Bing Crosby

Louis Armstrong was a lot of things while he was alive. He was a singer, a soloist, a film star, a comedian and also a fellow trumpeter (“Louis Armstrong Biography”). He wrote many hits during his time such as Starburst, La Vie En Rose and What A Wonderful World (“Louis Armstrong Biography”). Throughout not only his career, but also his life, he faced many struggles. Living in the early Nineteenth Century was already hard enough for a young black man but even harder for a young black…

Born on December 12, 1915, was Frank Sinatra. His five foot mother and himself almost died the day he was born. This was because Sinatra was a thirteen and a half pound baby when he was born and the doctor had damaged Sinatra’s ear drums to try and save him. When he was born he was not breathing at all and luckily his grandmother Rose took him and ran him under cold water until he started to cry and he was breathing. He came into this world without a breath until his grandmother Rose saved him.…

refers to jazz throughout the book. In the book, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald included, “One thing’s sure and nothing’s surer The rich get richer and the poor get--children” (Fitzgerald 101). The quote, from the song, Ain’t We Got fun by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, refers to wealthy people becoming wealthier, but also mentions poor people becoming miserable due to the income limitations when they have children. The lyrics serve as a mirror to Jay Gatsby’s life in the sense that…

Throughout the year in Honors Freshmen Literature Composition, I have grown as a writer through fine tuning my strengths, acknowledging my weaknesses, and assessing my growth as a writer. I have improved my use of sensory detail, vocabulary, and word choice and set reading and writing goals for next year. My most prominent writing strength that I have improved during this year is my use of sensory detail. Throughout my recent writings, there is evidence of my expansion of sensory detail through…

Victory through Harmony: An Analysis Christina Baade’s focus in Victory Through Harmony is an analysis of how the BBC’s (British Broadcasting Corporation) wartime broadcasting of popular music and jazz helped redefine notions of war, gender, class, and nationality. The immediate goals of the BBC and the British government in this endeavor were to maintain civilian and military morale, increase industrial production, and foster a sense of Anglo-American cooperation. Peripheral effects of the…

An attribute that both generations show is strength. Both show this strength in different ways but this attribute could have been directly passed down from parent to child. The Greatest Generation showed their strength by their ability to fight a war that was on the other side of the world. They fought for other countries’ freedom fully knowing the danger of their service. Those who were left in the United States exhibited enormous amounts of strength by their resilience and ability to…

Just a few years after the last global conflict, the Second World War began. World War II was the most deadly and most widespread war in history. World War II was the most significant period of the 20th century. It brought about major leaps in technology and increased groundwork which permitted post-war social changes. WWII also made changes in the civil rights movemen, and the modern women’s rights movement, and also the programs for exploring outer space. The main opponents were the Axis…

Coming into the Prohibition era, the post-world war country of the United States emerged with new ideas and social changes addressing specifically racial issues. African Americans living in America took this time of resurgence as a way to break through to society and share with the nation the power of black culture. People such as Langston Hughes, famous black author of the 20’s, became known during this time for his unique writing style and topics. Louis Armstrong also broke through as a…

Amy Hempel Amy Hempel is an American short story author who was born on December 14th, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois to Gardiner and Gloria Hempel. Amy Hempel spent most of her early childhood in Chicago as well as Denver, Colorado before moving to San Francisco, California at the age of sixteen (Fields, 127). Hempel seems to be heavily influenced by her time spent in California because many of her stories take place within the state, however, she eventually settled in New York where she attended…

The Work Itself Ella Fitzgerald achieved a multitude of accomplishments in her life. One of the many were her thirteen grammies. These grammies were: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Soloist in 1958 and 1959; Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1962; Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal in 1976 and 1979; Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female in 1980, 1981, 1983, and 1990; and Grammy Award for Best Historical Album in 1995. These awards she…