In fact, America's oldest continuously active professional music organization predates Washington, D.C. The U.S. Marine Band was founded by an act of Congress — signed by then-President John Adams — in 1798, two years before Washington, D.C., became the nation's capital.
The wind, brass, and percussion ensemble that is called a band originated in 15th-century Germany, where ensembles consisting chiefly of oboes and bassoons formed part of the paraphernalia of military life.
The oldest surviving written music is the Hurrian songs from Ugarit, Syria.
At 84, Ringo Starr is now the oldest living rock star still performing on stage ✌️ Bravo.
The “Hurrian Hymn” is the earliest known song to be recorded in writing, dating to around the 13th century BCE. The text of this hymn is concerned with the promotion of fertility. It refers to the making of offerings and libations to the moon goddess, Nikkal.
Time quotes The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as confirming that "Rocket 88 may well have been the first rock 'n' roll record".
Two-member rock and pop bands (such as the White Stripes, Tenacious D, the Black Keys, Twenty One Pilots, and Royal Blood) are relatively rare because of the difficulty in providing all of the musical elements which are part of the rock or pop sound (vocals, chordal accompaniment, bass lines, and percussion or drumming ...
As the chief credited songwriter, Robertson made more money than his bandmates, and later Helm accused him of falsely taking credit—in effect, of screwing over his friends. Perhaps most damning of all, as rock-and-roll stories go, Robertson was the one blamed for the Band's 1976 breakup.
According to a Business Insider piece that was originally published in 2016 and updated for November 2022, the rock band with the most albums sold in America is The Eagles (or, Eagles, if you're a stickler). They've racked up sales topping 120 million records.
The Searchers are the longest running band in pop history. They have been in constant demand for 66 years. Not even The Rolling Stones can match that: they've only been going for 61 years!
Au Clair de la Lune (1860)
This recording was discovered just a few years ago and it is believed to be the oldest recording of a human voice. 'Au Clair de la Lune' is actually a French folk song from the 18th century.
The Early Years
Some of the early Rock and Roll artists were Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, and Bill Haley and the Comets. The first number-one single of Rock and Roll was "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets.
The Beatles lead all acts, with a whopping 20 No. 1s — they've had the most since 1965, when they surpassed Elvis Presley. Presley, who's notably absent from the list below, scored seven No. 1s in the Hot 100 era.
DURAN DURAN
Born out of the New Romantic scene in Birmingham in the early 80s, Duran squared is perhaps the most successful of the doubler-uppers, helped in part by becoming the poster boys who followed in The Beatles footsteps and conquered America.
A National Public Radio article commented in 2017 that "Rock 'n' roll was bred between the church and the nightclubs in the soul of a queer black woman in the 1940s named Sister Rosetta Tharpe".
We're talking about Franz Liszt—a fiend on the piano, dubbed history's first rock star! Liszt groupies remain today and love him for his classics: Liebesträume, Ständchen in D Minor, or La Campanella.
In January 2023, Rolling Stone announced American singer, songwriter, and pianist Aretha Franklin as the greatest singer of all time.
The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, it has also been described by the modern term Sanātana Dharma ( lit. 'eternal dharma') emphasizing its eternal nature. Another endonym for Hinduism is Vaidika Dharma ( lit. 'Vedic dharma').
Music industry in the U.S. In a survey by Statista Consumer Insights, jazz and blues came in among the five genres people listened to the least in 21 out of 21 countries. Even in the genres' birthplace, the United States, only 18 percent said they listened to jazz or blues - rank 7 out of 10.