BurnLists: The Digital “Mix Tape” Comes Of Age Music Business Music History by da jack hayford - February 19, 2023February 19, 20230 The original "mix tapes" were bootleg 8-tracks that were largely found for sale at truck stops and flea markets in the 1960s. The 1970s saw a move to compiling songs in a specific order on cassette tapes, which required almost the same amount of devotion as it takes work through some MBA programs. Since then
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR 2022 INDUCTION Music Awards Music Business Music Events Music History Music Legends Music News by da jack hayford - February 5, 2022April 6, 20230 And the Winners Are: Performer Categegory Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Duran Duran Eminem Eurythmics Dolly Parton Lionel Richie Carly Simon Musical Excellence Award Judas Priest Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Early Influence Award Harry Belafonte Elizabeth Cotten Ahmet Ertegun Award Allen Grubman Jimmy Iovine Sylvia Robinson The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced tin January the following Nominees for 2022 Induction: Beck Pat Benatar Kate Bush DEVO Duran Duran Eminem Eurythmics Judas Priest Fela Kuti MC5 New
Who Wrote You Are My Sunshine? Music and Politics Music Business Music History Music Legends Number 1 Songs by da jack hayford - February 1, 2022May 28, 20230 Music Often Puts Politicians in a Good Light The Singing Governor of LouisianaJimmie Davis Cynics may claim that politics is more entertainment than substance. But the wisest and shrewdest of politicians have for decades used music to help win votes and gain popularity. None did it better than James Houston Davis, better known as Jimmie Davis,
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
Ralph Emery, Champion of Country Music, Dies Music Business Music History Music Legends Music News by da jack hayford - January 20, 2022January 20, 20220 In the 2000s, country music has already lost a spate of iconic voices: Charlie Pride, Charlie Daniels, John Prine, Kenny Rogers, Tom T. Hall...to name just a handful. On Saturday, January 15th, Nashvilians and country music fans everywhere lost the sound of yet another easily recognizable vocalist, that of legendary DJ
Iconic Singer Ronnie Spector Dies at 78 Music History Music News Uncategorized by da jack hayford - January 18, 2022April 25, 20230 Iconic 60s singer, leader of the hit-making girl group The Ronettes, and ex-wife of infamous record producer Phil Spector, passed away on January 12, 2022. She was 78 years old. Family Statement on the Passing of Ronnie Spector: Our beloved earth angel, Ronnie, peacefully left this world today after a brief battle
Coachella is for Every One! Music Business Music Events Music for a Cause Music History by da jack hayford - January 13, 2022March 27, 20230 NEXT COACHELLA MUSIC and ARTS FESTIVAL APRIL 14 – APRIL 23, 2023 Over the past 20 plus years, Coachella has become one of the biggest and most popular music events in the world. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is an award-winning annual event held in the desert at the Empire
Woodstock Organizer and Co-Founder Dies Music Business Music Events Music History by da jack hayford - January 9, 2022January 17, 20220 Multiple media sources, including Pitchfork, have reported that Michael Lang, one of the founders of the iconic 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, has died at the age of 77. Representative Maureen O’Connor reported to media outlets that Lang died in New York City of complications due to lymphoma. Lang helped organize the original
What are The GRAMMY Awards?—No Phonys Please Music Awards Music Business Music Events Music History by da jack hayford - January 6, 2022April 6, 20230 2022 GRAMMY Awards Postponed for the Second Year in a Row The following is a Joint Statement from the Recording Academy and CBS: “After careful consideration and analysis with city and state officials, health and safety experts, the artist community and our many partners, the Recording Academy and CBS have postponed the
Who Wrote the Music to Psycho? Music and Movies Music History by da jack hayford - January 4, 2022April 24, 20230 Initially director/auteur Alfred Hitchcock didn't want any music to accompany what has become one of the most famous scenes in the history of motion pictures: The "Shower Scene" in his 1960 suspense-thriller Psycho. The film was revolutionary in a number of ways, not the least of which was killing off a major
Vicente Fernandez, Mexico’s “King of Mariachi,” Dies at 81 Music History Music Legends Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - December 31, 2021March 22, 20230 For most Americans, Vicente Fernandez is not a household name. But Mexico's adored "King of Mariachi," who passed away on December 12 2021, has been compared by many to Frank Sinatra and even Elvis Presley. He is that great of a musical icon in his home country. Fernández, born in 1940
What was Janet Jackson’s Famous Superbowl “Wardrobe Malfunction”? Music History Music News by da jack hayford - February 11, 2017March 20, 20230 SUPERBOOB XXXVIII Revisited Where: Reliant Stadium in Houston, TexasWhen: February 1, 2004Live Attendance: 71,525CBS Television Audience: Estimated 130 million viewers in the United States and as many as one billion worldwideFinal Score: New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29 For the ten to twelve people that didn't see the infamous Superbowl XXXVIII
Who Sang To Sir With Love? Music History by da jack hayford - January 24, 2017March 21, 20230 On the January 22 2017 airing of Saturday Night Live, the cast did a (not tongue-in-cheek) tribute to President Barack Obama by singing the classic sixties hit, "To Sir With Love," made famous by Britain's Lulu. LuLu's "To Sir With Love"? “Lulu was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, on November 3rd, 1948,
When is MLK Day? Music and Politics Music Events Music History by da jack hayford - January 16, 2017February 13, 20240 Rev. Martin Luther King Day (MLK Day): In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a bill making the third Monday of January a national holiday to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil rights leaders Rev. Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young, Presidents Bush and Clinton,
Who Wrote the Words to “Auld Lang Syne”? Music History Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - December 30, 2016January 5, 20240 "Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind...da da da da, hmmm hmmm hmm hmmm, in days of auld lang syne..." Or something like that. Who knows? Who cares? Happy New Year!! Did you ever think that maybe the fact that booze is a big part of New Year's Eve celebrations,
Who Wrote Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer? Music History Special Occasion Music TV Music by da jack hayford - December 13, 2016February 18, 20230 by DA Jack Hayford Christmas music is FUN and wonderfully nostalgic. Among my all-time favorites on the FUN side is the hilariously off-beat "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" which makes the rounds every December on radio. "Grandma" was made a hit in 1979 by Dr. Elmo and his then-wife Patsy.
The Star Spangled Banner—America’s National Anthem and Musical “Home of the Brave” Music History by da jack hayford - August 23, 2016January 24, 20240 "In an attempt to take Baltimore, the British attacked Fort McHenry, which protected the harbor. Bombs were soon bursting in air, rockets were glaring, and all in all it was a moment of great historical interest. During the bombardment, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner,
Who Wrote I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing? Music History Music in Commercials Number 1 Songs by da jack hayford - August 22, 2016February 18, 20230 I'd like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I'd like to build the world a home And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing Editors Note: Only in Nashville! Recently I was eating a famously-great burger at
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
What is the Meaning of Trip the Light Fantastic? Music and Politics Music History by da jack hayford - August 19, 2016March 9, 20230 To "Trip the Light Fantastic" is to dance. Scholars point to an early reference made to the phrase, if not the first, in a famous pastoral poem by John Milton, published in 1631, entitled L'Allegro: "Com, and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastick toe..." A lot happened between
Who Sang She Wore an Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini? Music History Music in Commercials Number 1 Songs by da jack hayford - July 14, 2016July 2, 20230 Brian Hyland Ahh, the infamous bikini! It was born at the Paris fashion show in 1946, right after World War II. It exploded in popularity in the late 1950s when bombshell actress Brigitte Bardot created a sensation by wearing one in the 1958 film And God Created Woman. But who first
Who Wrote Happy Birthday? Music History Music News Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - July 9, 2016March 20, 20230 Who Wrote "Happy Birthday to You"? Is it Public Domain? Arguably the most well-known song in the English language, “Happy Birthday” didn’t start as a birthday sing-along. “Happy Birthday” began as a little ditty called “Good Morning to You,” penned in 1893 by Kentucky school-teaching sisters Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill. Mildred J.
Did Gene Autry’s Horse Stay at Nashville’s Historic 5-Star Hermitage Hotel? Music and Movies Music History by da jack hayford - May 29, 2016June 13, 20230 Gene Autry's Horse Stayed at Nashville's Historic 5-Star Hermitage Hotel When Gene Autry checked into The Hermitage Hotel in 1941, it was a huge honor. Mr. Autry was one of the top celebrities of his day, but what made his visit even more special was that his horse, Champion, stayed right
What was the First Video Played on MTV? Music History by da jack hayford - May 26, 2016March 14, 20230 What was the First Video Played on MTV? On August 1st, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., Music Television, more commonly known as MTV, was launched as part of the growing cable television revolution. The first video shown? Appropriately, or perhaps ironically, it was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the British
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"
Who Sang On The Cover of The Rolling Stone? (Thanks Shel Silverstein!) Music History by da jack hayford - May 8, 2016May 25, 20230 By Drew Reid Dr. Hook personified the high living, highflying fun aspects of the 70's, and Shel [Silverstein] provided the soundtrack. Shel himself says, "We worked that rock star thing pretty hard, and loved every minute of it." The band went on to a long and lucrative career, morphing, oddly enough into
Who Wrote Smile Though Your Heart is Aching? Music and Movies Music History Song Lyrics by da jack hayford - May 8, 2016April 25, 20230 The Genius of Charlie Chaplin Most people are surprised to learn that the music to this favorite was written by the legendary silent film star Charlie Chaplin, whose "Little Tramp" character is perhaps the most enduring of all figures of the silent film era. Chaplin composed the song to be used as
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
Who Wrote “My Old Kentucky Home”? Music History Special Occasion Music by da jack hayford - May 8, 2016May 13, 20160 The singing of "My Old Kentucky Home" at the fantabulous annual Kentucky Derby is almost as big a deal as the Derby itself. In fact, it may last longer and certainly has more participants! What a tradition, what a beautiful tradition...and a beautiful song as well. But who wrote "My Old Kentucky Home"? That would be
Great New Stories about the LA Punk Scene 1977-1982 Books About Music Music History Music Legends by da jack hayford - May 4, 2016May 6, 20160 Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk by John Doe (of X) and Tom DeSavia Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk The book's geographical home is LA and the famous Hollywood music club, The Whisky (Whisky A Go Go), where many iconic rock bands
