Bobby Darin (1936 – 1973), born Walden Robert Perciville Cassotto, was a two-time Grammy Award-winning American singer, Oscar-nominated actor and accomplished musician. Troubled childhood Bobby Darin was born to a poor, working-class family of mostly Italian descent in The Bronx. The person thought to be his father (who was actually his grandfather) died in jail Read More …
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel. In the musical, in the second act, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the female protagonist Julie Jordan, sings “You’ll Never Walk Alone” to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, is killed during a Read More …
In 2007, in an emotional interview, Yoko Ono revealed the last words her husband John Lennon uttered moments before he was gunned down on a New York street in 1980 by Mark Chapman: “I said ‘shall we go and have dinner before we go home?’ and John said ‘No, let’s go home because I want Read More …
Several hours before the murder, Chapman had asked John Lennon to give him an autograph and they even have a photo together! (see below) On the morning of 8 December 1980, photographer Annie Leibovitz went to Ono and Lennon’s apartment to do a photo shoot for Rolling Stone. She had promised Lennon a photo with Read More …
“Little Darlin” is a popular Top 40 song. It was written by Maurice Williams with both melody and doo-wop accompaniment strongly emphasizing the clave rhythm, and was released during 1957 as a rhythm and blues song by The Gladiolas. It was later covered successfully by The Diamonds, a pop group that had been performing the Read More …
