These are some data, curiosities and unusual things in the history of the musical world

  • When unloading the tank, in most toilets, give an E flat.
  • The first CD to be printed in history in 1983 fue Born in the USA, the Bruce Springsteen,.
  • Jimmy Hendrix was expelled from high school for holding hands with a white classmate.
 Jimmy Hendrix
  • No one knows where Mozart is buried. To the 4 years he had already composed a harpsichord concerto.
  • The best-selling instrument in history is the harmonica..
  • Monaco's orchestra has more members than its army.
  • Rock'n'roll guitarist Chuck Berry had a degree in cosmetology..
 Charles Chaplin
  • The song that launched Petula Clark to stardom in the sixties, This is my Song, was written by Charles Chaplin.
  • The first symphony to include trombones is Beethoven's 5th..
  • at the end of the song A Day in the Life, of the Beatles, an ultrasonic whistle is recorded that only dogs hear. This was recorded by McCartney for his sheepdog, Martha.
  • The largest instrument in the world is the organ that is located in the municipal auditorium of Atlantic City, USA. Designed by a senator and finished in 1930, has 33,112 pipes measuring from 6 millimeters up 19.4 metros.
Tchaikovsky
  • The composer Tchaikovsky believed that at any moment his head would fall off his shoulders., so when he conducted the orchestra he put his left hand on his chin to stop it.
  • At 12:01 am on August 1st 1981 the first ever music video appeared on television on MTV, Video Kill the radio star, from the group The Buggles.
  • Franz Lizt was asked so many times for curls of his hair that he bought a dog the same color as his hair and sheared it to send the curl to the foolish admirers.
 Michel Jackson
  • Billie John, by Michael Jackson, is the first video by a black artist scheduled by MTV.
  • To the 22 years, Singer Jerry Lee Lewis is getting married for the third time, on that occasion with his first cousin of 13 years.
  • Tickets to Frank Sinatra's first solo performance, at the Paramount Theater in New York 1942, they cost 35 cents and he didn't even fill it.
  • The publisher of Warner Communications has collected $28 million dollars in royalties for the song Happy Birthday to you, composed by Patty and Mildred Hill in 1912.
  • Singer Axl Rose was paid 8 dollars an hour for smoking cigarettes for a scientific experiment at UCLA, of California.
  • The first conductor to use a baton was Jean Baptiste Lully., in January 1687. It was a stick 1.82 m that hit the floor to mark the time to the orchestra.
Prince
  • On his first album, prince plays 27 different instruments.
  • The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend, carries 90 smashed guitars on stage.
  • Evis Presley weighed 120 kilos when he died.
  • Yesterday, but Lennon-McCartney (although composed only by Paul), is the most recorded song of all time with more than 2,000 known versions.
  • The famous creator of the Fender guitar, Leo Fender, I didn't play this instrument.

Fuente original: entretantomagazine.com

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