For other uses, see Anchors Aweigh (disambiguation).
Anchors Aweigh!
Organizational anthem of the U.S. Navy
Lyrics
John Hagan, 1997
Music
Charles A. Zimmermann, 1906
Adopted
1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Audio sample
1993 recording of "Anchors Aweigh" in Zimmermann's original 1906 arrangement, as performed by the United States Navy Band
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"Anchors Aweigh" is the fight song of the United States Naval Academy and unofficial march song of the United States Navy. It was composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmermann with lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles. When he composed "Anchors Aweigh", Zimmermann was a lieutenant and had been bandmaster of the United States Naval Academy Band since 1887. Miles was midshipman first class at the academy, in the class of 1907, and had asked Zimmermann to assist him in composing a song for that class, to be used as a football march. Another academy midshipman, Royal Lovell (class of 1926), later wrote what would be adopted into the song as its third verse. Another member of the Naval Academy Band, Willy Perlitz Jr., assisting in writing the music for the different instruments used in "Anchors Aweigh".
phrase "anchorsaweigh" reports back that all anchors are clear of the sea bottom; therefore the ship is officially under way. "Anchorsaweigh" is often...
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she was a lead performer in such films as Thousands Cheer (1943), AnchorsAweigh (1945) with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly and Show Boat (1951) and Kiss...
itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα (ankȳra). Anchors can either be temporary or permanent. Permanent anchors are used in the creation of a mooring, and...
and other musical films of that era such as Cover Girl (1944) and AnchorsAweigh (1945), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor...
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several of which were musicals, including three alongside Gene Kelly: AnchorsAweigh (1945), On the Town (1949) and Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)....
stowed on board the vessel. At the moment when the anchor is no longer touching the sea floor, it is aweigh. USS Marvel (AM-262)'s narrative is described in...
choreography included experiments with a combination of dance and animation (AnchorsAweigh and Invitation to the Dance) and dance scenes involving special effects...
include Henry Fillmore – "The Circus Bee"; Charles A. Zimmerman – "AnchorsAweigh"; W. Paris Chambers – "Sweeney's Cavalcade"; Edwin E. Bagley – "National...
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opposite Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson in the Technicolor musical AnchorsAweigh (1945), in which he played a sailor on leave in Hollywood. A major success...
America" "Lift Every Voice and Sing" "The Army Goes Rolling Along" "AnchorsAweigh" "Marines' Hymn" "Semper Fidelis" "The Air Force Song" "Semper Paratus"...
the BYO Split Series. In 2003, the band released their sixth album AnchorsAweigh, as well as their first DVD, Do You Remember? 15 Years of the Bouncing...
films that included animation were made, such as Saludos Amigos (1942), AnchorsAweigh (1945), Song of the South (1946), Dangerous When Wet (1953), Mary Poppins...
a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he appeared in AnchorsAweigh (1945), Song of the Thin Man (1947), The Green Years (1946), Gentleman's...
order of precedence: Semper Paratus Semper Supra The U.S. Air Force AnchorsAweigh Marines' Hymn The Army Goes Rolling Along In other circumstances, the...
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