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Some Music Facts and Trivia
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Beatles:
The Beatles, one of the greatest bands of all time and containing some of the greatest songwriters, could not read or write music. In a 2018 60 Minutes interview, Paul McCartney admitted that the four of them never really understood music theory.
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Chris Hadfield:
Chris Hadfield’s cover of Bowie’s “Space Oddity”, recorded in space while on the International Space Station, went viral. Hear and see it by clicking on:
It started as a little "family project", something fun to do with his son, back on Earth, while he was aboard the International Space Station.
Bowie posted on Facebook that the cover of his 1969 song was “possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created”.
The record company, having the publishing rights, made Hadfield take it down from online posting. Commander Hadfield started working to get the cover back online but the legal questions were complex — since the recording was made and posted from space, it wasn’t even clear which country’s laws and licences the song was made under. Bowie intervened and made it remain online.
The Canadian astronaut also recorded an album while he was orbiting space. He released Space Sessions: Songs From a Tin Can in 2015, which became the first album ever to be recorded in space.
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Jingle Bells:
“Jingle Bells” is a Christmas classic and one of the most popular Christmas tunes.
Written in 1850, it was originally published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in September 1857. Although it had no connection with Christmas, it also had no connection with Thanksgiving as has been previously claimed.
According to more recent research, the song was originally written as a minstrel song satirising Black participation in northern winter activities.
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Rod Stewart:
Rod Stewart (1955 - ) has the record for playing the biggest concert of all time. Stewart played to over 3.5 million people (and some say as many as 4.2 million) at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on December 31, 1994 (into January 1, 1995). The hazy number comes from the fact that it was a free concert, so no-one tallied ticket stubs or clicks through the turnstiles. Stewart set a Guinness World Record for Largest Free Rock Concert Attendance.
Sir Rod's set was the centrepiece of the New Year's Eve celebrations in Rio, which included fireworks displays.
BTW:
Stewart’s four Great American Songbook albums, which has him singing 30’s and 40’s classics, are well worth listening to and purchasing.
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Stradivarius:
In 2011, the “Lady Blunt” Stradivarius violin broke the record by being sold in an online auction for USD$15.9 million, a price 5 times higher than the value the last owner paid.
Made in 1721 by the renowned Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari, it is named after one of its first known owners, Lady Anne Blunt.
In the wake of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Lady Blunt was put up for charitable sale by owner Nippon Music Foundation, with proceeds going to the Nippon Foundation's relief fund. The anonymous buyer won a 90-minute bidding battle with one other bidder.
The 1721 Lady Blunt
BTW:
A man goes into an antiques dealership carrying a violin and a painting. "Hi. I found these in the loft of the house I've just bought. I'm interested in having them valued with a view to selling them." The owner, duly fascinated takes them into the back to give them the once over.
"Very interesting." he tells the man on his return. "You realise, you've got a genuine Rembrandt and a bona fide Stradivarius here."
"That's wonderful- I'm rich!" exclaims the man.
"Not so fast, son." replies the dealer- "Rembrandt violins are notorious poor quality and Stradivarius couldn't paint to save his life."
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