The Devotions released a song in 1961 about a short story written by whom?
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The Devotions The Devotions are an American doo wop group. Their single of a novelty song called "Rip Van Winkle" was released in 1961 on Delta Records; the tune was re-released on Roulette Records in 1962 and again on Roulette in 1964. The tune became a hit on the third release, peaking at #36 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1964.
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Rip Van Winkle "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it is part of a collection entitled "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." Although the story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted, "When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills." The story's title character is a Dutch-American villager living around the time of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Days of Perky Pat "The Days of Perky Pat" is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1963 in "Amazing" magazine. Elements of the story would be incorporated into Dick's 1965 novel, "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch".
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How I Met My Husband "How I Met My Husband" is a short story written by Alice Munro, first published in 1974 as a part of her collection "Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You".
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Orpheus with Clay Feet Orpheus with Clay Feet is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick originally published in 1964 in "Escapade" magazine. The story has a self referential time travel theme, and was published under the pen name "Jack Dowland".
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A Girl's Story "A Girl's Story" is a short story within Toni Cade Bambara's short story collection, "The Seabirds are Still Alive". This collection was originally published in 1977 by Random House. Bambara writes about strong female girls in this particular collection because "in her vision, in her politics, little girls matter". The story centers on a young, African American girl named Rae Ann who is experiencing menstruation for the first time.
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Bliss (short story) Bliss is a modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield first published in 1918. It was published in the "English Review" in August 1918 and later reprinted in "Bliss and Other Stories".
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A Parisian Affair A Parisian Affair (French: "Une aventure parisienne" ) is a short story by Guy de Maupassant, first published in French in 1881, and published in English as a collection of short stories, by Penguin Classics in 2004. It was republished by Pocket Penguins in 2016.
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The Ice-Maiden "The Ice-Maiden" ("Iisjomfruen", or "Isjomfruen" in contemporary Danish) is an 1861 fairy tale (short story) by the Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen. The first English translation was published by King and Baird in 1863.
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Service Call "Service Call" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published in "Science Fiction Stories", July 1955.
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Devotion (1946 film) Devotion is a 1946 American biographical film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland, and Sydney Greenstreet. Based on a story by Theodore Reeves, the film is a highly fictionalized account of the lives of the Brontë sisters. The movie features Montagu Love's last role; he died almost three years before the film's delayed release.
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Thubway Tham's Chrithtmath "Thubway Tham's Chrithtmath" is a short story written by Johnston McCulley. It first appeared in "Detective Story Magazine" on December 24, 1921.
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Some Like Them Short Some Like Them Short is a 1939 collection of short stories by William March.
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The Artist of the Beautiful "The Artist of the Beautiful" is a short story by the American writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story was first published in 1844 and was included two years later in the collection "Mosses from an Old Manse" published by Wiley & Putnam.
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A New England Nun "A New England Nun" is a short story by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman published in 1891.
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Good Country People "Good Country People" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor. It was published in 1955 in her short story collection "A Good Man is Hard to Find". A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work. This story is often considered to be one of her greatest stories.
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Ellison Wonderland Ellison Wonderland is a collection of short stories by author Harlan Ellison that was originally published in 1962. Gerry Gross bought the book from Ellison in 1961, providing him with the funds he needed to move to Los Angeles. Subsequent payments after the book was published supplied the author with enough money to survive until he was able to find a job writing for a television series. It was later reprinted in 1974 by New American Library with an introduction by Ellison.
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A Temple of the Holy Ghost "A Temple of the Holy Ghost" is a short story by Flannery O'Connor. It was written in 1954 and published in 1955 in her short story collection "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and is one of O'Connor's only explicitly Catholic stories. A devout Roman Catholic, O'Connor often used religious themes in her work, but more commonly described rural Southern Protestants as her main characters.
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The Crawling Chaos "The Crawling Chaos" is a short story by American writers H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson (first published April 1921 in the "United Cooperative". As in their other collaboration, "The Green Meadow", the tale was credited to "Elizabeth Berkeley" (Jackson) and "Lewis Theobald, Jun" (Lovecraft). Lovecraft wrote the entire text , but Jackson is also credited since the story was based on a dream she experienced.
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The Man Who Was Almost a Man "The Man Who Was Almost a Man" also known as "Almos' a man", is a short story by Richard Wright. It was published in 1961 as part of Wright's compilation "Eight Men". The story centers on Dave, a young African-American farm worker who is struggling to declare his identity in the atmosphere of the rural South.
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Devotion (1931 film) Devotion (1931) is an American pre-Code romantic drama film starring Ann Harding and Leslie Howard based on the Pamela Wynne novel "A Little Flat in the Temple". Its plot involves a woman who disguises herself and gains employment in the home of the man she loves.
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Crowned Heads Crowned Heads is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States in "The Argosy" in June 1914 and then in the United Kingdom in "Pearson's Magazine" in April 1915. It was also included in the collection "The Man with Two Left Feet" published in the UK in 1917.