Here are 10 things you should know about Arlene Dahl, who today celebrates her 95th birthday. Here’s wishing her many happy and healthy returns of the day!
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10 Things You Should Know About Hoagy Carmichael
Here are 10 things you should know about Hoagy Carmichael, born 120 years ago today. He’s best remembered as a composer and musician, but he enjoyed success as an actor, too.
Snapshot in Prose: the popular song
This week’s Snapshot in Prose doesn’t capture a particular performer at certain time in his or her career, as is usual. Instead, it captures a perennial keystone of popular culture—the hit song—and examines, via the insights and opinions of performers and other entertainment professionals of the day, what set one song apart from another—in short, what makes a song popular. We thought it’d be interesting to see what the likes of Ethel Merman and Bing Crosby had to say on the topic back in 1935, and how salient their insights might be today. Read on, and see what you think.
