What song other than the one name after a white flower found high in the Alps were from The Sound of Music?
Edelweiss (song) "Edelweiss" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music". It is named after the edelweiss, a white flower found high in the Alps "(Leontopodium alpinum)". It was created for the 1959 Broadway production of "The Sound of Music" in the role originated by performer Theodore Bikel as a song for the character of Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp. In the musical, Captain von Trapp and his family sing this song during the concert near the end of Act II as a statement of Austrian patriotism in the face of the pressure put upon him to join the navy of Nazi Germany following the Anschluss. It is also Captain von Trapp's subliminal goodbye to his beloved homeland, using the flower as a symbol of his loyalty to Austria. In the 1965 film adaptation, the song is also sung by the Captain earlier in the film when he rediscovers music with his children.
White Houses (Eric Burdon and the Animals song) White Houses is a song performed by Eric Burdon & the Animals in 1968. It was the opening track from their psychedelic rock album "Every One Of Us". "White Houses" peaked #67 on the US pop singles chart and #46 on the Canadian RPM charts. The B-side on the United States release was "Anything", from the "Winds of Change" album of the previous year, and which had been previously released as a single from that album. On releases in Canada, Germany, Spain and Brazil, the B-side was "River Deep, Mountain High", later included on their album "Love Is". "River Deep, Mountain High" was also viewed as the A-side of the release, and was released as a separate single in 1969.