What is the March Madness Music Festival? Music Events Music in Sports by da jack hayford - March 26, 2023March 26, 20230 The March Madness Music Festival is an annual event organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It is typically held over the weekend of the Final Four of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and features a lineup of popular musicians and bands. In 2023, the festival promises to be
Rihanna is Now the Richest Musician Music Business Music in Sports Music News Show Me the Money by da jack hayford - February 19, 2023February 19, 20230 The 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show featured a spectacular, extravagant performance by the NEW richest musician in the world: Rihanna. In January 2016, when Rihanna released her most recent album, the eclectic, intimate “Anti," Barack Obama was president, Prince was still alive and TikTok did not yet exist. NY Times Rihanna was born February
How Baseball Destroyed Disco Wanna know how baseball destroyed disco? In the mid-1970s, the popular but also belittled style of music known as "disco" began to pulsate from urban centers and permeate the popular music mainstream. The infamous Studio 54 in New York City was a notable trend-setting Disco Club. (The owners ultimately went to prison for tax evasion.) "The
Who Wrote Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye? Music Business Music History Music in Sports Number 1 Songs One Hit Wonders by da jack hayford - January 25, 2022April 24, 20230 It's that time of year when a lot of playoffs are happening in sports. From now til the start of next season fans will be dramatically saying goodbye to the losing side. Probably the only thing this 1969 #1 hit song has in common with the sports world is the cover of the
What is the YMCA? When I was growing up in the sixties the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was not known as a fitness place. It was known as a refuge for young men homeless, or just needing a cheap place to stay for the night. "The Y" was like a budget hotel for
Who Wrote Take Me Out to the Ball Game? Music History Music in Sports Song Lyrics by da jack hayford - August 19, 2016April 25, 20230 Of the several hundred songs written for or about the National Game, 'Take Me Out To The Ball Game' looms above them all -- like a Stan Musial coming to bat in the ninth inning...It was so good that the song is probably familiar to 999 out of every 1,000
Who Wrote You’ll Never Walk Alone? Music for a Cause Music History Music in Sports Number 1 Songs Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - May 13, 2016February 17, 20230 "You'll Never Walk Alone" is such an internationally famous song and yet most people don't know its origins. A likely guess that it was a Broadway show tune would be correct. But there's more to the history of the song. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote what has now become an uplifting "standard"
Why is Sweet Caroline Sung at Fenway Park? Music History Music in Sports by da jack hayford - May 8, 2016July 3, 20230 "Good times never seemed so good." Over the years there has been a lot of good-natured controversy and speculation about WHY Neil Diamond's 1969 hit (peaked at #4) "Sweet Caroline" is raucously sung by the Fenway Faithful in the 8th inning of each Boston Red Sox home game. But it's not because Neil's last