it was his favorite song. The Yankees played the rest of the
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song co-written by Ryan Tedder and McPhee, was released. On August 28, "Love Strikes," was released on iTunes. "Hysteria", McPhee's fourth studio album was released as scheduled on September 18, 2015. On December 6, Katharine performed "You Make Me Feel So Young" and with John Legend on "You and Me (We Wanted It All)" on the Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert. McPhee returned to "American Idol" on March 24, 2016, for which she performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". She returned for the fifteenth season finale on April 7, where she performed a short version of "Need You Now" with
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and her older sister Mollie. When Connie was little, she spent much time with her grandmother Violet, watching "The Wizard of Oz". It was with Violet that Connie first sang. Violet died in 2006, before Connie became internationally known, and Connie sang at her funeral. Connie Talbot Connie Victoria Elizabeth Talbot (born 20 November 2000) is a British singer. She rose to fame in 2007 when she reached the final of the first series of "Britain's Got Talent". Talbot signed with Rainbow Recording Company and released her debut album "Over the Rainbow" in the UK on 26 November 2007. The
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'Man, what chord am I supposed to do here?' and Mariah has such a good ear that she sang me the chord. While the album was immersed further into mainstream R&B territory, Carey included some of her classic ballads and tender love songs on the album, working with writers and producers such as David Foster and Diane Warren. The idea to work with Warren was suggested by Foster, who thought that the two would be able to "hammer out one hell of a ballad" together. The two wrote and produced the song titled "After Tonight." Carey felt the song was
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to become famous and for that she turned to the famous singer Rex and dumped her boyfriend Hyeok-ju. Rex didn't mind being used and helped her along even though Hee-su wasn't that talented. Then there was this oddball, Sang-mi, who was a huge fan of Rex. She was poor but full of passion for doing the things she loved. At first, she was despised by everyone but bit by bit she won people over. Hyeok-ju began to develop feelings for her. Things went crazy when Rex started to fall for Sang-mi. Hyeok-ju and his group, Gangster, are signed on to
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Chris Rainbow Christopher James Harley, known by the stage name Chris Rainbow (18 November 1946 – 22 February 2015), was a Scottish rock singer and musician who had two hit songs, "Give Me What I Cry For" and "Solid State Brain" in the 1970s. In addition to his solo career he was a vocalist and vocal arranger who sang with many rock, pop and progressive bands as well as solo artists. Latterly, he owned his own studio and worked as a respected producer. He was born the son of James Harley and Pamela Clapham. He adopted the stage name "Rainbow"
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the book by pulp writer Steve Fisher. In a jarring move that works in an odd way, 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' is the soundtrack that can be heard throughout. This early film noir, shot in a naturalistic style, showed how dark photography can increase a brooding mood and make the film more tense ... The conclusion is filled with plot twists and surprise character revelations, as the marvelously sinister performance by Laird Cregar as the sicko detective dominates the screen." The film's score was made up of "Over the Rainbow" and the theme from the 1931 film "Street Scene", written
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special entitled "Aselin Debison: Sweet is the Melody". She performed selections from her debut album and also classic Cape Breton Island songs, such as the Island's anthem. During her tour to promote "Sweet is the Melody", she performed in New York, Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, Korea. One track from the "Sweet is the Melody", Debison's cover of the distinctive Israel Kamakawiwo'ole medley arrangement Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, became popular in Korea and Japan. (This medley and adaptation of Over The Rainbow have frequently been wrongly attributed to American singer Norah Jones.) Thanks to its inclusion in soft
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George Noory uses "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" as bumper music on the overnight talk radio show "Coast To Coast AM". Israel Kamakawiwoʻole Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole (, translation: "The Fearless Eyed Man") (May 20, 1959 – June 26, 1997), also called Braddah Iz or IZ, was a Native Hawaiian singer-songwriter, musician, and Hawaiian sovereignty activist. His voice became famous outside Hawaii when his album "Facing Future" was released in 1993. His medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" was released on his albums "Ka ʻAnoʻi" and "Facing Future". It was subsequently featured in several films, television programs,
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Sing Sang Song "Sing Sang Song" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed in German by the Les Humphries Singers. The Les Humphries Singers had had a series of hits Continental Europe and Scandinavia in the early 1970s, most notably "Mexico" (1972) and "Mama Loo" (1973). The group's usual line-ups consisted of 20 performers and up from all over the world. For their performance in Eurovision they were, however, reduced to six singers; two female and four male. "Sing Sang Song" was composed by Eurovision veteran Ralph Siegel, who had made his debut in the 1974
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get enough votes from the public. She followed it up with the French language "Je suis malade" from Serge Lama and was safe after the public vote. In the semifinals with her rendition of "Over the Rainbow", she qualified for the finals held on 20 April where she sang "I'm Gonna Be Strong" from Frankie Laine and an original song titled "My Love". She placed second to winner Mikko Sipola. Aalto auditioned for the thirteenth UK series of "The X Factor" in 2016, singing a cover of Sia's "Chandelier", which earned her three yeses from the attending judges. At the
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