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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 |
Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 16 Sep 24 - 06:04 PM August 28, 1955 Murder of Emmet Till Emmett Till from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till# SONGS ABOUT EMMET TILL THE DEATH OF EMMET TILL AKA The Ballad of Emmet Till - Bob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-0vClQa1Hw THE DEATH OF EMMET TILL - The Ramparts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4fJ1s_W84 MY NAME IS EMMET TILL - Emmylou Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlHAr5IZhp8 EMMET’S GHOST - Eric Bibb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_OBMr-SvM4 TOO MANY MARTYRS - Phil Ochs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwh3UwElu6c (A song about Medger Evers which also refers to Emmet Till) |
Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 18 Sep 24 - 01:17 PM August 10, 1887 The Great Chatsworth Train Wreck occurred 3 miles (5 km) east of Chatsworth, Illinois, in the United States. About 85 were killed and many were injured. CHATSWORTH WRECK - Johnsburg 3 (Bucky Halker) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcYc4-R3JE Lyrics from Mudcat DT /mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=6040 Great Chatsworth train wreck from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1887_Great_Chatsworth_train_wreck |
Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 19 Sep 24 - 06:57 AM 30 August 1860 Britain’s first tramway opened in Birkenhead, near Liverpool. RIDING ON TOP OF THE CAR Various recordings on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=+Riding+on+Top+of+the+Car |
Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 25 Sep 24 - 04:23 PM 31 August 1900 Coca Cola is sold for the first time in Britain. RUM AND COCA COLA - The Andrews Sisters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk Rum & Coca Cola -Lord Invader - Rupert Westmore Grant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFKnLfOEwqI Coca Cola Commercial - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - 1971https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib-Qiyklq-Q THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE - The Who https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oCp5dV61g4 COCA COLA COWBOY - Mel Tillis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT7j5qOcbR0
Link to post above from henryp I’D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE |
Subject: RE: Any August Songs? From: GeoffLawes Date: 28 Sep 24 - 07:13 AM Link to INDEX OF AUGUST SONGS |
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