Roberta Flack, the celebrated singer and pianist renowned for her soulful interpretations and emotive performances, passed away on February 24, 2025, at the age of 88. Born on February 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, Flack's prodigious talent led her to a music scholarship at Howard University at just
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Damaged Beyond All Repair
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Louis Armstrong Home and Original Museum Louis Armstrong Home Museum on 107th Street in Corona, Queens, NY Louis Armstrong passed in 1971. His wife, Lucille, continued to live in their home on 107th Street in Corona, Queens, working to ensure that it became a National and New York Historic Landmark. Lucille
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Irving Berlin 1906 Irving Berlin, by all accounts one of America's greatest songwriters, came to America in 1893 when his parents left Russia to escape persecution. Drafted into the Army in 1918, he was assigned to create songs for an Army show, Yip! Yip! Yaphank. (Yaphank, on New York's Long Island,
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Who Wrote the Rock Classic Wild Thing?
Recorded by such diverse acts as Kermit the Frog, Jeff Beck, and Jimi Hendrix, it was Andover England's The Troggs who took "Wild Thing" to #1 in 1966. "Hailing from the relatively unknown British town of Andover, the Troggs hooked up with manager/producer Larry Page (who was involved in the Kinks' early affairs) in
When Is The Hawai’i Songwriting Festival?
Hawai'i Songwriting Festival The 2023 Hawai‘i Songwriting Festival is scheduled for JUNE 8 - 10, 2023! The Hawai'i Songwriting Festival is a celebration of the art & craft of songwriting, with an emphasis on collaboration, education, and music for film/TV. Songwriters of all levels from all walks of life come together to connect
