Showing posts with label Vince Guaraldi Trio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vince Guaraldi Trio. Show all posts

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Music History Today: July 17, 2022

July 17, 1967: Bobbie Gentry debuted on Billboard's Pop Singles chart with "Ode To Billie Joe." 

In July of 1967, Capitol Records released “Ode to Billie Joe,” a spooky wisp of a song by an unknown artist named Bobbie Gentry.

Bobbie Gentry
Bobby Gentry
 

Friday, December 24, 2021

Music History Today: December 25, 2021

According to the Newsweek article "The Top 20 Best-Selling Christmas Songs of All Time," dated December 10, 2019, Brenda Lee—at number 9—had the highest spot for songs released in the 1950s decade with "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."

Brenda Lee

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Music History Today: December 9, 2021

December 9, 2005: The movie Brokeback Mountain, musical score by Gustavo Santaolalla, opened in the US.
The music for Brokeback Mountain consists of seventeen tracks as well as songs from Bob Dylan covered by Willie Nelson and Roger Miller covered by Teddy Thompson & Rufus Wainwright

Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain