1900–1919 Popular Music: Ragtime, Broadway Songs, Patriotic Music, Irish Ballads, Early Blues, Tin Pan Alley, and Songs Before Radio Took OverPopular music from 1900 to 1919 lived in a different world than the hit songs that came later. Before commercial radio became part of everyday American life in the 1920s, most people heard songs through […]
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1902 Trivia, History, and Fun FactsQuick Facts from 1902 Popular Songs: Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home, In the Good Old Summer Time, and Under the Bamboo TreeMost Famous American: Theodore Roosevelt, now nine months into a presidency nobody had planned onThe Conversation: The Teddy Bear — and the president who accidentally created the
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Guy LombardoGuy Lombardo (born June 19, 1902 – died November 5, 1977) was a Canadian-American bandleader, violinist, and composer who became a popular music icon. His orchestra, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, was known for its “sweet” dance music style and was a fixture of American New Year’s Eve celebrations for decades.Guy Lombardo was
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Fraterville, Tennessee Mine Disaster Victim Jacob Vowell’s farewell letter to his wife, Sarah Ellen VowellHis son, Elbert died with him.May 19, 1902Ellen, darling, goodbye for us both. Elbert said the Lord has saved him. We are all praying for air to support us, but it is getting so bad without any air.Ellen I want you
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