by Britt Ryan | Sep 11, 2020 | Today in Music History
“It had to be you,” Harry Connick Jr. Happy 53rd birthday to the singer, pianist, composer, actor and guy who cut 10 number-one jazz albums, more than any other artist in U.S. jazz chart history. Here he is playing piano at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2004. He also...
by Britt Ryan | Sep 10, 2020 | Today in Music History
Jimi Hendrix is not the only legendary performer who courted controversy with a unique rendition of America’s national anthem. Born in Lares, Puerto Rico, on this day in 1945, rising young pop singer Jose Feliciano was invited to perform “The Star-Spangled Banner”...
by Britt Ryan | Sep 9, 2020 | Today in Music History
The sounds of whistling and waves crashing on the shore accompany the great soul singer Otis Redding on his signature classic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” Conceived while bobbing on rock promoter Bill Graham’s houseboat in Sausalito and completed with guitarist...
by Britt Ryan | Sep 8, 2020 | Today in Music History
A young fellow named Frank Sinatra made his earliest known recording at age 19 on this day in 1935, when he and his bandmates from the Hoboken Four (billed as “Singing & Dancing Fools) appeared on “Major Bowes Amateur Hour” radio program. He also volunteered to...
by Britt Ryan | Sep 7, 2020 | Today in Music History
Born in Lubbock, Texas, on this day in 1936, Buddy Holly only lived to age 22, but his influence lives on as a pioneering figure in the mid-1950s emergence of “rock and roll” music. Here, Buddy and his Crickets perform “That’ll Be the Day” on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in...
