From Our Archives: I Call On Perry Como
From 1960, Pete Martin’s intimate portrait of the fabulous singing barber who parlayed an amiable, easygoing manner into a successful TV show.
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Tag Archives: American music
The Rock Revolution in the Dick Clark Days
When Dick Clark told the Post, “I don’t think some people’s attitudes about rock ‘n’ roll can stop a way of life,” he was including the record labels that ignored the new music—until it was too late.
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The Eventual Triumph of Duke Ellington
Fortunately, more people listened to his music than to his critics.
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Young Sousa And The Musician Shortage
John Philip Sousa rose to national prominence thanks to talent, support, ambition… and an era of incredible opportunity for musicians.
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Aaron Copland Tries to Put It Into Words
Great writers will take on any of the great topics—war, love, death, cowboys—but few have made a serious attempt at writing about music.
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$12,000-a-week Preacher’s Boy
The hoarse baritone of ex-Baptist organist Nat “King” Cole earns him earns him nearly $400,000 a year, has sole 19,000,000 records like Nature Boy. It also once caused a fuddled night-club patron to remark, “I’m a doctor, boy, and with a throat like that you should be home in bed!”
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