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Oh, Boy! is a musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. The story concerns befuddled George, who elopes with Lou Ellen, the daughter of Judge Carter. He must win over her parents and his Quaker aunt. His dapper polo champion friend Jim is in love with madcap actress Jackie, but George must hide her while she extricates herself from a scrape with a bumbling constable whom she punched at a party raid.
The piece was the most successful of the "Princess Theatre Musicals", opening in February 1917 and transferring to the Casino Theatre in November 1917 to finish its Broadway run of 463 performances. A London production, under the title Oh, Joy! opened in January 1919 at the Kingsway Theatre, where it ran for 167 performances. A silent film version was also produced in 1919.
Early in the 20th century, American musical theatre consisted of a mix of elaborate European operettas, like The Merry Widow (1907), British musical comedy imports, likeThe Arcadians (1910), George M. Cohan's shows, American operettas, like those of Victor Herbert, ragtime-infused American musicals, and the spectacular revues of Florenz Ziegfeld and others. But as Cohan's and Herbert's creative output waned, new creative talent was being nurtured on Broadway, including Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Sigmund Romberg. Kern began by revising British musicals to suit American audiences, adding songs that "have a timeless, distinctly American sound that redefined the Broadway showtune."
Oh Boy! was the first teenage all-music show on British TV airing in 1958 and 1959. It was produced by Jack Good for ITV.
Good had previously produced Six-Five Special for the BBC Television, but wanted to drop the sport and public-service content from this show, and concentrate on the music. The BBC would not accept this, so Good resigned.
ABC allowed Good to make two pilot all-music shows, which were only broadcast in the Midlands. These pilots were successful, so the programme was given a national ITV slot on Saturday evenings, from 6.00pm – 6.30pm, in direct competition with 6.5 Special, but starting slightly earlier.
The hosts were Tony Hall, a jazz record producer and critic, and Jimmy Henney, and the artists covered a broad spectrum of music including ballads, jazz, skiffle and rock and roll. The show was broadcast live from the Hackney Empire.
Each week Oh Boy! featured resident artists plus a selection of special guests. The residents included Cuddly Dudley, who sang on 21 shows, Cliff Richard (20 shows), the Drifters (Later to become the Shadows) (17 shows), Marty Wilde (17 shows) and the Dallas Boys (10 shows). Guests included Billy Fury, Tony Sheridan, Shirley Bassey and Lonnie Donegan; with occasional US stars, such as the Inkspots, Conway Twitty and Brenda Lee. The solo artists were supported by a specially created house band Lord Rockingham's XI, who went on to have hits in their own right, including a No 1 single "Hoots Mon". Performers were also supported by the singing and dancing of the Vernons Girls, the Dallas Boys and Neville Taylor's Cutters
"Oh, Boy!" was written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty. The song was originally recorded by Sonny West in the late 1950s but failed to achieve any commercial success. It was later recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets between June 29 and July 1, 1957, at Petty Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, with Holly singing lead vocals and The Picks providing backing vocals. The song is in an A-A-B-A format with a 12-bar blues verse and an 8-bar bridge. (Holly also covered another West song, "Rave On".)
The song appeared on the album The "Chirping" Crickets, and was also released as the A-side of a single, with "Not Fade Away" as the B-side. The song peaked at #10 on the US Charts, and #3 on the UK Charts in early 1958. (See 1958 in music for more context.)
"Oh Boy" was covered by British glam rock group Mud. It reached No. 1 for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart in May 1975. It was the band's third and final UK number one. It featured on their album Mud Rock Volume 2, which reached No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart.
Devon (/ˈdɛvən/; archaically known as Devonshire) is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the northeast, and Dorset to the east. The City of Exeter is the county town; seven other districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, and West Devon are under the jurisdiction of Devon County Council; Plymouth and Torbay are each a part of Devon but administered as unitary authorities. Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is 6,707 km2 (2,590 square miles) and its population is about 1.1 million.
Devon derives its name from Dumnonia, which, during the British Iron Age, Roman Britain, and Early Medieval was the homeland of the Dumnonii Brittonic Celts. The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain resulted in the partial assimilation of Dumnonia into the Kingdom of Wessex during the eighth and ninth centuries. The western boundary with Cornwall was set at the River Tamar by King Æthelstan in 936. Devon was constituted as a shire of the Kingdom of England thereafter.
Devon is a unisex given name. It is a variant of Devin, which has Gaelic origins and means "of a little deer".
Devon was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Devon in England. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire, in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. Elections were held using the bloc vote system of elections.
Under the Reform Act 1832, it was split into two divisions: Northern Devon and Southern Devon for the 1832 general election.
The constituency consisted of the historic county of Devon, excluding the city of Exeter which had the status of a county in itself after 1537. (Although Devon contained a number of other parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected two MPs in its own right for part of the period when Devon was a constituency, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. This was not the case, though, for Exeter.)
Artist: Andreena Mill Song: Oh Boy Style: Street Jazz ***NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED*** "This video uses copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder. It is a fair use under copyright law. "quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author's observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in legislative...
The Old Town Underdogs perform Buddy Holly and The Crickets' Oh, Boy! at The Big C Jamboree in Chicago on September 6, 2012. The well-coiffed emcee is Ken Mottet. Videography by Devon Ford.
This is the 12" version of the Black Ark classic, also known as Ketch Vampire. The song is famous but you should not miss Tado's deejay part.
Hey guys! I'm back with an original song! and i just wrote it today so sorry if i messed up on anything! I sang over a recording i did earlier today so sorry if it sounds a little strange (like doubled? :p) and i dedicate this song to cody simpson! hes an amazing singer, and hes really cute ;P i'm a really big fan! he's so talented and i felt like i needed to make a song to express my feelings lol! so cody, if you see this i really hope you like it!! 1-4-3! i thought that i had seen everything, but when i saw the gleam in your eye, i knew you were more than just a guy, it seems like today everyone's fake, but you, you your more than they say, you're like somebody new, your eyes are shy, but your smile is cute. I'm falling for you, just sing one lyric boy, ye...
Song: Pony Artist: Ginuwine Style: Street Jazz Class at "Elite Danceworx" ***NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Song: Touchin' Lovin'INTENDED*** "This video uses copyrighted material in a manner that does not require approval of the copyright holder. It is a fair use under copyright law. "quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the author's observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a les...
Devon Prince Halim : Jia Ru Ai You Tian Yu (Li Jian's Version) - 9 year old boy sings 3rd Prize Winner in SNA Chinese Language Talent Competition 2018 For more of Devon's videos, please search for Devon Prince Halim.
Devon Baldwin on Spotify: http://bit.ly/DevonBaldwinSpotify Devon Baldwin on Apple Music: http://bit.ly/DevonBaldwinApple http://instagram.com/devonbaldwin Written by Devon Baldwin, Jono Dorr and Nick Marsh Produced by Jono Dorr LYRICS: Would you tell me who Would you tell the truth babe Wonder what you’d do If you knew I knew Cause you’ve been fuckin’ with her for a while now And you still think that I am in the dark somehow Boy I thought you knew I am not a fool Even though I know the truth Still wish that I heard it from you Even though it hurts to do I need to move on too I need to move on too Cause I already, already I already, already I already, already know you’re moving onto someone new Already, already I already, already I already, already know you’re moving onto someone n...
Bboy Devon
I just had to make this video, I couldn't resit it, and I think the song fits him perfectly, with the character he plays in those Diary of a wimpy kid movies. Oh and this video is for entertainment purposes only, I don't own the song, or the movie.
Freestyle Choreography to BoyOhBoy Artist - Diplo, GTA No copyright intended
Oh, Boy! is a musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. The story concerns befuddled George, who elopes with Lou Ellen, the daughter of Judge Carter. He must win over her parents and his Quaker aunt. His dapper polo champion friend Jim is in love with madcap actress Jackie, but George must hide her while she extricates herself from a scrape with a bumbling constable whom she punched at a party raid.
The piece was the most successful of the "Princess Theatre Musicals", opening in February 1917 and transferring to the Casino Theatre in November 1917 to finish its Broadway run of 463 performances. A London production, under the title Oh, Joy! opened in January 1919 at the Kingsway Theatre, where it ran for 167 performances. A silent film version was also produced in 1919.
Early in the 20th century, American musical theatre consisted of a mix of elaborate European operettas, like The Merry Widow (1907), British musical comedy imports, likeThe Arcadians (1910), George M. Cohan's shows, American operettas, like those of Victor Herbert, ragtime-infused American musicals, and the spectacular revues of Florenz Ziegfeld and others. But as Cohan's and Herbert's creative output waned, new creative talent was being nurtured on Broadway, including Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Sigmund Romberg. Kern began by revising British musicals to suit American audiences, adding songs that "have a timeless, distinctly American sound that redefined the Broadway showtune."
Oh boy,
If you ever have to let me down
In this world,
My life surely
Would be upside down
If you ever find,
That your peace of mind,
Is shattered in so many ways and
I find my feet
Down on lonely street,
I’ll be stood there waiting for you
Boy you got me.
Oh yeah,
Let me look into your deep brown eyes,
Let me share,
Every moment
Every sweet surprise.
See that I have grown
And need mercy shown,
There’s a window to my heart,
If i find my feet
Down on lonely street,
I’ll be stood there waiting for you,
Boy, you’ve got me
High
Boy, you’ve got me
High.
Boy, you’ve got me
High
Boy, you’ve got me
High
But if I find my feet
Down on lonely street
I’ll be stood there waiting for you