American Bandstand, a television program that had a profound impact on American culture and the music industry, made its national debut on August 5, 1957. Originally a local show called “Bandstand,” it began airing in 1952 in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV. The show was hosted…
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The world of music witnessed a seismic shift on July 25, 1965, when Bob Dylan “went electric” at the Newport Folk Festival. This momentous event not only marked a turning point in Dylan’s career but also had profound implications for the music industry as…
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In 1721, Johann Sebastian Bach presented a compiled collection of six concertos to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. He called them “Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments (Six Concertos for several instruments). The works were so important to Bach that he wrote out the music…
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