Sixteen Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford

“Sixteen Tons” is a song about the misery of coal mining and was first recorded byUS country singer Merle Travis in 1946. This 1955 version recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford made it to the number one on the billboards charts.

Streets of London ….Revisited

Streets of London” is a

Song written by Ralph McTell. It was first recorded for McTell’s 1969 album Spiral Staircase but was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974. It was his greatest commercial success, reaching number two in the UK singles chart, at one point selling 90,000 copies a day and winning him the Ivor Novello Award. Funny thig was he never wanted to release it cos he thought it was too depressing.

Tradition

From the 1971  film adaptation of a Broadway musical Fiddler On The Roof. It was the longest running Broadway musical of its time ( for 10 years ) with more than 3000 shows and the film  was nominated for eight Academy awards and won three.

Man Smart,Woman Smarter

 

A funny song by Harry Belafonte live at Carnegie Hall.

Lady Of the Camellias

Lucia Lacarra was born in 1975 near San Sebastian, Spain. She studied with Victor Ullate in Madrid. She joined Roland Petit’s National Ballet of Marseille in 1994 as a principal dancer. Three years later she moved to San Francisco Ballet. Since 2002 she is a principal with Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich.

If I Were A Rich Man….

Fronm the 1971  film adaptation of a Broadway musical Fiddler On The Roof. It was the longest run ning Broadway musical of its time ( for 10 years ) with more than 3000 shows and the film  was nominated for eight Academy awards and won three.

There’s A Hole In The Bucket

Harry Belafonte and Odetta

Camouflage

Stan Ridgway

Universal Soldier

Mr.Bojangles

 

Sammy Davies Jr.