About the Musical Rent
The music Rent is back on Broadway after being absent for nearly three years. 6 things about the musical Rent was first posted on July 25, 2007 and has been slightly updated Rent, written by Jonathan Larson is based on Giacomo Puccini’s classic 1896 opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of struggling young artists [...]
Watkins Glen Summer Jam
It was at the Watkins Glen Raceway in New York that the concert Summer Jam at Watkins Glen took place on July 28, 1973. It was attended by many who hadn’t attended the Woodstock concert and they weren’t going to miss this one. Even though there were only 150,000 tickets sold for the event, ticket [...]
Dead at 27
Amy Winehouse was discovered dead. Even though at the time of this writing (July 24, 2011) the cause of death has not been determined, it is fair to conclude with her history of drug and alcohol abuse that it may have been a contributing cause. Amy Winehouse was 27. The age of 27 and the [...]
Top Albums of the 1970s
Tow years ago we posted the Top 10 Albums that were released in the 1970s (see below). There has been a few changes in the two years. Here is the current list. 10 – Beatles – 1962-1966 (The Red Album) (See all British Invasion Rock Music CDs) (21) 9 – Elton John – Elton John [...]
She Knows No Secrets, But Has One
Carly Simon’s third album, 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 into [...]
Frances Ethel Gumm – The Early Years
On June 10, 1922, the youngest child of former vaudevillians Frank Gumm and Ethel Milne was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Frances Ethel Gumm, also called Baby, had her first stage performance at the age of two and a half when she appeared with her sisters Mary Jane and Dorothy Virginia singing Jiggle Bells at [...]
USO
The United Service Organizations, the USO, was chartered on February 4, 1941. General George C Marshall suggested the idea in 1940. The armed forces were growing even before the US entered World War II and he felt that there was a need for recreation for on-leave members. The USO, Inc., was organized by representatives of [...]
Shots Fired – 4 Dead in Ohio
At 12:22 on Monday May 4, 1970, 29 members of a group of 77 National Guard troops from A Company and Troop G fired shots towards a group of students at Kent State. 13 seconds and about 67 shots later it ended. Some shots were in the air as warnings, others to induce injury and [...]
R.E.M – The Alternative Rock Band
By the times that the 1980′s arrived my interest in popular music was on a decline. As a young adult in the 80′s it seemed that, like many others, my interests lied with working to survive. So I was never a fan of the alternative rock band R.E.M, even though when listening to a report [...]
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 not [...]
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