Weird Music History
The Flintstones (1960-1966)
The familiar theme song, “Meet the Flintstones,” was not
heard until Episode 3 of Season 3. Composed by Hoyt
Curtin, it was recorded with a 22-piece jazz band, and a
five-voice singing group known as the Skip Jacks. The
melody is possibly derived from (or at the least
resembles) the ‘B’ section from the 2nd movement of
Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17.
Source: Wikipedia
Think you know everything there is to know about music? Prepare to be blown away as we take a look at some of the most interesting, unbelievable facts about musicians and the music industry.
1. The longest song title ever is Hoagy Carmichael’s 1943 “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.”
3. There are more people in Monaco’s orchestra than in its army.
4. Bryan Adams photographed The Queen for a Canadian postal stamp commemorating Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee.
5. A 2001 study found that cows produce more milk when listening to relaxing moo-sic (sorry, we couldn’t resist!).
6. In the US in 2005, vinyl record sales only reached US$35 million. In 2015, sales had exploded to $416 million.
7. The London Symphony Orchestra was originally booked to perform on the Titanic on its maiden voyage, but they ended up on another boat at the last minute. That surely would have been worse than London Bridge falling down!
8. Tin Pan Alley; Yes, it is an actual place, New York City, and the side streets of Times Square. So many music publishers were hawking their songs on crappy “tinny” pianos that it got this nickname, and it stuck. Oddly enough the Brill Building got its nickname from being, well, The Brill Building.
9. Jazz great Louis Armstrong is an essential part of the history of Jazz, but there was not a lot of money in it and he got tired of being more respected than wealthy. So he decided to become a pop star. At sixty-seven years young, in 1967 coincidentally, he released the record “What A Wonderful World”, which climbed to the top of the charts all over the world. Even now, you are unlikely to attend a wedding or a bar mitzvah where it will not be played.
10. Jimi Hendrix’s tombstone has a Fender Stratocaster carved on it. My only quibble? It should have been depicted on fire.
11.The first pressed CD in the US was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The USA.” Either the beginning or the end or recorded music, according to some. My view? I’ll never tell.
Source: Ask Audio