Shake, Rattle and Roll -- Big Joe Turner [[1954)
In 1910, vaudeville performer "Baby" Franklin Seals published "You Got to Shake, Rattle and Roll", a ragtime tune about gambling with dice, in New Orleans
Shake, Rattle and Roll -- Big Joe Turner [[1954)
In 1910, vaudeville performer "Baby" Franklin Seals published "You Got to Shake, Rattle and Roll", a ragtime tune about gambling with dice, in New Orleans
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Shake It and Break It - Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers [[1940)
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Un-Break My Heart -- Toni Braxton [[1996)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
Just The Way You Are-- Billy Joel [[1977)
Don't Go Changing ...
Baby Don't Go - Sonny & Cher
If You Go Away -- Damita Jo [[1966) and Terry Jacks [[1974) Among the cover versions,
the most notable is by Shirley Bassey [[2002)
Adaptation of the 1959 Jacques Brel [[Belgium) song "Ne me quitte pas" with English lyrics by Rod McKuen for Greta Keller.
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Everytime You Go Away - Daryl Hall & John Oates [[1980)
Written by Daryl Hall, an album track [[on "Voices") and not released as a single, it became a hit for Paul Young in 1986.
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Time After Time -- Cindi Lauper [[1983)
If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting
Time after time
Time [[Clock of the Heart) - Culture Club
My Heart Is Like a Clock - Mary Wells
My Heart Belongs to Daddy -- by Cole Porter [[1938) and originally performed by Mary Martin. Notable recordings by a zillion artists.
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Cross My Heart - Diana Ross
Fingers Crossed - Maxwell
Lee Cross - Aretha Franklin
Christopher Cross
Cross-Tie Walker - Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Boy From Crosstown- Gladys Knight & The Pips; The Marvelettes; The Velvelettes
Many Rivers To Cross - Jimmy Cliff
Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry & The Pacemakers
Slow Boat to China -- Girls Next Door [[1986)
"I'd like to get you on a slow boat to China" was a well-known phrase among poker players, referring to a person who lost steadily and handsomely.
Chinese Wall - Philip Bailey
I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love - Mae West
[[Why Did I Tell You I Was Going To) Shanghai -- Doris Day [[1951). Billy Williams Quartet and also Bing Crosby charted.
One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
Eastern Intrigue - Todd Rundgren
Tea House In China Town - Four Tops; The Spinners
The Empress Of China - Dory Previn
China Girl - David Bowie; Iggy Pop
China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
Grant Avenue, San Francisco -- From the musical Flower Drum Song by Rogers and
Hammerstein [[1961)
The focus of the musical, Wang Ta, is torn between his Chinese roots and assimilation into American culture. Grant Avenue in San Francisco, California, United States is one of the oldest streets in the city's Chinatown district.
Flower Drum Song became the first major Hollywood feature film to have a majority Asian cast in a contemporary Asian-American story.
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I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett [[1962)
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Theme from San Francisco -- from the American film of the same name [[1936).
Sung by Jeanette MacDonald, it became an anthem for the survivors of the 1906 earthquake.
San Francisco, open your Golden Gate
The song was played after every score by the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park and continues on into their current games at Levi's Stadium
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Earthquake - Martha & The Vandellas
I Feel the Earth Move -- Carole King [[1971)
Shakey Ground - The Temptations
Livin' On The Fault Line - The Doobie Brothers
The Rumble -- From the musical West Side Story [[1957) music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
Housequake - Prince
This Ole House -- Rosemary Clooney [[1954)
Love Shack - The B-52s
The Honey Hut - Shorty Long
I'm Building Me A Home - Morehouse College Glee Club
Build Your House On A Strong Foundation - Gwen & Ray
The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin
My Father's House - Bruce Springsteen
Keeper of the Castle -- The Four Tops [[1972)
Sugar Shack - The Fireballs
Come Into My Palace
- Lee & The Leopards; Patrice & Brenda Holloway; Diana Ross & The Supremes
Come On-a My House -- Rosemary Clooney [[1951)
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