Many of the most popular Christmas songs were written by Jewish songwriters:
Have Yourself a Jewish Little Christmas
I’m Dreaming of a Best Seller
“White Christmas”, written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, is the best-selling single song of all time. With estimated sales in excess of 50 million for the original version and […]
All of the Other Reindeer Used to Mock His Nasal Microcirculation
Scientists studying the origin of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s most-distinctive feature believe they have figured out why his nose is so bright. The short story is that it is due to an […]
Listen to the Song that Takes 639 Years to Play
UPDATED ON MAY 6, 2021 The longest musical performance in history is currently taking place in the church of St. Burchardi in Halberstadt, Germany. The performance of John Cage’s “Organ²/ASLSP (As Slow […]
If I Could Finish This Song, It Would Be Loverly
Alan Jay Lerner took two weeks to write the last line of “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” for the play My Fair Lady. The concluding words are, “Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly.”
Backing Into a Musical Hit
At the beginning of the song “Roxanne” by The Police, during the intro, you can hear a strange piano chord, then Sting laughing. In fact, during the voice recording, Sting accidentally sat […]
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