The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show Feb. 9, 1964
On this day in 1964, the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, as teenage girls screamed hysterically in the audience and 73 million people watched from home ? a record for American television at the time. Their appearance on the show is...
Deconstructing Dad -The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
Deconstructing Dad is a documentary dedicated to Raymond Scott, one of the true geniuses of the past century. As (hopefully) most of you will know, he was an accomplished musician, a very original composer, and the inventor of some revolutionary electronic musical...From the Collections, Sound Recordings Heard for the First Time
With help from scientists and preservation specialists, the National Museum of American History recovers sound from recordings that have been silenced for over a century One March morning in 2008, Carlene Stephens, curator of the National Museum of American...
1963 Seeburg “1000” Background music system
The Seeburg 1000 background music system was introduced in 1963 in which to provide background music or “elevator music” as we know it today for shoppers in stores, or factory workers, etc. The video incorrectly states that it is a 1959 model. These...
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