- published: 22 Nov 2009
- views: 663198
"Over There" is a 1917 song popular with United States soldiers in both world wars. It was a patriotic song designed to galvanize American young men to enlist in the army and fight the "Hun".
It was written by George M. Cohan in April 1917. Americans believed at that time that the war would be short and the song reflected that expectation.
Notable early recordings include versions by Nora Bayes, Enrico Caruso, Billy Murray, Arthur Fields and Charles King. According to Michael Duffy of FirstWorldWar.com, "Cohan later recalled that the words and music to the song came to him while travelling by train from New Rochelle to New York shortly after the U.S. had declared war against Germany in April 1917."
The sheet music was heavily reprinted and has variant covers. One of those editions was a "Popular edition."
This song, as well as "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", was a popular patriotic song during the First World War. On June 29, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt awarded Cohan the Congressional Gold Medal for this and other songs.
George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 – November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer.
Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudeville act known as "The Four Cohans." Beginning with Little Johnny Jones in 1904, he wrote, composed, produced, and appeared in more than three dozen Broadway musicals. Cohan published more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including the standards "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". As a composer, he was one of the early members of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). He displayed remarkable theatrical longevity, appearing in films until the 1930s, and continuing to perform as a headline artist until 1940.
Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", he is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and music were depicted in the Academy Award-winning film Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!. A statue of Cohan in Times Square in New York City commemorates his contributions to American musical theatre.
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film, though he had his greatest impact in film. Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is best remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in movies such as The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and White Heat (1949) and was even typecast or limited by this view earlier in his career. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its list of greatest male stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.Orson Welles said of Cagney, "[he was] maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera", and Stanley Kubrick considered him to be one of the best actors of all time.
In his first professional acting performance, Cagney danced costumed as a woman in the chorus line of the 1919 revue Every Sailor. He spent several years in vaudeville as a dancer and comedian, until he got his first major acting part in 1925. He secured several other roles, receiving good notices, before landing the lead in the 1929 play Penny Arcade. After rave reviews, Warner Bros. signed him for an initial $500-a-week, three-week contract to reprise his role; this was quickly extended to a seven-year contract.
WWI Song Over There. Similar to the Patriotic songs of WWII, intended to inspire the nation.
The footage is from the documentary TV series "Apocalypse: World War 1", which I highly recommend. "Over There" is a 1917 hit song written by George M. Cohan that was popular with United States military and public during both world wars. It was a patriotic song designed to galvanize American young men to enlist in the army and fight the "Hun". The song is best remembered for a line in its chorus, "The Yanks are coming." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There)
world war one song
From the film "Yankee Doodle Dandy" James Cagney and Frances Langford portray George M. Cohan and Nora Bays. SEE ALSO: James Cagney Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gntDlbgCtY James Cagney War time short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfNizOrsTmI
60 Track Album and 20 Track Highlights Album Available.
This is a rare find: the only known recording of George M. Cohan singing his classic hit "Over There" in a studio. Four years after this 1936 radio broadcast, he sang it again as part of music festival in San Francisco called "A Cavalcade of American Music" (1940) organized by ASCAP. But the sound quality there is not quite as good as at is here, nor does it include Cohan speaking about the song at all. Further, here one gets the chance to hear, first-hand, Cohan's long-held belief that he wasn't much of a singer -- which may explain why he only did a single day in a recording studio in 1911. On that day, he didn't record any of his big hit songs (this one wasn't written yet), so it's especially lucky that we have this one preserved for posterity. Cohan was awarded the Congressional...
Check out my new video for "This Is for the Dead," a kind of sequel to "Over There": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drWh3LfTJrA Come here to buy the single: http://chrisgerolmo.bandcamp.com/album/over-there-theme http://www.chrisgerolmo.com From the album: Chris Gerolmo - I'm Your Daddy, the Emmy-Nominated title song of the FX series: Over*There (long version)
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. New song off Kings of Leon album 'WALLS'. This album is available in-stores and on iTunes now! US: . Pixelmon is a pokemon mod for Minecraft. Come play on my server! - Play.pocketpixels.net (through the gold portal) Website - . Over titre disponible partout : Abonne-toi à la chaîne : Découvrez le dernier épisode de la .
WWI Song Over There. Similar to the Patriotic songs of WWII, intended to inspire the nation.
The footage is from the documentary TV series "Apocalypse: World War 1", which I highly recommend. "Over There" is a 1917 hit song written by George M. Cohan that was popular with United States military and public during both world wars. It was a patriotic song designed to galvanize American young men to enlist in the army and fight the "Hun". The song is best remembered for a line in its chorus, "The Yanks are coming." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There)
world war one song
From the film "Yankee Doodle Dandy" James Cagney and Frances Langford portray George M. Cohan and Nora Bays. SEE ALSO: James Cagney Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gntDlbgCtY James Cagney War time short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfNizOrsTmI
60 Track Album and 20 Track Highlights Album Available.
This is a rare find: the only known recording of George M. Cohan singing his classic hit "Over There" in a studio. Four years after this 1936 radio broadcast, he sang it again as part of music festival in San Francisco called "A Cavalcade of American Music" (1940) organized by ASCAP. But the sound quality there is not quite as good as at is here, nor does it include Cohan speaking about the song at all. Further, here one gets the chance to hear, first-hand, Cohan's long-held belief that he wasn't much of a singer -- which may explain why he only did a single day in a recording studio in 1911. On that day, he didn't record any of his big hit songs (this one wasn't written yet), so it's especially lucky that we have this one preserved for posterity. Cohan was awarded the Congressional...
Check out my new video for "This Is for the Dead," a kind of sequel to "Over There": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drWh3LfTJrA Come here to buy the single: http://chrisgerolmo.bandcamp.com/album/over-there-theme http://www.chrisgerolmo.com From the album: Chris Gerolmo - I'm Your Daddy, the Emmy-Nominated title song of the FX series: Over*There (long version)
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. New song off Kings of Leon album 'WALLS'. This album is available in-stores and on iTunes now! US: . Pixelmon is a pokemon mod for Minecraft. Come play on my server! - Play.pocketpixels.net (through the gold portal) Website - . Over titre disponible partout : Abonne-toi à la chaîne : Découvrez le dernier épisode de la .
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. New song off Kings of Leon album 'WALLS'. This album is available in-stores and on iTunes now! US: . Pixelmon is a pokemon mod for Minecraft. Come play on my server! - Play.pocketpixels.net (through the gold portal) Website - . Over titre disponible partout : Abonne-toi à la chaîne : Découvrez le dernier épisode de la .
Directed by: Slobodan Sijan Produced by: Milan Zmukic Written by: Dusan Kovacevic Music by: Vojislav Kostić Cinematography: Bozidar "Bota" Nikolic Edited by: Ljiljana "Lana" Vukobratovic Distributed by: Centar Film (in SFR Yugoslavia), International Home Cinema (in USA) Release date: 1980 Running time: 86 minutes Country: Yugoslavia Cast: Pavle Vujisic — Conductor Dragan Nikolic — Singer Danilo "Bata" Stojkovic — Germanophile Aleksandar Bercek — Misko Krstic Neda Arneric — Bride Mica Tomic — Aleksa Simic Tasko Nacic — Hunter Boro Stjepanovic — Consumptive Slavko Stimac — Bridegroom Miodrag Kostic — 1st Musician Nenad Kostic — 2nd Musician Bora Todorovic — Mourner Slobodan Aligrudic — Lieutenant Petar Lupa — Priest Stanojlo Milinkovic — Plowman Ljubomir Cipranic — Corporal Milovan Tasic — P...
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. New song off Kings of Leon album 'WALLS'. This album is available in-stores and on iTunes now! US: . Pixelmon is a pokemon mod for Minecraft. Come play on my server! - Play.pocketpixels.net (through the gold portal) Website - . Over titre disponible partout : Abonne-toi à la chaîne : Découvrez le dernier épisode de la .
Super Paper Mario music that has been extended to play for at least 15.5 minutes. Developer(s): Intelligent Systems, Nintendo SPD Group No.3 Publisher(s): Nintendo Purchase, pre-order, and/or download this game here: http://tinyurl.com/opjazdb This video was uploaded from http://www.smashcustommusic.com/19845 This stream was submitted by TheUltimateKoopa. Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6akIKaXBeU33xyx-X733FALFHQbFNACA
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. Cinemassacre Animated featuring JonTron The Game Over Worm. Animation by ▻ See more JonTron . trey gowdy goes full gowdy mode on someone playing dumb in congress Follow On Twitter! Channel Merchandise Has . Op maandag ga ik langs bij een basisschool om te spreken over het onderwerp respect! Deze vlog is gefilmd op maandag 7 november 2016. Mijn nieuwe boek .
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. Cinemassacre Animated featuring JonTron The Game Over Worm. Animation by ▻ See more JonTron . Op maandag ga ik langs bij een basisschool om te spreken over het onderwerp respect! Deze vlog is gefilmd op maandag 7 november 2016. Mijn nieuwe boek . Celebrities crying over the election results after Hillary Clinton lost. Chelsea Handler, Miley Cyrus, Perez Hilton and others are literally in tears over Donald .
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. Cinemassacre Animated featuring JonTron The Game Over Worm. Animation by ▻ See more JonTron . trey gowdy goes full gowdy mode on someone playing dumb in congress Follow On Twitter! Channel Merchandise Has . Op maandag ga ik langs bij een basisschool om te spreken over het onderwerp respect! Deze vlog is gefilmd op maandag 7 november 2016. Mijn nieuwe boek .
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. New song off Kings of Leon album 'WALLS'. This album is available in-stores and on iTunes now! US: . Pixelmon is a pokemon mod for Minecraft. Come play on my server! - Play.pocketpixels.net (through the gold portal) Website - . Over titre disponible partout : Abonne-toi à la chaîne : Découvrez le dernier épisode de la .
Music video by Drake performing Over. (C) 2010 Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Universal Motown. Cinemassacre Animated featuring JonTron The Game Over Worm. Animation by ▻ See more JonTron . Op maandag ga ik langs bij een basisschool om te spreken over het onderwerp respect! Deze vlog is gefilmd op maandag 7 november 2016. Mijn nieuwe boek . Celebrities crying over the election results after Hillary Clinton lost. Chelsea Handler, Miley Cyrus, Perez Hilton and others are literally in tears over Donald .
Funny how life can be
I question my self esteem
I’m not shirking it, I just question it
Kids just wanna know more
I’m just like anyone
Looking for answers since I was born
I still question it
I’m not faking it
I just wanna know more
Over there, over there
The sun is always shining
Over there, over there
But the sun don’t shine on me
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, to every boy and girl
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, oh we’re gonna get there
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, to every boy and girl
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, yeah we’re gonna get there
Yeah we’re gonna get there
Funny how life can be
I question my self esteem
I’m not shirking it, I just question it
I just wanna know more
I’m just like anyone
Looking for answers since I was born
I still question it
I’m not faking it
I just wanna know more
Over there, over there
The sun is always shining
Over there, over there
But the sun don’t shine on me
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, to every boy and girl
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, yeah we’re gonna get there
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, to every boy and girl
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, yeah we’re gonna get there
Yeah we’re gonna get there, yeah we’re gonna get…
Over there, over there
The sun is always shining
Over there, over there
But the sun don’t shine on me
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, to every boy and girl
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, yeah we’re gonna get there
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, to every boy and girl
And I’ll say Oooh ooh, yeah we’re gonna get there