White Christmas
The song White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby is the biggest selling song of all-time with over 100 million copies sold.
The Song was written by Irving Berlin, a Jewish immigrant who also wrote God Bless America. It was first sung by Crosby in the 1942 movie Holiday Inn.
It was released each Christmas for [...]
Elvis is Back
In the fall of 1968 The Singer Sewing Machine Company developed plans to sponsor a Christmas Season Special for Elvis Presley. The show ended up not being a Christmas Special, but a special featuring Elvis as a singer. The show aired on NBC TV on December 3, 1968.
Now this special is called the [...]
Favorite Christmas Songs
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Many artists have recorded this lovely song since it was introduced by Judy Garland in the film Meet Me in St. Louis. The song was written for the film by lyricist Ralph Blane with the music composed Hugh Martin. Originally the song was to be dark, but Judy [...]
The End of The Summer of Love
The summer of 1967 is commonly known as the Summer of Love. In the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, thousands of young people from all over the world united for a new social experience. The result, the hippie counterculture movement came into public awareness.
Scott McKenzie in May 1967 released the John Phillip’s penned song San [...]
Birth of the Blues
During the early part of the 20th Century it was sheet music that was the way that music was purchased. On September 28, 1912, W.C Handy’s The Memphis Blues sheet music went on sale in department stores. It was a huge success selling the first thousand copies in three days.
But W.C Handy did [...]
Top Albums of the 1970s
Top 10 Albums that were released in the 1970s.
Based on total sales since release.
As of July 2009
10 – Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (22)
9 – Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (20)
8 – The Beatles – 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) (19)
7 – Elton John – Elton John – Greatest Hits (18)
6 – Eagles [...]
The Phases of Elvis
When looking back on the career of Elvis Presley, it’s not hard to break it down into six stages.
The Beginning. (1954-1955)
Elvis was first discovered by Sam Phillips of Sun Records and for the first months of his career he performed throughout the south.
The Hits. (1956-1958)
Once Elvis fell under the management of Colonel Parker his [...]
The Family
Forty years ago in the first days of August many young Americans were in the planning stages to attend the music festival in Woodstock New York that would begin in mid month. But in Los Angeles during the early hours of August 9th and then again in late hours of the same day [...]
The Summer of ‘69
When thinking back 40 years to the Summer of ‘69, a year also made famous in the Bryan Adams songs, one will see that there are many things to look back on during this summer besides the Moon Landings.
In baseball 1969 was the first year that the leagues expanded to 12 ball clubs each and [...]
She Knows No Secrets, But Has One
Carly Simon’s third albums, it is also one of her most popular, has the title No Secrets. The album also has You’re So Vain a song that has a big secret. Who is so vain and may think the song is about him?
Carly Simon was born on June 25, 1945. She was born [...]
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