| 词条 | Amelia Earhart's Last Flight |
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| name = Amelia Earhart's Last Flight | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = David McEnery | album = | EP = | written = | published = 1939 | released = | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = | label = | writer = David McEnery | composer = | lyricist = | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = | next_title = | next_year = | prev_track = | track_no = | next_track = }} "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" is a song written by Red River Dave McEnery shortly after Amelia Earhart's disappearance.[1] It has been believed to be the first song ever performed on commercial television (at the 1939 World's Fair).{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} It was copyrighted in 1939,[2][3] and was first performed by David McEnery on a pioneer television broadcast from the 1939 New York World's Fair.[4] It was recorded by McEnery in 1941.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} It has maintained continued popularity since then, including covers by artists including Kinky Friedman, Ronnie Lane, The Greenbriar Boys, Country Gentlemen and Plainsong. Saskatoon-based band The Heartstrings covered the song, and used the second line of the chorus as the title of their 2009 album Far Away in a Land That is Fair. References1. ^{{cite journal |last= |first= |author= |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |day= |title=Amelia Earhart's Last Flight |journal=Sing Out! |volume=15 |issue=3|page= |pages= |publisher= |location= |issn= |pmid= |pmc= |doi= |bibcode= |oclc= |id= |url= |language= |format= |accessdate= }} {{1930s-song-stub}}2. ^{{cite book |editor1-first=Peter |editor1-last=Blood |others= Annie Patterson, Kore Loy McWhirter |title=Rise Up Singing |orig-year=1988 |year=2004 |publisher=Sing Out! Corp. |location=Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |language= |isbn=1-881322-12-2 |page=243 |quote= Copyright 1939 Stasny Music. Copyright renewed. All rights administered by Bug Music Inc. |bibcode= }} 3. ^{{cite book |title=Red River Dave song book: marvelous collection of cowboy, hill-billy, mountain and home songs, all originals |author=McEnery, Dave |authorlink=David McEnery (musician) |author2=Betty Ann Fisher |year=1939 |publisher=Stasny Music Corporation |location=New York |isbn= |page= |pages= |accessdate= }} 4. ^{{cite news |author=Wadey, Paul |title=Red River Dave McEnery |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/red-river--dave-mcenery-729682.html |work=The Independent |publisher= |date=2002-01-21 |accessdate=May 16, 2009 }} 7 : American songs|1939 songs|Songs about aviation|Songs about explorers|Songs based on actual events|Songs in memory of deceased persons|Cultural depictions of Amelia Earhart |
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