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It's The Hard Knock Life
"It's the Hard Knock Life" is a song from the musical ''Annie'' with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. The song is sung by the eponymous protagonist, together with her fellow orphan girls, and is about how the girls are treated by Miss Hannigan. In the 2014 film adaptation, the lyrics in the line "No one cares for you a smidge, when you're in an orphanage", have been changed to "no one cares for you a bit, when you're a foster kid". As well as the line "You'll stay up 'til this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler building", has been changed to "Make my bathroom shine, but don't touch my medicine cabinet". Cover versions * The song is sampled in the Jay-Z song " Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)." The Jay-Z version is parodied in the Mike Myers James Bond parody film '' Austin Powers in Goldmember''. * The song is sampled in the Lil' Romeo track "We Can Make It Right" from his second album '' Game Time''. * Play covered the song in 2004 for their th ...
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Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to such Broadway musicals as ''Bye Bye Birdie (musical), Bye Bye Birdie'', ''Applause (musical), Applause'', and ''Annie (musical), Annie''. Life and career Strouse was born in New York City, to Jewish parents, Ethel (née Newman) and Ira Strouse, who worked in the tobacco business. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, he studied under Arthur Victor Berger, Arthur Berger, David Diamond (composer), David Diamond, Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger."Charles Strouse"
masterworksbroadway.com, retrieved December 11, 2017
Strouse's first Broadway theatre, Broadway musical theatre, musical was ''Bye Bye Birdie (musical), Bye Bye Birdie'', with lyrics by Lee Adams, which opened in 1960. Adams became his long-time colla ...
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Play (Swedish Group)
Play was a Swedish pop girl group. Faye Hamlin, Anna Sundstrand, Anaïs Lameche, and Rosie Munter formed Play's original lineup from the band's formation from 2000 until late 2003. After founding member Faye left the group, fifth member Janet Leon joined Play to fill Hamlin's position as lead singer."Best-Selling Swedish Pop Quartet Play Welcomes New Member Janet Leon"
play-central.com via archive.org. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
In 2005, the group officially announced an "indefinite break" and split up."* :: A Letter from PLAY :: *"
2005-09-29. Retrieved 2011-03-19 ...
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Songs With Music By Charles Strouse
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers f ...
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A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetition and variation of sections. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally "by ear" are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers, and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composer ...
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WhoSampled
WhoSampled is a website and app database of information about sampled music or sample-based music, cover songs and remixes. History Nadav Poraz founded the site in London, England in 2008, as a way to track musical samples and cover songs. Mobile apps were released in 2012 and 2014 for iPhone and Android, respectively. The website's database is user-generated and reviewed by moderators before the content goes live. As of 2022, the site's most sampled track is the Amen break from the Winstons. In 2015, the site added support for film and television clips. The following year, it partnered with Spotify and introduced a six degrees of separation-inspired game that tracks relationships between artists, producers, and their tracks. In October 2017, WhoSampled partnered with KPM and Ableton and organised the third 'Samplethon' competition at Point Blank Studios in London. See also * Interpolation (popular music) * Discogs * Pandora Radio * SecondHandSongs SecondHandS ...
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Mama Said (Lukas Graham Song)
"Mama Said" is a single by Danish recording act Lukas Graham. The song was released as a digital download on 23 June 2014 through Copenhagen Records. It achieved success in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The song was written by Lukas Forchhammer, Morten Ristorp, Stefan Forrest, and Morten "Pilo" Pilegaard, and it was produced by Forrest and Ristorp under their stage name Future Animals, and Pilegaard. It samples the song "It's the Hard Knock Life "It's the Hard Knock Life" is a song from the musical '' Annie'' with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin. The song is sung by the eponymous protagonist, together with her fellow orphan girls, and is about how the girls are treat ..." from the musical '' Annie''. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history References External links * 2014 songs 2014 singles 2010s ballads Lukas Graham songs Pop ballads Number-one singles in Denmark Son ...
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Lukas Graham
Lukas Graham is a Danish pop band consisting of lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lukas Forchhammer, bassist Magnus Larsson, and drummer Mark Falgren. The band released their first album, ''Lukas Graham'', with labels Copenhagen Records and Then We Take The World in 2012. The album peaked at number one on the Danish charts. Their second album was released in 2015 and earned international attention with singles like " Mama Said" and " 7 Years", the latter of which topped the singles charts in many major music markets. The self-titled international debut album was officially released in the United States by Warner Bros. Records on 1 April 2016. Career 2011–2012: Career beginnings The band formed in Denmark in 2011 and initially uploaded homemade videos of the songs "Drunk in the Morning" and "Criminal Mind". The songs were also shared on Facebook and accrued several hundred thousand views. The band signed a record deal in late 2011 with the Danish record label Copenh ...
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Annie (1982 Film)
''Annie'' is a 1982 American musical comedy-drama film based on the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan, which in turn is based on the '' Little Orphan Annie'' comic strip created by Harold Gray. Directed by John Huston and written by Carol Sobieski, the cast includes Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Tim Curry, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann, with Aileen Quinn as the title character. It is the first film adaptation of the musical. Set during the Great Depression in 1933, the film tells the story of Annie, an orphan from New York City who is taken in by America's richest billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Principal photography took place for six weeks at Monmouth University in New Jersey in 1981. Produced by Ray Stark's Rastar and released by Columbia Pictures on May 21, 1982, ''Annie'' received mixed reviews from film critics and grossed $57 million on a $35 million budget. The film was ...
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Don't Stop The Music (Play Album)
''Don't Stop the Music'' is the third album of the Swedish girlband Play. It is the first album by the group to feature vocals from then new member Janet Leon, who replaced founding member and lead singer Faye Hamlin. In fact, many of the album's tracks are believed to have been originally recorded with Faye, as many years later an alternative version of Another Love Story was released featuring her vocals. The album was released on 9 March 2004. This was the group's least successful album and did not chart on the ''Billboard'' 200. Track listing * There are several cover versions of previously recorded songs. The title track was originally recorded and released as a single by Swedish singer Robyn. "Every Little Step" was originally a track on Bobby Brown's 1988 album ''Don't Be Cruel''. "Girls Can Too" is a reworked and reworded version of Nanase Aikawa's "Bye Bye" (later covered by Jennifer Ellison as "Bye Bye Boy"). "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", which also appeared on '' ...
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Game Time
''Game Time'' is the second studio album by American rapper Lil' Romeo. It was released on December 17, 2002 on The New No Limit and Universal Records. The album peaked at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and had first week sales of 93,000 copies. Critical reception Dan LeRoy from AllMusic found the album "overlong and musically malnourished" with its track listing and overuse of lazy sampling but gave credit to Romeo's charm on songs like "True Love" and "2-Way", concluding that he should follow in the footsteps of Will Smith and go into acting instead. Jon Caramanica, writing for ''Rolling Stone'', said that ''Game Time'' "doesn't have much to recommend it, but if nothing else, Romeo has got his target demo on lock." Robert Ford of ''Entertainment Weekly'' felt throughout the album that "an overabundance of samples and fluff, not to mention unskilled flow, proves Romeo is still lil’ league." Track listing ;Sample credits * "Too Long" contains a sample of "I Wanna Be W ...
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Martin Charnin
Martin Charnin (November 24, 1934 – July 6, 2019) was an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Charnin's best-known work is as conceiver, director, and lyricist of the musical ''Annie.'' Life and career Charnin was born in New York City, the son of Birdie (Blakeman) and William Charnin, an opera singer. His family was Jewish. Charnin graduated from The High School of Music & Art and then from The Cooper Union, where he earned a BFA."Martin Charnin Biography".
FilmReference.com, accessed July 11, 2012
Charnin began his theatrical career as a performer, appearing as "Big Deal", one of the Jets in the original production of ''''.
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