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"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written by lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, it was part of the 1932 musical revue Americana; the melody is based on a Russian-Jewish lullaby. The song tells the story of the universal everyman, whose honest work towards achieving the American dream has been foiled by the economic collapse. Unusually for a Broadway song, it was composed largely in a minor key, as befits the subject matter. The song became best known through recordings by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallée that were released in late 1932. The song received positive reviews and was one of the most popular songs of 1932. As one of the few popular songs during the era to discuss the darker aspects of the collapse, it came to

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rdfs:label	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (en) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (it) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (fr) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (sv)
rdfs:comment	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? est une chanson écrite en 1930. Les paroles sont de Yip Harburg et la musique, de (en). Il s'agit d'une des chansons américaines les plus célèbres de l'époque de la Grande Dépression, notamment dans ses interprétations par Bing Crosby et Rudy Vallée, toutes deux parues en 1932. (fr) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? è un brano musicale del 1932, il cui testo è stato scritto da Yip Harburg, mentre la musica è stata composta da . La canzone fa parte del musical revue Americana e fa riferimento alla grande depressione. Il brano è stato interpretato tra gli altri da Bing Crosby (Brunswick Records), Rudy Vallée (Columbia Records), Judy Collins e Tom Waits. La canzone, nelle versioni di Bing Crosby e di Rudy Vallée, entrambe del 1932, è inclusa dal 2013 nel National Recording Registry. La versione di Crosby è stata insignita del Grammy Hall of Fame Award nel 2005. (it) "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written by lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, it was part of the 1932 musical revue Americana; the melody is based on a Russian-Jewish lullaby. The song tells the story of the universal everyman, whose honest work towards achieving the American dream has been foiled by the economic collapse. Unusually for a Broadway song, it was composed largely in a minor key, as befits the subject matter. The song became best known through recordings by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallée that were released in late 1932. The song received positive reviews and was one of the most popular songs of 1932. As one of the few popular songs during the era to discuss the darker aspects of the collapse, it came to (en) "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", ibland kretiderad som "Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?", är en av de mest kända amerikanska sångerna under den stora depressionen. Den skrevs 1931 av textförfattaren E.Y. "Yip" Harburg och kompositören . "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" var en del av musikalen New Americana från 1932. Den blev mest känd genom inspelningarna av Bing Crosby och Rudy Vallee. Båda versionerna blev utgivna strax innan Franklin Delano Roosevelts val till att bli USA:s president och båda blev #1 hits på musiklistorna. En svensk version, "Blott för gammal vänskaps skull", med text av signaturen Nils-Georg spelades in av Sven-Olof Sandberg 1934. (sv)
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