Does Anyone know a famous song that mentions something from history....whether its a person or event?? please?

Question

Please give the name and the artist thanks SOO much

Answer 1

Marching through Georgia by Henry Clay Work. It depicts, in five rousing versus, General Sherman's march through Georgia. It remains a hated song by the folks in 11 states today and is completely unknown in all the others.

Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song;
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along,
Sing it as we used to sing it, fifty thousand strong,
While we were marching through Georgia.

(Chorus)
Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea,
While we were marching through Georgia.

How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound!
How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found!
How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground,
While we were marching through Georgia.
(Chorus)

Yes, and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears,
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years;
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers,
While we were marching through Georgia.
(Chorus)

"Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast!"
So the saucy Rebels said, and 'twas a handsome boast;
Had they not forgot, alas! to reckon with the host,
While we were marching through Georgia.
(Chorus)

So we made a thoroughfare for Freedom and her train,
Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main;
Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain,
While we were marching through Georgia.

Regards

Answer 2

You want a FAMOUS song? Hmmmm...lots of songs touching on historical subjects are essentially protest songs that didn't necessarily identify a specific time/place/event - more of a generalized "this is wrong" outlook (the 60's was rife with those):

MTA - The Kingston Trio (more of a fictional story but it does mention current political figures)
The Times They Are A Changin - Bob Dylan
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon

Since then "famous" songs have become a bit different, more in-your-face:

What's Goin On - Marvin Gaye
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
F*** the Police - NWA

The only truly famous ones I can think of that aren't clearly protest songs are Vincent (about Vincent Van Gogh) and American Pie (about the death of Buddy Holly/Ritchie Valens), both by Don McLean. :)

Answer 3

Greetings! Here's a couple more:


"Bye, Bye Miss American Pie" By Don McLean...it basically sings the history of Rock music from the early fifties to the late sixties and the Rolling Stones

"City of New Orleans" - A folk song sung by people like Johnny Cash and others, but is most known by Arlo Guthrie - A famous train run that was closed (it now appears to have been reopened).

Hope that helps. Take care.

Answer 4

Try Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire." Largely it's names of people or events such as Harry Truman, Marilyn Monroe, Woodstock, Watergate, etc. But you've got events such as Queen Elizabeth's corination ("England's got a new queen") and the JFK assassination ("JFK blown away") without actually giving the name of the event. Everingthing mentioned in the song is historical.

Oh and both the original and more modern version's of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind." Originally it was for Marilyn Monroe ("Goodbye Norma Jean") then he rereleased it after Princess Di's death ("Goodbye England's rose")

Answer 5

"Sympathy For The devil" - The Rolling Stones mentions Pontius Pilot, The Kennedy's, kings & queens "Jesus is purely ok" - The Doobie Brothers "i'm Henry the VII, i'm" - Herman's Hermits "Cortez The Killer" - Neil youthful "We did no longer start up the hearth" - Billy Joel "Tom Sawyer" - Rush "Roll Over Beethoven" - electric powered mild Orchestra "My candy Lord" - George Harrison "Ohio" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & youthful "Abraham, Martin, and John" - Dion "Candle interior the Wind" - Elton John MQ: Abbey street - The Beatles - somewhat some clues as to the Paul being lifeless factor dark side Of The Moon - crimson Floyd - purely a classic under pressure - Jeff Beck - great photograph Van Halen I - Van Halen - great photograph Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts club Band - The Beatles - yet another classic

Answer 6

Goodnight Siegon... by Billy Joel about Vietnam War
or "Cast Down the Heritic" by Nile is about the usurping of Akhnaton in ancient Egypt (plus it will really freak out your teacher because it's the scary death metal that people love to call devil music)

Answer 7

"When the Tigers broke free," by Pink Floyd, is a song about an attack on the Anzio bridgehead by German Tiger tanks in the "winter of Black '44," as the song puts it. Songwriter Roger Waters' father was killed in the attack, as a member of the Royal Fusiliers, Company C.

The song appears on the movie soundtrack album for The Wall, but not on the original album of the same name.

Answer 8

"Mrs. Sullivan" by Caroline Spine- song about the true story of the five Sullivan brothers who were killed during WWII when the battle ship they were all on was bombed.

"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield

"Abraham, Martin and John" by Dion, written by Dick Holler

"Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton

Nearly everything by Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, and Joan Baez

Answer 9

'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot.....

'The Night Chicago Died,' various artists have sung it, it was a hit for ----Paper Lace////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/x-filesepisodes/thenightchicagodied.htm

The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key.


James Dean by the Eagles
http://lyrics.rare-lyrics.com/E/Eagles/James-Dean.html

Monthomery Clift by the Clash


Peace.....................

Answer 10

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER MENTIONS THE SIEGE OF FORT MCHENRY DURING THE WAR OF 1812