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Swanee (other)
Swanee may refer to: * Suwannee River, re-spelled "Swanee" by Stephen Foster to fit the rhythm in "Old Folks at Home", influencing subsequent uses of the word, such as: ** "Swanee" (song), a song by George Gershwin and Irving Caesar, made popular by Al Jolson ** Slide whistle, also called a swanee whistle ** Swanee, a soft drink made by the defunct Bob's-Cola company * Swanee (singer), the stage name of John Swan, an Australian rock singer See also * Sewanee (other) * Suwanee (other) * Suwannee (other) Suwannee may refer to: * Suwannee, Florida, a town in Dixie County * Suwannee County, Florida * Suwannee River * USS ''Suwannee'' (CVE-27) * Suwannee point, projectile point See also * Suwanee (other) Suwanee or Suwannee may refer to: ... * Swanee River (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suwannee River
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River or Swanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 18, 2011 The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida panhandle and the rest of the continent. Spelled as "Swanee", it is the namesake of two famous songs: Stephen Foster's " Swanee River" (1851) and George Gershwin and Irving Caesar's " Swanee" (1919). Geography The headwaters of the Suwannee River are in the Okefenokee Swamp in the town of Fargo, Georgia. The river runs southwestward into the Florida Panhandle, then drops in elevation through limestone layers into a rare Florida whitewater rapid. Past the rapid, the Suwanee turns west near the town of White Springs, Florida, then conne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Folks At Home
"Old Folks at Home" (also known as " Swanee River") is a folk song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. Since 1935, it has been the official state song of Florida, although in 2008 the original lyrics were revised. It is Roud Folk Song Index no. 13880. Composition "Old Folks at Home" was commissioned in 1851 by E. P. Christy for use by Christy's Minstrels, his minstrel troupe. Christy also asked to be credited as the song's creator, and was so credited on early sheet music printings. As a result, while the song was a success, Foster did not directly profit much from it, though he continued to receive royalties for the song. Foster had composed most of the lyrics but was struggling to name the river of the opening line, and asked his brother, Morrison, to suggest one. Morrison wrote, "One day in 1851, Stephen came into my office, on the bank of the Monongahela, Pittsburgh, and said to me, 'What is a good name of two syllables for a Southern river? I want to use it in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanee (song)
"Swanee" is an American popular song from 1919 composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Irving Caesar. It is most often associated with singer Al Jolson. The song was written for a New York City revue called ''Demi-Tasse'', which opened in October 1919 at the Capitol Theater. Caesar, who was then aged 24, claimed to have written the song in about ten minutes riding on a bus in Manhattan, finishing it at Gershwin's apartment. It was partly inspired by Stephen Foster's "Old Folks at Home", including that phrase in its lyrics. It was originally used as a big production number, with 60 chorus girls dancing with electric lights in their slippers on an otherwise darkened stage. Jolson versions The song had little impact in its first show, but not long afterwards Gershwin played it at a party where Al Jolson heard it. Jolson then put it into his show ''Sinbad'', already a success at the Winter Garden Theatre, and recorded it for Columbia Records in January 1920. "After t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slide Whistle
A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee or swannee whistle, lotus flute, piston flute, or jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it. Thus it has an air reed like some woodwinds, but varies the pitch with a slide. The construction is rather like a bicycle pump. Because the air column is cylindrical and open at one end and closed at the other, it overblows the third harmonic. "A whistle made out of a long tube with a slide at one end. An ascending and descending glissando is produced by moving the slide back and forth while blowing into the mouthpiece." "Tubular whistle with a plunger unit in its column, approximately 12 inches long. The pitch is changed by moving the slide plunger in and out, producing ascending and descending glisses." History Piston flutes, in folk versions usually made of cane or bamboo, existed in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific as well as Europe before the modern version was invented in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob's-Cola
Bob's-Cola was a beverage company and bottler that sold beverages in the Midwestern United States and Southeastern United States. It was founded in Atlanta in 1940 by Benjamin J. Frink. Name and flavors There was no Bob at Bob's-Cola. The founder chose the name because "it was a good name, an easy name to remember." The company bottled a variety of flavors, including Bob's-Cola, Swanee, Bubble-Up, and Jo-Jo chocolate drink. Growth and decline Throughout the 1940s, Bob's-Cola evolved from a storefront soda shop to a major regional bottler. On May 17, 1947 Bob's-Cola opened a "state-of-the-art" $250,000 bottling plant at 865 Lee Street in Atlanta, Georgia - not far from the original soda shop. The bottling plant included both production and distribution and such amenities as a kitchen and rooftop garden. In 1951, founder B.J. Frink died, and the cola company did not survive long after his death. By 1955 the company was sold; the Atlanta bottling plant was later demolished to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swanee (singer)
John Archibald Swan , better known as Swanee, is an Australian rock singer. He is the older brother of singer-songwriter Jimmy Barnes. Early life John Archibald Swan migrated to Australia as a child with his family in 1961. His father, James Swan, was a violent alcoholic. When his mother remarried in the mid-1960s, he was the only child to keep his biological father's surname. After being the target of sexual abuse by the son of a family friend, he left home aged 13. Career Early bands Swan joined his first professional band, Happiness, as a drummer when he was 14. When he was 17, he enlisted in the Australian Army, and was discharged after two years of service. In early 1974 he was the drummer with The James Wright Band, moving on to Jim Keays' Southern Cross for a short time. In 1975 he joined Adelaide band Fraternity replacing Bon Scott on vocals for two years. In 1977, Swan became the vocalist with Feather. This band had been known as Blackfeather in the early 1970s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sewanee (other)
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Sewanee may refer to: * Sewanee, Tennessee * Sewanee: The University of the South * ''The Sewanee Review'', an American literary magazine established in 1892 * Sewanee Natural Bridge * Saint Andrews-Sewanee School See also * Suwanee (other) * Suwannee (other) * Swanee (other) Swanee may refer to: * Suwannee River, re-spelled "Swanee" by Stephen Foster to fit the rhythm in "Old Folks at Home", influencing subsequent uses of the word, such as: ** "Swanee" (song), a song by George Gershwin and Irving Caesar, made popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suwanee (other)
Suwanee or Suwannee may refer to: * Suwanee, Georgia, a city * Suwanee, Kentucky * USS ''Suwanee'' * Suwanee point, a Paleo-Indian projectile point * Suwannee Canal, alternatively spelled Suwanee Canel * Suwannee River The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River or Swanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrog ..., Suwanee being an alternative spelling of the Suwannee River ** Suwanee River Route * Suwannee Limestone, Oligocene geologic formation in North Florida, United States * Suwanee County, Florida See also * Suwannee (other) * Sewanee (other) * Swanee (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suwannee (other)
Suwannee may refer to: * Suwannee, Florida, a town in Dixie County * Suwannee County, Florida * Suwannee River * USS ''Suwannee'' (CVE-27) * Suwannee point, projectile point See also * Suwanee (other) Suwanee or Suwannee may refer to: * Suwanee, Georgia, a city * Suwanee, Kentucky * USS ''Suwanee'' * Suwanee point, a Paleo-Indian projectile point * Suwannee Canal, alternatively spelled Suwanee Canel * Suwannee River The Suwannee River ... * Sewanee (other) * Swanee (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
