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Silver Threads Among The Gold
"Silver Threads Among the Gold", first copyrighted in 1873, was a popular song in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today it is a standard of barbershop quartet singing. The lyrics are by Eben E. Rexford, and the music by Hart Pease Danks. Background In 1930, an Associated Press story published in ''The New York Times'' gave some background on the writing of the lyrics of the song: "Silver Threads Song Traced to Poet’s ‘Re-Hash’ on Order" Shiocton, Wis. (AP).—The love ballad, “Silver Threads Among the Gold,” which has stirred the hearts of more than one generation, was not the inspiration of an aging poet but a “re-hash” produced on order. The story developed after the unveiling of a monument here in honor of the author of the words, Eben E. Rexford, who died in 1916. Rexford made a living by writing verse and flower and garden articles for magazines. When he was 18, he wrote and sold for $3 some verses entitled “Growing Old.” ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 In Music
This article is about music-related events in 1873. Events *April – The Fisk Jubilee Singers, an African American a cappella ensemble, perform before Queen Victoria during their first European tour. *August 27 – Sir Arthur Sullivan's oratorio '' The Light of the World'' (inspired by William Holman Hunt's painting of the same name) is premièred at the Birmingham Festival. *Joseph Parry becomes Professor of Music at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. *Therese Malten makes her solo debut as Pamina in ''The Magic Flute'' at Dresden. Published popular music * "The German Polka" by Gus Williams (vaudeville) * "Good Sweet Ham" by Henry Hart * "Home on the Range" w. Brewster M. Higley m. Daniel E. Kelley * "I'se Gwine Back to Dixie" by Charles A. White (musician) *"Little sweetheart, come listen to me". Words and music by Arthur W. French * "Silver Threads Among the Gold" w. Eben Eugene Rexford m. Hart Pease Danks Classical music *Johannes Brahms ** Two String Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Stafford
Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s. Admired for the purity of her voice, she originally underwent classical training to become an opera singer before following a career in popular music, and by 1955 had achieved more worldwide record sales than any other female artist. Her 1952 song " You Belong to Me" topped the charts in the United States and United Kingdom, becoming the second single to top the UK Singles Chart, and the first by a female artist to do so. Born in remote oil-rich Coalinga, California, near Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley, Stafford made her first musical appearance at age 12. While still at high school, she joined her two older sisters to form a vocal trio named the Stafford Sisters, who found moderate success on radio and in film. In 1938, while the sisters were part of the cast of Twentieth Century Fox's production of ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heino
Heinz Georg Kramm (born 13 December 1938), known professionally as Heino, is a German singer of Schlager and traditional Volksmusik. Having sold a total of over 50 million records, he is one of the most successful German musicians of all time. Heino is known for his baritone voice and trademark combination of light blond hair and dark sunglasses (which he wears due to exophthalmos). He lives in the town of Bad Münstereifel, where he owned a café until June 2012. His interest in music started when his mother gave him an accordion in 1948, although his family could barely afford it. Early life Heino was born on 13 December 1938 in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk, Germany, to Heinrich and Franziska Kramm. His father was a Roman Catholic dentist, his mother a Protestant. His grandfather was the organist at the Cathedral of Cologne. He also had two cousins who were Catholic priests. Heino's father was drafted into the German army during World War II, and was killed on 2 August 1941 during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest And Clarence Iverson
Ernest and Clarence Iverson were popular radio personalities on Twin Cities stations KTLK (AM), WDGY and KYCR (AM), KEYD during the 1930s and 1940s. Ernest (1903–1958) was known as Slim Jim. His brother Clarence (1905–1990) was the Vagabond Kid. Together they performed an eclectic mix of music ranging from country music, country western and Tin Pan Alley to gospel music, gospel hymns and Scandinavian ballads.''A Passion for Polka: old-time ethnic music in America'' by Victor R. Greene, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992). Norwegian-American entertainers The Iversons, who were born near Binford, North Dakota, came from a large Norwegian-American family. When their mother died in 1910, their father hired a Norwegian immigrant housekeeper named ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
