The song has multiple covers, one even annotated on this very site… Israel Kamakawiwo'ole’s 1993 “Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World”. Are we at peace? Are we in trouble? Do we feel beautiful? Are we violent? Listen to our songs. Adapted from the Greek Rebetika music of the 1930s, these songs of pickpockets, grifters, refugees and the marginal have never been more relevant. While expressing a general hope for a better future, fitting well the story’s motif, the song draws on the lyricist’s personal Jewish experience, tradition and the ominous pre WWII and holocaust era.Ī song is the pulse of a nation’s heart, a fever chart of its health. Yip Harburg) Judy Garland - 1939 Also recorded by: Harold Arlen.
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Lyricist Yip Harburg, though he was never credited for that. What song will you find on Lyrics Playground today OVER THE RAINBOW (Harold Arlen / E.Y. Somewhere Over The Rainbow ukulele tablature by Israel Kamakawiwoole, chords in. Somewhere over the Rainbow Song lyrics from (1990) movie is penned by Israel Kamakawiwoole, sung by Israel Kamakawiwoole, music composed by Harold Arlen. Written by a pair of NYC based writers (who also wrote the rest of the film’s songs), the song became a classic and an all time favorites.
In 2001, the National Endowment of the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America named the song the 20th century top song (Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” came second).
Also known as “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, the 1939 classic and Academy Award winning song from “Wizard of Oz”. Over the Rainbow Lyrics Verse 1 Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby Verse 2 Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you.
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