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How Old Ironsides was saved from destruction…not by tactic or armor, but by a poem.
February 8, 2022Arthur Sullivan was one of Britain’s most important composers, one half of a little theatrical team known as Gilbert and Sullivan.
February 7, 2022Famed lawman Wyatt Earp has been the subject of nearly a dozen movies, but his role as on-set advisor for westerns would have a major impact on film history.
February 3, 2022George Burns knew the secret to his success…his wife Gracie.
February 2, 2022You’re listening to Johannes Brahms and the Banda de Estado Mayor de Mexico. That’s right, a Hungarian danza by a Mexican banda. You’re on the Sound Beat. Brahms composed 21 danzas, basing them on Hungarian folk themes. Mostly…in fact, he thought this one, number 5, was based on a folk song, but that song turned out it ...
January 31, 2022Mae Questel made a career out of doing other people’s voices
January 26, 2022Some virtuoso musicians hone their craft with classical training in gilded music halls. And some…some take to the streets.
January 25, 2022Today, we take a closer look at Popeye: sailor man, spinach enthusiast and quite possibly the first superhero to grace the funny pages?
January 24, 2022John Gielgud reads Ozymandias, from Columbia’s 1939 “Voices of Poetry” collection.
December 10, 2021