What Song Changed Your Life? Books About Music Music History by da jack hayford - May 2, 2016March 30, 20230 Editors note: I've always been a big fan of the music programming on NPR. Since 1988, the music has been directed by Bob Boilen who does a fantastic job of discovering great new songs, sounds and artists, and introducing them to the general public through NPR. --DA Jack Hayford What Song Changed
Who Wrote My Funny Valentine? Music History by da jack hayford - April 23, 2016December 27, 20210 "My Funny Valentine" is from the musical comedy Babes In Arms which was made into the 1939 motion picture of the same name starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.
Who Invented the Whammy Bar? Music History Music Legends Music News by da jack hayford - April 23, 2016March 9, 20230 It's weird how one thing leads to another...and all of a sudden you realize, "wow, that's weird...that's deep." On the heels of Prince's shocking death, music fans, musicians and historians have been additionally stunned and saddened by the death of Lonnie Mack, in a Nashville hospital, April 21, 2016. Lonnie was a MAJOR innovator himself
What was the Impact of Prince on Music? Music Events Music History Music Legends Music News by da jack hayford - April 23, 2016August 6, 20230 In the sad wake of Prince's untimely death (The seven-time Grammy winner died on April 21, 2015 at the age of 57 from an accidental fentanyl overdose.) there is also a wonderful revealing of just how impactful Prince was on the entire music spectrum. It seems ironic that the grand-daddy of music
What is the History of “We Shall Overcome”? Music History by da jack hayford - April 16, 2016May 28, 20230 The classic folk standard "We Shall Overcome" doesn't stay out of the news for very long. It has been a controversial "Public Domain" song for nearly a century. "It began as a folk work song, became a hymn, and then was used politically for the first time on the picket lines
Merle Haggard – A Fond Farewell to a Country Music Legend Music Events Music History Music Legends by da jack hayford - April 8, 2016March 22, 20230 According to Nashville's Tennessean.com, a private funeral service will be held Saturday (April 9, 2016) in Palo Cedro, California, for country music legend Merle Haggard, who died Wednesday on his birthday at age 79. Haggard had lived in California for many decades and grew up and began playing music in Bakersfield (later to become a
What is Tin Pan Alley? Music History by da jack hayford - April 3, 2016June 25, 20230 According to Wikipedia, "The name 'Tin Pan Alley' was originally derogatory, a reference to the sound made by many pianos all playing different tunes in this small urban area, producing a cacophony comparable to banging on tin pans. With time this nickname was popularly embraced and many years later it came
