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Bell Bottom Trousers was the last song with a military connection to be featured on the popular radio and television broadcast Your Hit Parade. [ 2 ] The recording by Tony Pastor 's orchestra was made on April 4, 1945 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-1661, with the flip side "Five Salted Peanuts". [ 3 ]
The song is known for being the theme song to the TV series Veronica Mars, and was also notably featured in episodes of The O.C. [3] and Wonderfalls, as well as the FIFA Football 2004 soundtrack. It was also the theme song to Australian reality series My Restaurant Rules , and was featured as background music in the LucasArts video game ...
"The Quartermaster's Store" is a traditional song from England.It is Roud Folk Song Index no. 10508. [1] The origins of both tune and words are uncertain. It was sung by British and ANZAC soldiers during World War I, [2] [3] [4] but may be an older song of the prewar British regular army, [3] or even have origins dating back to the English Civil War in the 17th century. [4]
Stewart's "Sailing" had a UK chart revival in 1976 as a result of the track being utilized as theme song for Sailor a documentary series on HMS Ark Royal which BBC1 aired for ten weeks from 5 August 1976: "Sailing" ranked at No. 50 on the UK chart dated 4 September 1976 and the track's renewed popularity continued even after the 7 October 1976 ...
The song is in the key of G major and is built mainly around the chords of G, B minor, and D, with an A minor chord appearing during the final line of each stanza. It features driving guitar riffs, a burly yet funky bassline, and frantic drumbeats. [6] The song opens with an introduction, where a twanging guitar riff is played.
The "Marines' Hymn" is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps, introduced by the first director of the USMC Band, Francesco Maria Scala.Its music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years.
"Spider-Man" is the theme song of the 1967 cartoon show Spider-Man, composed by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris. The original song was recorded at RCA Studios in Toronto (where the cartoon was produced) featuring 12 CBC vocalists (members of the Billy Van Singers, and Laurie Bower Singers groups) who added to the musical backing track supplied by RCA Studios, New York.
Joel's first major hit and his signature song, "Piano Man" peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974. [4] [5] Following Joel's breakthrough as a popular musician with the release of The Stranger, it became one of his most well-known songs. In 2013, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [6]