Elsa Name Meaning & Origin. Elsa. Origin of the name Elsa: Originally a pet form of Elizabeth, Elsa is now in common use as an independent given name and was popularized as the name of the affectionate lioness in the book and film Born Free. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
That'll Be the Day is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success.
Oh Happy Day was one of the first pop hits whose momentum was driven by the high-school teen set. Described as a garage hit, before the song was recorded, Don Howard Kaplow sang it accompanied by his guitar before his classmates at Cleveland Heights High School, in Cleveland, Ohio. At a Saturday high-school dance, the boys and girls called 13 times for Oh Happy Day.