Music
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF WOODSTOCK August 15 marks the anniversary of the “3 Days of Peace & Music” held in 1969 at Max Yasgur‘s 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the village of Woodstock. This outdoor music event, despite thunderstorms, gave voice to the counterculture youth generation of its time. A documentary film followed…
Reading Time: 7 minutesHISTORY OF THE SUMMER OF LOVE – 1967: PART 4, ROCK & ROLL It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play They’ve been going in and out of style But they’re guaranteed to raise a smile Rock & Roll in the late ’60s was exemplified when The Beatles…
Reading Time: 6 minutesHISTORY OF THE WHO’s TOMMY ifty-seven years ago today, on May 23, 1969, the British rock group The Who released the double-album rock opera Tommy in the U.K. Commercially, the record went Gold in the U.K. and Double Platinum in the U.S. It was released in the U.S. on May 17 or 19; reports vary.…
Reading Time: 6 minutesHISTORY OF THE BEATLES Podcast version n February 7, 1964, The Beatles landed at JFK Airport in New York. The airport had recently been renamed by a mourning country in honor of President Kennedy, who had been assassinated just 77 days earlier. When they landed, the airport was full of 4,000 greeters. Not realizing…
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED: AMERICAN PIE Podcast version n February 3, 1959, a plane crash occurred in Iowa during a snowstorm shortly after 1:00 AM, killing three young rock and roll singers who would go down in history: Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. They were part…
Reading Time: 6 minutesHISTORY OF MOZART olfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, but he was baptized under the name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. What’s In A Name As an adult, he referred to himself as “Wolfgang Amadè Mozart,” signing his marriage certificate that way. His baptismal name was Latinized, as was common in…
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF THE NUTCRACKER: THE BALLET THAT’S A CHRISTMAS TRADITION n December 18, 1892, The Nutcracker premiered at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, a week before Christmas. How did a ballet that doesn’t mention the Nativity become a Christmas favorite?
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF WHITE CHRISTMAS: THE MOST POPULAR CHRISTMAS SONG Podcast version ing Crosby‘s White Christmas is the best-selling Christmas song ever. It has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. Other estimates indicate over 100 million records have been sold, with at least 50 million of those being singles. It’s a Guinness World Record!…
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF CAROL OF THE BELLS: FROM A UKRAINIAN FOLK SONG he popular Christmas song “Carol of the Bells” is based on a Ukrainian folk song that initially had nothing to do with Christmas and was, in fact, popular in pre-Christian Ukraine. How did this folk song become such a popular American Christmas carol,…
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC hristmas carols transcend mere musical compositions; they are intricately woven into the tapestry of our holiday customs. These songs serve as a unifying force, fostering a sense of community, celebrating faith and familial bonds, and instilling a spirit of goodwill. Whether performed in the serene ambiance of candlelit churches or amidst…
Reading Time: 11 minutesConcert Review: Paul McCartney at Coors Field, Denver Paul McCartney made his fourth stop in his 17-city US/Canada tour “Got Back” last Saturday night, October 11, in Denver. Between Albuquerque and De Moines, this visit to the Mile High City was a “stretch.” Coors Field holds over 50,000 during a Rockies baseball game, but for…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHistory of September 21: Earth, Wind & Fire When the band Earth, Wind & Fire released the feel-good song September in 1978, it broke into the Top 10 and has been one of their biggest commercial successes. However, it was initially released on November 18 of that year as a new song on the album “The…