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18-634: White Bird may refer to: Music and entertainment [ edit ] "White Bird" (song) , a 1969 song by the San Francisco band It's a Beautiful Day from the album It's a Beautiful Day "White Bird", a 1969 song by the Incredible String Band on their album Changing Horses "White Bird", a 1983 episode of the American television series Knight Rider White Bird (film) ,

36-737: A 2023 American film Other [ edit ] White Bird (Native American leader) (died 1892), Nez Perce leader White Bird, Idaho , a town in the United States White Bird: A Wonder Story , a 2019 graphic novel The White Bird , a French biplane which disappeared while attempting a transatlantic crossing in 1927 White Bird Hill Summit , a mountain grade and mountain pass on U.S. Highway 95 in North Central Idaho See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing White Bird Whitbread (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

54-551: A Beautiful Day . This album's song " White Bird " was the band's biggest hit. The album rose to number 47 on Billboard's Top LPs American albums chart. The cover, designed by George Hunter and painted by Kent Hollister, was based on the 1912 painting Woman on the Top of a Mountain by Charles Courtney Curran . The design used an old version of the Columbia Records logo because George Hunter believed it fit better with

72-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages White Bird (song) "White Bird" was written in December 1967, in Seattle , Washington . Manager Matthew Katz had moved the band there to polish their act at a Seattle venue before booking them into San Francisco nightclubs. Living in the attic of a Victorian house across the street from Volunteer Park ,

90-472: The Bay Area psychedelic scene... It's a Beautiful Day remains as a timepiece and evidence of how sophisticated rock & roll had become in the fertile environs of the San Francisco music scene. The song "White Bird" is used in three episodes of the 1980s television series Knight Rider . It is the theme song for the relationship between main character Michael Knight and his one true love, and appears in

108-415: The band had inadequate food and no transportation during a rainy and cloudy Seattle winter. The song evolved from the depression of the band's circumstances and yearning to be free. The song's repeated chorus is, "White bird must fly or she will die." In a later interview, LaFlamme said: Where the 'white bird' thing came from ... We were like caged birds in that attic. We had no money, no transportation,

126-422: The club and renamed it "San Francisco Sound". In an ironic twist on the band's name, the song was partly inspired by Seattle's rainy winter weather. In a later interview David LaFlamme said: Where the 'white bird' thing came from ... We were like caged birds in that attic. We had no money, no transportation, the weather was miserable. We were just barely getting by on a very small food allowance provided to us. It

144-512: The feel of the rest of the cover. The album cover is number 24 on Rolling Stone ' s list of 100 greatest album covers. The group's signature song "White Bird" was inspired by the experiences David and Linda LaFlamme had while living in Seattle, Washington . For a few weeks in December 1967 the group members lived in the attic of an old house while playing and rehearsing at a Seattle venue originally known as The Encore Ballroom. The band's manager, Matthew Katz , had recently assumed control over

162-511: The love theme between the characters of Michael Knight and Stephanie 'Stevie' Mason (who had the surname alias of March in the second season episode). It was also used in the soundtrack of A Walk on the Moon , a 1999 American drama about a married woman's infidelity starring Diane Lane , Anna Paquin , and Viggo Mortensen , including Woodstock Music Festival scenes. Love Battery recorded "White Bird" in 1995, their version being featured on

180-639: The multi-artist album Star Power! A version of "White Bird" by violinist Vanessa-Mae was released in 2001, and reached number 66 in the UK Singles Chart . Sam Bush covered the song on his 2006 Laps in Seven album. The Strangelings recorded "White Bird" for their 2007 album Season of the Witch . Judy Collins recorded "White Bird" as a new track on her 7 May 2021 compilation album release White Bird - Anthology of Favorites . The song

198-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title White Bird . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White_Bird&oldid=1255318773 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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216-489: The song to the Hot 100 of Billboard for the first time, its chart peak being #89. The song is featured in the first season of Knight Rider in the episode of the same name (Season 1, Episode 19, 4 March 1983). The song also featured in two further episodes of Knight Rider : "Let it Be Me" (Season 2, Episode 23, 13 May 1984) and "The Scent of Roses" (Season 4, Episode 12, 3 January 1986). In all three episodes, it represented

234-407: The weather was miserable. We were just barely getting by on a very small food allowance provided to us. It was quite an experience, but it was very creative in a way. The song was arranged and produced by David LaFlamme and sung as a duet between him and group member Patti Santos. A prominent stylistic feature of the song's original arrangement are multiple violin parts overdubbed by LaFlamme. It

252-456: The week of October 18, 1969 on San Francisco radio station KYA . The single never reached a wide national audience and only made it to Number 118 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. A nearly 10-minute-long version also appeared on the 1972 live album It's a Beautiful Day at Carnegie Hall. It later appeared on nine compilation albums and four more retrospective albums. The song

270-466: Was also used in Adult World , a 2013 American film comedy starring Emma Roberts , Evan Peters , and John Cusack . Most recently it was used in the 2015 film Focus , starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie , and in 2017, the premiere PBS-TV episode of Prime Suspect: Tennison . It%27s a Beautiful Day (album) It's a Beautiful Day is the debut album by San Francisco band It's

288-526: Was first released on the band's 1969 eponymous debut album It's a Beautiful Day by Columbia Records . The song quickly became the band's signature tune and a staple of FM Album-oriented rock radio. The album rose to Number 47 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Following the popularity of the album track, a single version was edited and remixed for radio play, with a running time of 3:02, and released on October 4, 1969. It rose to as high as Number 3

306-404: Was prominently featured in the surf movie Winds of Change in 1970 (retitled The Sunshine Sea the following year), produced by filmmakers Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman. David LaFlamme remade "White Bird" as the title cut for his 1976 solo album debut, with his second wife Linda Baker - credited as Dominique Dellacroix - providing the backing vocal. Released as a single, this version brought

324-458: Was quite an experience, but it was very creative in a way. A substantial part of the theme and arrangement of the song "Bombay Calling" was used by Deep Purple as the basis for their song " Child in Time ". Lindsay Planer at AllMusic , gave the album four stars out of five, writing: It's a Beautiful Day were no less memorable for their unique progressive rock style that contrasted well with

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