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Exploring the Beatles influences outside rock 'n' roll

The Beatles had their rock 'n' roll influences -- Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, to name a few, but the music...
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How 'The Barbra Streisand Album' rocked America without any rock 'n roll music

It was 49 years ago this month. "The Barbra Streisand Album" was released by Columbia Records in 1963, a quiet, inauspicious release....
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The birth of a song; Harold Arlen's Get Happy

In 1929, twenty-four year old singer Harold Arlen landed a role in the musical The Great Day, by composer and producer Vincent Youmans. One day...
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Who was the piano player on 'Young At Heart" ?

Q. In the Frank Sinatra recording of "One For My Baby" that you included last week. Who was the piano player? (Click here to read...
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'I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues?' Salute to Jewish songwriters

NY's Lincoln Center will host ‘I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues?’ Music and Readings from ‘A Fine Romance’ on Wednesday,...
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Frank Sinatra was the king of the Saloon Song singers

Frank Sinatra was a master at singing a wide variety of songs, from big swinging numbers to slow romantic ballads. One of my favorites on the sad,...
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Examiner to lecture on The Great American Songbook

Friday afternoon, October 30th at 2 pm, Rick Busciglio, the Swing and Big Band Examiner, will present a free program on the Great American Songbook...
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I Can't Get Started-version three

CONTINUING IN OUR SERIES ABOUT THE VARIATIONS IN THE RECORDED LYRICS OF "I CAN'T GET STARTED WITH YOU":Here is EIla Fitzgerald's version...
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The music of George and Ira Gershwin in the good hands of Richard Glazier

The music of George and Ira Gershwin is alive and well in the great hands of pianist and storyteller Richard Glazier. He is one of today's foremost...
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