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Calling Most Birds!

Calling Most Birds!

December 8, 2021
Explaining The Blues

Who better to explain the blues than the woman who named them?

December 7, 2021
Astronaut Insurance

What’s an aeronautical adventurer got to do to get some coverage?

December 6, 2021
Babar the King

Jean de Brunhoff introduced Babar the Elephant to the world in1931…though some credit belongs to his wife and children.

December 4, 2021
Pistol Packin’ Mama

  The pioneers of Country music just sound Country, even by their first names. (Roy, Hank, Gene). Which is why Clarence Albert Pointdexter simply had to go. So how do you get from Clarence to country? Some call Dexter the father of honky tonk music, which can be a bit confusing without musical accompaniment. You see, there’s blues ...

November 30, 2021
Peter and the Wolf

In 1936 Natalya Sats commissioned Sergei Prokofiev to compose a piece for Moscow’s Central Children’s Theatre. The goal: to introduce children to the principals of the symphony. Somewhat ironically, the Orchestra went unnamed in this 1938, 3-disc RCA Victor recording. And while the initial reaction was lukewarm, Peter and the Wolf has introduced generations of youngsters, ...

November 29, 2021
Young Blue Eyes

It’s funny to think it, but even Ol’ Blue Eyes had a first hit.

November 19, 2021
Swingmatism

Jay McShann gave birth to the “Kansas City Sound”, but this song has gone down in history as a beginning of another sort.

November 17, 2021
Dark Was the Night…

…cold was the ground.

November 16, 2021
Transformation Scene from Jekyll and Hyde

“What a great costume, Dr. Jekyll…”

November 12, 2021