50 Fascinating Facts About the Music Industry
By Joni Sweet, Stacker News
On 1/29/21 at 8:00 PM EST
Music is one of the most ubiquitous art forms in the world. Lullabies soothe babies to sleep from the youngest of ages, and kids try their hand at playing an instrument in elementary school. By the teenage years, music becomes part of our identities we gravitate toward certain genres as a form of our own self-expression, and the lyrics and melodies feed the deepest part of our souls. Music then takes on new roles in adulthood. It keeps us entertained on our commutes, helps us stay focused at work, provides a welcome distraction while we re doing chores around the house, and sets just the right mood for parties and get-togethers. Plus, in non-pandemic times, seeing our favorite bands perform live and feeling the energy of crowds at arena concerts often become some of our most cherished memories. Music is with us at every stage of life.
These Are the 50 Most Covered Songs of All Time
By Angela Underwood, Stacker News
On 1/17/21 at 11:00 AM EST
If you agree with the old proverb that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then cover songs serve as tributes to their original artists. Sometimes, a cover version vastly outshined its original. Such is the case with Summertime, originally written for the 1935 George Gershwin opera
Porgy and Bess, which Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong put a jazz spin on in 1957 to make it an international hit.
To learn more about the most covered songs in musical history, Stacker mined data from WhoSampled.com, whose goal is to build the most comprehensive database for music. The site features more than 653,000 songs and more than 215,000 artists as of February 26, 2020. Aside from Beatles tunes, Christmas music accounts for a number of the most covered songs, including Bing Crosby s White Christmas in 1942: the second-most covered holiday song with more than 50 mill
Best Country Music Albums of All Time
By Michele Zipkin, Stacker News
On 1/16/21 at 10:00 AM EST
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Ray Price messed around with rhythm, Willie Nelson veered into jazzy realms, and modern country artists such as Eric Church and Sam Hunt meld rock and R&B with country flavors. The genre has continued to expand to feature new subgenres such as country trap perhaps the most well-known song to fit into this genre is Lil Nas X s Old Town Road. Country has gone by several different names. Country musician Harlan Howard pegged it as three chords and the truth, while others have described it as the music of heartache or line dancing. Besides having various names, country music is also a genre that welcomes the reinventing of existing songs as much as it embraces the writing of new ones.