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As the patients listened to the Temptations classic “My Girl,” lyrics scrolled on the TV and they were encouraged to sing along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Palestinian herder Mohammed Emar has set up a fully functional home for his family where his daughters can even sing karaoke.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Mervyn would sing in church and so when the Farmers' Choir restarted in nearby Ballymena that autumn, he decided to give it a go.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He joked if anyone wants to hear Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, he will sing it again.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Yes, Reina, please sing. It is time for you to sing again.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
After Marian Anderson was barred from a Washington stage because of her race, she sang for 75,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Fast forward four years, and Mervyn has sang for the King, met musical royalty and his choir is up for a national award.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He sang for an hour and a half straight, and the last song was as strong as the first.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
At the Emmys on Monday, Reba McEntire sang a soulful tribute to Parton with a cover of her 1983 song “Appalachian Mountains,” one of McEntire’s all-time favorites.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The words to the Swanburne school song occasionally got mixed up with those of the Postal Tygers marching song, but as long as the children sang with conviction Penelope did not bother to correct them.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Allegedly, somewhere out there De Palma’s original three-hour cut exists, one that so impressed Ellroy that he devoted an entire essay to singing its praises called “The Hillikers.”
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Young Marian began singing in her church’s junior choir at the age of 6.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Born on Sept. 2, 1943, to John and Mary Ashford, the budding soprano developed her chops singing in the church choir and then in the glee club at Wilbur Wright High School in Detroit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"You always come out of that singing feeling far, far better than you went into it," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
We were singing away our fears, and doing it together.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Dion appeared at the Eiffel Tower for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics that same year, with her show-stealing performance later becoming the subject of speculation about whether she had sung or lip-synched.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Life begins as a fanfare — a regal entry heralded by brass — and ends as a solo cello lament and the serene acceptance of death as sung by a choir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Nightcall was produced with Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, mixed by Sebastian and sung by Brazilian singer Lovefoxxx.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The booming rock ballad Don't Look Back in Anger also took on a greater significance after it was sung, impromptu, at a vigil for those who lost their lives in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Overnight, “Fixin’-to-Die,” with its sarcastic, memorable lyrics, became an anthem of the antiwar movement, sung at protests and marches across the United States.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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