Some time around 1830, Rice learned a popular African-American song-and-dance routine, based on the myth of the trickster figure, an escaped slave named Jim Crow.
So this is a propaganda video from the North Korean government that features both an American song from the 80s and a modern American video game.
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Barclays, which snapped up Lehman Brothers' American operations for a song, now boasts a 15% share of the Treasuries market, for instance.
It also saw opportunity in crisis when it bought for a song the American businesses of Lehman Brothers, a failed American bank.
The song has inspired American boy band Mindless Behaviour, who have toured with Justin Bieber.
European critics are likely to be far more generous toward Kubrick's swan song than their American cousins, and the movie is expected to do well at the European box office.
Top recording artists serve as your guide as they discuss, for example, what makes jazz such an important American phenomenon, what the song-writing process is like or how one genre of music has deeply affected another.
Another luminary to be awarded the honour, Toni Morrison, is renowned for her portrayal of the African-American experience in novels such as Song Of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988.
Even within the confines of musically narrow genres, Cooder allows himself room to stretch, manipulating the song structures of 1930s American music: minstrel folk, country ballads, blues and even the lounge jazz of Chet Baker.
The UK entry for the 58th Eurovision Song Contest was written by American songwriter Desmond Child with British songwriters Lauren Christy and Christopher Braide.
Topping off the list is Daniel Powter, whose hit "Have a Bad Day, " was used as the send-off song on the fifth season of "American Idol, " making it the biggest single of 2006.
The American rockers won both Record of the Year and Rock Song of the Year in the 52nd Grammy Awards.
Political correctness raises its obligatory head: one song is about a love affair between an American and a Middle Eastern Muslim, complete with Pakistani musicians.
The German song "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" featured American artiste Dita Von Teese flinging an array of her clothing to the floor in an attempt to spice up the tedious music.
Perhaps this song will appeal to the millions who tuned into American Idol for the tension and drama.
Zbontar beat out mathematicians at MIT in a contest to predict the voting in the Eurovision Song Contest (a sort of European version of American Idol).
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The library said Checker's rendition of "The Twist" became a symbol for the energy and excitement of the early 60s after "American Bandstand" host Dick Clark chose Checker to record a new version of the song.
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