Any August Songs?

Subject: RE: Any August Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 28 Aug 24 - 05:27 PM

August 28 1914 The first major naval action between British and German naval forces during the First World War, the Battle of Heligoland Bight.

WE’LL KNOCK THE HELIGO INTO HELIGO   -   Sung by Laurence Rubenstein accompanied by Denese Coulbeck.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap32LeqW4tg
"We'll Knock the Heligo Into Heligo Out of Heligoland" sung by Arthur Fields, baritone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-JzWbqcQq8
We'll Knock The Heligo-- Into Heligo-- Out Of Heligoland! from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27ll_Knock_The_Heligo--_Into_Heligo--_Out_Of_Heligoland!
Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight_(1914)

Subject: RE: Any August Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 30 Aug 24 - 09:35 AM

29th August 1930 The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda (40 miles west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean) were voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.

Alasdair Roberts & Robin Robertson - Hirta Songs     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0E2QR7A2g
Hirta from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirta
Lost songs of St Kilda     https://www.lostsongsofstkilda.com/
On this day 1930: The evacuation of St Kilda, from The Scotsman   https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/on-this-day-1930-the-evacuation-of-st-kilda-581945

Subject: RE: Any August Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 31 Aug 24 - 06:13 AM

30th August 1936 The RMS Queen Mary won the Blue Riband by setting the fastest time for a transatlantic crossing.

QUEEN OF THE SEA  - Alex Mendham & His Orchestra      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uFz4AF-cfY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElFGB1KStxg
Queen Of The Sea "Queen Mary"by Horatio Nicholls from Songfacts  -   https://www.songfacts.com/facts/horatio-nicholls/queen-of-the-sea-queen-mary

RMS Queen Mary from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary

Subject: RE: Any August Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 02 Sep 24 - 07:18 PM

August 6, 1962 Jamaica became independent after centuries of British and Spanish rule.

INDEPENDENT JAMAICA  -   Lord Creator     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmJbq2U7ODk

Subject: RE: Any August Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 04 Sep 24 - 05:04 AM

8th August, 1963 Britain’s Great Train Robbery

(HAVE YOU SEEN) BRUCE RICHARD REYNOLDS?   -   James Donal Faulkner     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHnc0kxwB_E
Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds - Alabama 3     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QbmRgKuWa8
Bruce Richard Reynolds  -   Nigel Denver   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSKTxGhJDY4
Bruce Richard Reynolds - Co Jo    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAp6S735D4o

Subject: RE: Any August Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 10 Sep 24 - 11:16 AM

18–19 August 1612 Pendle witch Trials took place at Lancaster Assizes.
Pendle witches from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witches

SONGS ABOUT THE PENDLE WITCHES    
OLD PENDLE  -   The Pendlefolk     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-g8Wvttrj8
THE PENDLE WITCHES   -   Cobalt Tales     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNT-6cuEuZE
PENDLE WITCH SONG     by Ursula Holden Gill     https://ursulaholdengill.bandcamp.com/track/pendle-witch-song
THE SONG OF ALIZON DEVICE (PENDLE WITCH SONG No 1)         https://soundcloud.com/something-memorable/the-song-of-alizon-device
MENDLE  -   Mr. Fox    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQN9XyGcuyE

Subject: RE: Any August Songs?
From: GeoffLawes
Date: 14 Sep 24 - 07:05 AM

13 August 1961 Construction of Berlin Wall started.

BERLIN WALL SONGS
BERLIN WALL  - Rai Thistlethwayte       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBX1Al6RlZ4
DANCING ON THE BERLIN WALL   - Rational Youth       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZr4KnpYhCE
TEAR ME DOWN  - Hedwig and the Angry Inch       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIZ5F2CKlZE
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL  - Pink Floyd       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMtSisXjYZo
WIND OF CHANGE  - Scorpions       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ