Episode Archive

Jack Hylton would become one of Britain’s foremost bandleaders, but got his start in barrooms…at the age of 8.

Of the hundreds of thousands of Civil War deaths, perhaps none were more tragic than young Charlie King’s.

There was only partner who really filled Fred Astaire’s dance card.

Rossini’s Barber of Seville was the first Italian opera performed in the United States, but the first performance back home was met with boos and catcalls. (Literally…someone actually let a cat loose on the stage). All the animosity came from Barber of Seville fans…the first Barber of Seville opera, composed by Giovanni Paisiello. It predated ...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no…it’s a borderline-abusive superhero!

Here’s an up-tempo tale of tailoring gone awry.

Whatever can explain the bikini’s popularity? I mean…It’s not rocket science…or, is it?

Yankee Stadium is commonly known as The House that Ruth Built, but in the 50’s, the same could be said of Atlantic Records.

Christian Friedrich Ludwig Buschmann was, perhaps, one of music’s great inventors…and, probably, one of 19th-century Germany’s worst neighbors.

That's Stovepipe No. 1, If You Please