Which 1927 musical features the song ‘Old Man River’?
Ol' Man River on a hi-fi stereo recording. Gordon MacRae's version of the song, as performed on "The Railroad Hour", changed the phrase "white man boss" to "big man boss". Ol' Man River "Ol' Man River" (music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) is a show tune from the 1927 musical "Show Boat" that contrasts the struggles and hardships of African Americans with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River. It is sung from the point of view of a black stevedore on a showboat, and is the most famous song from the show. The song is meant to be
Old Man (song) Old Man (song) "Old Man" is a song written and performed by Neil Young on his 1972 album "Harvest". "Old Man" was released as a single on Reprise Records in the spring of 1972, and reached #31 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart for the week ending June 3. The song was written for the caretaker of the Northern California Broken Arrow Ranch, which Young purchased for $350,000 in 1970. The song compares a young man's life to an old man's and shows that the young man has, to some extent, the same needs as the old one. James