Music History Monday: July 18 Happy Birthday, Ricky Skaggs!
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Music History Monday: June 27 On this day in 1970, the band Smile officially changed its name to Queen and performed for the first time under this name. Being very familiar with Queen, I was a little surprised when I learned this fact from the music history calendar! Smile was based out of London and was formed in 1968...
Music History Monday: June 20 Happy Birthday, Brian Wilson! Co-founder of the Beach Boys, singer/songwriter, one of the major innovators in music production and the principal originator of the, “California Sound”, Brian Wilson was born on this day in 1942. Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen top 40 hits for Beach Boys, and is...
Today we celebrate the debut of Schimmel pianos!
Music History Monday: April 25 Happy Birthday, Jerry Leiber! Jerome “Jerry” Leiber was born on this day in 1933 in Maryland. Better known as half of the legendary songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller, Jerry was responsible for helping to create a definitive mid-century pop sound. The songs written by Leiber and Stoller were written during the...
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Music History Monday: April 17 Happy Birthday, Artur Schnabel! Born April 17 in 1882, Artur Schnabel (1882-1952) is an Austrian classical pianist, composer and educator. Growing up in Vienna, Schnabel started taking piano lesson at age four, after becoming interested in his sister’s lessons. His talent and passion for learning led him to taking lessons...
Today we celebrate a record set by The Beatles. On this day in 1964, The Beatles set a record when 14 of the Billboard Top 100 songs are theirs.
Music History Monday: April 4 Today, we look at a tragedy the inspired Bono to write, “the most successful pop song he’s ever written”. April 4, 1968 was the day that US civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on a Memphis hotel balcony. King had traveled to Memphis in order to address...
Today, we celebrate Otis Redding's Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay.
Today we celebrate one of the Three B's. Happy Birthday, Bach!
