Reuters - Dec 22, 2005
One measure of an artist s merit is the ability to take a song originated elsewhere and give it a unique and identifiable stamp. It s been a hallmark of such artists as Ray Charles, Willie Nelson and...
More »AP - Apr 28, 2005
Lyricist Yip Harburg, whose work ranged from songs for The Wizard of Oz to words for popular love melodies, was honored Thursday with a new postage stamp. Harburg wrote the lyrics for more than 600...
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The discovery of a previously unknown recording by jazz masters Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane was announced Tuesday by the Library of Congress as it revealed this year s additions to its National...
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The 2004 National Recording Registry (in chronological order). 1. Gypsy Love Song, Eugene Cowles (1898). 2. Some of These Days, Sophie Tucker (1911). 3. The Castles in Europe One-Step ( Castle House...
More »Reuters - Mar 20, 2004
When it comes to American politics, Marx had it nailed. No, not Karl Marx, who penned the Communist Manifesto; Groucho Marx , the king of wisecracks. Politics, he said, is the art of looking for trouble...
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