Frank Sinatra poses with an NBC microphone for a portrait to publicize one of his many 1940s radio programs. On July 27, 1940, Billboard magazine published its first “music popularity chart” listing ...
Somehow, the 1940s are almost a century away. The decade, which saw the world go to war for a second time and the fall of the German Nazis, was also an exhilarating time for music. In some ways, it ...
It was a time when the top ticket price was $4.40, and audiences were leaving theaters humming new tunes by Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. A Latin craze swept across the boards with ...
THE summer seasons of music in America have generally been a long dry spell when those who thirsted for the living waters had to be their own rain-makers. That drouth is now ending, thanks to an idea ...
The MTV Video Music Awards are underway in New York City Monday night, as the world’s hottest new artists give breathtaking performances of the songs that have defined the year. The Radio City Music ...
Learning, teaching and growing… all through the beauty of music. Today on Indy Style, Joshua Pedde, Artistic Director, Indianapolis Children’s Choir, tells us about an upcoming concert on March 12 ...