"Hail to the Hills of Westwood" is the school song or
alma mater of the
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...
. It was written by Jeane Margaret Emerson
a 1929 graduate of UCLA,
and adopted by the school in 1960.
The current arrangement performed by the
UCLA Marching Band was written by band member Dwayne S. Milburn for the 1985 football season.
Until 1925, UCLA shared the
University of California
The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Fr ...
alma mater, "Hail to California!" "Hail Blue and Gold", written by a UCLA student in 1925, preceded "Hail to the Hills of Westwood", and was the school song until 1960.
Other UCLA school songs
*"
Mighty Bruins" - UCLA touchdown song written by Bill Conti in 1984
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Rover
Rover may refer to:
People
* Constance Rover (1910–2005), English historian
* Jolanda de Rover (born 1963), Dutch swimmer
* Rover Thomas (c. 1920–1998), Indigenous Australian artist
Places
* Rover, Arkansas, US
* Rover, Missouri, U ...
" - UCLA victory song
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Sons of Westwood"
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Strike Up The Band (song)
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin with the collaboration of Millie Raush. It was written for the 1927 musical '' Strike Up the Band'', where it formed part of a satire on war and militari ...
" - UCLA official song
*"The Bruin Warriors" - a version of "Big C" created in 2014
References
External links
UCLA History Project - Hail to The Hills of Westwood (lyrics)
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UCLA Bruins
Alma mater songs
American college songs
1929 songs