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Arthur Godfrey was a 50’s tv and radio icon, an aviator, equestrian…but not such a great tour leader. You’re on the Sound Beat You’re listening to The 1000 Islands Song, a Columbia 78 recorded in 1947. The archipelago lies in the St. Lawrence River, on the US-Canadian border. There are actually about 1800 islands, each passing the ...
April 19, 2021Il Travatore remains one of Guiseppe Verdi’s most popular operas, but it almost had a different name. Two, actually.
April 16, 2021From Coast Coast, from every state in the Union…it’s Groucho Marx and…
April 15, 2021For the first quarter of the 20th century, the xylophone was a studio engineer’s darling.
April 14, 2021Have you heard the siren’s call today? You might have, and not even known it.
April 13, 2021Coleman Hawkins got it in him one day to stray from the jazz norm, and he opened the door for a new style of music. Hawkins played tenor sax, which wasn’t really recognized as a jazz instrument until he helped make it one. Body and Soul, heard here from 1939, signaled a stylistic change in jazz; ...
April 12, 2021Chances are you think of Houdini as the Father of Modern Magic…and you’re only one letter off.
April 9, 2021The first copyrighted film was not a comedy, a thriller, but a…(ahem)…bodily function
April 8, 2021Most kids take their piano lessons at school, or at a neighbor’s house. But Hazel Scott was always a bit above “chopsticks”.
April 7, 2021Couples sway to the music, hand in hand, step matched for measured step. But we’re not in Austria, or Vienna…we’re in Ponce, Puerto Rico
April 6, 2021