document_title: Illinois River

question_text: where does the illinois river meet the mississippi river

text: Illinois River

text: Hydrography[edit]

text: The Illinois River is formed by the confluence of the Kankakee River and the Des Plaines River in eastern Grundy County, approximately 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Joliet. This river flows west across northern Illinois, passing Morris and Ottawa, where it is joined by the Mazon River and Fox River. At LaSalle, the Illinois River is joined by the Vermilion River, and then it flows west past Peru, and Spring Valley. In southeastern Bureau County it turns south at an area known as the "Great Bend", flowing southwest across western Illinois, past Lacon, Henry and downtown Peoria, the chief city on the river.

text: South of Peoria, the Illinois River goes by East Peoria and Creve Coeur, and then Pekin, Illinois, in Tazewell County, Illinois. It is then joined by the Mackinaw River and then passes through the Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge. Across from Havana, the Illinois is joined by the Spoon River coming from Fulton County, Illinois, and across from Browning, it is joined by the Sangamon River, which passes through the state capital, Springfield, Illinois. The La Moine River flows into it approximately five miles (8 kilometers) southwest of Beardstown, which is south of Peoria and Pekin and north of Lincoln and Springfield.

text: Near the confluence of the Illinois with the La Moine River, it turns south, flowing roughly parallel to the Mississippi across southwestern Illinois. Macoupin Creek joins the Illinois on the border between Greene and Jersey counties, approximately 15 miles (24 km) upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi.

text: For the last 20 miles (32 km) of its course, the Illinois is separated from the Mississippi River by only about five miles, by a peninsula of land that makes up Calhoun County. The Illinois joins the Mississippi near Grafton, approximately 25 miles (40 km) northwest of downtown St. Louis and about 20 miles upstream from the confluence of the Missouri River and the Mississippi.

text: Geology[edit]

text: South of Hennepin, the Illinois River is following the ancient channel of the Mississippi River. The Illinoian Stage, about 300,000 to 132,000 years ago, blocked the Mississippi near Rock Island, diverting it into its present channel. After the glacier melted, the Illinois River flowed into the ancient channel. The Hennepin Canal roughly follows the ancient channel of the Mississippi upstream of Rock Island.

text: The modern channel of the Illinois River was shaped in a matter of days by the Kankakee Torrent. During the melting of the Wisconsin Glacier about 10,000 years ago, a lake formed in present-day Indiana, comparable to one of the modern Great Lakes. The lake formed behind the terminal moraine of a substage of that glacier.[6] Melting ice to the north eventually raised the level of the lake so that it overflowed the moraine. The dam burst, and the entire volume of the lake was released in a very short time, perhaps a few days.

text: Because of the manner of its formation, the Illinois River runs through a deep canyon with many rock formations. It has an "underutilized channel", one far larger than would be needed to contain any conceivable flow in modern times.

text:
Flooding along the Illinois River

Late October 2009 (before the flood).

Early November 2009 (during the flood).

text: History[edit]

text: The Illinois River valley was one of the strongholds of the Illinois Confederation of Native Americans. The French first met the natives here in 1673. The first European settlement in the state of Illinois was the Jesuit mission founded in 1675 by Father Jacques Marquette on the banks of the Illinois across from Starved Rock at the Grand Village of the Illinois. In 1680, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle built the first fort in Illinois, Ft. St. Louis, at Starved Rock. Later it was relocated to the present site of Creve Coeur, near Peoria, where the Jesuits relocated.

text: Interpretation[edit]

text: The Peoria Riverfront Museum contains a gallery, "Illinois River Encounter," that attempts to interpret the museum through an aquarium tank and displays of the river's geology, ecology, social history, engineering, and commercial use.[7]

text: Modern use[edit]

text: From 1905 to 1915, more freshwater fish were harvested from the Illinois River than from any other river in the United States except for the Columbia River. The Illinois River was once a major source of mussels for the shell button industry. Overfishing, habitat loss from heavy siltation, and water pollution have eliminated most commercial fishing except for a small mussel harvest to provide shells to seed pearl oysters overseas. It is commercially fished downstream of the Rt. 89 bridge at Spring Valley. The Illinois River is still an important sports fishing waterway with a good sauger fishery.

text: The Illinois forms part of a modern waterway that connects the Great Lakes at Chicago to the Mississippi River. The waterway was originally established by the building of the Illinois and Michigan Canal that connected the Illinois River to the Chicago River. When the Sanitary District of Chicago later reversed the flow of the Chicago River, the pollution and sewage of the city of Chicago flowed down into the Illinois River. The Illinois and Michigan Canal has since been replaced by the Illinois Waterway, including the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. River traffic and flood control is managed by eight locks and dams operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As of 2011, all locks and dams on this waterway are closed to visitors for security reasons, except the Starved Rock Visitor Center, which offers an excellent interpretation of the entire system. The waterway is heavily used by barges transporting bulk goods such as grain and oil. It is used in the summer and early fall by tourists in pleasure boats cruising the Great Loop. The Illinois River is an important part of the Great Loop, the circumnavigation of Eastern North America by water.

text: The City of Peoria is developing a long-term plan to reduce combined sewer overflows to the Illinois River, as required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. During dry weather, sewage flows safely through the city's sewers to the Greater Peoria Sanitation District wastewater treatment plant. However, about 28 times a year, melting snow or rainwater can overwhelm the sewers, causing untreated sewage to overflow into the Illinois River. Peoria was required to examine the sewer overflows and prepare a long-term control plan to meet Clean Water Act requirements and protect the Illinois River. The city had to submit its plan by December 2008 to U.S. EPA and Illinois EPA.[8]. The issue was still under discussion as recently as 2016. [9]

text: In popular culture[edit]

text: The American folk, country, and bluegrass musician John Hartford's song "Long Hot Summer Days", on his 1976 album Mark Twang, is about a man who works on a towboat on the Illinois River. The chorus of the song includes the lyrics, "For every day I work on the Illinois River / Get a half a day off with pay / Ol' towboat makin' up barges / On a long hot summer day".

text: Cities and towns[edit]

text:
Bath
Beardstown
Browning
Chillicothe
Chicago
Creve Coeur
East Peoria
Florence
Hardin
Havana
Hennepin
Henry
Kampsville
Kingston Mines
LaSalle
Lacon
Liverpool
Marseilles
Meredosia
Morris
Naples
Naplate
North Utica
Oglesby
Ottawa
Pekin
Peoria
Peoria Heights
Peru
Rome
Seneca
Spring Bay
Spring Valley
Valley City


document_title: Laylat al-Qadr

question_text: where did the night of power take place

question_tokens: where did the night of power take place

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text: Laylat al-Qadr

text: Revelation to Muhammad[edit]

text: Some commentators believe that Quran was revealed to Muhammad two times being 'the immediate revelation' happening on the Laylat al-Qadr and 'gradual revelation' across 23 years. The Quran uses the word Inzal (انزال) which justifies 'the immediate revelation', according to Allamah Tabatabai.[6] However some others believe that the revelation of Quran occurred in two phases, with the first phase being the revelation in its entirety on Laylat al-Qadr to the angel Gabriel (Jibril in Arabic) in the lowest heaven, and then the subsequent verse-by-verse revelation to Muhammad by Gabriel.[3] The revelation started in 610 CE at the Hira cave on Mount Nur in Mecca. The first Sura that was revealed was Sūrat al-ʿAlaq (in Arabic العلق). During the first revelation the first five verses of this Sura, or chapter, were revealed.[citation needed]

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text: Date[edit]

text: The specific date of Laylat al-Qadr is not mentioned in the Quran.[7][8]

text: Sunni Islam[edit]

text: In Islamic countries and Sunni communities all over the world, Laylat al-Qadr is found to be on the last nights of Ramadan, mostly in on one of the odd nights (21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th or 29th) whereby night precedes day. Many traditions insist particularly on the night before the 27th of Ramadan.[9][10][11]

text:
27th of Ramadan
Gregorian date [12]

1435
23 July 2014

1436
13 July 2015

1437
2 July 2016

1438
22 June 2017

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text: Shia Islam[edit]

text: Shia Muslims similarly believe that Laylat al-Qadr is to be found in the last ten odd nights of Ramadan but mostly on the 19th, 21st or 23rd of Ramadan with 23rd being the most important night.[13] The 19th, according to the Shia belief coincides with the night Ali was attacked in the Mihrab while worshipping in the Great Mosque of Kufa, and died on the 21st of Ramadan. Shia Muslims regard these three nights as greatly rewarding. Many Shia Muslims, who make up the largest minority of Islamic followers — including the Ismailis and Dawoodi Bohras[14] observe Laylat al-Qadr on the 23rd night of Ramadan, in keeping with traditions received through Ali and his wife Fatimah, Muhammad's daughter and the Fatimid Imams The tradition is also said to have been articulated by Ja'far al-Sadiq and other Shia Imams.[6][15][10]

text:
23rd of Ramadan
Gregorian date

1436
10 July 2015

1437
27 June 2016[16]

1438
18 June 2017[17]

text: Mahdavi Muslims[edit]

text: Mahdavi Muslims observe Laylat al-Qadar on the 27th night of Ramadan as Dougana Laylat al-Qadr (in Persian, the word Dogana means "double"; here the word Dougana symbolizes the two rak'ahs of prayer performed during this night). Following the practice and traditions of their promised Mahdi, Muhammad Jaunpuri, the Mahdavis dress in colorful traditional attire and converge at Mahdavia mosques in their respective localities. Past midnight, between 26 and 27 Ramadan they collectively offer two rak'ahs of thanksgiving prayers, led by their Murshids.[citation needed]

text: Mahdavis believe that God blessed them with this most valued night of might/power, by the virtue of Muhammad Jaunpuri while travelling from Thatta (now in Pakistani province of Sindh) towards Farah (now in Afghanistan). During his stay in Makran, Imam Mahdi, in compliance with divine order, offered Dogana Laylat al-Qadr past midnight of 27 Ramadan 908 AH along with his family members and companions at the nearby mountain, which was later named after him as Koh-e-Murad.[18][19]

text: Religious importance[edit]

text: The night is not comparable to the others in view of Muslims[13] and according to a tradition, the blessings due to the worships during this night can't be equaled even by worshiping throughout the entire life. The reward of worships done in this one single night is more than the reward of around 83 years (1000 months) of worship.[4] Laylat al-Qadr is referenced in the Quran:[3][13]

text:
We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the night of Qadr:
And what will explain to thee what the night of Qadr is?
The night of Qadr is better than a thousand months.
Therein come down the angels and the Spirit by God's permission, on every errand:
Peace! This until the rise of dawn!

text: The verses above regard the night as better than one thousand months.[13] The whole month of Ramadan is a period of spiritual training wherein believers devote much of their time to fasting, praying, reciting the Quran, remembering God, and giving charity.[citation needed] However, because of the revealed importance of this night, Muslims strive [give more effort] harder in the last ten days of Ramadan since the Laylat al-Qadr could be one of the odd-numbered days in these last ten (the first, third, fifth, seventh or ninth). Normally, some Muslims from each community perform iʿtikāf in the mosque: they remain in the mosque for the last ten days of the month for prayers and recitation.[3] Women also observe i'tikaf. They remain in prayer and meditation mostly, although they are allowed to do the minimum domestic work to run the family. When Muhammed observed i'tikaf in a tent, he saw a few tents around his. His wives joined him by pitching tents.[citation needed]

text: For Shias[edit]

text: Shia theology also holds that Muhammad during his lifetime and the Shia Imams who succeed him are the recipients of the Angels and the Spirit that annually descend on the night of Qadr, and are thereby informed about the Divine providence for the coming year. Shia hadith sources narrate that:

text: Once Imam Ali (a) [the first Shia Imam] was reciting Surat al-Qadr and his sons, Imam Hasan (a) and Imam Husayn (a) were near him. Imam Husayn (a) asked his father: “Father, how come we feel a different sensation when you recite this surah?” Imam Ali(a) replied, “O son of the Prophet and my son! I know things from this chapter that you are not aware of now. When this surah was sent down to the Prophet he asked me to go to him. When I went to him he recited this surah, then he put his hand on my right shoulder and said: O my brother and my successor! O the leader of my nation after me! O tireless fighter with my enemies! This surah is yours after me, and is for your two sons after you. Gabriel who is my brother among the angels informs me of the events of one year of my nation at the night of Qadr. And after me he will give this information to you. This surah will always have a shining light in your heart and in the heart of your successors until the rising of the dawn of the day of reappearance of Qa'im [the one who rises, a title for the Islamic Messiah, Mahdi].”[5]


document_title: List of NHL players with 500 goals

question_text: who had the most goals in the nhl

question_tokens: who had the most goals in the nhl

text: List of NHL players with 500 goals

text: Season achievements[edit]

text: The 2006–07 NHL season saw the largest number of players (five) achieve their 500th goal (Teemu Selanne, Mike Modano, Mark Recchi, Mats Sundin, and Peter Bondra). A total of four players scored their 500th goal in the 1995–96 season (Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman, Mark Messier, and Dale Hawerchuk).

text: Starting with Maurice Richard's achievement in the 1957–58 NHL season, the greatest stretch between 500 goal scorers was the eight seasons between Gordie Howe in the 1961–62 season and Bobby Hull in the 1969–70 season.

text: Player achievements[edit]

text: The 45 players to score 500 goals consist of 33 Canadians, five Americans (Brett Hull, Joe Mullen, Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick, and Keith Tkachuk), two Finns (Jari Kurri and Teemu Selanne), two Slovaks (Peter Bondra and Marian Hossa), one Czech (Jaromir Jagr), one Swede (Mats Sundin), and one Russian (Alexander Ovechkin). Jari Kurri has the honor of being the first non-Canadian to score 500 goals. Of note, Stan Mikita was born in Sokolče, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), and was the first not born in Canada. However, Mikita immigrated when he was young and represented Canada internationally.

text: The fewest number of NHL games required to reach the mark was 575, set by Wayne Gretzky. Second-quickest was Mario Lemieux, achieving the mark in his 605th game.

text: Of the 45 players to score at least 500 goals in their career, 18 reached the mark in fewer than 1000 career games played.

text: Of those on the list, Lanny McDonald came closest to 'not' achieving 500 goals—reaching the mark with only four games remaining in his final NHL season. Similarly, Joe Mullen scored his 500th goal with only ten games remaining in his final season.

text: Four players have scored their 500th goal on an empty net: Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy, Jari Kurri and Keith Tkachuk.

text: Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy is the only net minder to concede more than one opponent's 500th career goal: Steve Yzerman in 1996, Joe Mullen in 1997 and Brendan Shanahan in 2002. A contributing factor for this statistical coincidence is Roy playing the second-most games ever by a goaltender, at 1,029.

text: In 2006, on Hockey Night in Canada, Mats Sundin scored his 500th goal short handed, in overtime, to finish off a hat trick and to win the game for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

text: Team achievements[edit]

text: A total of 20 different franchises have had a player score their 500th goal while playing for the franchise. The Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks have both had five different players score their 500th goal while playing for the team.

text: To date, no team has had the coincidence of multiple players reaching 500 goals on the same team in the same season. The 2001–02 Detroit Red Wings were the first team to have three 500+ goal scorers on the roster (Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille), and would finish the season with four players in the exclusive club after Brendan Shanahan joined them at the 500-goal plateau. Yzerman, Hull, Robitaille and Shanahan are four of only thirteen players with 650 or more goals in NHL history.

text: 500-goal scorers[edit]

text: Updated through the end of the 2016–17 season

text:
Rank

Country

Player

Goals[1]

Date of 500th goal[1]

With team[1]

Game no.[1]

Opposing goaltender[1]

GP[1]

HHOF

Ref.

1

Wayne Gretzky

894

November 22, 1986

Edmonton Oilers

575

(empty Canucks net)

1487

1999

[2]

2

Gordie Howe

801

March 14, 1962

Detroit Red Wings

1045

Gump Worsley

1767

1972

[3]

3

Jaromir Jagr

766

February 4, 2003

Washington Capitals

928

John Grahame

1733

Active

[4]

4

Brett Hull

741

December 22, 1996

St. Louis Blues

693

Stephane Fiset

1269

2009

[5]

5

Marcel Dionne

731

December 14, 1982

Los Angeles Kings

887

Al Jensen

1348

1992

[6]

6

Phil Esposito

717

December 22, 1974

Boston Bruins

803

Jim Rutherford

1282

1984

[7]

7

Mike Gartner

708

October 14, 1991

New York Rangers

936

Mike Liut

1432

2001

[8]

8

Mark Messier

694

November 6, 1995

New York Rangers

1141

Rick Tabaracci

1756

2007

[9]

9

Steve Yzerman

692

January 17, 1996

Detroit Red Wings

906

Patrick Roy

1514

2009

[10]

10

Mario Lemieux

690

October 26, 1995

Pittsburgh Penguins

605

Tommy Soderstrom

915

1997

[11]

11

Teemu Selanne

684

November 22, 2006

Anaheim Ducks

982

Jose Theodore

1451

2017

[12]

12

Luc Robitaille

668

January 7, 1999

Los Angeles Kings

928

Dwayne Roloson

1431

2009

[13]

13

Brendan Shanahan

656

March 23, 2002

Detroit Red Wings

1100

Patrick Roy

1524

2013

[14]

14

Dave Andreychuk

640

March 15, 1997

New Jersey Devils

1070

Bill Ranford

1639

2017

[15]

15 (tie)

Joe Sakic

625

December 11, 2002

Colorado Avalanche

1044

Dan Cloutier

1378

2012

[16]

15 (tie)

Jarome Iginla

625

January 7, 2012

Calgary Flames

1149

Niklas Backstrom

1554

2017

[17]

17

Bobby Hull

610

February 21, 1970

Chicago Blackhawks

861

Ed Giacomin

1063

1983

[18]

18

Dino Ciccarelli

608

January 8, 1994

Detroit Red Wings

946

Kelly Hrudey

1232

2010

[19]

19

Alexander Ovechkin

607

January 11, 2016

Washington Capitals

801

Andrew Hammond

1003

Active

[20][21]

20

Jari Kurri

601

October 17, 1992

Los Angeles Kings

833

(empty Bruins net)

1251

2001

[22]

21

Mark Recchi

577

January 26, 2007

Pittsburgh Penguins

1303

Marty Turco

1652

2017

[23]

22

Mike Bossy

573

January 2, 1986

New York Islanders

647

(empty Bruins net)

752

1991

[24]

23 (tie)

Mats Sundin

564

October 14, 2006

Toronto Maple Leafs

1162

Miikka Kiprusoff

1346

2012

[25]

23 (tie)

Joe Nieuwendyk

564

January 17, 2003

New Jersey Devils

1094

Kevin Weekes

1257

2011

[26]

25

Mike Modano

561

March 13, 2007

Dallas Stars

1225

Antero Niittymaki

1499

2014

[27]

26

Guy Lafleur

560

December 20, 1983

Montreal Canadiens

918

Glenn Resch

1126

1988

[28]

27

Johnny Bucyk

556

October 30, 1975

Boston Bruins

1370

Yves Belanger

1540

1981

[29]

28

Ron Francis

549

January 2, 2002

Carolina Hurricanes

1533

Byron Dafoe

1731

2007

[30]

29

Michel Goulet

548

February 16, 1992

Chicago Blackhawks

951

Jeff Reese

1089

1998

[31]

30

Maurice Richard

544

October 19, 1957

Montreal Canadiens

863

Glenn Hall

978

1961

[32]

31

Stan Mikita

541

February 27, 1977

Chicago Blackhawks

1221

Cesare Maniago

1394

1983

[33]

32

Keith Tkachuk

538

April 6, 2008

St. Louis Blues

1055

(empty Blue Jackets net)

1201

Eligible

[34]

33

Patrick Marleau

535

February 2, 2017

San Jose Sharks

1463

Ryan Miller

1575

Active

[35]

34

Frank Mahovlich

533

March 21, 1973

Montreal Canadiens

1105

Dunc Wilson

1181

1981

[36]

35

Marian Hossa

525

October 18, 2016

Chicago Blackhawks

1240

Michal Neuvirth

1309

Active

[37]

36

Bryan Trottier

524

February 13, 1990

New York Islanders

1104

Rick Wamsley

1279

1997

[38]

37

Pat Verbeek

522

March 22, 2000

Detroit Red Wings

1285

Fred Brathwaite

1424

Eligible

[39]

38

Dale Hawerchuk

518

January 31, 1996

St. Louis Blues

1103

Felix Potvin

1188

2001

[40]

39

Pierre Turgeon

515

November 8, 2005

Colorado Avalanche

1229

Vesa Toskala

1294

Eligible

[41]

40

Jeremy Roenick

513

November 10, 2007

San Jose Sharks

1267

Alex Auld

1363

Eligible

[42]

41

Gilbert Perreault

512

March 9, 1986

Buffalo Sabres

1159

Alain Chevrier

1191

1990

[43]

42

Jean Beliveau

507

February 11, 1971

Montreal Canadiens

1101

Gilles Gilbert

1125

1972

[44]

43

Peter Bondra

503

December 22, 2006

Chicago Blackhawks

1050

Jean-Sebastien Aubin

1081

Eligible

[45]

44

Joe Mullen

502

March 14, 1997

Pittsburgh Penguins

1052

Patrick Roy

1062

2000

[46]

45

Lanny McDonald

500

March 21, 1989

Calgary Flames

1107

Mark Fitzpatrick

1111

1992

[47]


document_title: Climb Ev'ry Mountain

question_text: who sings climb evry mountain in the film the sound of music

text: Climb Ev'ry Mountain

text:
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"

Song

Released
1959

Genre
Showtune

Composer(s)
Richard Rodgers

Lyricist(s)
Oscar Hammerstein II

text: "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess. It is themed as an inspirational piece, to encourage people to take every step towards attaining their dreams.

text: Background[edit]

text: This song shares inspirational overtones with the song "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel. They are both sung by the female mentor characters in the shows, and are used to give strength to the protagonists in the story, and both are given powerful reprises at the end of their respective shows. As Oscar Hammerstein II was writing the lyrics, it developed its own inspirational overtones along the lines of an earlier Hammerstein song, "There's a Hill Beyond a Hill". He felt that the metaphors of climbing mountains and fording streams better fitted Maria's quest for her spiritual compass.[1] The muse behind the song was Sister Gregory, the head of Drama at Rosary College in Illinois. The letters that she sent to Hammerstein and to Mary Martin, the first Maria von Trapp on Broadway, described the parallels between a nun's choice for a religious life and the choices that humans must make to find their purpose and direction in life. When she read the manuscript of the lyrics, she confessed that it "drove [her] to the Chapel" because the lyrics conveyed a "yearning that … ordinary souls feel but cannot communicate."[2]

text: Although this song has parallels with "You'll Never Walk Alone," the song shares musical similarities with the song "Something Wonderful" from The King and I. Both songs are played at a similar broad tempo, and both songs have accompaniments punctuated by heavy chords in the orchestral score.

text: The song has often been sung by operatically trained voices in professional stage productions. In the original Broadway production it was sung by Patricia Neway, in the original London production it was sung by Constance Shacklock, and in the original Australian production it was sung by Rosina Raisbeck.

text: In the original stage play, the Mother Abbess sings the song at the end of the first act. When Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation, he shifted the scene so that this song would be the first major song of the second act. When Robert Wise and his film crew were filming this scene, Peggy Wood had some reservations about the words, which she felt were too "pretentious."[3] So they filmed Peggy Wood in silhouette, against the wall of the set for the Mother Abbess' office. Peggy Wood's singing voice is dubbed by Margery MacKay, the wife of the rehearsal pianist Harper MacKay, as Wood was not able to sing the high notes of the song. The last note that the Mother Abbess sings is a F-natural (F5).

text: Other versions[edit]

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text:
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"

Single by Shirley Bassey

from the album Shirley Bassey

B-side
"Reach for the Stars"

Released
July 1960

Format
7-inch single

Recorded
1959

Length
3:10

Label
Columbia

Songwriter(s)
Rodgers and Hammerstein

Shirley Bassey singles chronology

"You'll Never Know"
(1961)
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
(1960)
"I'll Get By"
(1961)

"You'll Never Know"
(1961)
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
(1960)
"I'll Get By"
(1961)

text:
1959: Tony Bennett had a minor hit single (#74) of the song
1960: Andy Williams on his album The Village of St. Bernadette
1990: The Fleetwoods on their album, The Best of The Fleetwoods
1961: Welsh singer Shirley Bassey, as part of a double A-sided single with "Reach for the Stars", which reached #1 in the UK and remained on the charts for 18 weeks[4]
1971: Judith Durham recorded and released a version as the first single from her album, Climb Ev'ry Mountain
1989: Sissel Kyrkjebø sang a Norwegian version, "Se Over Fjellet" on the album Soria Moria[5]
1992: Alex Burrall's version in the movie The Jacksons: An American Dream, portraying Michael Jackson (6–8 years of age) at a school pageant show
2000: Christina Aguilera on her concert DVD My Reflection
2003: Guy Sebastian's interpretation on Australian Idol season 1 when he performed it on the 1960s theme night (recorded it for the B-side of his #1 single "All I Need Is You")
2013: Australian operatic mezzo-soprano Jacqui Dark for ABC Classics as part of a compilation album, I Dreamed a Dream: The Hit Songs of Broadway[6]
2015: Jordan Smith on the season nine finale of The Voice
2016: Barbra Streisand recorded the song as a duet with Jamie Foxx for her 2016 album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway.

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