Sentence examples for popular numbers from inspiring English sources

"I sing because I'm happy," went one of the more popular numbers.

Then we move on to popular numbers from films and shows and the golden age of song.

The popular numbers, some in mildly soupy arrangements, went on a little too long for a listener still craving more sacred or folk material.

His brief but lively solo on Basie's 1955 recording of "April in Paris" helped make it one of the most popular numbers in the band's repertory.

Those included $8.6 million in profits from an illegal but highly popular numbers game called jueteng, as well as $2.8 million in provincial tobacco taxes.

Mr. Burns wrote some of the most popular numbers in the Herman repertory, including "Apple Honey," "Bijou" and the extended work "Summer Sequence".

350 is a popular number among people concerned about climate change.

That is a popular number among Democrats, according to Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council in the Clinton White House.

The most popular number was "Who Dat Say Chicken in Dis Crowd": And here was its refrain: Who dat say chicken in dis crowd?

I used Google for some help, and I learned that Ernie Banks, Bob Cousy and Oscar Robertson also wore 14. "It's not a real popular number," Ensberg said.

The most popular number in the score, "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin,' " with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward, became its theme song.