The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Recording Industry
America's tinkerers and entrepreneurs took a business machine and turned it into a billion-dollar entertainment industry.... More
Post Perspective
More In Post Perspective
1969: The Post Listens To “The Soul Sound”
"The biggest thing in pop music today is a blend of folk, rock, and church music known as soul. It's spiritual home is Memphis, back... More
Sexy, Simply, Sad: How Mitch Miller Defined Pop Music in the 1950s
1956: "Mitch 'The Beard' Miller produces more hit records than any other man in the business." The Post explained the secret of his success.... More
Air Conditioning: From Luxury to Necessity
Sure, you depend on your internet and cell phone, but do they have anything near the importance in your life that air conditioning does? ... More
A Fiddler Keeps Hope Alive in 1920s Texas
When boll weevils and floods tore at the spirits of his Texas neighbors, Lewis Nordyke’s father could fiddle hope back into their hearts.... More
The Post Discovers Country Music… in 1944
"Uncle Art Satherley seeks out country music in the bayous, canebrakes and hills, and brings it back twangin' and sobbin' to 25,000,000 addicts."... More
Global Warming Sixty Years Ago
Scientists believe the earth's climate is getting warmer—in 1950.... More
War, Work, and Women, Part II
According to some 1944 critics, you just couldn't get good war workers anymore.... More
War, Work, and Women
Life on the home front offered many American women rare work experience, and an unexpected education.... More
Family Life in Wartime
A mother of three details the nearly overwhelming task of keeping her family well-fed and healthy on $2,000 a year.... More
Life in the Shadow of a Distant War
Part one of a series on the hopes and disappointments of Americans enduring a lengthy war overseas. ... More
Enemy Agents Strike New York—In 1916
Ever wonder why visitors can stand inside the crown of the Statue of Liberty (reopened in 2009), but the arm and its torch are strictly... More
Learning to Appreciate Liberty
Eternal vigilance, continual maintenance, public support—what's good for a landmark is good for the country.... More
An Unlikely Hero in the Fight for Personal Liberty
Henry David Thoreau didn't look for liberation among other people. He waged his struggle for independence inside himself.... More
When Science Takes You for a Ride
If roller coasters are so terrifying, if they're so good at giving you a sense of imminent death, why do they make so much money?... More
The Old Masters: Gene Sarazen Reinvents His Clubs and Self
Any man who can master his old temper has nothing to fear from a sand trap.... More
The Old Masters: Thoughts on Golf and Life from Bobby Jones
Interviewed in 1958, golf legend Bobby Jones talked about the importance of attitude, dedication, and sportsmanship—on the green and in life.... More
