At Last

"At Last" is a song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Sun Valley Serenade (). Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded the tune.
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Her phrasing doesn't come close in terms of inventiveness or inspiration, and her emotional conviction is lacking, to say the least. This was somewhat echoed by Robert Fontenot of About. The only major drawback to her performance is that she lacks the pained vocal chops to convincingly pull off James's songs or make them her own Lizzie Smith of the Daily Mail wrote that she had a "stunning performance". She told Entertainment Tonight: I could not be more honored and excited that they have asked me to be part of this moment in history.

Etta James, who was not happy at all, remarked to the audience at a concert from the stage of Seattle's Paramount Theatre a week later:. You guys know your president, right? You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president.

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He might be yours; he ain't my president. But I tell you that woman he had singing for him, singing my song — she's going to get her ass whupped. Like I said, she ain't mine. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day, gonna be singing my song that I've been singing forever. At each of the balls, the Obamas' dance song remained "At Last".

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During the performance, footage of her performing the song at Obama's inauguration, video images of civil rights era footage, and snippets from her performance of the song in the movie Cadillac Records were all shown on the screens behind her. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see At Last disambiguation. This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.

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Also, at long last. After a long time, finally, as in At last the speeches ended and dinner was served , or Harry's got his degree at long last. The first term dates from about , the variant from the early s. Also see at length , def.

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References in classic literature? Meantime the thieves were frightened, and ran off a little way; but at last they plucked up their hearts, and said,. The little man crawled about in the hay-loft, and at last found a snug place to finish his night's rest in; so he laid himself down, meaning to sleep till daylight, and then find his way home to his father and mother. At last he cried out as loud as he could, 'Don't bring me any more hay.


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Tom soon set himself to work to get out, which was not a very easy task; but at last , just as he had made room to get his head out, fresh ill-luck befell him. The minutes pass; the half-hour longer strikes from the clock on the chimney-piece; and at last I hear him View in context. But how strange it was that the creative instinct should seize upon this dull stockbroker, to his own ruin, perhaps, and to the misfortune of such as were dependent on him; and yet no stranger than the way in which the spirit of God has seized men, powerful and rich, pursuing them with stubborn vigilance till at last , conquered, they have abandoned the joy of the world and the love of women for the painful austerities of the cloister.

At last , like a courtier fawning on the royal stick that is laid about his shoulders, he prides himself on the sensitiveness of his conscience. We have to show we can defend at the level we defended at last year,'' Dunleavy said.