1950s

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   Film

   Easy Living owes Billie Holiday for giving it voice

   A tender ballad Easy Living has forthright lyrics that declare just how wonderful life can be when living for someone…

   July 6, 2018

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   Songwriter

   Peggy Lee's sensual version of Fever replaced the original

   Fever, one of the biggest songs to define a generation, is a passionate love proclamation that spoke to listeners of…

   June 18, 2018

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   Saxophone

   Nelson's time in the Marines inspired his future composer career

   Oliver Edward Nelson (1932–1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He is best remembered for…

   June 8, 2018

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   Technologies

   '50s technological revolution of sound recording elevated Sinatra's voice

   The ‘50s were a time of modification for every industry, including the music recording and production. Rock'n'roll and…

   April 5, 2018

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   Technologies

   Stereo sound ignored commercially for a quarter of a century after its discovery

   Stereo is the reproduction of sound using two separate audio channels in a way that creates the feeling of sound heard…

   March 30, 2018

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   Trumpet

   Chet Baker: the divine voice of the West Coast jazz

   Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. was born in 1929 in Yale, Oklahoma. The son of musically inclined parents, he sang in…

   March 11, 2018

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   Film

   Man of Constant Sorrow revived in the Coen brothers' classic

   Man of Constant Sorrow is a traditional American folk song first published by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler…

   March 6, 2018