Longest Song title
The song with the longest title is 'I’m a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky
Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those
Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues' written by Hoagy
Carmichael in 1943. He later claimed the song title ended with “Yank”
and the rest was a joke.
Popular Jackson
Michael Jackson won the most grammy's ever with a total of eight.
Play it again Sam
The longest piano piece of any kind is 'Vexations' by Erik Satie. It
consists of a 180-note composition which, on the composer’s orders, must
be repeated 840 times so that the whole performance is 18 hours 40
minutes. Its first reported public performance in September 1963, in the
Pocket Theater, New York City, required a relay team of 10 pianists. The
New York Times critic fell asleep at 4 a.m. and the audience dwindled to
6 masochists. At the conclusion, one sado-masochist shouted 'Encore!'
Video Killed the Radio Star
Everyone knows that the Buggles 'Video Killed the Radio Star' was the
first video to premire on MTV on August 1, 1981. The millionth video to
air on MTV was 'Video Killed the Radio Star', aired on MTV February 27,
2000. It's also the 3rd most aired video in MTV history. Peter Gabriel's
'Sledgehammer' is #1.
Once more with a feeling
The longest rendering of a national anthem was 'God Save the King,'
performed by a German military band on the platform of Rathenau railway
station in Brandenburg, on February 9, 1909. King Edward VII was
struggling inside the train to get into his German Field-Marshall
uniform, so the band had to play the anthem 17 consecutive times.
MTV surprise
'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a
black artist. Initially, the channel did not want to air any music by
black artists.
Woodstock tickets
3-Day advance purchase tickets for the first Woodstock (1969), were
$18.00. The price at the gate, $24.
Arrested Development
Jim Morrison (of the 60's rock group The Doors) was the first rock star
to be arrested on stage.
Conductor
In 1976 Sarah Caldwell became the first woman to conduct the
Metropolitan Opera in New York City. |
