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Crazy with the Blues
History’s full of musicians claiming to have made deals with the devil. But only one claimed to have married into one.
Tell Tchaikowsky to Move!
That riff can only mean one thing…you’re listening to Chuck Berry…and you’re on the Sound Beat. Okay, two things.
Now and Forever
You’re listening to Artie Wayne with Freddy Martin and His Orchestra and… You’re on the Sound Beat. While Howard Hughes’ aviation career ...
The Legend of Wyatt Earp
Famed lawman Wyatt Earp has been the subject of nearly a dozen movies, but his role as on-set advisor for westerns would have a ...
Mal Reggendo
Il Travatore remains one of Guiseppe Verdi’s most popular operas, but it almost had a different name. Two, actually.
Hooray For Captain Spaulding!
From Coast Coast, from every state in the Union…it’s Groucho Marx and…
The Black Maria
The first copyrighted film was not a comedy, a thriller, but a…(ahem)...bodily function
The Birth of Bebop
Coleman Hawkins got it in him one day to stray from the jazz norm, and he opened the door for a new style of ...
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