35 Fabulous Facts About Frank Sinatra
(via mental_floss) You know that Frank Sinatra was as talented a singer as he was an actor. That he had
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15 Bizarre Christmas Albums
(via mental_floss) It seems like everybody and their mom and dads has released a Christmas album. For some artists, like
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Why Some Songs Get Stuck In Your Head More Than Others
(via Motherboard) The scientific name for the phenomenon of getting a song stuck in our head is involuntary musical imagery,
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Who Really Invented the Electric Guitar?
(via Popular Mechanics) The names of Les Paul and Leo Fender grace many of the most famous electric guitars. Designed
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The Country King of Kenya
(via Great Big Story) Kenya has a burgeoning country scene, with radio stations dedicated to the genre and country music
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How a Printer Kept the Art of the Album Cover Alive
(via Collectors Weekly) While most of the buzz about the resurgence of vinyl records has focused on the skyrocketing sales
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How Sam Phillips Invented the Sound of Rock and Roll
(via Popular Mechanics) If rock and roll is a religion, then Sun Studio is one of its holiest temples. The
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Why Do We Love Bad Singers?
(via The Ringer) Florence Foster Jenkins was a truly lousy vocalist, but that didn’t stop her from selling out Carnegie
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The Accidental Origin of the Hit Song ‘American Woman’
(via Great Big Story) The song “American Woman” by The Guess Who wasn’t ever supposed to happen. It wasn’t planned,
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Johnny Cash was the first American to hear about Stalin’s death
(via The Vintage News) Before he was “The Man in Black” singer songwriter Johnny Cash was “the boy in uniform”.
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An Ode to the iPod Classic
(via The Ringer) On September 9, 2014, Apple announced that it would no longer be making the iPod Classic. For
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