Category Archives: Music

Ned of Wales & The Most Boring Day of the 20th Century

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 339 of Colourisation Project – April 11 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. On this day, April 11, 1954, 61 years ago, nothing much happened. It is a date … Continue reading →

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Percy Faith ~ Easy Listening

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 335 of Colourisation Project – April 7 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Considered “the most identifiable easy-listening sound-mark” by some, and musical pablum by others, Percy Faith‘s popular … Continue reading →

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Johannes Brahms ~ Classical Traditionalist

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 331 of Colourisation Project – April 3 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Born in 1833, in Hamburg, Germany, Johannes Brahms is widely considered one the 19th century’s greatest … Continue reading →

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RIP – The Singing Nun

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 326 of Colourisation Project – March 29 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. When police officers found the lifeless bodies of 52-year-old Jeanine Deckers and her lover, Annie Pecher … Continue reading →

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Maurice Ravel ~ Unraveling Boléro

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 304 of Colourisation Project – March 7 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. In the 1979 movie 10, Bo Derek’s character asks, “Did you ever do it to Ravel’s … Continue reading →

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Forever Young ~ Patsy Cline

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 302 of Colourisation Project – March 5 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. On this day, March 5, 1963 the world was robbed of one of the greatest musical … Continue reading →

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Kathryn Grayson – Hollywood Soprano

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 286 of Colourisation Project – February 17 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she was better known as MGM musical star, … Continue reading →

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Unforgettable Nat King Cole

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 284 of Colourisation Project – February 15 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Who doesn’t have a bit of Nat King Cole in their music collection, iPod or otherwise? … Continue reading →

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Richard Wagner – Love Him or Hate Him

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 282 of Colourisation Project – February 13 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Born in 1813 in Leipzig, Germany, Richard Wagner was one of the world’s most influential—and controversial—composers, … Continue reading →

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Mario Lanza – The Voice

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Loredana Isabella

Day 269 of Colourisation Project – January 31 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. What Alfred Arnold Cocozza lacked in height, he made up for with his beautiful tenor voice. An … Continue reading →

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