07-14-2016, 07:14 AM
my birth-date -- "Sixteen Tons". Tennessee Ernie Ford.
the day that Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon -- "In the year 2525"... Zager and Evans. One-hit wonders with one gimmick song. Something well suited for the Memory Hole.
death of Adolf Hitler -- "My Dreams are Getting Better Every Day", Les Brown and his Orchestra, Doris Day and Friends... it is actually quite listenable. Well fitting the end of a Crisis era, as one of the worst nightmares that ever appeared in human form went to Hell that day.
the first date for which a song is available (January 1, 1900) -- "My Tiger Lily", Arthur Collins singing, pianist unknown. A ragtime piece... nice tune, but maudlin lyrics not helped by the primitive recording. Tastes in popular music just aren't what they were 116 years ago. Collins (1864-1933) was active from the 1890s to the 1920s, in case you are curious.
the day that Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon -- "In the year 2525"... Zager and Evans. One-hit wonders with one gimmick song. Something well suited for the Memory Hole.
death of Adolf Hitler -- "My Dreams are Getting Better Every Day", Les Brown and his Orchestra, Doris Day and Friends... it is actually quite listenable. Well fitting the end of a Crisis era, as one of the worst nightmares that ever appeared in human form went to Hell that day.
the first date for which a song is available (January 1, 1900) -- "My Tiger Lily", Arthur Collins singing, pianist unknown. A ragtime piece... nice tune, but maudlin lyrics not helped by the primitive recording. Tastes in popular music just aren't what they were 116 years ago. Collins (1864-1933) was active from the 1890s to the 1920s, in case you are curious.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.