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GUEST,.gargoyle Lyr Req: Nixon/Khrushchev Duet (16) RE: Lyr Req: Nixon/Khrushchev Duet 24 Jul 23


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Technique - "Fight Songs" By Pat Edwards
Music is a big part of college tradition on every campus, and Georgia Tech is no exception. One of our fight songs even helped thaw the cold war. Learn the words and you'll be a part of cheering our teams to victory.
(https://web.archive.org/web/20041113073838/http://nique.net/issues/2000-08-25/online%20exclusives/11)

"The fame of the song spread to such proportions that in 1959 it was sung by Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev at their historic meeting in Moscow."
(https://web.archive.org/web/20071226113349/http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/trads/geot-trads.html)

"Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sang the song together during a summit in Moscow in 1958. The mood was quite tense, so Nixon suggested doing something to lighten the mood. For some reason, they chose to sing a song together. “I’m a Ramblin’ Wreck” was picked because Khrushchev had heard it on an Ed Sullivan sing-a-long during a previous trip to the United States, and Nixon knew no Russian songs."
(https://jimcofer.com/2007/06/25/what-you-didnt-know-about-im-a-ramblin-wreck/)


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