Besides my grandfather's clock, there are international pop songs from America. This time, an early pop song that helped the United States become a legal pop music center was composed by irving berlin and was copyrighted at 19 1 13.00. This song is "The Ragtime Band of Alexandria", which sold more than 654.38+0 million singles in the first three months alone, which is almost unheard of. It also sells well in Britain and Ireland, which is rare for an American song.
For "Alexander's ragtime band", this is neither clever nor sophisticated; This is just a simple and catchy song of all the great pop songs in Song Like. It has a good hook-"Come on, listen, come on, listen …", more than a century has passed, and many people are still familiar with it.
The simplicity of this song is a boon to its target group. Although technically speaking, it is not a real "rag", its advantage is that it is much easier for amateurs to play it than real rag time movies. This will undoubtedly help to increase single sales. The easier it is to master a song, the more likely it is for people to listen to it at the home of friends or relatives, and then go out to buy music by themselves.
There are two versions. You usually hear how this song was formed. The first time was Berlin, a famous evening event, which was written in the middle of the night and was copyrighted the next day. However, another version of Berlin Independence is that this song existed as a piano solo as early as 19 10. He talked about it in an interview with 192 1. "For about a year, it has been lying on the shelf-no one likes it and I hate it myself. But soon it became my money lamb.
Alexander's ragtime band has been very popular for decades after its first release. Bessie Smith of 1927 (generally considered to be the best version), louis armstrong of 1937, Johnny Mercer of 1945 and ray charles of 1959 have all recorded this song. Very famous
Irving berlin just warmed up. He also brought us other timeless classics, including God Bless America, White Christmas, Nothing is better than show business and many other great songs.
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This alphabet song is adapted from a tune by Mozart, which originated from the military song Taps. The Beatles rejected johnny cash's song A Boy named Sue, which was written by Sheryl silverstein. Silver Bell s was originally called Jingle Bells, and expanded to the ragtime band in Alexandria, which was the biggest pop song in Alexandria in the early 20th century.