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"Onnellinen siksi et sun mä omistin"

"Jordan's river is deep and wide, hallelujah / meet my mother on the other side, hallelujah" * Pete Seeger: Michael Row the Boat Ashore * a Negro spiritual; first reported in 1863, written down by Charles Pickard Ware during 1862 - 1865, first published in 1867, here with some additional lyrics by P. Seeger * first recorded apparently in the late 1950's, by P. Seeger in 1963 * live in Melbourne, 1963

The Pink Panther Theme * written and produced by Henry Mancini * recorded in Sep 16-18, 1963 * released in the film The Pink Panther on Dec 19th 1963, on record in 1964

Tom Krause & Regina Resnik (with Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève): "Si tu m`aime, Carmen" from the 1875 opera Carmen * Thomas Schippers conducts Orchestre de la Suisse Romande * composed by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy * recorded in 1962, released in 1963

"I close my eyes / then I drift away / into the magic night / I softly say" * Roy Orbison: In Dreams * Apr 1987 re-recording of the 1963 song, produced by R. Orbison, T-Bone Burnett & David Lynch * released in 1987, prior to the Jul 4th * directed by Leslie Libman (including footage from the 1986 film Blue Velvet by David Lynch)

"Now listen honey" * Dusty Springfield: I Only Want to Be with You * written by Mike Hawker & Ivor Raymonde * produced by Johnny Franz * released on Nov 8th 1963

Night-Piece (Notturno) * composed by Benjamin Britten in 1963 \ performed by Anthony Goldstone (piano), released on Aug 22nd 2006

"Minä niistä kertoisinko kelle / sinä kun poissa jo oot?" * Olavi Virta: Menneitä muistellessa \ the 1963 re-recording (originally released in 1948)

Valzer Brillante (aka Valzer Verdi), written by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) for piano, published posthumously in the film Il Gattopardo (released on Mar 28th 1963) by Luchino Visconti, orchestrated by Nino Rota \ performed by Trio Addendum, arranged by Paolo Zannini; uploaded by aculiani on Jun 12th 2011

"Precious and warm, a memory / through the years" * Bobby Vinton: Blue Velvet (written by Bernie Wayne & Lee Morris in 1950), released in Aug or Sep 1963

"You know my soul looks back and wonder..." * Mahalia Jackson: How I Got Over (Clara Ward, written and published in 1951, recorded by Jackson in 1961), live at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug 28th 1963

"Vanki olen maan" * Reijo Taipale: Satumaa (Unto Mononen, released originally in 1955, by Taipale in 1962; recorded on Oct 24th); a clip from the film Lauantaileikit (shown by Yle Teema in Jul 2011), directed by Maunu Kurkvaara, released on Aug 23rd 1963

Themes from the Finnish sports news tv program Urheiluruutu from 1963 to 2009, the first one released on Aug 18th 1963, the 1980's theme titled Tuhannen markan seteli (disco instrumentaali), performed by Leevi and the Leavings, written by Gösta Sundqvist, originally released in the spring 1980, heard on Urheiluruutu from the early 1980's to the early 1990's, the 1991 theme written by Kari Nihti

"Could it be the devil in me / or is this the way love's supposed to be?" * Martha and the Vandellas: Heat Wave (Holland-Dozier-Holland), released on Jul 9th 1963