Trivia

Bob Marley played his final concert on September 23, 1980, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He performed the Song of the Day, "Get Up, Stand Up," as his last encore song.

Beatlemania in the United States began on September 16, 1963 with the release of the record, "She Loves You" by The Beatles. Yes, yes, yes!

No one is sure who started National Teddy Bear Day on September 9, but to know the story behind the Teddy bear toy, is to love it (and the song by The Teddy Bears.)

Russ Columbo is a forgotten footnote in Hollywood history. He was a virtuoso violinist, a crooner, a songwriter, actor and soon-to-be husband of Carole Lombard when he died September 2, 1934 from an accidental gunshot wound to the head.

Ed Sheeran finished his record-breaking concert tour on August 26, 2019. The Song of the Day, "Thinking Out Loud" is from Sheeran's second album, "Multiply," and helped make him a global popstar.

Music has had its share of words and phrases that have become a part of the English language – rock ‘n’ roll, rhythm and blues, rockabilly, soul. Writer Jody Rosen added another one, "bro-country," in an article published in New York magazine on August 19, 2013.

The New Yard Birds consisting of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham rehearsed for the first time as a musical group on August 12, 1968. The group would later change their name to Led Zeppelin.

Dick Clark died in 2012, but he will always be America’s oldest teenager. He took over a Philadelphia dance show, called “Bandstand,” in 1956 thanks to the previous host’s DUI arrest. ABC began televising “American Bandstand” nationwide on August 5, 1957.

This fairy tale is about a so-so looking prince and a naïve, teen princess who didn’t live happily ever after. Prince Charles and Princess Diana married July 29, 1981. The Song of the Day for July 29 is "I Can't Make You Love Me," sung by Bonnie Raitt.

The Song of the Day for July 22 is "America the Beautiful," with words penned by poet Katharine Lee Bates in 1893 after hiking up Pike's Peak in Colorado.