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Lymph
Diagram showing the formation of lymph from interstitial fluid (labeled here as "Tissue fluid"). Note how the tissue fluid is entering the blind ends of lymph capillaries (shown as deep green arrows)
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Lymphatic system
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Formed from interstitial fluid
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Lymph is the fluid that circulates throughout the lymphatic system. The lymph is formed when the interstitial fluid (the fluid which lies in the interstices of all body tissues)[1] is collected through lymph capillaries. It is then transported through larger lymphatic vessels to lymph nodes, where it is cleaned by lymphocytes, before emptying ultimately into the right or the left subclavian vein, where it mixes back with the blood.
Since the lymph is derived from the interstitial fluid, its composition continually changes as the blood and the surrounding cells continually exchange substances with the interstitial fluid. It is generally similar to blood plasma, which is the fluid component of blood. Lymph returns proteins and excess interstitial fluid to the bloodstream. Lymph may pick up bacteria and bring them to lymph nodes, where they are destroyed. Metastatic cancer cells can also be transported via lymph. Lymph also transports fats from the digestive system (beginning in the lacteals) to the blood via chylomicrons.
The word lymph is derived from the name of the ancient Roman deity of fresh water, Lympha.
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1 Structure
2 Development
3 Function
3.1 Lymphatic circulation
4 Clinical significance
5 History
6 As a growth medium
7 References
Structure[edit]
Human lymph, obtained after a thoracic duct injury
Lymph has a composition comparable to that of blood plasma, but it may differ slightly. Lymph contains white blood cells. In particular, the lymph that leaves a lymph node is richer in lymphocytes. Likewise, the lymph formed in the human digestive system called chyle is rich in triglycerides (fat), and looks milky white because of its lipid content.
Development[edit]
Formation of interstitial fluid from blood
Blood supplies nutrients and important metabolites to the cells of a tissue and collects back the waste products they produce, which requires exchange of respective constituents between the blood and tissue cells. This exchange is not direct, but instead occurs through an intermediary called interstitial fluid, which occupies the spaces between cells. As the blood and the surrounding cells continually add and remove substances from the interstitial fluid, its composition continually changes. Water and solutes can pass between the interstitial fluid and blood via diffusion across gaps in capillary walls called intercellular clefts; thus, the blood and interstitial fluid are in dynamic equilibrium with each other.[2]
Interstitial fluid forms at the arterial (coming from the heart) end of capillaries because of the higher pressure of blood compared to veins, and most of it returns to its venous ends and venules; the rest (up to 10%) enters the lymph capillaries as lymph.[3] Thus, lymph when formed is a watery clear liquid with the same composition as the interstitial fluid. However, as it flows through the lymph nodes it comes in contact with blood, and tends to accumulate more cells (particularly, lymphocytes) and proteins.[4]
Function[edit]
Lymph returns proteins and excess interstitial fluid to the bloodstream. Lymph may pick up bacteria and bring them to lymph nodes, where they are destroyed. Metastatic cancer cells can also be transported via lymph. Lymph also transports fats from the digestive system (beginning in the lacteals) to the blood via chylomicrons.
Lymphatic circulation[edit]
Main article: Lymphatic system
Tubular vessels transport lymph back to the blood, ultimately replacing the volume lost during the formation of the interstitial fluid. These channels are the lymphatic channels, or simply lymphatics.[5]
Unlike the cardiovascular system, the lymphatic system is not closed and has no central pump, or lymph hearts (which are found in some animals). Lymph transport, therefore, is slow and sporadic. Despite low pressure, lymph movement occurs due to peristalsis (propulsion of the lymph due to alternate contraction and relaxation of smooth muscle tissue), valves, and compression during contraction of adjacent skeletal muscle and arterial pulsation.[6]
Lymph that enters the lymph vessels from the interstitial spaces usually does not flow backwards along the vessels because of the presence of valves. If excessive hydrostatic pressure develops within the lymph vessels, though, some fluid can leak back into the interstitial spaces and contribute to formation of oedema.
Flow of the lymph in the thoracic duct in an average resting person usually approximates 100ml per hour. Accompanied by another ~25ml per hour in other lymph vessels, total lymph flow in the body is about 4 to 5 liters per day. This can be elevated several folds while exercising. Thus it can be estimated that without lymphatic flow, an average resting person would die within 24 hours. [7]
Clinical significance[edit]
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History[edit]
The word lymph is derived from the name of the ancient Roman deity of fresh water, Lympha.
As a growth medium[edit]
In 1907 the zoologist Ross Granville Harrison demonstrated the growth of frog nerve cell processes in a medium of clotted lymph. It is made up of lymph nodes and vessels.
In 1913, E. Steinhardt, C. Israeli, and R. A. Lambert grew vaccinia virus in fragments of tissue culture from guinea pig corneal grown in lymph.[8]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Fluid Physiology: 2.1 Fluid Compartments
Jump up ^ "The Lymphatic System". Human Anatomy (Gray's Anatomy). Retrieved 2012-10-12.
Jump up ^ Warwick, Roger; Peter L. Williams (1973) [1858]. "Angiology (Chapter 6)". Gray's anatomy. illustrated by Richard E. M. Moore (Thirty-fifth ed.). London: Longman. pp. 588–785. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
Jump up ^ Sloop, Charles H.; Ladislav Dory; Paul S. Roheim (March 1987). "Interstitial fluid lipoproteins" (PDF). Journal of Lipid Research. 28 (3): 225–237. PMID 3553402. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
Jump up ^ "Definition of lymphatics". Webster's New World Medical Dictionary. MedicineNet.com. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
Jump up ^ Shayan, Ramin; Achen, Marc G.; Stacker, Steven A. (2006). "Lymphatic vessels in cancer metastasis: bridging the gaps". Carcinogenesis. 27 (9): 1729–38. doi:10.1093/carcin/bgl031. PMID 16597644.
Jump up ^ Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology. Saunders. 2010. pp. 186, 187. ISBN 978-1416045748.
Jump up ^ Steinhardt, E; Israeli, C; and Lambert, R.A. (1913) "Studies on the cultivation of the virus of vaccinia" J. Inf Dis. 13, 294–300
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Coordinates: 52°29′06″N 13°20′40″E / 52.484932°N 13.344395°E / 52.484932; 13.344395
"Ich bin ein Berliner" (German pronunciation: [ˈʔɪç ˈbɪn ʔaɪn bɛɐ̯ˈliːnɐ], "I am a Berliner") is a quotation from a June 26, 1963, speech by U.S. President John F. Kennedy in West Berlin. It is widely regarded as the best-known speech of the Cold War and the most famous anti-communist speech. Kennedy aimed to underline the support of the United States for West Germany 22 months after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall to prevent mass emigration to the West. The message was aimed as much at the Soviets as it was at Berliners and was a clear statement of U.S. policy in the wake of the construction of the Berlin Wall. Another phrase in the speech was also spoken in German, "Lasst sie nach Berlin kommen" ("Let them come to Berlin"), addressed at those who claimed "we can work with the Communists", a remark at which Nikita Khrushchev scoffed only days later.
The speech is considered one of Kennedy's best, both a notable moment of the Cold War and a high point of the New Frontier. It was a great morale boost for West Berliners, who lived in an enclave deep inside East Germany and feared a possible East German occupation. Speaking from a platform erected on the steps of Rathaus Schöneberg for an audience of 450,000, Kennedy said,
Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was civis romanus sum ["I am a Roman citizen"]. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is "Ich bin ein Berliner!"... All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!"
Kennedy used the phrase twice in his speech, including at the end, pronouncing the sentence with his Boston accent and reading from his note "ish bin ein Bearleener", which he had written out using English orthography to approximate the German pronunciation. He also used classical Latin pronunciation of civis romanus sum, with the c pronounced /k/ and the v as /w/.
There is a widespread misconception (outside German-speaking countries) that the phrase is incorrect German and in fact means "I'm a doughnut". It has even been embellished into an urban legend including equally incorrect claims about the audience laughing at this phrase.
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1 Background
2 Genesis and execution of the speech
2.1 Origins
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3 Consequences and legacy
4 "I'm a doughnut" urban legend
5 Cultural references
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Background[edit]
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Main article: History of Berlin
The four sectors of Berlin
Germany's capital, Berlin, was deep within the area controlled after World War II by the Soviet Union. Initially governed in four sectors controlled by the four Allied powers (United States, United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union), tensions of the Cold War escalated until the Soviet forces implemented the Berlin Blockade, which the Western allies relieved with the dramatic airlift. Afterward, the sectors controlled by the NATO Allies became an effective exclave of West Germany, completely surrounded by East Germany. From 1952, the border between East and West was closed everywhere but in Berlin. Hundreds of thousands of East Germans defected to the West via West Berlin, a labour drain that threatened East Germany with economic collapse.
In 1961, the East German government under Walter Ulbricht erected a barbed-wire barrier around West Berlin, officially called the antifaschistischer Schutzwall (anti-fascist protective barrier). The East German authorities argued that it was meant to prevent spies and agents of West Germany from crossing into the East. However, it was universally known as the Berlin Wall and its real purpose was to keep East German citizens from escaping to the West. Over a period of months the wall was rebuilt using concrete, and buildings were demolished to create a "death zone" in view of East German guards armed with machine guns. The Wall closed the biggest loophole in the Iron Curtain, and Berlin went from being one of the easiest places to cross from East Europe to West Europe to being one of the most difficult.[1]
The West, including the U.S., was accused of failing to respond forcefully to the erection of the Wall. Officially, Berlin was under joint occupation by the four allied powers, each with primary responsibility for a certain zone. Kennedy's speech marked the first instance where the U.S. acknowledged that East Berlin was part of the Soviet bloc along with the rest of East Germany. On July 25, 1961, Kennedy insisted in a presidential address that the U.S. would defend West Berlin, asserting its Four-Power rights, while making it clear that challenging the Soviet presence in Germany was not possible.
Genesis and execution of the speech[edit]
Origins[edit]
John F. Kennedy's phonetic transcription of the German and Latin phrases in the Ich bin ein Berliner speech
The Ich bin ein Berliner speech is in part derived from a speech Kennedy gave at a Civic Reception on May 4, 1962, in New Orleans; there also he used the phrase civis Romanus sum by saying "Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was to say, "I am a citizen of Rome." Today, I believe, in 1962 the proudest boast is to say, "I am a citizen of the United States." And it is not enough to merely say it; we must live it. Anyone can say it. But Americans who serve today in West Berlin—your sons and brothers --[...] are the Americans who are bearing the great burden."[2] The phrases "I am a Berliner" and "I am proud to be in Berlin" were typed already a week before the speech on a list of expressions to be used, including a phonetic transcription of the German translation. Such transcriptions are also found in the third draft of the speech (in Kennedy's own handwriting), from June 25. The final typed version of the speech does not contain the transcriptions, which are added by hand by Kennedy himself.[3]
In practice sessions before the trip, Kennedy had run through a number of sentences, even paragraphs, to recite in German; in these sessions, he was helped by Margaret Plischke, a translator working for the US State Department; by Ted Sorensen, Kennedy's counsel and habitual speechwriter; and by an interpreter, Robert Lochner, who had grown up in Berlin. It became clear quickly that the president did not have a gift for languages and was more likely to embarrass himself if he was to cite in German for any length.[3]
But there are differing accounts on the origin of the phrase Ich bin ein Berliner. Plischke wrote a 1997 account[4] of visiting Kennedy at the White House weeks before the trip to help compose the speech and teach him the proper pronunciation; she also claims that the phrase had been translated stateside already by the translator scheduled to accompany him on the trip ("a rather unpleasant man who complained bitterly that he had had to interrupt his vacation just to watch the President’s mannerisms").[5] Additionally, Ted Sorensen claimed in his memoir Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History (2008) to have had a hand in the speech, and said he had incorrectly inserted the word ein, incorrectly taking responsibility for the "jelly doughnut misconception", below,[6] a claim apparently supported by Berlin mayor Willy Brandt but dismissed by later scholars since the final typed version, which does not contain the words, is the last one Sorensen could have worked on.[3] Robert Lochner claimed in his memoirs that Kennedy had asked him for a translation of "I am a Berliner", and that they practiced the phrase in Brandt's office.[3] Daum credited the origin of the phrase Ich bin ein Berliner to Kennedy and his 1962 speech in New Orleans quoted above. According to Daum, Kennedy was affected by seeing the Berlin Wall, so that he "falls back on the most memorable passage of his New Orleans speech given the year before, changing pride in being an American in being a Berliner."[3]
Delivery[edit]
Kennedy delivering his speech in Berlin
Behind the long table set up on the steps of the Rathaus Schöneberg were U.S. and German dignitaries, including Dean Rusk (Kennedy's Secretary of State), Lucius D. Clay (the US administrator of Germany), Konrad Adenauer (the German chancellor), Willy Brandt, and Otto Bach (President of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin). The crowd was estimated at 450,000 people.[7] Bach spoke first, of the recent developments in Berlin, especially the wall. He was followed by Konrad Adenauer, who spoke briefly and introduced the president.
Kennedy was accompanied not by Robert Lochner, but by Heinz Weber of the Berlin mission; Weber translated the president's speech to the audience. Besides the typescript, Kennedy had a cue card on which he himself had written the phonetic spelling, and he surprised everyone by completely disregarding the speech, which had taken weeks to prepare. Instead, he improvised: "He says more than he should, something different from what his advisers had recommended, and is more provocative than he had intended to be."[3]
The speech culminated with the second use in the speech of the Ich bin ein Berliner phrase: "Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is Ich bin ein Berliner!" The crowd was quiet while Weber translated and repeated the president's German line; Kennedy was obviously relieved at the crowd's positive response and thanked Weber for his translation. Weber translated this compliment also. According to Daum, after this first successful delivery, "Kennedy, who fiddles a bit with his suit jacket, is grinning like a boy who has just pulled off a coup."[3]
Kennedy's National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy thought the speech had gone "a little too far", and the two revised the text for a softer stance before repeating the speech at the Freie Universität Berlin later that day.[8]
Consequences and legacy[edit]
Plaque commemorating Kennedy's speech next to the front entrance of Rathaus Schöneberg
Liberian $5 coin commemorating the speech
While the immediate response from the West German population was positive, the Soviet authorities were less pleased with the combative Lass sie nach Berlin kommen. Only two weeks before, Kennedy had spoken in a more conciliatory tone, speaking of "improving relations with the Soviet Union": in response to Kennedy's Berlin speech, Nikita Khrushchev, days later, remarked that "one would think that the speeches were made by two different Presidents."[9]
Ronald Reagan would evoke both the sentiment and the legacy of Kennedy's speech 24 years later in his "Tear down this wall!" speech.
There are commemorative sites to Kennedy in Berlin, such as the German-American John F. Kennedy School and the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies of the FU Berlin. The public square in front of the Rathaus Schöneberg was renamed John-F.-Kennedy-Platz. A large plaque dedicated to Kennedy is mounted on a column at the entrance of the building and the room above the entrance and overlooking the square is dedicated to Kennedy and his visit.
The original manuscript of the speech is stored with the National Archives and Records Administration.
"I'm a doughnut" urban legend[edit]
Berliner with plum jam filling
There is a widespread perception that Kennedy made an embarrassing mistake by saying Ich bin ein Berliner. By not leaving out the indefinite article "ein," he supposedly changed the meaning of the sentence from the intended "I am a citizen of Berlin" to "I am a Berliner" (a Berliner being a type of German pastry, similar to a jelly doughnut).
According to some grammar texts,[10] the indefinite article can be omitted in German when speaking of an individual's profession or origin but is in any case used when speaking in a figurative sense.[11][12]
Furthermore, although the word "Berliner"[9][13] is used for a jelly doughnut in the north, west and southwest of Germany, it is not used in Berlin itself or the surrounding region, where the usual word is "Pfannkuchen."
A further part of the misconception is that the audience to his speech laughed at his supposed error. They actually cheered and applauded both times the phrase was used. They laughed and cheered a few seconds after the first use of the phrase when Kennedy joked with the interpreter: "I appreciate my interpreter translating my German."[14]
A reference to this misconception appears in Len Deighton's spy novel Berlin Game, published in 1983, which contains the following passage, spoken by Bernard Samson:
'Ich bin ein Berliner,' I said. It was a joke. A Berliner is a doughnut. The day after President Kennedy made his famous proclamation, Berlin cartoonists had a field day with talking doughnuts.[15]
In Deighton's novel, Samson is an unreliable narrator, and his words cannot be taken at face value. However, The New York Times' review of Deighton's novel appeared to treat Samson's remark as factual and added the detail that Kennedy's audience found his remark funny:
Here is where President Kennedy announced, Ich bin ein Berliner, and thereby amused the city's populace because in the local parlance a Berliner is a doughnut.[16]
Four years later, it found its way into a New York Times op-ed:
It's worth recalling, again, President John F. Kennedy's use of a German phrase while standing before the Berlin Wall. It would be great, his wordsmiths thought, for him to declare himself a symbolic citizen of Berlin. Hence, Ich bin ein Berliner. What they did not know, but could easily have found out, was that such citizens never refer to themselves as 'Berliners.' They reserve that term for a favorite confection often munched at breakfast. So, while they understood and appreciated the sentiments behind the President's impassioned declaration, the residents tittered among themselves when he exclaimed, literally, "I am a jelly-filled doughnut."[17]
The doughnut misconception has since been repeated by media such as the BBC (by Alistair Cooke in his Letter from America program),[18] The Guardian,[19] MSNBC,[20] CNN,[21] Time magazine,[22] and The New York Times;[6] mentioned in several books about Germany written by English-speaking authors, including Norman Davies[23] and Kenneth C. Davis;[24] and used in the manual for the Speech Synthesis Markup Language.[25] It is also mentioned in Robert Dallek's biography of Kennedy, An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963.[26]
Another reference to this misconception appears in David Foster Wallace's novel Infinite Jest, published in 1996, which contains the following passage:
Few foreigners realize that the German term Berliner is also the vulgate idiom for a common jelly doughnut, and thus that Kennedy's seminal 'Ich bin ein Berliner' was greeted by the Teutonic crowds with a delight only apparently political.[27]
Cultural references[edit]
The phrase and the legend are quoted very often in fiction and popular culture in the United States. Besides a direct quote, there exist many variations starting "Ich bin ein (+ noun, e.g., Frankfurter, Hamburger)" that is supposed to be understood by the primarily English-speaking audience based on the widespread knowledge of this German phrase and its myth. The phrase is perhaps ambiguous, but in context it is clear.
See also[edit]
Tear down this wall!, Ronald Reagan's 1987 Berlin speech
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ "John F. Kennedy: Remarks in New Orleans at a Civic Reception". John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. May 4, 1962. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Daum, Andreas W. (2008). Kennedy in Berlin. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. pp. 147–55. ISBN 978-0-521-85824-3.
Jump up ^ Her letter to American Heritage is printed anonymously; however, in the first-person story the writer refers to herself as "Mrs. Plischke from the Foreign Service Institute." Additionally, she is named as Margarethe Plischke in Kennedy and the Berlin Wall by W. R. Smyser, p. 217. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
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^ Jump up to: a b Rosenthal, Jack (May 18, 2008). "Profile in Courage". The New York Times. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
Jump up ^ This is the estimate given in Daum, Kennedy in Berlin 137. A BBC article has a much lower number, 120,000. "On This Day: 1963: Kennedy: 'Ich bin ein Berliner'". BBC. June 26, 2005. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
Jump up ^ Robert Lochner. "Teaching JFK German". CNN.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. Retrieved 2006-09-24.
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Jump up ^ Despite widespread claims to the contrary in most German grammars and textbooks, it is not incorrect to use an indefinite article before an indication of a person's origin, profession. As explained in the Duden-Grammatik: "Der indefinite Artikel wird beim prädikativen Nominativ [...] oft weggelassen, wenn damit die Zugehörigkeit zu einer sozial etablierten und anerkannten Gruppe (Nationalität, Herkunft, Beruf, Funktion, Weltanschauung, Religion, gesellschaftlicher Status usw.) angegeben wird (a). Zum Teil bestehen regionale Unterschiede im Gebrauch; ein strikter Standard hat sich nicht herausgebildet (b): (a) Sie wird _ Hochbauzeichnerin. Er bleibt _ Junggeselle. (b) Er ist (ein) Engländer. Sie ist (eine) Heidelbergerin." (Duden-Grammatik, 8. ed. 2009, p. 331.
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Jump up ^ "Ich bin ein Pfannkuchen. Oder ein Berliner?" [I am a jelly doughnut. Or a Berliner?] (in German). Stadtkind. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
Jump up ^ "John F. Kennedy: Ich bin ein Berliner (I am a 'Berliner')". American Rhetoric. June 26, 1963.
Jump up ^ Deighton, Len (1985) [1983]. Berlin Game (1st Ballantine Books ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 112. ISBN 0-345-31498-0.
Jump up ^ Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (December 12, 1983). "Books of the Times: Berlin Game, by Len Deighton". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
Jump up ^ Miller, William J (April 30, 1988). "I Am a Jelly-Filled Doughnut". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
Jump up ^ "Programmes | Letter From America | "I am a Jelly Doughnut"". BBC News. 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
Jump up ^ Hollis, Richard (September 10, 2005). "How we got the measure of a Berliner". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
Jump up ^ "Bloopers", One good move, Nov 2005 .
Jump up ^ "9", Cold War (special), CNN, archived from the original on December 18, 2008 .
Jump up ^ Purvis, Andrew (2007-01-09). "Wall-To-Wall Kennedy". Time. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
Jump up ^ Davies, Norman (1998), Europe: A History, New York, p. 1113 .
Jump up ^ Davis, Kenneth C. (2007). Don't Know Much about Anything: Everything You Need to Know But Never Learned about People, Places, Events, and More!. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-125146-7.
Jump up ^ Burnett, Daniel C.; Walker, Mark R; Hunt, Andrew (September 7, 2004). "Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML)". Speech Synthesis Markup Language Recommendation (Version 1.0 ed.). World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
Jump up ^ Dallek, Robert (2003), An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963, p. 625, In the midst of so tumultuous a reception, no one was ready to complain that Kennedy should have said, ‘Ich bin Berliner’ instead of ‘ein Berliner,’ which was colloquial German for a jelly doughnut.
Jump up ^ Wallace, David Foster (1996). Infinite Jest (1st Little, Brown ed.). New York: Little, Brown. p. 1079. ISBN 0-316-92004-5.
Further reading[edit]
Daum, Andreas W. (2007). Kennedy in Berlin. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-85824-3.
Provan, John D. (2013). Ich bin ein Berliner. Berlin: Berlinstory-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86368-112-8.
Heichler, Lucian (June 2002). "I Remember... How Berlin Mourned John F. Kennedy". American Diplomacy.
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Phosphocreatine
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Phosphocreatine
Names
IUPAC name
N-Methyl-N-(phosphonocarbamimidoyl)glycine
Other names
Creatine phosphate; phosphorylcreatine; creatine-P; phosphagen; fosfocreatine
Identifiers
CAS Number
67-07-2 Y
3D model (JSmol)
Interactive image
Interactive image
Abbreviations PCr
ChemSpider
567 N
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.585
EC Number 200-643-9
PubChem CID
587
UNII
020IUV4N33 Y
InChI[show]
InChI=1S/C4H10N3O5P/c1-7(2-3(8)9)4(5)6-13(10,11)12/h2H2,1H3,(H,8,9)(H4,5,6,10,11,12) N
Key: DRBBFCLWYRJSJZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N N
InChI=1/C4H10N3O5P/c1-7(2-3(8)9)4(5)6-13(10,11)12/h2H2,1H3,(H,8,9)(H4,5,6,10,11,12)
Key: DRBBFCLWYRJSJZ-UHFFFAOYAF
SMILES[show]
OC(CN(C)C(N)=NP(O)(O)=O)=O
CN(CC(=O)O)C(=N)NP(=O)(O)O
Properties
Chemical formula
C4H10N3O5P
Molar mass 211.11 g·mol−1
Pharmacology
ATC code
C01EB06 (WHO)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
N verify (what is Y N ?)
Infobox references
Phosphocreatine, also known as creatine phosphate (CP) or PCr (Pcr), is a phosphorylated creatine molecule that serves as a rapidly mobilizable reserve of high-energy phosphates in skeletal muscle and the brain to recycle adenosine triphosphate, the energy currency of the cell.
Contents
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1 Chemistry
2 Function
3 History
4 References
5 External links
Chemistry[edit]
In the kidneys, the enzyme AGAT catalyzes the conversion of two amino acids — arginine and glycine — into guanidinoacetate (also called glycocyamine or GAA), which is then transported in the blood to the liver. A methyl group is added to GAA from the amino acid methionine by the enzyme GAMT, forming non-phosphorylated creatine. This is then dumped into the blood by the liver where it travels mainly to the muscle cells (95% of the body's creatine is in muscles), and to a lesser extent the brain, heart, and pancreas. Once inside the cells it is transformed into phosphocreatine by the enzyme complex creatine kinase, which makes it able to donate its phosphate group to convert adenosine diphosphate (ADP) into adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This process is an important component of all vertebrates' bioenergetic systems. For instance, while the human body only produces 250g of ATP daily, it recycles its entire body weight in ATP each day through creatine phosphate.
Creatine phosphate can be broken down into creatinine, which is then excreted in the urine. A 70-kg man contains around 120g of creatine, with 40% being the unphosphorylated form and 60% as creatine phosphate. Of that amount, 1–2% is broken down and excreted each day as creatinine.
Phosphocreatine is used intravenously in hospitals in some parts of the world for cardiovascular problems under the name Neoton, and also used by some professional athletes, as it is not a controlled substance.
Function[edit]
Phosphocreatine can anaerobically donate a phosphate group to ADP to form ATP during the first two to seven seconds following an intense muscular or neuronal effort.[citation needed] Conversely, excess ATP can be used during a period of low effort to convert creatine to phosphocreatine. The reversible phosphorylation of creatine (i.e., both the forward and backward reaction) is catalyzed by several creatine kinases. The presence of creatine kinase (CK-MB, MB for muscle/brain) in blood plasma is indicative of tissue damage and is used in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction.[1] The cell's ability to generate phosphocreatine from excess ATP during rest, as well as its use of phosphocreatine for quick regeneration of ATP during intense activity, provides a spatial and temporal buffer of ATP concentration. In other words, phosphocreatine acts as high-energy reserve in a coupled reaction; the energy given off from donating the phosphate group is used to regenerate the other compound - in this case, ATP. Phosphocreatine plays a particularly important role in tissues that have high, fluctuating energy demands such as muscle and brain.
History[edit]
The discovery of phosphocreatine[2][3] was reported by Grace and Philip Eggleton of the University of Cambridge[4] and separately by Cyrus Fiske and Yellapragada Subbarow of the Harvard Medical School[5] in 1927. A few years later David Nachmansohn, working under Meyerhof at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Dahlem, Berlin, contributed to the understanding of the phosphocreatine's role in the cell.[3]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Schlattner U, Tokarska-Schlattner M, Wallimann T (2006). "Mitochondrial creatine kinase in human health and disease". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1762 (2): 164–180. doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2005.09.004. PMID 16236486.
Jump up ^ Saks, Valdur (2007). Molecular system bioenergetics: energy for life. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. p. 2. ISBN 978-3-527-31787-5.
^ Jump up to: a b Ochoa, Severo (1989). Sherman, E. J.; National Academy of Sciences, eds. David Nachmansohn. Biographical Memoirs. 58. National Academies Press. pp. 357–404. ISBN 978-0-309-03938-3.
Jump up ^ Eggleton, Philip; Eggleton, Grace Palmer (1927). "The inorganic phosphate and a labile form of organic phosphate in the gastrocnemius of the frog". Biochemical Journal. 21 (1): 190–195. PMC 1251888  . PMID 16743804.
Jump up ^ Fiske, Cyrus H.; Subbarao, Yellapragada (1927). "The nature of the 'inorganic phosphate' in voluntary muscle". Science. 65 (1686): 401–403. doi:10.1126/science.65.1686.401. PMID 17807679.
External links[edit]
Human Metabolome Database at the University of Alberta
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It's Just a Matter of Time (song)
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"It's Just a Matter of Time" is a popular song written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis and Belford Hendricks. The original recording by Benton topped the Billboard rhythm & blues chart in 1959 and peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 pop chart, the first in a string of hits for Benton that ran through 1970.[1]
The song later found a second life as a country song, with major hit recordings by three different country music performers during the 1970s and 1980s, two of which hit number one.[2]:35
Contents
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1 Origin and original success
1.1 Writing
1.2 Benton's recording
1.2.1 Chart positions
2 The country covers
2.1 Sonny James version
2.1.1 Chart positions
2.2 Glen Campbell version
2.2.1 Chart positions
2.3 Randy Travis version
2.3.1 Chart positions
2.3.2 Year-end charts
3 References
4 See also
Origin and original success[edit]
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
Single by Brook Benton
Released
February 1959[3]
Format
single
Recorded
1958
Genre
pop, rhythm and blues
Length
2:28
Label
Mercury 71394
Songwriter(s)
Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis
Producer(s)
Belford Hendricks
Brook Benton singles chronology
"Crazy In Love With You"
(1958) "It's Just a Matter of Time"
(1959) "Endlessly"
(1959)
"Crazy In Love With You"
(1958) "It's Just a Matter of Time"
(1959) "Endlessly"
(1959)
Writing[edit]
Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis established themselves as a songwriting team in the late 1950s, penning hits for Nat King Cole ("Looking Back") and Clyde McPhatter ("A Lover's Question"). During one songwriting session, Benton expressed frustration that they were not hitting on any good ideas, to which Otis replied, "It's just a matter of time, Brook". Those words inspired them to write a love song from the point of view of a man who misses his love, but believes she will come back to him. [4]
Benton's recording[edit]
Benton and Otis placed the song on a demo tape for Cole, and he agreed to record it. However, Otis became an A&R manager at Mercury Records, and signed Benton to the label. Otis felt that "It's Just A Matter Of Time" would be an ideal single for Benton, and he asked Cole not to record the song so it could be Benton's first release on the label.[4] Belford Hendricks, a classically trained composer, co-wrote and arranged the recording. Benton's version, in a style clearly influenced by Cole, was a quick success, rising to number three on the Billboard pop charts while topping the R&B chart for 9 weeks in the spring of 1959, the longest run atop the chart of any song that year. On April 12, during the song's chart run, Benton made his national television debut, singing the song on The Ed Sullivan Show.[5] While Benton had had one previous minor hit ("A Million Miles From Nowhere"), this success established him to the public, leading to a continuous string of hits through 1962, and occasional success thereafter.[6]
The song featured in the film Boogie Nights (1997).
Chart positions[edit]
Chart (1959)
Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 3
U.S. R&B Singles 1
Preceded by
"Stagger Lee"
by Lloyd Price Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single
March 9-May 10, 1959 Succeeded by
"Kansas City"
by Wilbert Harrison
The country covers[edit]
Sonny James version[edit]
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
Single by Sonny James
from the album It's Just a Matter of Time
Released
January 1970
Format
single
Recorded
1969
Genre
Country
Length
2:35
Label
Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis
Producer(s)
George Richey
Sonny James singles chronology
"Since I Met You Baby"
(1969) "It's Just a Matter of Time"
(1970) "My Love"
(1970)
"Since I Met You Baby"
(1969) "It's Just a Matter of Time"
(1970) "My Love"
(1970)
The first cover version that became a country hit was recorded by Sonny James; his version spent four weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1970.[8] The song was James' 10th in a string of 16 consecutive chart-topping single releases, spanning from 1967-1971.
James performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on January 11, 1970 (just days after the single was released) and Hee Haw on January 21.[2]:35
Chart positions[edit]
Chart (1970)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 87
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 4
Canadian RPM Top Singles 85
Preceded by
"A Week in a Country Jail" by Tom T. Hall Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
February 14-March 7, 1970 Succeeded by
"The Fightin' Side of Me" by Merle Haggard
Glen Campbell version[edit]
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
Single by Glen Campbell
from the album It's Just a Matter of Time
A-side
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
B-side
"Gene Autry, My Hero"
Released
October 1985
Format
single
Recorded
1985
Genre
Country
Length
2:27
Label
Atlantic 99600
Songwriter(s)
Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis
Producer(s)
Harold Shedd
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"(Love Always) Letter to Home"
(1985) "It's Just a Matter of Time"
(1985) "Cowpoke"
(1986)
"(Love Always) Letter to Home"
(1985) "It's Just a Matter of Time"
(1985) "Cowpoke"
(1986)
In 1985, Glen Campbell — at the time on the roster of Atlantic America Records — recorded his version and released it as a single. His version peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in February 1986.
Chart positions[edit]
Chart (1985–1986)
Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 7
Randy Travis version[edit]
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
Single by Randy Travis
from the album No Holdin' Back
B-side
"This Day Was Made for You and Me"
Released
August 1989
Format
7" 45 RPM
Recorded
1989
Genre
Country
Length
3:56
Label
Warner Bros. 28841
Songwriter(s)
Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis
Producer(s)
Richard Perry
Randy Travis singles chronology
"Promises"
(1989) "It's Just a Matter of Time"
(1989) "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart"
(1990)
"Promises"
(1989) "It's Just a Matter of Time"
(1989) "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart"
(1990)
Randy Travis became the third country artist to find success with the song. Released in August 1989 as the lead-off single to the album No Holdin' Back, Travis' version became his 10th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
Travis' bluesy rendition was initially recorded as part of the album Rock, Rhythm & Blues, a 10-song compilation featuring covers of 1950s-era pop hits by 1980s stars. The song was later included on No Holdin' Back after Travis and others liked what they had just recorded.[2]:570
Chart positions[edit]
Chart (1989)
Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[12] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1989)
Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[14] 35
US Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 78
Preceded by
"Yellow Roses"
by Dolly Parton Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
December 2, 1989 Succeeded by
"If Tomorrow Never Comes"
by Garth Brooks
Preceded by
"Bayou Boys"
by Eddy Raven RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
December 2-December 9, 1989 Succeeded by
"Yellow Roses"
by Dolly Parton
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Allmusic — "It's Just a Matter of Time"[dead link]
^ Jump up to: a b c Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits," Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2).
Jump up ^ Röhnisch, Claus (Jun 25, 2006). "The Golden 50's". Retrieved Nov 30, 2009.
^ Jump up to: a b Colin Escott, "Clyde Otis: Looking Back". Goldmine, October 1, 1993, pp. 42-43.
Jump up ^ Luke Crampton and Dafyyd Rees, Rock and Roll Year by Year (Bath, England: DK Publishing, 2003), 900.
Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles 1955-1999 (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2000), 48-49.
Jump up ^ "Brook Benton – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Brook Benton.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.
Jump up ^ "Sonny James – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Sonny James.
Jump up ^ "Sonny James – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Sonny James.
Jump up ^ "Glen Campbell – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Glen Campbell.
Jump up ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6627." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 2, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Randy Travis – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Randy Travis.
Jump up ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM. December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
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Notable singles
"Young Love"
"Lovesick Blues"
"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know"
"Apache"
"The Minute You're Gone"
"You're the Only World I Know"
"Behind the Tear"
"Take Good Care of Her"
"Need You"
"I'll Never Find Another You"
"It's the Little Things"
"A World of Our Own"
"Heaven Says Hello"
"Born to Be with You"
"Only the Lonely"
"Running Bear"
"Since I Met You Baby"
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
"My Love"
"Don't Keep Me Hangin' On"
"Endlessly"
"Empty Arms"
"Bright Lights, Big City"
"Here Comes Honey Again"
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
"That's Why I Love You Like I Do"
"When the Snow Is on the Roses"
"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)"
"In the Jailhouse Now"
"Abilene"
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Capitol Records
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Glen Campbell
Studio albums
Big Bluegrass Special
Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry
The Astounding 12-String Guitar of Glen Campbell
The Big Bad Rock Guitar of Glen Campbell
Burning Bridges
Gentle on My Mind
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Hey Little One
A New Place in the Sun
Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
That Christmas Feeling
Wichita Lineman
Galveston
True Grit
Try a Little Kindness
Oh Happy Day
Norwood
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Album
The Last Time I Saw Her
Anne Murray / Glen Campbell
The Artistry of Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell
I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)
I Remember Hank Williams
Houston (I'm Comin' to See You)
Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb
Ernie Sings & Glen Picks
Rhinestone Cowboy
Bloodline
Southern Nights
Basic
Highwayman
Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like
It's the World Gone Crazy
Old Home Town
Letter to Home
No More Night
It's Just a Matter of Time
Still Within the Sound of My Voice
Light Years
Favorite Hymns
Walkin' in the Sun
Unconditional Love
Show Me Your Way
Rock-A-Doodle
Wings of Victory
Somebody Like That
Home for the Holidays
The Boy in Me
Christmas with Glen Campbell
A Glen Campbell Christmas
My Hits and Love Songs
Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love
Meet Glen Campbell
Ghost on the Canvas
See You There
I'll Be Me soundtrack
Adiós
Live albums
Glen Campbell Live
Live in Japan
Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Glen Campbell Live
Glen Campbell Live! His Greatest Hits
Glen Campbell in Concert with the South Dakota Symphony
Through the Years Live - Ultimate Collection
Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session
Compilations
Country Shindig
The 12 String Guitar of Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell Plays 12 String Guitar
Portrait
Country Soul
Country Music Star No. 1
The Glen Campbell Album
Limited Collector's Edition
A Satisfied Mind
Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits
Gentle on My Mind
The Good Time Songs of Glen Campbell
I'll Paint You a Song
Arkansas
The Best of Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats
The Great Hits of Glen Campbell
The Glen Campbell Collection
All I Have to Do Is Dream
The Very Best of Glen Campbell
Presents His Hits in Concert
Classics Collection
Greatest Country Hits
Best of the Early Years
Merry Christmas
All-Time Greatest Hits
The Essential Glen Campbell Volume One
The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Two
The Essential Glen Campbell Volume Three
Jesus and Me: The Collection
Home at Last
The Glen Campbell Collection (1962–1989) Gentle on My Mind
The Capitol Years 65/77
Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988
Love Songs
Glen Campbell Christmas
Super Hits
20 Greatest Hits
Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975–1976
Southern Nights/Basic
All the Best
The Legacy (1961–2002)
Rhinestone Cowboy (New Studio Recordings)
Glen Campbell Collection
Rhinestone Cowboy Live, on the Air & in the Studio
Sings the Best of Jimmy Webb 1967–1992
The Platinum Collection
Classic Campbell
Words and Music
Greatest Hits
Singles
"Turn Around, Look at Me"
"Too Late to Worry - Too Blue to Cry"
"Long Black Limousine"
"Guess I'm Dumb"
"Universal Soldier"
"Gentle on My Mind"
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
"Hey Little One"
"I Wanna Live"
"Dreams of the Everyday Housewife"
"Wichita Lineman"
"Let It Be Me" (with Bobbie Gentry)
"Galveston"
"Where's the Playground Susie"
"True Grit"
"Try a Little Kindness"
"Honey Come Back"
"All I Have to Do Is Dream" (with Bobbie Gentry)
"Oh Happy Day"
"Everything a Man Could Ever Need"
"It's Only Make Believe"
"Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"
"The Last Time I Saw Her"
"I Say a Little Prayer"
"Oklahoma Sunday Morning"
"Manhattan, Kansas"
"Bonaparte's Retreat"
"Rhinestone Cowboy"
"Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)"
"Don't Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
"Southern Nights"
"Sunflower"
"I Love How You Love Me"
"Faithless Love"
"A Lady Like You"
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (with Steve Wariner)
"Still Within the Sound of My Voice"
"I Remember You"
"I Have You"
"She's Gone, Gone, Gone"
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You"
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The Beach Boys
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Randy Travis
Albums
Singles
Studio albums
Randy Traywick
Storms of Life
Always & Forever
Old 8×10
No Holdin' Back
Heroes & Friends
High Lonesome
Wind in the Wire
This Is Me
Full Circle
You and You Alone
A Man Ain't Made of Stone
Inspirational Journey
Rise and Shine
Worship & Faith
Passing Through
Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise
Around the Bend
Anniversary Celebration
Influence Vol. 1: The Man I Am
Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am
Compilation albums
Greatest Hits, Volume 1
Greatest Hits, Volume 2
Forever & Ever... The Best of Randy Travis
Greatest #1 Hits
Super Hits, Volume 1
Trail of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology
The Essential Randy Travis
The Very Best of Randy Travis
The Platinum Collection
I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis
Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis
I'll Fly Away
Top 10
Randy Travis
Forever Country: 15 Original Hits
Hymns: 17 Timeless Songs of Faith
On the Other Hand: All the Number Ones
Holiday albums
An Old Time Christmas
Songs of the Season
Live albums
Randy Ray: Live at the Nashville Palace
Live: It Was Just a Matter of Time
Notable singles
"1982"
"On the Other Hand"
"Diggin' Up Bones"
"No Place Like Home"
"Forever and Ever, Amen"
"I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)"
"Too Gone Too Long"
"I Told You So"
"Honky Tonk Moon"
"Deeper Than the Holler"
"Is It Still Over?"
"Promises"
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
"Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart"
"He Walked on Water"
"A Few Ole Country Boys" (with George Jones)
"Heroes and Friends"
"Point of Light"
"Forever Together"
"Better Class of Losers"
"I'd Surrender All"
"If I Didn't Have You"
"Look Heart, No Hands"
"An Old Pair of Shoes"
"Cowboy Boogie"
"Before You Kill Us All"
"Whisper My Name"
"This Is Me"
"The Box"
"Are We in Trouble Now"
"Would I"
"Out of My Bones"
"The Hole"
"Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man"
"Stranger in My Mirror"
"A Man Ain't Made of Stone"
"Baptism"
"Three Wooden Crosses"
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DreamWorks Records
"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)"
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Brook Benton
Singles
"Endlessly"
"It's Just a Matter of Time"
"So Many Ways"
"Thank You Pretty Baby"
"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"
"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"
"Kiddio"
"A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)"
"Think Twice"
"Frankie and Johnny"
"Boll Weevil"
"Shadrack"
"Walk on the Wild Side"
"Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)"
"My Way"
"Rainy Night in Georgia"
Other songs
"Goodnight My Love"
"It's Been a Long, Long Time"
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