Women’s History Month: Women of Jazz
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 3, 2017
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about some of the women pioneers in jazz... (Read More)
Tag: Music & Musicians
What’s the Back Story of Those Familiar Thanksgiving Hymns?
By Thomas Jay Kemp on November 14, 2016
An article about music editor Sigmund Spaeth commenting on some favorite old Thanksgiving songs... (Read More)
A Most Unusual Singer: Florence Foster Jenkins
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 13, 2016
An article about Florence Foster Jenkins, an opera singer who couldn’t sing, yet once gave a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall... (Read More)
Janis Joplin’s Overdose Tragically Reported in 1970 Newspapers
By Tony Pettinato on October 4, 2016
An article about the death of rock singer Janis Joplin at the age of 27 on 4 October 1970... (Read More)
The ‘King’ Is Gone: Elvis Presley Dies at Age 42
By Tony Pettinato on August 16, 2016
An article about the death of Elvis Presley, the “King of Rock ’n’ Roll,” who died at the age of 42 on the morning of 16 August 1977... (Read More)
Anniversary of the Birth of Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 4, 2016
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about the legendary jazz trumpeter Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong... (Read More)
