South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union (Dec. 1860), and was one of the founder members of the Confederacy (Feb. 1861). The bombardment of the beleaguered U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbour on April 12th 1861 is normally reckoned as the first military engagement of the war.
Homecoming (Kanye West song) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Homecoming is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West featuring uncredited vocals from Chris Martin, lead singer of the British alternative rock band Coldplay, whom he met during an impromptu jam session at Abbey Road Studios in 2006. It was released as the final single from West's third album Graduation (2007).
The song was sung and recorded by Billie Holiday many times, from the mid-1930s onwards. It was sung by Irene Dunne in the movie A Guy Named Joe with Spencer Tracy (MGM, 1943).The song was revived to even greater success in 1944, when the 1940 recording by Harry James (Dick Haymes vocal) was re-released (during the 1942â44 musicians' strike, which prevented recording of new material) (Billboard #1).ack Jones for his 1965 album Dear Heart, Al Hirt on his 1965 album They're Playing Our Song, and Sun Ra in 1973 and 1977 in his posthumous album Some Blues But Not The Kind That's Blue. A version was also recorded by Ben Bernie And His Orchestra, which was featured at the end of the Woody Allen film Zelig.