Happy Birthday, Felix Mendelssohn!
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was born in Hamburg, Germany on February 3, 1809. One of our favorite compositions by Mendelssohn is his Song Without Words, Op. 109 for cello and piano. Watch this captivating performance of the piece by phenomenal cellist Jacqueline Du Pré, accompanied by her mother, Iris Du Pré.
On January 12, 1993, Etta James was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You MUST watch this amazing video of Etta performing “Something’s Got a Hold On Me” in 1962! The performance highlights her incredibly powerful and unique voice.
This is one of our favorite versions of Auld Lang Syne. This version is a live recording of Aretha Franklin in 1975. She gives another stellar rendition of the song (along with Billy Preston) in 1987. Click here to watch the video on YouTube. Enjoy!
Tomorrow is the first day of Winter! To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite winter-themed songs for chilly days indoors. Of course, there are many that we couldn’t fit in our top 10. Feel free to add your personal favorites in the comments box below!
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Watch this classic video of The Beatles’ first performance of “All You Need is Love”. The performance took place on June 25, 1967 on the BBC’s “Our World” special. “Our World” was the first live, international, satellite television production! For the historic occasion, Lennon and McCartney wrote “All You Need is Love”, aiming to create a simple song that could be understood by all nationalities. The live performance reached 400 million viewers around the world! The song’s message is timeless and the video is one of our all-time favorites. Enjoy and share with friends!
*Look for Mick Jagger in the audience! Also at the recording: Keith Richard, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Graham Nash and Hunter Davies. To read more about this performance at www.thebeatlesbible.com, click here.
Have you seen this amazing version of Ben E. King’s “Stand by Me” created by various artists around the globe? The video, from the award-winning documentary Playing for Change, is one of many created by the Playing for Change Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to change the world through music education. Continue reading
The weather has been wet and dreary in NYC so we put together a collection of some of our favorite rain songs. These 10 songs are perfect for a listen if you’re stuck indoors! All videos are child-friendly so feel free to share with the whole family.
1) Don’t Rain on My Parade from the 1964 musical Funny Girl
Classic Streisand.
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This animation, set to George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, is from Disney’s Fantasia 2000. The cartoon is set in New York City in the 1930s. If you haven’t seen it already, please watch and share this brilliant video! It is completely mesmerizing. If you’ve seen it already, you’ll probably want to watch it again- we did!
Click here to view/listen to several different versions of YouTube.
Today would have been John Lennon’s 71st birthday. Take a few moments to listen to one of his songs today! Lennon recorded this version of Stand by Me in 1975.
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