It’s a fact about music!
Bob Dylan’s Real Name Is Robert
Music Fact
Facts about music.
Baby We Can’t Get No Higher
After The Death Of Jim Morrison The Average Height Of The Doors Was 1.806m
Well I Wonder
None of the Smiths had the surname Smith.
Music Facts Bonus!
None of The Beatles had the surname Beatle.
Collapsing New Buildings
The name Einstürzende Neubauten came from Blixa Bargeld going on a school exchange trip to Norwich where he stayed in a recently built Barratt Home.
And topically – as the music technology show NAMM has just finished here is the song it was named after.
Sail On Silver Girl
Less well known than Widnes being the station referred to in the Simon & Garfunkel song Homeward Bound is the idea for Bridge Over Troubled Water originating from the 15th Century crossing that spans the Arun at Stopham.
Photograph by Colin Smith and part of The Geograph Project
It’s A Fine Life
The character Fagin in the musical Oliver! was so called after the real name of the composer’s favourite singer, Billie Holiday.
Something To Do With Spring
Membership of the Noël Coward Society rose 32% in the year following the inclusion of his songs in the video game BioShock.
Johnny & The Moondogs
John Lennon meeting Paul McCartney at a Woolton Church Hall fête in 1957 ultimately led to the break up of the Beatles.
Li Li Linesman
The inspiration for the chorus of the Simon & Garfunkel song ‘The Boxer’ came from Paul Simon hearing a stutterer remonstrating with match officials at a 1966 York City game.
Around Around
Composer Gavin Bryars arranged Shostakovich’s Prelude No.15 for the theme of his uncle Richard’s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles.