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Today in Music History - March 2
The Canadian Press 2021-03-02
Today in Music History for March 2:
In 1942, Charlie Christian, the man responsible for making the guitar a lead instrument rather than just a part of the rhythm section, died in New York of tuberculosis. He was only 25. Though Christian recorded for only three years, his single-string picking technique on the then-new electric guitar had a vast impact on both jazz and rock n roll. Most of his recordings were with Benny Goodman s sextet, and he co-wrote such Goodman favourites as Solo Flight, Seven Come Eleven and Air Mail Special.
Posted By Ruth King on December 22nd, 2020
This year, like Thanksgiving, and Passover and other family and religious holidays, millions of Americans will be deprived of gathering with loved ones to celebrate Christmas, thanks to the draconian and illogical lock downs which have caused great economic and social harm. The elderly for whom each holiday is a milestone will not enjoy the fun of grandchildren and Santa Claus and gifts. As author Sydney Williams writes today ZOOM cannot replace a hug. It is bleak.
The song
,” I’ll Be Home for Christmas” was written in 1943 by Walter Kent, composer and Kim Gannon lyricist to honor the troops in World War 2 who were stationed thousands of miles from home in jungles, high seas, bunkers in snow or mud who would miss Christmas at home and faced lonely nights aching with homesickness. The song reverberated both with the patriot soldiers and their anxious families at home.
Christmas music by Jews
DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer
taffet@dallasvoice.com
So much Christmas music has been written by Jews that each year on the Jewish Music Hour on KNON, I host “The Totally Inappropriate Jewish Music Hour Christmas Music by Jews.” But who are some of these songwriters?
Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” is the most-recorded Christmas song ever. Berlin was born in Siberia in 1888 and emigrated to the U.S. through Ellis Island when he was five. Although he had few memories of Russia, he always had a love and appreciation for his adopted land, which led him to write “God Bless America.” But not only did the Jewish Berlin write the most-recorded Christmas song, he also wrote “Easter Parade,” the most-recorded Easter song.
Spiritually Speaking: The Christmas traditions we ll miss this year
Rev. John F. Hudson, Columnist
I’ll be home for Christmas, You can count on me
Please have snow and mistletoe, And presents on the tree
Christmas Eve will find me, Where the lovelight gleams
I’ll be home for Christmas, If only in my dreams Walter Kent and Kim Gannon, 1943
Turn it off or tune it out.
In years past, that was how I’d react the very first time I heard a Christmas song on the radio, at the beginning of November, too early for my Puritan holiday ethic! Yup those Puritans, who in 1659 outlawed the celebration of Christmas in the Massachusetts’s Bay colony, a day that did not become an official state recognized holiday until 1859. So, when “The Carpenters” came on the radio singing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” in their syrupy and saccharine voices, I’d quickly turn the dial to another station sports radio, talk radio, classic rock anything, to escape the Christmas onslaug