Grammy Award for Song of the Year

brewing another feud with Taylor Swift? As if his nasty verse about her in his new song "Famous" is not enough, the rapper took another shot at Swift and her win for her "Bad Blood" video, saying that A$AP Rocky deserved the Grammy and not her. This is like a deja vu from VMAs 2009 where West infamously interrupted Swift in the middle of her acceptance speech because he thinks that Beyonce deserved the award more. The 38-year-old recording artist and fashion designer is proving to everyone that…

1962 Darrin won a Golden Globe award for his first movie “Come September” in which he performed with his first wife Sandra Dee. Darrin began having health problems which stemmed from his childhood when he got sick with rheumatic fever and tragically died at the age of 37 after a heart operation in Los Angeles, California. Darrin wrote his million selling single “Splish Splash” in just an hour. Afterwards he wrote another single in 1959 which became a multi-selling song “Dream Lover”. He followed…

grew up in the spot light in Miami and began singing as a teenager. He released his self-titled debut album in 1995 and proved to be a huge success. By early 2012, Iglesias had sold more than 60 million records worldwide. Some of his most successful songs include "Bailamos," "Rhythm Divine," "Don't Turn Off The Lights," "Be With You," "Escape," "Maybe," and "Hero." By the time he was a teenager, Iglesias had started to follow in his father's footsteps. His first live performance came in a…

Music throughout the years has impacted society and people's lives. Many famous artists have inspired over generations and created some of the world's greatest musicians. Genres of music have always been developed and formed with the help of other genres. From Country to R&B, these genres have helped form rock as we know it today. Frank Sintra got into music after listening to a recording by Bing Crosby, and he was inspired to take up singing as a teenager. He joined a local singing group and…

Women in music describe the role of women as composers, song writers and other musical professions. In the 2010s, while women comprise a significant proportion of popular music and classical music singers, and a significant proportion of songwriters there are few women record producer, dancer and actress such as Beyonce and Shakira. They are worldwide famous women singers. Beyonce is an American singer, born and raised in Houston, Texas and performing in singing and dancing competitions as a…

big band that had many hits, for example: “Blue Skies” and “One O’Clock Jump.” Basie’s band and music helped to define the ‘swing’ era. He became the first African American male to receive a Grammy Award. Throughout his years he’d worked with a variety of different artists and had won countless other Grammys. Unfortunately, his life came to an end in Florida on April 26th, 1984. To begin with, Count Basie was born to Harvey Lee, a mellophonist and Lillian Basie, a pianist…

first song called “Dollar Bills”. Then at the age of eleven, she was accepted into the Julliard School in Manhattan, but instead decided to attend the Covent of the Sacred Heart, a private Roman Catholic school. Bullied for her unique appearance…

of the urban music feeling surrounding them and later picked up the urban music feeling in the newer songs they wrote. In 2001, the band reconnected, with the name: Maroon 5.…

change their name to resemble a more English name. For instance, the singer from the song “La Bamba”, Ritchie Valens change his last name from Valenzuela, so that his music will sell, because during the 50’s Mexican were considered second class. This still happens nowadays, many artists change their name to avoid being stereotyped like Bruno Mars, Freddy…

What more could someone want?! Joni Mitchell’s song, “Morning Morgantown” goes further with not only insight on a teenager’s point of view, but also proficiently made a song with a sweet melody and harmony, and musings of Joni’s own days as a teenager. I chose to use “Morning Morgantown” because I appreciate the artist Joni Mitchell, and think that this song is still relatable. Joni Mitchell has never specified where the inspiration for her song, “Morning Morgantown” came from but it has been…